The Penn's Grove record., 1919-07-04
News of Local Interest
What Is Occurring and Being
Talked About In The Borough
and Township

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the river are the enjoyable pleasures
now.
Inc sun ran the mercury up to 116
N front of the Record Office on July
End.
The Record extends to all its read
efS "A Merry Fourth of July and a
Happy Dry Year"
a IRE caused by an oil stove, dam
aged the home of Fl. H. Jones. 35 Wal
d street, to the extent of about $500
on Monday.
owing to the heavy rain last Friday
hight there was no boxing and the
same card will be pulled off this Fri
day evening.
some tomatoes brought as high as
214.oo a crate at Swedesboro last Mon
Jay. The crown set is very light and
lew are ripening.
Edward Townsend has sold his
mouse on Beach Avenue to Henry B,
helnhart, who has been a tenant in
part for some time.
Harry, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Richard
hourke, arrived in Penns Grove on
thursday of last week having seer
TWO years service over seas.
The water fell last Friday with a
uash to the depth of two inches. Will
some bright scholar tell us how much
that is on an acre of land.
The Chamber of Commerce is hav-
ing a sign to be lighted at night by
electricity erected on the old freight
mouse on Penns Grove wharf.
The heavy rain on Friday of last
week brought cooler weather, but old
SOL pumped the moisture into crops
at a nigh temperature since Monday.
Miss Nina Smith and Mrs. Tillie
Smith have bought the apartment
house, III West Main Street, of their
sister, Mrs. Lena Avis. They own the
houses on each side.
According to the Camden "Post Tel
egram" of Tuesday a marriage license
has beer issued to Harry Lounsbury,
OF the firm of Tuohy & Lounsbury, of
Penns Grove, and Miss Lucretia
Mccall, of Camden.
Walking along the streets n NAV
notice the pleasant shade from trees
set a few feet from the street line,
lhes trees give shade and beauty to
properties and comfort to the pedes-
trian. More should be set out.
A county association has been or
ganlzed by the Councils of the Junior
Order of American Mechanics in Salem
County and the next meeting will be
held in Woodstown Tuesday evening
August 5th.
The members of st. James r. c.
Church held a lawn fete on the Church
lot, corner of Beach Avenue and State
Street, Tuesday and Wednesday even
lngs. The weather was delightful fol-
the out door event.
The New Jersey State Hospital au-
thirities have notified the Salem Coun-
ty Board of Chosen Freeholders that
the rate per capita for INDECENT pa
tients for counties has been increased
from $3.50 to 1925 per week.
The annual reunion and Grand
Lodge convention, B. P. o. Elks, will
be held at Atlantic City every day
next week. The usual parade, which
this year is to be of a patriotic nature
will take place on Thursday, July 10
The steamer Thomas Clyde makes
daily excursions from Philadelphia to
Woodland Beach. She stops at Pigeon
Point Pier for Wilmington folks, al
Delaware City and Augustine Pier, but
not at Penns Grove as in former years
The first early tomatoes shipped
from ~Swedesboro last SATURDAY.
amounted to about seventy crates
The growers received from $4.35 tc
$3.50 per crate. The crates cost Is
to 20 cents. A crate holds a few more
than a basket.
Sea fish are being caught in large
quantities in the bays and along the
sea coast. They have been so plenti-
Jul IN the city markets that expenses
were not paid the shippers. The
large fish packing companies maintain
the prices to consumers.
A thief entered the Elks' Lodge
room over Sickler;s News Agency be-
tween Friday and Monday night, broke
open the Secretary's desk and stole a
sum of money and a quantity of post
age stamps. Entrance was effected
through a window facing the river.
Edward E. Clark, son of James
Clark is home from the south on a
thirty days furlough. He has been
stationed on the Mexican border and
has been in several skirmishes with
the Greasers. In a very recent one
several of our boys were killed. He
has a year yet to serve.
Reid d. Ellis, of Missouri, has
bought Frank Summerilrs farm of
113 acres near Forked Hickory cross
roads. E. G.. Sutton, from the South,
has bought a farm of 47h acres near
Auburn of Harry Acker, at Woods
town. William M. Fleming did the
negotiation for the Strout Farm
Agency.
The organ recital in Emmanuel NJ.
E. Church last Sunday evening was a
fine musical treat. DR.. John Ward,
organist of st. Marks LutheIn Church,
Philadelphia, knows how to manipu-
late the keys to perfection. Miss VIII
anna Bruner, who has been the soloist
in that Church the past year, was in
fine voice for the occasion.
Miss Sarah Askew, State Librarian,
gave a very interesting address in
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