The Mount Holly news., 1919-11-04
THE MOUNT HOLLY NEWS
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1919
LOCAL NEWS.

Rancocas Grange will hold it's regu
lar meetings on Wednesday afternoon
at two o'clock from November unit
April.
Samuel w. Bishop purchased tn
Deborah Braddock property on Pin
street, at sheriff's sale on Thursday
for 81 ,080.
The engagement of Charles Throck
morton and Mrs. Sarah Mcintosh, O
Trenton, formerly of Mount Holly. i.
announced.
Mrs. Clara Thompson, Miss MYRTLE
Rolf, b. S. Robbins, and Mrs. w. s
Brown have letters remaining unclaim
in the post office.
Camp So, p. o. of A., will give a
masquerade social tomorrow evening
in the Kelsey & Killie building. Ad-
mission 10 cents.
Rev. Curwen B. Fisher received
word last week that the first grand
child in his family had arrived The
parents live at Asbury Park.
Charles A. Rigg has rented the store
room in the Hawkins property, on
Garden street, for his law office, and
will occupy it about December /.
Mount Holly Lodge of Masons cele-
brated its annual Past Masters night
last evening. Several candidates re
ceived the third degree and banquet
was served.
Post Office facilities are about to be
again given to Hainesport. Mrs. Mary
B.Gauntt has been appointed postmis-
tress and will have as her assistant her
son, Charles ID. Gauntt.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Burns, of 2O9
South AID street, Philadelphia, are
being congratulated on the birth of a
daughter, Jean Marshall Burns, who
arrived on Saturday.
The Junior Choir of the Methodist
church has been organized with the
following officers: President, Miss Ruth
Fisher; vice president, Miss Helen
Stewart; secretary, Miss Ethel Hunt;
treasurer, Miss Grace Bowker.
In accordance with the custom of
the parish, an All Saints day service
was held on Saturday in the Dobbins'
memorial chapel, at the Pine street
burying ground, by Rev. Henry Teller
Cooke, rector of st. Andrews church.
Hiram and Ernest Nixon have pur-
chased the grocery of William F. Pill
ing, on Shreve street, and will con-
tinue the business. Mr. Pilling has
bought a home in Camden, and re-
moved to that city yesterday with his
family.
HI. l. Dasher has rented one of the
buildings on the former canning prop
erty on Water street, and will open a
steam laundry there. He has been
located at Moorestown and has con-
tracts to do much laundry work for
Camp Dix.
James t. Royle has bought two
building lots from Mrs George w.
Heyer, iE the rear of her property on
Ridgway street, and an adjoining lot
belonging to Samuel S. Bower. Mr..
Royle and E. w. Esham will erect
dwelling houses on these lots.
The Ankokas Soldiers Club build
ing at White and Washington streets
has been rented by its owner, Albert
q. Mayer, to Israel Cohen, of Medford,
who will conduct department store
there after February /, when the activ-
ties of the club house will cease.
A farmers institute and corn show
will be held in Grange Hall, Vincen-
town, on Thursday, November 13 The
corn show and exhibits of farm pro-
ducts will be in the morning, and
good program has been arranged for
the afternoon and evening. The Grange
ladies will serve roast duck supper
for 81.
The stofk mas been unusually busy
in Mount Holly recently. Mr.. and
Mrs. 8. Lawrence Bullock have been
gladdened by the arrival of son; Mr..
and Mrs. William j. Haines by
daughter. and Mr.. and Mrs. Hershel
Lott, a son. A son also arrived in the
family of Mr.. and Mrs. Lorenz Moore,
former Mount Holly residents, now
living at Wilmington, Del, ON Tues
day.
The next meeting of the Burlington
County Firemen's Association will be
held at the house OF Moorestown Hose
Co., No. /, on Wednesday evening,
November 10, when the association
will start on its fifth year The annual
election of officers will be held, and it
is requested that all the thirty.seven
companies in the association will elect
and have present three delegates for
the ensuing year Every company
should participate in the election.
The wedding of Miss Ruth A. Cooke
ler,, of UnionvIlle, and Clarence E.
Anderson, of Elmont. Kansas, took
place at the home of the brides par
ents on Wednesday evening. Rev
Curwen B. Fisher performed the cere
mony in the presence of number ol
guests. The groom is western farmer
He met his bride while in training al
Camp Dix and the young couple an
nounced their engagement just before
Mr.. Anderson embarked for France
He was discharged from the army il
June and went to Kansas for the har
vesting. He returned to Unionvill
few days ago for his bride. After
wedding trip Mr.. and Mrs. Anderson
will live on the farm at Elmont, Kan
sas.
A county convention of the Burlinl
ton County Parent Teacher Associs
tions was held on Wednesday. a
Medford. Mrs. H. A. Frantz, th
county chairman, presided Mis-
Jones, of Rutgers college, spoke o
the importance Of hot school lunches
Miss Margaret Haines. of Burlington
representative of the Anti-Tubercult
sis League, spoke on child hygien'
Miss Donneker, a supervising prime
al of Chester, Pa, explained the ps,
Geological clinic, which deals with r
sarded. deficient, and EXCEPTIONAL
gifted children. Commissioner
Education Kendall described scho