The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-03-11
Robert Peacock. county solicitor. is

NJ tue private uOSplIaI OF LII. EVeruaIl
: suffering with stomach trouble.
Letters for Miss Luln B. Creasey
George Phillips and Miss Sarah Lip
pincott remain unclaimed in the pos
Office.
Miss Emily Tidswell has resigne,
4 her position at the Mirror Office ant
entered the employ of the Burlington
Gazette.
During this month, every Thursday
E the Child's Welfare Committee is hav
ing babies weighed in the Office of tn,
high school building.
Alonzo Mitchell, well known color
ed resident, was found dead in tn,
court house cellar on Wednesday
morning. He had frequently gon
there to sleep.
w. o. Thornton, who has been the
agent for the Watkins remedies in this
vicinity, has decided to move to
DEBORAH, Ia, some time this month
Mr.. Thornton has sold his Oakdals
residence to G. w. Heisserman, OF
Jacksonville.
Mrs. Edgar A. Alcott, of Madison
Javenue, has announced herself a can
didate for member of the board of edu-
cation for one year. Charles La Tour
has decided to run for the full term of
three years, and Mrs. William Sher-
man will not be a candidate for re-
election.
There will be meeting of the Parent
Teacher Association, Thursday even
ing, at eight o'clock, in the high school
auditorium. The principal feature Of
the meeting will be musical recital
under the direction of Mrs. Dudley,
the musical instructor at the school.
1t is hoped that every member of the
association, and the public generally,
will attend this meeting.
Howard B. Haines, worthy master
lof Rancocas Grange, No. 131, P. of H.,
offers prize of $3.50 to any sister of
the organization who will bring for
ward Tie greatest number of candidates
for membership this year. William M.
Winner, worthy chaplain, offers to
any brother the same prize for the
same object, and the grange will pay
similar amount to any brother or
sister achieving the same result.
Seaside Heights is to have a beach
front boardwalk. Bids are asked for
and bond issue of 5000 is being
prepared. The boardwalk will be a
mile long and twenty feet wide. John
Mitchell Abbott, of Toms River, the
borough engineer, is preparing the
plans. Bids will be received at noon
on March 81. This is the first consid-
cradle postwar job that has been ad.
vertised in that locality. Indications
are that there will be number OF
houses built on the beaches this sum-
mer, particularly at Seaside Heights
and Seaside Park.
An invitation has. been extended by
the directors Of the Mount Holly Fair
to the grangersof the county and the
Business Mems Association of Mount
Holly, to hold joint meeting on
Thursday evening, March 81, at eight
O'Clock, to discuss matters pertaining
to the agricultural interests of the
county and the Fair Association. The
directors were greatly pleased with the
handsome exhibit made by the Grange
last year, and hope to rearrange the
premium list to meet the needs of the
agricultural interests in even a better
manner than last year.
The annual conference of the Metho-
dist church will begin at Ocean Grove
mond, of the Mount Holly church,
preached his last sermon here Sunday |
evening. He has been asked to go to
Midtown, few miles south of New |
Brunswick, with which place it is con-
nected by trolley. 1t is a town of |
about 1000 inhabitants, but the church |
is as prosperous, if not more SO, than
that in Mount Holly, paying the same
salary, with an entirely new parson-
age. Mr.. Hammond has made friends |
in all sections of Mount Holly, and his |
departure will be regretted by many,
regardless of their church connections.
An educational trip to Philadelphia |
is planned for Saturday, by group of
boys from the Mount Holly high |
school. Among the places to be |
visited according to the present
schedule are the Victor Talking
Machine Company, Railroad Y. M. c. |
A. at Camden, Independence Hall, |
Zoo, horticultural Hall and Memorial |
Hall. The party will leave Mount
Holly on the 1853 train, Saturday |
morning, and will be directed by YIN. |
c. A. Secretaries. The trip to the Zoo |
is assured because the secretaries have
a number of the tickets which they
will give the boys. The expense
should not be more than IS cents out
side of the carfare. Boys desiring to
make this trip, if no one sees them
about it, should make application at
the Y. M. c. A. Office. 1t is preferred
that the boys be IA years of age. All
boys are invited.
There will be many activities at the
girls club house on Garden street this
week. This afternoon the Ever Ready
club will continue It's service work for
the Children's Home. The Watzituyu
club has selected two short plays and
will start work on them this week. A
new grade school club has been formed
end will hold an initiation meeting to-
night. Tomorrow evening the Lafalot
club will have a first aid demonstra-
ton and Thursday evening the Koleh
club, which has recently adopted a
Belgian orphan, will continue its SER
vice work. Girls from the Keesey hos
iery mill will entertain their friends at
the club house. Every one who is in
terested in the spring games contest to
be held in April is urged to attend the
Saturday open house, that they may
brush up on the old games and learn
some of the new ones. The Watzituyu
club will hike Sunday morning and re-
turn to the club house for breakfast. 1t
is hoped that an early start can be
made so that no one will be late for
church,
Game | league TO Meet