The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1919-09-05
Bucks County Briefs

journed meeting and re-let the garb-
age contract on which Henry Arnold
Todd defaulted.
There were. but two bidders, one was
Edward Warner, who has been max
ing the collections at $24 per week for
three collections, and whose bid was
5000 per year. The successful bidder
was Robert Moeller, Of Doylestown
township, who got the contract for
| $3.50. His contract is for the unex-
pired term of about 10 months of a
two years term not completed by Mr..
Todd.
William A. Derstine, president Of
the Upper Bucks County Motor Club
who recently returned from Armenia.
where he spent several months in
structing native farmers the uses
of the tractor for modern farming,
says ''that to realize the lamentable
condition of that unfortunate peoble
one must be an eye witness. Hun
dreds are starving daily despite the
tremendous efforts of the American
Commission of Releaf for the near
East, whose efforts are largely con
fined to aiding the Armenians1
Close to 1875 members of the Gruver
family attended the annual reunion
it was a smaller attendnce than usual
because of the storm of the morning
which kept many away. President
Charles H. Shive presided, and the
election of officers resulted as fol-
lows: President, Miss Carol Gruver,
Allentown; vice president, Miss
Dorothy Shive. Doylestown; secreta-
ry, Horace Carly. Trenton; treasurer,
Jonas Gruver, ,Tinicum.
The second attempt within two
weeks to burn the new Bristol |
Theatre, the borough's largest play
house was frustrated through the
excellent work of the local and Har-
riman fire departments. A small shed |
attached to the side of the theatre
was filled with inflammable material |
and set afire. The flames commute
Gated to the stage and ruined every |
bit of scenery stored there. The |
interior decorations were charred |
and windows broken by the heat. but |
the firemen kept the flames from
the body of the theatre.
The Doylestown township schools
will open Monday, September 8th, |
with half session for the first day. |
The schools at Yardley opened on
Monday September LIST. The school |
there will lose ffonl 40 to 80 pupils |
from the township, owing to their !
being conveyed to the Edgewood |
school, Some of the grades viii be
combined so there will be one less
teacher this year. The faculty is. as
follows: Principal, John K Dunlap; !
assistant principal Mrs. J. NJ. Hart |
man; the grades, Miss Edna Lear,
Miss Viola Moss, Miss Elizabeth |
Weeks, Miss Thompson, Miss Mary
Johnson, Miss Marie Keller.
A new Etsey organ, built especially
for chapel service, has been installed |
at Wood Hill chapel The committee
appointed by the pastor to secure the
organ on a cash. basis and who have
been faithful to their duty were Mrs.
Albert E. Slack, Mrs. Clara Wesner,
Mrs Carrie B. Buchanan, Mrs Matte
Overholt and Miss May Vansyekle.
An unusual situation was revealed
in Doylestown, when Robert NJ Wal |
ton, of Fox Chase, was arrested |.
on a charge of defacing the manu-
facturer's number on an automobile |
he left at local garage for repairs. |
The garage men discovered the de-
faced number and notified the police |
who seized the car and swore out an
information. Mr. Walton explained |
that the number was in that condi-
ton when he bought the machine
December rs, 1918, and showed |
a bill of sale. As the law making the |
defacing of the manufacturer num-
Der did not become operative until
July, 1919, Mr. Walton could not be
held, but the car is being held while
the police investigate Mr.. Walton's
story He was allowed to return home,
Stanly H. Sinner, former teacher
in Sellersville schools, has been
elected to the faculty of the State
Normal at Bloomsbury.