The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-04-01
LOCAL NEWS.
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LOCAL NEWS.
Friday, April IL, is Arbor Day.
The board of freeholders will meet at
the court house tomorrow.
Township boards of education in
New Jersey will organize for the year
on Monday, April Z.
James Fl. Nicodemus, of Mckee S
Rocks, Pa, is now the manager of the
Woolworth store in Mount Holly.
The bill making $500 the minimum
salary Of a school teacher in New Jer-
sey, passed the Assembly last week.
Robert Peacock has announced him
self a candidate for State Senator to
ill the position to be vacated by Sena-
tor Wells.
Letters for Mrs. Rebecca Hargrove,
William Thompson and Mrs. Sarah
Uf1eman remain unclaimed in the
post Office.
Bishop Matthews will administer
the rite of confirmation at a special
service at st. Andrews church to-mor-
row evening.
Rev. Harold Morse, of Grace church,
Merchantville. will be the preacher at
the Friday evening Lenten service in
st. Andrews church.
Mrs. Martie Stevenson has moved
from the Hancock farm on the Bur-
lington road to the Mary Ann New
bold property on Garden street.
Ellis Fl. Parker and family moved
on Thursday into the Voorhees, proper
ty on High street, opposite Grant,
which Mr.. Parker purchased recently.
The annual meeting of the Burling-
ton County Anti-Tuberculosis League
will be held at eight o'clock tomorrow
night in the council chamber at Bur
lington.
Supervising principal Edgar F.
Bunce, and the Peerless Orchestra,
have been elected to membership in
the Mount Holly Business Mems Asso-
citation.
The moving picture entertainments
at the Mount Holly theatre tomorrow
and Thursday evenings will be for the
benefit Of the Junior class of the
Mount Holly high school.
More than one hundred dogs have
been entered for the field trials of the
English Setter Club, which will begin
tomorrow at the clubs farm near Med |
ford and continue for the remainder of |
the week.
Red Cross sewing classes are meeting
regularly on Monday mornings, Tues
day afternoons and evenings and Fri
day afternoons, at the Gaskill building.
There Is considerable work to be done
on new allotment of refugee gar
ments.
The next lecture by DR.. George E.
Raiguel will be in the court house on
Friday evening. The hour has been
changed to half past eight, in order, as
the doctor expressed it, to allow the
members of the Episcopal church ito
60 to prayer meeting"
Basket ball games at the high school
gymnasium last week resulted in the
defeat Of the Holly Club team in both
contests. On Tuesday night Bristol
defeated the local boys, 81 to 81, and
on Thursday night Grace Baptist
church, Of Camden, was the victor, q
to %. The season will close Thursday
night with games between members of
the Holly Club.
Mrs. Amelia Mott Gummere, of
Haverford, Pa, who is frequent visit
or to Mount Holly, has been engaged
for several years in securing material
for life of John Woolman. In her
search for information Mrs. Gummere
visited England and examined many
records there. While in Mount Holly
last week Mrs. Gummere reported that
her manuscript was nearly ready for
the printer.
George r. Rhubart died suddenly at
the home of his son in-law, Thomas
QuiRley, at Fisldsboro, on Tuesday.
He was "a years old and a widower.
He was q civil war veteran, having
served in Company B, 10th New Jer
sey Volunteers. He was a member of
Fleldsboro Council No. So, Jr. o. U. A.
M. Washington Camp No. 1873, P. o.
8. Of A.. and Washington Post G. A.
R.. Of Bordentown. OF the latter he
had been past commander and adju-
tant. He is survived by daughter
and three sons.
Do not forget to go to the high
school auditorium tonight at eight
o'clock. when you will have the oppor-
tunity Of hearing Lieutenant Clifford
r. Powell tell of some of his many
thrilling experiences as an aviator in
France. There will not be any charge
for admission, but silver offering will
be taken to help purchase moving
picture machine for use in the school
building. This machine has been
talked of for long time but now it is
expected it will be in place and ready
for use in a few weeks.
A pleasing program featured the re-
ception rendered Rev. Curwin B. Fish
Or, the new pastor of the Methodist
church, by the Ushers' Union, on
Thursday evening. A prayer by Rev.
Johnson Oatman, Jr., opened the exer-
cises, followed by number of vocal
and instrumental selections. The new
pastor was welcomed by Richard B.
Eckman, representing st. Andrews |
church; Samuel A. Atkinson, for the |
Baptist church, and Rev. r. A. Brote- |
marhls and DR.. Elmer d. Prickitt for |
the Presbyterian church. 8. Lawrence
Bullock spoke for the Ushers' Union.
The Peerless orchestra rendered selec
tions throughout the evening. Mr.
Fisher is not an entire stranger to the
people of this neighborhood. He has
owned the Slack farm on the Burling-
son road for some time, and frequently
visited this section.
As result of the investigation of
the operation of the New Jersey school
law, made last year by a committee of
the legislature under the craftsmanship
OF John c. Gill, number of bills
have been introduced in the senate and
house, which will make radical
changes in school affairs If adonted