The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1919-09-19


/ shore
Members Of the New Jersey Assocl-
/ alton Of PostmasterS unanimously in
/ dorsed resolution in support Of the
, League Of Nations and peace treaty dS
+ developed by President Wilson and
sent copies Of the resolution to the
New Jersey representatives in Con.
( gress, requesting their votes for the
/ pact.
! The Nineland Liberty Band has been
! organized, with Charles Durand presi.
/ dent and Jules Morland director.
Millyille public schools are filed to
( overlooking, the total enrolment being
2,595, the largest ever recorded
Swedesboro council has entered into
five year contract with the Wool
wich Water Company for fire protcc-
( ton.
The Mantua Fire Company cleared
1900 from its recent carnival though
it WAS held during a rainy period
The employees of the Wildwood K
Delaware Bay Short Line Railroad
have petitioned for an increase in
wages.
Robert NJ Oberholzer Of Woodbury.,
a graduate Of Franklin and Marshall
( College. has been elected superintend-
ent of schools Of Bordentown.
The Pitman Cottagers Association
has reelected Harry NJ McBuney
/ president for another year.
A post of the American Legion is
being organized in Gloucester City.
Rev ]. L. Surtees of the Swedesboro
NJ E. Church has received positive
word from the hospital at Brighton,
England, that his son Robert, who was
badly wounded in the war, will re-
cover
Cape May county has already begun
work on widening the new road he
tween Sea Isle City and Ocean City
and when next season opens the ROAD
will be just double the present width,
or 40 feet
a carload Of government food or
dered by Mayor Trusksess is expected
in Pitman in few days, and arrange
ments are being made for its distribu-
ton.
Rev. Isaac Fowler of ThOrofare,
known as the Marrying Parson,' stat
ed that he had just performed his TWO
hundred and fifty-seventh marriage
ceremony The dominic celebrated his
eightieth birthday anniversary few
days ago and is as spry as many men
score of years his junior.
Former Assemblyman Raymond
Sheppard rendered an old fashioned
watermelon feast to the members Of
the Oliver Comnandery, Knights Ten
plar, at the Union Lake Park Casino,
Melville
The Glassboro High School has an
enrolment of more than SEQ, while the
increase in the grades shows that there
already are enough pupils to fill the
new 16 room grammar school building
as soon as ii is completed.
Gloucester county will have two Wis
iting teachers this year Miss Kath-
crime Smith of Clayton and Miss Flor
ence Knox of Lebanon, Pa, who will
live in Woodbury..
A shirt factory will be started by
New York interests in a three story
brick building formerly owned by Har-
ry B. Ford, on Farnsworth avenue,
Bordentown.
Teaching of the United States Con-
stitution to foreigners will feature the
courses at a night school to be opened
by the GlasSboro Board of Education
at the High school, under the direction
of the regular school staff.
More than 600 pupils have enrolled
in the Brdgeton High School, and the
Junior High School is crowded beyond
its capacity.
Mrs Benjamin G. Roberts was elect
ed president of The Vineand W. c. T.
T.; Mrs. Anna Myers and Mrs. L. D.
Sibley secretaries.
Arraigned in Magistrate McNally's
court. Atlantic City, on the charge Of
shoplifting May Wilson and Robert
Hoben of Philadelphia faced five sept
rate charges and entered pleas of
guilty to each. They We're held under
$1,000 bail for court Women's cloth
ing valued at several hundred dollars
comprised their loot from five stores.
The Mcintyre hotel, Swedesboro, has
been sold to Herbert Hunter, who will
convert the building into u boarding
house and restaurant
That Woodbury. Heights borough is
growing is shown by the Overcrowded
schoolhOuse, and the borough hall is
being used as an annex.
An orchestra is being organized
among the pupils of the Paulsboro
High School, under the leadership Of
Mrs. s Monroe Van SAINT A brass
band is also to he organized
Mcclellan Council, Jr 0. l. A. NJ,
of HaddOntield is preparing an elab-
crate program in honor of its members
who served in the war on the evening
of September >
In Woodbury. a number of bands sent
in bids for the welcome home parade
on October II, and the committee en-
gagged the Victory Band OF that city
and Citizens Band of Glasshoro
Men of Pausboro are organizing a
Bible class, and an effort is being made
to obtain a membership of 300 Sam
uel Baker. known rs the barber evan
gelist." is heading the movement.
The Barnstahle camp of the Glouces-
ter County Y. W. c. A. at Fries Mil
and which was attended by a large
number of girls, broke up.
Building has started well in Ceilings
wood, and s. homes are being erected.
with plans for a score more There are
also several garages being built, IA