The Penn's Grove record., 1919-12-19
News of Local Interest
Christmas Calls
like q red bird

like a red bird
Merry and sweet and clear
Finding an echo in friendships wish
For a Bright and Happy New Year.
A dollar spent at home helps to
build up your town. Dollars spent
elsewhere build up other great cities.
A number of farmer in this section
who nave tide meadows, are making
big money catching muskrats at odd
times.
A Christmas present that will be a
weekly reminder of your good viii,
will be to send the Penns Grove Record
to a distant friend, +.
A ~16-pound raccoon was shot by
Edward Wright near Harrisonville
Monday. Surely this animal strayed
from Raccoon creek to Oldmans creek.
The Owls will give their annual
smoker and entertainment at the Nest,
on Tyrone Avenue, on Thursday, Janu-
airy %. 1920. Tickets will be s1.00.
William Ward. proprietor of Eng
lish's restaurant. 1913 West Main Street,
advertises a fine special dinner for
Christmas Day.
The Strouse-Baer Company have
seventy-fye sewing machines in
French's rink building. About fifty
women are employed. 4
The re-appointment of H. c. Dixon
as superintendent of the schools of
Salem County has been affirmed by the
State Board of Education.
Going to Philadelphia to shop? Why
not shop around and learn what is in
Penns Grove to buy Read the live
advertisements and what they have
to fill your wants.
At a meeting of the Lower Penns
Neck Township Committee on Satur-
day night, Joel H Jenkins. Jr., was APP
pointed assessor to take the place of
Firman L. Carpenter, resigned.
David Schret, the constable at Town
Hall, Pennsville. was stricken with
paralysis on Saturday. He has i'm
proved slightly, but remains in a seri-
Gus condition.
This has been PAY Up Week" in
Woodstown, a suggestion of the Cham
Der of Commerce. 1t wouldn't be a
bad idea for Penns Grove to give the
idea a tryout.
Horses have become toe slow in this
age. so an auto-truck has been pur-
chased by Upper Penns Neck Board of
Education to get the children from the
Wiley district to Carneys Point in
quicker time.
Moose Lodge. Nc. 800. will hold a
novelty entertainment and dance in
their Home, South Broad Street and
Mitchell Avenue. on New Years eve.
They propose making this the big event
of the year.
State headquarters of the American
Legion has a Statewide
membership drive by all posts etween
January Goth and 31st. Post
ders have been instructed to organize
the entire post into teams of five men
each.
Salem, at the last election, having
adopted the Free Public Libary Act.
Mayor Grier has named as the board of
trustees to lake over the present John
Tyler Library, ]. Bernard Hilliard, Mrs.
William Morris, William H. Hazleton,
Dale S. Taylor and Mrs. Thomas J.
Craven.
The lecture on Yellowstone the
Wonderful" a~nnounced to take place
in Emmanuel Church last Thursday
evening, had to be postponed the
second time until next Monday evening,
because Rev. F. w. Johnson was sum-
moned by Court. This lecture is not
only entertaining but also educational
on Americas wonderful scenery.
Alex Steward, one of the young men
sentenced from Penns Grove. for the
larceny of an automobile. who has
served several months at the Road
Camp, had his fine reduced 500 last
Friday by Judge Washington and al
lowed to go in care of Probation Officer
to pay the remainder due the
at the rate of two dollars per
week.
Lewis W. Cook has resigned as teller
in Peoples Bank, to take effect Janu-
airy LIST. He will move to Philadelphia
to take charge of James Sweeten's
real estate. Mr.. Sweeten is the man
ager of a company which has bought
the large Odd Fellows building on
North Broad Street, one block above
City Hall. in part of which he will
have the headquarters for his automo-
bile business, the Franklin car.
A broken wash boiler. three old
shoes, a legless Morris chair with bulg-
ing upholstery and the remains of a
baby carriage. Stop to think how
many times you have seen just these
articles, or their near relations, orna-
menting the front lawn of farm homes
Why not instead, an attractive arrange
ment Of shrubs, trees, vines and lowers
whose charm would react on the life
of the home. This is a good time or
the year to clean out Old rubbish.
Study the nurseryman's catalogue and