The Penn's Grove record., 1919-08-08
News of Local Interest
What Is Occurring and Being
Talked About In The Borough
and Township

N"4E III JILHeyS
The huekleberry crop in this region
was never larger nor finer.
The clouds relied by and the sun
came out on Thursday with the tenn
perature at 100.
The farmers who have meadow
grass have been unable to make hav
between frequent showers.
r. Hansen Da1bow, who is emploved
at the Dye Plant, is recovering from
an attack OF dye poisoning.
Councilman Albert J. Bodine and
MIS-. Harvey Sparks are making great
improvements to their homes on South
Broad Street.
The August meeting Of the Board
OF chosen F%reeholders viii be held at
me Court House, Salem, on Wednes-
cay morning next.
Frank Feion and Harry Plovack. Of
PIPER Penns Neck, are each held I'M
DER 5a1i for Court by Justice Smith, of
Salem, for gambling in the township.
Sessions Of the Salem County Courts
have been discontinued during the
month of August while Judge Wad-
dington is enjoying his vacation.
During the fracas at the Neptune
house on the River Walk on Wednes-
day night someone stole a jitney that
was standing outside.
The rains have caused the greatest
damage to early tomatoes ever ex-
perlenced IN this region. Few will
have profits after paying for fertil-
izers and labor.
A party of about thirty men with
their wives, comprising the Masons at
Woodstown, made a trip from Penns
Grove to Philadelphia and return on
Thursday afternoon.
Among the long line of cars passing
through Penns Grove on Saturday was
one from Quebec, Canada. Another
represented the Humboldt Daily Times
of Eureka, California.
The last of the early tomato crop
was gathered this week and sold to
Baltimore Gamers. The price was 25
cents a basket. The crop was the
smallest in twenty years.
Max Neustadter has purchased two
blocks of houses from the DUPONT Co.
Part of them will be removed to his
dupont City tract and the remainder
vii be erected in Penns Grove.
Borough Bonds are evidently a good
investment. New York brokers are
already applying for the purchase of
the new Borough Hall bonds although
it will be some time before they are
authorized to be issued.
Several workmen have gone to
Michigan for employment where the
automobile industry is on the boom.
No complaint is made about the high
cost Of automobiles nor gasoline.
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Peppers, who
recently returned from a lengthy visit
among relatives in Canada, have
bought Josiah D. Locks double house
on West Main Street, adjoining the
Elks' lot.
Farmers in this region are wonder
ing whether they will have enough o
pay for labor and fertilizers this year.
One farmer in Upper Penns Neck be-
lieves he has lost $4,000 worth of
crops by the frequent rains.
Farmers and their families will re-
serve Thursday, August IA, for their
annual outing at River View Beach,
Pennsville, the occasion Of the Ear
mers' Picnic" This event is always
looked forward to with great pleasure.
A good many of the lima beans in
this section have been hit by another
setback in the form of a green worm
which eats the leaves, killing the
plants. Several have sprayed their
plants with a mixture of zinc, with
good results.
Towns in Camden and Gloucester
Counties will.probably soon see a new
instalment of jitneys in operation ow-
ing to the zone trolley fare changes
to be inaugurated. Maybe some of
the Penns Grove "jits" win go to these
places where the pickings will be
better.
William Bartlett will preach in the
Bethel N. P. Church on Sunday morn
ing. "Uncle Billy" has the witness
of the Spirit and gives the Gospel
good message) straight from the
shoulder. Lloyd Lewis, representing
the Arti-Saloon League, will speak in
the evening.
/Walter Edgar, Secretary of Cham
Der Of Commerce, has taken the agency
for a popular hfe eXtlngulSher and VIII
handle life insurance. He will also
manage the real estate business of the
w. 7. Mifflin Co. His office is No. 4
P. o. building.
About a dozen engineers left Deep
Water Point last week for Flint,
Michigan, where construction of
houses for workmen and extension of
the automobile factories are being
made. Flint is about 60 miles north
east of Detroit.
Al a meeting of the Lower Penns
Neck Board of Education on Wednes-
day night, William Kennedy was
awarded the contract to transport the
High School scholars from Pennsville
to Salem for $1,000. The Firms Point
route was awarded to Christopher
Donegan for SAL.
The Girl Scouts of Penns Grove
went on an excursion to Willow Grove
on Wednesday and had a good time
despite the fact that it rained part of
the time. They made the trip on the
Wilson inc IN Philadelphia and by