The Mount Holly news., 1919-11-25

\ The engagement of Miss Mary
Deacon, Of Broad street, to Harry Har
cock, of the Mount Holly and Burlinf
ton road, is announced
DR.. and Mrs. Elmer D. Prickitt an
Mrs. Barclay H. Moore will entertain
the Young Friends Association at tn
meeting house on Friday evening
: The Past Masters Association q
Mount Holly Lodge of Masons held al
a enjoyable banquet in the Masoni
Temple last night. The retiring mas
: ter, Herbert S. Killie, was the guest O
! honor.
Rt. Rev. Lucien Lee Kinsolving
, Bishop of Southern Brazil, will be on,
of the speakers at the annual banque
of the mems club OF st. Andrews
church, on Wednesday evening, De
cember 10.
Richard Glover and Russell Akini
have gone 20 Akron, Ohio, where they
will be employed by the Goodrich
Company. Albert C. Worrell, who re-
Gently took a position there, has re.
signed it, and returned home.
The public school will close tomorrow
afternoon and remain closed until
Monday. This is in accordance with
the usual custom Of not taking the
legal holiday of election day and TAX
ing the day after Thanksgiving.
| Charles Coles will sail from New
York today, on the steamship France,
for Europe on business trip. He is
accompanied by George Royle, Of
Philadelphia. They will visit France,
Italy, Switzerland, Belgium and Eng
land.
The annual union Thanksgiving
service of the Mount Holly churches
will be held in the Baptist church on
Thursday morning at 1890. The ser
mon will be delivered by Rev. r. A.
Brotemarkle, of the Presbyterian
church.
Mrs. Frank Wright, who died at
Collingswood on Tuesday, was former
ly Elizabeth A. Snyder, daughter OF
Minnie and the late August Snyder, of
Hume street, Mount Holly. The fun
eral took place on Saturday, with in
terment at Hainesport.
A demonstration of Good Intent
Fire Company's Seagrave pumping
engine, was given on Tuesday, for the
benefit of committee from the bor-
ough council of Clayton, which town
is in the market for modern fire appar-
atus. The machine was taken to the
pond at Smithville for the demonstra-
ton.
America chemical engine was called
out Thursday morning to extinguish .
grass fire in the rear of the residence Of
John ID. johnson, Jr The home OF
MIR. Johnson's father, on Chestnut
street, Philadelphia, was damaged on
Wednesday by fire which started in
the basement and destroyed 80, 600
worth of valuable rugs.
The members of the Holly Club foot
ball team were very jubilant, Saturday
evening, over a victory that was
achieved in the afternoon. In addit- |
ion to beating the visiting team by the
score of 27 to 0, the Holly Club scored |
for the first time this season. On |
Thanksgiving day there will be an
other game. Riverside will be the
visiting team and there will be sharp
contest.
The regular annual meeting of the
Burlington County Dairymen's
League will be held in the court house,
Mount Holly, on Saturday evening at
7.45 o'clock. The election of officers
for next year will take place at that
time. 1t is expected Mr.. Balderson and
Mr.. Allbach will be at the meeting, to
tell about the work of the Inter-
State Milk Producers Association.
Don't forget the date and go to the
l.
Members of st. Paul's Methodist
are celebrating the thirty
third anniversary Of the church this
week with special services which began
On Sunday. Following is the program {
for the remainder of the week: Tues !
lay evening, members supper; Wed
nesday evening, evangelistic meeting;
Thursday morning, IL o'clock, Thanks
giving service; Friday evening, class
leaders rally. Rev. w. p Perry will
preach the anniversary sermon on Sun
lay evening, and Reuben Gaines will
read a history of the church. Il
Samuel b. Gale died at his home on
Risdon street, Saturday, after a short
illness. Mr.. Gale was one of Mount
Holly's old and respected citizens. He
was mason by trade and was connec-
ted with the erection of many of
Mount Holly's buildings. His father
was at one time captain of the mill
tary company here and the son was a
lieutenant in the same company, both
going to war with that organization.
Deceased was a member of Good In
tent engine company and at one time
held the position of chief engineer of
the local fire department.
The board of education announces
the appointment of science teacher r.
P. Connal as principal of the high
school, and the election Of Miss Amy
Jones, of Burlington, sixth grade
teacher, Miss Margaret Keough, of
Geneseo, N. Y, fourth grade, and Mrs.
Agnes Wise, of Mount Holly, to the
children's home school. 1t has been
decided to open a special class for de-
fective children, and Miss Mary Lip
pincott, of Mount Holly, who is now
in charge of a similar class at Orange,
has been elected the teacher. She has
had special training in this work. The
state pays portion of the expense of
such class, which is regarded by the
board as necessity. Oakley Cahall
resigned as assistant janitor, and
Charles Lamb was elected to the place
The nation wide campaign of the
Episcopal church is in full swing from
the Atlantic to the Pacific. 1t is going
to be great thing to get the great
body of the church taking vital part
in the church life. Mass meetings are
being held everywhere during this