The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1919-06-06
NEW JERSEY
STATE BRIEFS

because of the frequent frosts in April
and May.
The Community Market at Summit,
which for two years has been under
the management of the National Spe-
cial Aid Society, opened under the d.
rection of the Town Improvement AS
ISOLATION. The farmers who have
stalls in the market will set the prices
of their products instead of having
this done by a committee. as iii the
past.
Two "frolics" were held at Bedmin-
Ster by the congregation of the Re
formed Church, when 300 feet of trench
was dug for the laying of water mains
to the church and drain pipes from the
chapel to a cesspool, which also was
dug. On each occasion the Ladies Aid
Society served refreshments That or
ganiZatiOn also held social to raise
funds to assist in paying for the install
lation of the water in the chapel and
for enlarging the Sunday school room.
A verdict for 1865 was given by
jury at Morristown in the suit of Mrs.
Mary Elizabeth Alexander of Kenvil
against Joseph Henry Casey of Whar-
ton for breach of promise of marriage.
A big wooded section between Iona
and Malaga is being cut off for cord
wood and will make the railroad more
visible for travellers who cross the
tracks.
There is a likelihood of two memo
rails being erected at COllingswood for
the 300 local boys who served in the
war because of two opposing factions
refusing to combine on one. monu-
ment may be raised in Knights Park
by the Committee of National Defense,
of which the mayor is chairman, while
a gymnasium and social center build
ing may be built on the High Scool lot
by those who represent the citizens
mass meeting.
Miss Esther w. Elvidge, sixteen
years old, sister of Miss June Elvidge,
motion picture actress, was killed al
most instantly in an automobile acct
dent at Glendola, in which her automo-
bile skidded and was overturned. A
companion, Arthur Hotaling, of Hack
ensack, who was driving the automo-
bile, was removed to Spring Lake Hos
pital suffering from severe cuts and
bruises.
In the first raid at Washington in an
avOwed gambling crusade Borough
Marshal Charles N. Shrope rounded up
IL offenders. Nine of them paid fines
totaling $50 to Borough Recorder Ben
jamin A. Barber on charges of violat-
ing borough ordinance by gambling
in the borough park. Fines of $40 and
50 costs were paid by Charles Haines
and Roy Wydner, and fines of So plus
So costs were collected from seven boys
of school age.
The Lake Pochunk Outing Associa-
tion has decided not to allow a number
of boys and girls from Edgewater to
occupy the lake for three weeks this
summer. The club has a rule against
leasing the lake privileges to anyone.
Citizens of Newmarket have decided
to honor the 132 boys from Piscataway
township who entered military service
by erecting a monument in the village
Up TO the present 81 900 has been sub
scribed toward the fund being raised
for the purpose. 1t also has been de-
cided to hold a celebration on indie
pendence Day The proceeds will be
used for the welcome reception to the
township boys.
The borough of Merchantville will
purchase more land adjacent to its
sewerage plant, which will probably
be enlarged at an early date to care
for section of the town that now has
no facilities.
The du Pont company of Carney's
Point has rounded up quartet of men
who have been stealing household sup
plies stored since the war halted.
Sympathetic neighbors have planted
crops for the widow of Frank Nitshe,
a farmer living near Chapel Heights,
who died suddenly early in May.
Growers of strawberries in Maurice
river valley say the indications are for
a yield below normal, owing to the
unfavorable weather.
After working for the Reading rail-
road for 46 years, Edward Ireland of
Mullica Hill has retired
The proposed Saturday half holiday
throughout the year for glass workers,
as considered at a recent meeting of
the Glass Bottle Blowers Association
meets almost universal approval
among the workers in South Jersey.
Robert Aitken, a poultryman of
Spring road, Vineland, was attacked
with a diabetic affection of his left
foot two weeks ago and the foot had
to be amputated to save his life.
The date for the Peddie commence
ment, at Hightstown, has been set for
June 10. Exercises concentrating
the action of the alumni and students
in the European war will be part of
the event.
The State Board of Health has
served notice on the water works de-
partment of Gloucester City that it
must make necessary repairs at the
pumping station to remove the iron
sediment within 80 days.
The medical staff of the Salem
County Memorial Hospital has organ
izHd by the election of DR.. C. NJ. Sher-
ron, president, and DR.. William H.
James, secretary.
The city of Woodbury's contract
with the Public Service Electric and
Gas Companies will expire in July,
and will undoubtedly be renewed. Be-
fore the war the city started move
to erect its own plant, but it was aban-
oned although there is a strong senti-
ment among the taxpayers for munich