The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-03-25
LOCAL NEWS.

LOCAL NEWS.
A son arrived in the family of vii
liam III. Frake, of Murrell street, or
Tuesday.
An important meeting of the Noun
Holly Business Mems Association will
be held tonight.
Harry M. Abdill and family, Of
Pine street, have returned from theil
trip to Florida.
F. Carlton Dalton has presented his
resignation as one of the constables oil
Northampton township.
Union chemical engine was called
out Yesterday to extinguish grass fire
In the rear of Shreve street.
State director of physical training
Fred w. Maroney is conducting a
demonstration in the public school to-
day.
About SIS worth Of groceries were
stolen from the store of Frank Howell,
on West Washington street, on Tues
day night.
Pennsylvania automobile licenses
can now be secured from agent Walter
T. Stewart at the Fleetwood Motor Car
Company's Office.
The wire and picket fence business
purchased from the William B. Wills
estate in 1916 by A. F. Bradley, has
been sold to H. r. Lindabury, of Bur
lington.
Joseph Butler, who recently return
ed from France, where he was attach
cd to . machine gun company, has
organized q troop of Boy Scouts at
Ewanville.i
Mrs. William G. Lippincott has
sold her farm in Springfield township
to Benajah W. Paul. This farm has
been in Mrs. Lippincott's family for
1893 years.
Richard Lewis, of Ewanville, has
sold his property at that place to John
Welsch, of Buddtown. Mr.. Lewis will
remove to Mount Holly with his fami-
ly at an early date.
William ]. Hampton, of the United
States Treasury department, will sit at
tn court house every day this week to
aid those who desire to make out their
corporation tax returns.
The visiting nurse reports making
eighty calls to eleven patients during
February. Four physicians had need
Of her services during that period. Five
Of the eleven patients were free.
DR.. Elmer D. Prickett, who recently
purchased the Red Mems building on
Mill street, has resold the property to
William F. Lincoln, who conducts a
vulcanizing business on the first floor.
Daylight saving will go into effect
on March 80, at a. m. Whenyou go to
bed on Saturday night set your clocks
and watches ahead one hour, and you
will be up-to-date when you rise in
the morning.
Surveyors of the Pennsylvania rail.
road have been working on the Moores
town division gathering data for plans
said to be under consideration to
double track the line between Pavonia
and Mount Holly.
When will people learn that news
papers will not publish items sent to
them unless the name of the writer is
signed? This has been printed so
many times that it is a wonder that |
those who must have read it some
time have not put it on their mind.
After April the regular meetings of
Rancocas Grange No. 151, P. of H.,
will be held on the first and third
Wednesday evenings Of each month,
at eight o'clock, until November 1.
On April class will be initiated in
the first and second degrees, at $50
o'clock.
Seventh and eighth grade pupils of
the public schools listened to an inter
esting address by Lieutenant Clifford
r. Powell in the high school auditor
ium on Thursday morning. The
children were intensely interested at
receiving first-hand knowledge of some
OF the incidents of the war.
Rev. Curwen B. Fisher, the new
pastor of the Methodist church, occu-
pied the pulpit on Sunday and made
. very favorable impression. On
Thursday evening Mr.. Fisher and his
family will be rendered a reception in
the church by the Ushers' Union. Mr..
Fisher comes here from Clayton,
where he had been stationed for three
years.
A chimney fire at the home of
George Gibbs, ON Water street, was ex-
tinguished by the Union chemical |
after . general alarm had been rung. |
The department was again called out
Thursday evening because of blazing
chimney at the residence of Samuel
Days, ON Mount Holly avenue. This
time a hand extinguisher was all that
was needed.
jeremiah H. Still, one of the best
known colorsd political workers in
Mount Holly in the days of the old
third ward, died at his home on Tues
day from cancer. No person ever ran
for Office in Northampton township
without becoming acquainted with
Jerry. and his familiar figure will be
missed around the polling places on
election days.
The basket ball team of the Provi-
dent Life and Trust Company, of Phil
adelphia, defeated the Holly Club
team at the high school auditorium on
Thursday night, by the score of 10 to
10. About hundred spectators were
present. This evening Bristol will
play here, and on Thursday evening
the team OF Grace Church, Camden,
will be the attraction. These games
will attract large crowd.
r. J. Self, of Towers Lane, Phila-
delphia, has requested the Burling
ton county detective force to aid him
in locating a team OF heavy draft
horses-a bay and gray. They were
nktoohal 10 a drovn hoffor, u