The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1919-06-13
Bucks County and Nearby

Bristol school directors set the rate
of school tax for the year at 81 per
500 worth of valuation. This is the
same rate as last year.
Several hours after they retired
from the court room, the jury which
tried Maynard Campbell, Reigels-
vile youth, for alleged attempt to ex-
tort $4,000 from William L. Gresham,
of Durham by sending him threaten
ing letters, returned a verdict of ac-
quittal.
Fire of mysterious origin destroyed
the residence of Miss Hattie Thomp-
son, Upper Black Eddy, and also the
barn on the place. There was no
insurance. The loss is about 81 500.
The executors of jefferson
Fosbenner on June I'd sold the home
stead farm in East Rockhill township
containing 81 acres, to Mr. and Mrs.
Paul Gavin, of Provident Square, for
81, $50.
Irwin Fetterolf, of near Furlong,
met with serious mishap when
he was kicked by horse, breaking
his leg. The unfornate man was
taken to Abingdon Hospital.
Wallace Kulp, son of Webster
Kulp, of Souderton, while working at
H. S. Souder's box factory, had his
hand torn by saw, cutting off part
of thumb and finger, and bruising
the rest.
The regular June Meeting of the
Buckingham Farmers Club which
was to have been held June 7th, has
been postponed until June 18th, to
meet at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
William Wilson.
Among the nearly 100 appropria-
tons reported to the Senate ON
Wednesday were two for Bucks coun-
ty. The committee recommended
$4,000 for the Tabor Home for Chill
dren, Doylestown, and the Senate
granted $4,000. The Washington
Crossing Park, at Taylorsville, was
granted an appropriation of $4,000.
Citizens and taxpayers of Hatfield
are aroused to protest because two
grades of the public schools in which
there are about thirty-five children
of teen age is taught in large room
in the second-story of hotel stable.
Other than the undesirable environ
ment of the stable school," many of
the residents of the community de-
clare the health of the children is
menaced.
Lansdale is to have new industry.
1t is for the production of special
composition metal designed for use
in articles that are required to stand
high pressure, such as valves and
pump fittings. The concern is the
Peakmet Metal Company, in which
capital is interested. The
Walter Sykes tract has been purchas-
ed by the company. Heretofore the
metal of this nature used by the con-
Germ has been made by other fac
tories.
Richard A. Foley has sold a pro-
perty at Langhorne to Eleanor G.
Gardner for $16,750.
Miss Ellen Troxell and Frank w.
Scheetz were married by Rev. E. ].
Snyder at the Reformed parsonage,
Quakertown.
Lewis P. Satterthwaite, a Newtown
township farmer, had his automobile
stolen last week from in front of the
Hospital, Philadelphia,
while he was visiting child who was
ill.
William Wilmer Shelly, of Quaker
town, aged 20 years, 8 months and
II days, died at Grandview Hospital,
Sellersville, of typhoid fever.
Fifty persons who took the exami-
nation for candidates for provisional
teachers certificates before County
Superintendent ]. H. Hoffman during
the past month were successful.
Twice Superintendent Hoffman went
to the places selected for examinations
and found no applicants. Fifteen of
the successful applicants, nearly one
third, were from Quakertown. New
Hope furnished six of the new teach
ers. Only two were not residents of
the county
Inventories of personal property
have been filed in the Registers Office
in the followign estates: Enos Mer-
rick, late of Upper Wakefield town.
ship, 81 ,649.31; Wilson S. Paxson. late
of Upper Wakefield, s1,S75.37; Mary
B. Pugh, late of Newtown, S429.32;
Ella Gardener, late of Doylestown,
$9,744.21.
Charles Carver retired, died sudden
ly at his home at Morris Heights, as
the result of heart failure. Apparent
ly he was in good health, and was
stricken while going to the garage to
get his automobile. Returning to the
house, he died before a physician, who
had been summoned, reached his side.
George Call, of Springhouse, has
been appointed chief of police of
North Wales, and will move to that
place. He was with the American
army in France the past year and was
recently discharged form the service,