The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-07-22

A new front is being placed in tn
former Milbine property on Higl
street, occupied by Samuel Lutz.
The annual Sunday school picnic of
the Mount Holly Baptist church vii
be held on Thursday at Rancoca,
Park.
Ole Moen has returned from the wal
and will resume his position at the
Mount Holly National Bank. JOSEPH
Irons, who has been acting as clerk in
the bank has gone to Camp Dix where
he is acting as field clerk.
Twenty companies were represented
at the meeting OF the county Firemen's
Association held at Marlton on Wed.
nesday. Arrangements were perfected
for the annual picnic to be held at
Rancocas Park in August, and other
routine business transacted. The next
meeting will be held az Riverside on
September IA.
While working on a service line in
Palmyra yesterday afternoon, Lewis
Maple, an electric light wireman for
the Public Service, was badly burned
about the arms and chest owing to
defective insulation on the wire which
he was about to splice. Maple lives in
West Palmyra and was discharged
from the service six weeks ago.
Wrightstown had another fire FRI
day afternoon. This time the village
was not in any danger as the fire was
some distance from the center of the
town. 1t was at Grovatt's garage,
which was on the road to Cookstown
and was nearly the last building in
the vicinity. The garage was totally
destroyed and II automobiles that
were in it were also burned. A house
nearby was slightly damaged.
On Sunday week horse and wagon
were stolen from George Getz, near
Riverside. Detective Parker did not
get word Of the affair until late last
week, but he got busy at once and
sent postal cards to the various officers
in the state This morning he received
telegram from the chief of police Of
police of Newark stating that Louis
Lazier, who was suspected of being the
thief, had been arrested in that city
and that he had the stolen rig in his
possession.
Plans for the historical pageant 1.-THE
Making of Mount Holly" which is to
be given early in August under the
auspices of the War Camp Commun-
ity Service, are nearing completion,
and definite announcement of the pro-
gram will soon be made. THE NEWS
Historic Mount Holly series is being
used as basis for the pageant, and
among the incidents to be portrayed
will be the famous kiss given Mrs.
Stephen Girard by Col. Walter Stew
art, of the American army.
The Second and Fourth Battalions
New Jersey State Militia, are under
going intensive training at Camp Run
yon, Sea Girt, this week. Among the
companies in camp is b of Mount
Holly, under command OF Captain
Winfield S. Gale, who is the senior
captain in attendance. His company
has the right of line in the battalions.
He was the first officer of the day, fill
ing that position on Sunday. Among
the visitors to the camp, on Sunday,
were Colonel George McKeeby, of
Camp Dix, and family, and Mrs.
James Franklin, of California.
Pemberton is planning a big time
on Wednesday of next week, when her
memorial monument will be unveiled.
The granite shaft, with its bronze
tablet inscribed with the names of
Pemberton's thirty-two soldier boys, is
already in place and all Pemberton is
astir with its preparations. A pageant
including fifty girls in appropriate
national and symbolic costumes will
be feature of the unwilling ceremony.
Athletic events and a base ball game
will follow. A lawn supper will be
served to everybody. A band concert,
community singing and dancing will
close a day that Pemberton is deter
mined will be worthy of the boys in
whose honor it is to be given.
That section of the county bridge at
Delanco recently redecked with wooden
blocks was opened to traffic last week
when the Public Service Railway Cor
poration commenced the work of rails.
ing their right of way to correspond
with this improvement as made by the
Freeholders. Most of the lumber to be
used was cut and in readiness for the
work and Notwithstanding the diff
Guilty of making the changes without
delaying the trolley cars, the work has
progressed very satisfactorily, but may
hardly be completed before next week
under the most favorable conditions.
The new decking makes a very salts
factory driving surface for vehicles, is
smooth and practically noiseless.