The Penn's Grove record., 1919-07-11
News of Local Interest
What Is Occurring and Being
Talked About In The Borough
and Township

The prospect is favorable for a fair
peach and apple crop.
Empty out all receptacles contain
ing water and pour kerosene on pud-
dies. That will hinder the breeding of
mosquitoes.
Frank Denny, who is in service,
was home over the Fourth from Bay
head, N. Y. He was released from
service last Monday.
One of the great surprises a soldier
boy found in the Argonne forest in
France last summer was part of a
Penns Grove Record.
Herbert Braker will leave on Mon
day for a two weeks vacation in New
York State, stopping with relatives in
New York City and Schenectady.
The work at the Delaware Ordnance
Depot is finished. The accounting de-
partment closed up last Saturday.
About 100 men are now in charge.
The County Association of the Coun-
ellis of the Junior Order United Ameri-
can Mechanics will meet in Woods
town Tuesday evening, August 5.
The next regular meeting of the
Penns Grove Lodge of Elks will be
held Thursday evening, August 7th.
Regular meetings will be resumed in
September.
The committee for the Salem Me-
mortal Hospital for fruits and jelies
are notified that through the generous
donations of the people during the pot
pie supper there is a good supply OF
hand.
Farmers picked early tomatoes in
larger quantities this week. Some got
from so to 100 baskets and received
from $3.50 to 81 a basket. The crop
is short and later than in former
years.
Thomas L. Lewis, Assemblyman, of
As5Juryy Park, spoke in Emmanuel
Church last Sunday on the necessity
of people going to the primaries and
having godly men nominated and
es,sected to the Legislature.
The district mieetifE Of the p. 9. S.
of A. of Salem County was held at
Pennsville On Thursday evening: Prep
arations are being made for the State
Camp which will be held in Atlantic
City, August 10Th to Both.
On the Fourth the Gods Full Gospel
Mission, at 233Aa Market Street, Will
mington, held a picnic in French's
Grove. Religious service was held in
the grove and five persons were bap-
| tized in the river at high tide.
The annual camp meeting of the
| West Jersey Grove Association at
Malaga will open on August Z and the
program will include some of the
leading clergymen of the New Jersey
M. E.. Conference.
Several school teachers attended the
special meeting for teachers and men,
bers of boards of education in Ocean
City this week. They were given a
new fad to, try out on the children the
next school Sear.
Cutting forty three-horse loads of
hay from seventeen acres, Frank Aus
tin, who resides on the Brown farm,
near Elmer, has broken all records OF
a heavy yield. Neighboring farmers
say they never saw such a crop from
any acreage
Those who are greatly concerned
about the high cost of food should be
reminded that food is grown on farms
and comes from the ground. 1t they
complain about the high cost why not
return to the land and grow more
crops. Go work on a farm and get
the big profits. Go catch fish.
The white potato crop is. late in ma
turing and prospects are that it will
be light. The growers claim it is attr1-
butable to unfavorable conditions at
the time of seeding, during April and
May, the growers being unable to
plant until about the first week in May
because of the incessant rains.
Judge Gilbert O. Nations, of Wash
ington, D. c., will address a monster
patriotic mass meeting in the Taber-
nacle, East Harmony Street, Sunday
evening, July 18th. His topic will be
on Why Italy entered the World War,
the Pope and the Peace Conference.
All who hear him will learn much.
The people of Penns Grove and Vi
entity have had dealings with Kinda,
the shoe man, long enough to know
that he is standardized" as to bust
ness integrity and enterprise. For
the next thirty days he is running his
annual clearance sale. Now, look over
his attractive advertisement this week.
You can tell at a glance that it is full
of real bargains. You know that
shoes are not getting any cheaper, in
fact like many other things they are
going up in price. Yet for this sale
Kinda has cut prices pretty deep, and
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