The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-07-22
TUESDAY. JULY 20, 1919
LOCAL NEWS.

Ais' hiiCc AlpplncOUt, Oh SdlILindu
store, has gone to Staten Island for
weeks vacation.
Letters for Miss Mayomy Brown ant
Miss Gertrude Pearson remain un
claimed in the post Office.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur S. S. Fussel
celebrated the fifty-third anniversary
OF their marriage on Wednesday.
Thomas Robertson, a conductor or
the Pennsylvania railroad, is Ill at his
home on Madison avenue.
Miss Maybelle Esham, OF Ridgway
street, has accepted a position as stenog-
rapher in the Office of Captain Will
liam A. Slaughter.
Rain spoiled all the sports on Satur.
day. The race meet at the fair ground
was postponed and there were not any
base ball games in the county.
John b. Dolan, who has been in the
Burlington County Hospital for few
weeks, has recovered sufficiently to
expect to leave the institution today.
The Methodist Sunday school picnic
which was to have been held at Ran
cocas Park on Thursday, was post
poned because OF the weather. 1t was
again postponed today.
Irving c. Gaskill, who has been
with SCHUYLER & Rogers for some time,
is taking two weeks vacation. When
that is over he will become connected
with Saltzman's store.
Miss Mary Eckert, of PhiIlipsburg,
has resigned as a primary teacher in
the Mt. Holly public school. Leighton
Smith. recently elected high school
teacher, has declined to accept the po-
sition.
Polish residents of Burlington have
purchased the Burlington House cor
ner High street and Delaware avenue
They propose to open cooperative
store and club house for the Polish
community.
Guiseppi Madresse, of Springfield
township, was recently arrested by
Game Warden Morton for cunning H.
legally. Justice Throckmorton i'm
posed a fine of 500 IS and also confls-
Gated the foreigners gun.
About twenty feet of the embank-
ment along the creek opposite Archer s
carriage factory on Washington street,
fell into the stream yesterday. taking
the sidewalk with it. The dangerous
place has been roped off.
Charles o. Wilson, formerly OF Vim
centown, who has been principal of
the public school at Tuckahoe,s has
been elected principal of the Pleasant
vile high school, under city superin-
tendent William C. Sullivan.
Miss J. Vivian Pope. daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles A. Pope, of Bor-
dentown, died on Wednesday at the
home of her parents. The remains
were inferred in the Mount Holly ceme-
terry on Friday. Miss Pope was well
known in Mount Holly where she had
many friends.
The Board Of Pardons, on Thursday,
released from the state prison, on pa
role. Charles Marles, who was serving
sentence of ten and half to twenty
years. Charles Matthews who is cnn-
fined for burglary, was an applicant for
parole and his case was laid over until
the November meeting.
The Hollyford Ice Company is con
templating enlarging its plant with
the idea Of making cold storage fac
tory. There are a number of persons
who put many things in cold storage
and who go to other towns which have
such plants when they ought to be
accommodated here. The company
has property on Water street which
will give them lot large enough to
put up fine building.
The Shepherds of Bethlehem of Mt.
Holly have elected the following Off
GERS. Commander, Sarah Lodge; vice
commander, Frena Rossell; past COM
mander. Marietta Clevenger; marshal,
Margaret Phares; chaplain, Florence
Meeks; mistress of ceremonies, Cordel-
ia Claypool; inside guard, Eliza Pal
mer: outside guard, Annie Howell;
trustee, Mary Tomlinson; representa-
tive to supreme lodge, Sue L. Austin;
alternate, Hattie L. B. Austin.
hurry Levine and Sol Shaefer, who
were before the court, on Thursday,
and were allowed to go on payment Of
costs, were arrested as soon as they got
clear of the court house. The offence
with which they were charged this
time was wearing the uniform of a
United States soldier, to which it is
claimed they were not entitled. The
men had been in the army but had
been discharged. They were put under
bail to await the action of the United
States grand jury.
County solicitor Robert Peacock, of
Ne At Holly, and Miss Helen d.
Heaiey. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
John Healey, of Atlantic City. were
quietly married at the home of the
brides parents at noon on Tuesday.
Rev. DIR. Petry performed the cere-
mony, and the attendants were Miss
Mary Healey, sister of the bride,
and Charles Peacock brother of the
groom. After wedding trip MIR. and
Mrs. Peacock will reside in Mount
Holly.
During the last week two well known
ministers OF the Methodist church
have died. Rev. Joseph G. Reed, a
former pastor of the Mount Holly
church, died at his home at Island
Heights after a long illness resulting
from several strokes Of paralysis. Rev
]. w. Nicholson, who occupied severa
pulpits in this county, died in Hahne
mann hospital, Philadelphia, Thurs
day evening. Four weeks ago Mr.
Nicholson and his wife were attacked
with ptomaine posion, and the forme
was taken TO the hospital where pneu
monia set in and resulted fatally.
In the court room, Thursday, was
man who was part civilian and par
soldier. taking the clothing he had OF
as evidence Two men were arreste,
for wearing the full uniform to whicl
they were not entitled, but the fello,
referred to was not molested. Possibl