The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-08-05
LOCAL NEWS.

LOCAL NEWS.
The August meeting of the board {
freeholders will be held tomorrow.
A bubbler drinking fountain hs
been installed in the court house yart
Miss c.. Mildred Wills, of Marltor
is now employed at the Wetheri
store.
Samuel Stradling has removed fror
Burlington to house on Buttonwoo
street, Mount Holly.
The base ball game at Mount Holly
next Saturday, will be played on tn
fair ground, beginning at 3.15.
The Mount Holly Young Friends
Association will hold its annual picni
on Saturday in the meeting hous
yard.
Three shares of stock of the Farmers
Trust Company were sold at auction
in Philadelphia. last week, for 1920 {
share.
A baby girl arrived at the home o.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Griffith, or
Mount Holly avenue. last Wednesday
morning.
Letters for Mrs. Emma Richards,
Mrs. Jennie Mack and Mrs. Byron N
Hulburd. remain unclaimed in the
post Office.
Past grand master Richard c.. Wood.
ward, Of Bordentown, has been ap-
pointed treasurer of the New Jersey
grand lodge of Free Masons, succeed
ing the late William F. Burk.
Miss Agnes Jane Richardson and
Clarence s. Hulfish, both of Burling-
ton, were married at the Methodist
parsonage, Mount Holly, on July 26,
by Rev. Curwen B. Fisher.
J. Lawrence Lippincott. of Riverton,
was one of six Friends who sailed for
Servia last week as members of the
Friends Servian Relief Committee.
They expect to be gone six months.
The Bureau of War Risk Insurance
of the treasury department has ap-
pointed Captain William A. Slaughter
local field examiner to investigate al
lotments and compensations due en-
listed men and their dependents in
Burlington county.
The work of remodeling and enIarp-
ing the seating capacity OF the Mount
Holly theatre was begun yesterday
morning by contractor Lewis Lippin-
colt. The alterations being made will
not interfere with the opening of the
theatre for the nightly showing of
moving pictures this week.
Rev. r. A. Brotemarkle. is enjoying
his vacation and during mis- absence
the following ministers will occupy
the pulpit of the Presbyterian church:
August 10, Rev. w. C. Perez, Phila-
delphia; IL. Rev. J. F. Weaver, Barne-
gat; "a, Rev. S. Harper Leeper, Media;
81, Rev. William P. Finney, of Lin
coin University.
A visitor to Mount Holly last week
was Major William J. Shanahan, who
is remembered by many citizens as an |
instructor at the old Mount Holly
Academy when it was conducted by
Prof. Julian Pla about twenty years
ago. Mr.. Shanahan, whose home is
in Connecticut, was attached to the |
18th Division, and was at Camp Dix
for rehabilitation after eighteen
months of service overseas.
The annual picnic of the Mount
Holly merchants will take place on |
Thursday of next week, August IA. |
The program as far as arranged will |
include horse races, athletic contests
and base ball at the fair ground in the |
afternoon, the historical pageant, 1.-The |
Making of Mount Holly" at the court |
house yard at seven o'clock in the |
evening, and community sing and |
street dancing at Fountain Square
commencing at $50 o'clock. Irons
Metropolitan band will furnish music
for the dancing.
Numerous inquiries have been re-
ceived whether the tax to be collected
on ice cream has been repealed. Con.
gress has passed bill repeating the
section OF the act requiring the collect
ion of tax on ice cream, soda water.
ETC., but the bill has not passed the
Senate and has not been signed bv
the President. The tax must be col
lected and paid regularly until the
date OF the repeal of this section of the
act becomes effective, when an an
nouncement will be made by advising
the merchants to discontinue the collect
ion of this tax.
The Mount Holly Business Mems
Associations officers were nominated
for reelection at meeting held on
Tuesday night. William S. Fryer,
William C. Wetherill, Ben Frazier.
Charles E. Rogers, Clifford R. Powell,
William d. Marren and E. Lewis
Schuyler were nominated for the ex-
ecutive committee. Norcross & Ed
munds, Creedon Hardware Co., Robert
s. Gaskill and Henry J. A Rau were
elected to membership. Clifford r.
Powell was appointed member of the
associations school committee in the
place of Mr.. Wetherill, resigned.
Many activities are planned for this
week at the Girls Club house on Gar.
den street. The Every Ready club
will have its monthly picnic this after
noon. After swim at the mill dam
the girls will return to the club house
for supper and games. Tomorrow
morning at ten o'clock is story hour at
the club house. All children under
twelve are welcome. The Keep-at-it
club will have a swimming party on
Wednesday afternoon, followed by
supper at the club house. On Friday
the Watzituyu club will take an all
day trip down the river to Whining
ton and then to Brandywine Springs.
The annual picnic of Burlington
County Pomona Grange, held at the
fair ground on Thursday, was slightly
interfered with by light rain which
kept some people away. There was q
good attendance. however, and the
crowd became larger in the late after
noon and for the dancing in the even.
ing. Three base ball games were
played during the day. Pemberton
Grange defeated Medford, to 8; Penn,
berton was defeated by Moorestown, I