The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-02-11
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY II. 1919
LOCAL NEWS.

A branch of the Boston CONNECTION.
cry is to be opened at Bordentown.
Frank l.. Foulks, of Florence, has
entered the employ of undertaken Nor
ris K. Perinchief
Allen M. Fenimore has rented the
farm of G. w. Heisserman, on the
road from Jacksonville to Burlington.
Bishop Matthews will visit st. An,
drew's Church, Mount Holly, on April
I'd to administer the rite of confirm.
alton.
Somebody removed pane of glass
in the rear of Shelters news store last
night, and stole 81. Nothing else was
disturbed.
Joseph Wilson has resigned as sex
ton Of the Methodist church. He will
60 to Brooklyn to take charge of an
apartment building.
The farm belonging to the estate of
Joseph G. Dubell was sold at public
sale, Friday, to Alexander Dubell, for
1927, about $50 per acre.
Captain and Mrs. Tracy, who have
been living at the Washington House
for some time, have rented Mrs. Rachel
Evans property on Union street.
The Ladies' Aid Society and the
Spare Minute Circle will hold WASH
ington tea on February Goth, in the
lecture room of the M. E. Church.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Barry, of
smithville, announce the engagement
Of their daughter. Hilda F. Kenny, and
James ]. McAndrews, of Chicago.
Letter carrier George w. Karg, whose
illness with pneumonia was mentioned
In THE News last week, died on
Thursday. He was % years of age
The annual ladies' night reception
and banquet Of Mount Holly Lodge OF
Afasons will be held in the Masonic
Temple on Thursday evening. March 6.
John ]. Simons, aged 80, and his
daughter, Mabel M, aged 10, both
died ON Sunday from pneumonia.
They reside on farm near Birming-
ham.
Deputy Grand Exalted Ruler Joseph
Buch will pay an official visit to Mount
Holly Lodge of Elks next Tuesday
night. Col. E. C. Stahl. vice president
Of the State ElksA Association, also
will be present.
Mrs. w. p. Melcher lost black |
satin scarf, trimmed with chenille |
fringe. on Saturday night, between her
residence on Garden street and the
Kelsey and Killie building. The finder
il requested to return it to the owner.
William M. Cooper and family, who
have been living on Brainard street,
have shipped their goods to Rock Hill,
South Carolina, to which place they
will remove next Saturday. They are
spending this week at Merchantville
H. C. Walsh has leased a lot of
ground on the Hainesport road, ad-
joining the Lutheran church, to
Robert Patterson, who will open the
"Oakdale auto repair shop" on it. He
has the building almost ready for bust
ness.
While Mrs. Walter H. Shinn, of
Branch street, was coming out of q
store on Main street, on Friday, she
was run into and knocked down by a
boy who was sprinting along the side
walk. Her hip was broken as the result
OF the fall
The Burlington County Game Pro
tective League will give banquet in
the Masonic Temple, Mount Holly, on
Friday evening, February %, at els
o'clock. Good speakers will be present
and important action will be taken
relative to game affairs in this county. lt
Running from her home to the edge
of the Rancocas Creek nearby, Mrs
James Workman, of Centreton, COM
mitted suicide by drowning early Sun
day morning. Her body was found
later about 200 yards from tie place
where the woman must have leaped
overheard. She had not been in good
health fer some time.
A 1918 Ford touring car, belonging
to Henry Bowman, of Lumberton, !
was stolen on Friday evening. at about ,
7.1b. while the occupant was attending .
the moving pictures in the Mount
Holly theatre. The car had been park
cd on Main street, near the theatre
Its motor number is .2,6OS, 487; New
Jersey license number IS, 1897.
The next meeting of the Parent :,
Teachers Association will be held on ,
Thursday afternoon at 4 o'clock, in
the high school auditorium. All mem
bers and their friends are particularly ,
requested to be present to hear the
county council president, Mrs. HI. A.
Frantz. and also Mrs. G.. Henry Smith,
OF Riverton, state chairman.
Charles H. Jacob, manager of the !
Woolworth store here for several years,
has been promoted to the management !
OF the same company's store at Vine
~
land. His many friends here regret his I
departure. but are pleased at his adj
vancement. The new manager here is !,
F. J. Grain, who has been connected ,
with the Woolworth stores at Atlantic i.
City and Camden.
Thomas Miedrzychorski, soldier,
who deserted from Camp Dix last fall,
and who is also wanted by the Bur
hngton county authorities for the theft
Of 81, 100 from Peter Kirsch, farmer
near Bordentown, with whom he Sc
cured employment after leaving camp,
has been arrested at Fort Wayne, Ind.
The man, whose home is in Trenton,
married while in the west. He was
brought back to New Jersey by Detec-
tive Dodd, on Saturday, for trial,
and will also face court martial for de
sertion from the army.
A farmers institute will be held in
Grange hall, Moorestown, on Friday,
February IA. under direction of the
New Jersey State Department OF Agri
culture, Moorestown Grange and
County Board of Agriculture. There
will be morning, afternoon and even
ing sessions. Among the speakers will
be Prof. M. A. Blake and Prof. l.. A.
Clinton, of The New Jersey State Col
lege Of Agriculture; DR.. Thomas
MopnC of the nalouaro Ctata COlIauo