The Penn's Grove record., 1920-11-12
News of Local Interest

Several gunners were out on We'd
nesday. A few rabbits were shot.
Rev. 0. Bell Close, of Carneys
Point, has been conducting evangel-
istic meetings at the Woodstown
Presbyterian Church.
Monday, December 9Th, the Wom-
ans Club will hold a supper furnished
by the Pure Food Company, in Odd
Fellows Hall.
There will be an adjourned meeting
of the Mayor and Council this Friday
evening, when the new Borough hall
4 will be accepted from the contractor.
There is snow in the air. The
fPenns Grove Record almanac weather
prophet predicts snow ~flurries between
the 18th and 18th. Watch his guess.
is dead, at the age of SO years. For
many years he was engaged in the
coasting trade and made a consider
able fortune with his vessels. He is
survived by two sons.
Sheriff Alfred K. Brandriff, who has
assumed office in Salem County, has
retained George w. Brown as under
sheriff and Miss Jessie c. Fox as
secretary.
Eggs are still soaring and on Thurs
day dealers paid IS cents for ordinary
eggs. At this rate eggs will soon be
$1.O0 a dozen as it has been predicted.
Fresh eggs retail at so cents.
A member of the Woman's Auxili-
airy of the Salem County Memorial
Hospital will be at the hospital each
day during Thanksgiving week to re-
ceive donations for the hospital.
The Woodstown Monitor-Register.
which has been published by Benz.
Patterson for several years, has been
bought by Charles j. Donnelly, of
Observation-Disclosures N. Y. He is
a practical printer and recently edited
the Hastings News.
The Woman's Auxiliary of the
Salem Memorial Hospital has decided
to sun the monthly meetings at the
hospital on the second Tuesday after
noon of each month. 1t was also de-
cided that the Auxiliary will furnish
turkeys for the annual Thanksgiving
Day dinner at the hospital.
The Woman's Club of Penns Grove
will hold a joint meeting with the
Mothers Club of Carneys Point, in
their room on Penn Street, at 2 o'clock,
November 18th. Tea Will be served
Mrs. H. H. Clark, of Woodbury., 1st
District Vice President, will be the
4 guest of honor.
1t is not often tomatoes, egg plants,
lima beans and lettuce can be gathered
fresh from the garden so near Thanks
giving as is the cas- at present and
many flowers are yet in bloom The
long spell of beautiful fall weather has
made us look forward with dread to
bad winter weather.
Hamper & Basket Manufacturing
Co., Herbert M. Smalley, president
and manager, Bridgeton, have bought
fourteen powder store houses opposite
Plant 8, of the DUPONT Chemical Com
pany, for the enlargement of their
business. They manufacture shipping
crates for all kinds of farm products.
Penns Grove Lodge of Elks will
visit Philadelphia Lodge next Tues
day evening in a body, when Phila.
delphia Lodge will initiate a class of
1000 new members in the Metropolitan
! Opera House, Broad and Poplar
Streets. 1t will be n of the greatest
events of its kind ever conducted by
a fraternal organization. The trip
will be made in automobiles.
\ Councilman Edward H. Keen, Jr.,
4 had the pleasing honor of switching
on the lights in the new Borough
hall last week for the first time. ].
tDonald McCloskey, of the electrical
firm of Summerill & McCloskey, who
] installed the electrical work in the
building, had everything in readiness
for the ~momentous event and Eddie"
never finched when he touched the
button.
Penns Grove Lodge of Elks will
tleave for their visit tt Philadelphia
Lodge next Tuesday, from the lodge
room, Main and Delaware Avenue, at
5 P. M. sharp, in order to arrive in
Philadelphia in time for the parade.
All who go in advance should be at
Market Street ferry at z P. M. sharp,
as the lodge will be escorted from that
point by a band.