The Penn's Grove record., 1920-07-16
News of Local Interest

The extreme hot weather this week
made vegetation grow rapidly.
Richard NJ. Watkins, of Thorofare,
sold sixteen baskets of tomatoes last
Friday for s104, or $3.50 a basket.
Friday, August 9th, has been set by
Governor Edwards as the day for the
reception of the citizens and politi-
clans of Salem county at Sea Girt.
Work was resumed on the new road
from the Canal bridge to Churchtown
on Monday, sufficient material having
been secured to proceed with the work.
The William johnson farm in Lower
Penns Neck Township has been pur-
chased by Howard C. Whitehead, of
Salem.
DR.. S. Irving Callahan was elected
President of the New Jersey Dental
Society at the annual meeting held in
Atlantic City on Thursday.
Thieves broke into N. S. Woods
grocery store on East Main Street at
an early hour this friday morning
and ransacked the place.
H. H. Levinstein of the DUPONT City
Development Company has a heart-to-
llCd1l Ldlh Will pIOSRCCN1NG 1AOtAtC OWAA-
ers in this issue which should inter
est many of ourr eaders.
A meeting of the members of the
Edward l. Edwards Democratic Club
will be held on Monday evening at
7.30, at "a West Main Street. Bust
ness of Importance will be discussed.
I The Presbyterian, Methodist and
Baptist Sunday Schools of Salem have
combined to hold an excursion to
Riverview Beach, Pe~nnsville, next
Thursday.
Thursday was st. Swithin's Day and
the shower that continued most of the
day is a forerunner of forty days of
wet weather, according to supersti-
lions.
The large new barn on Edward M.
Summerills farm which has been
building the past six weeks, to replace
those burned last February, is about
completed. 1t was far enough erected
to put hay in.
At 20 you left the farm and came
to the city. And for 30 years you
have been working like hades. What
for? Inorder to get money enough
to live in the country.-New York
Evening Sun.
The stock and fixtures of the store,
ia West Main Street, belonging to
the estate of the late ]. K. Duffy, will
be sold at public sale tomorrow by
Daniel V. Summerill, Jr., administra-
tor.
Joseph King, living on 25th street,
Summerill tract, was struck by a troll
ley car on Saturday night on Shell
Road near Walker avenue. His arm
was broken and he was badly cut
about the head and face.
The Wilson Line boats carried the
American flag at half mast on Thurs
day because of the death of Capt. W.
F. P. Jacobs, master of the Steamer,
City of Camden. He died of heart
disease at his home in Smyrna, Del,
where he had been a week.
Because the volume of business done
during the past six months did not
average up to the department require
ments, the Paulsboro post office has
been reduced from second to third
class.
The Woodstown Post, American
Legion, which directed the local In
dependence Day celebration, has more
than $500 as the proceeds from a
"safe and sane" program. The money
will go for a community hall.
The annual Cumberland County Fair
and Changers Picnic will be held at
Tumbling Dam Park on Wednesday
and Thursday, September l and 2, and
preparations for it are already under
way.
Last Friday night ffty-fve mem
bers of the DUPONT branch of the
American Chemical Society enjoyed a
dinner at the Salem Country Club. R.
G. Clough, assistant superintendent of
the Dye Works at Deep Water, had
charge of the party.
The early truckers have been reap
ing a harvest of dollars this week.
Early tomatoes are more plentiful.
They were worth from So to S3.25 in
Wilmington market this week. White
potatoes sold for from S1.50 to 1925 a
basket. Many went over with a load
of ..r-ck and brought back 5000.