The Penn's Grove record., 1920-04-09
News of Local Interest


Hear the Sacred Cantata at the En-
manuel NJ. E. Church by the Church
choir Sunday evening. (a)
Thomas Kennedy, of Pennsville, had
an eye injured with acid at the Dye
Plant last week. He was taken to the
hospital and is recovering nicely.
The Grand and Petit Jurors for the
spring term Of the Salem County
Courts that opens on Tuesday, the
goth, will be drawn today, Friday.
Mrs. Leona Vanlier tanning, of Can
ton, employed at duPonts, Carneys
Point had the misfortune last week to
sprain her knee by making a misstep.
Salem County now sports its own
transportation line for High Sher-
iff Mifflin, the new Ford recently pur-
chased having been delivered.
The Girl Scouts Of Penns Grove
have been granted the use of the Elks
lodge room to hold their meetings un-
III permanent quarters are secured.
They meet on Friday nights.
The date for the chicken pot-pie
supper for the benefit of the Salem
County Memorial Hospital has been
changed from Thursday, April 22nd,
to Saturday, April oath.
The Local Preachers Association of
South Jersey will hold its semi-annual
conference at Aura on Saturday and
Sunday with Rev. David B. Ackley, of
Elmer, President, presiding.
The opening game of base ball for
the season by the High School Athletic
Association will take place Saturday
afternoon on the Dye Works field with
the Macy Club.
The Road Committee of the Board
of Chosen Freeholders will sit at the
Court House, Salem on Monday morn
ing next to receive bids for the con-
struction of a gravel road in Piles
grove township.
Contractors on public road work are
offering S. a day for common labor.
At this. rate some of the farmers on
large farms are wondering where they
are going to get off, with laborers al
ready scarce.
The April meeting of the Board of
Chosen ~Freeholders will be held at the
Court House, Salem on Wednesday
morning next at II o'clock. All bills
against the county must be presented
on the Monday previous.
The May Day exercises of the Salem
county public schools will be held on
the campus of the Woodstown High
School on Saturday, May 18th. There
are better facilities for the different
events there than in Salem.
A Penns Grove friend of Sheriff
! Mifflin has loaned him two young
~bloodhounds for use in his department.
The Sheriff says business is slack at
the Jail but he doesn't propose to use
, the dogs to hunt up business. They
J will be good substitutes for the miss
ing boarders.
Call has been made for the annual
meeting of both the Farmers Mutual
Fire Insurance Company and the
Salem Fire Insurance Company for
Monday, April 18th, when directors for
the year will be chosen.
A sure sign of spring is the boys are
out playing marbles. While 1t dis
turbs some to see holes in the side
walks, let US remember how we en-
joyed playing marbles when we were
boys.
The several hundred chemists en-
ployed at the Deep Water and Gibbs
town plants of the DUPONT Company
have organized a branch of the Amer
lean Chemical Society and have made
application to the National Association
for a charter.
The Chamber of Commerce of Will
mington last week agreed that to take
the $50 houses of the DUPONT Chemical
Company at Carneys Point and move
to Wilmington, would afford only tenn
porary relief and that it will be much
better to erect permanent homes.
William L. Dill, Motor Vehicle Com
missioner, IN his annual report, shows
receipts of Sc, 1858, 012; cars registered,
19O,S73; motorcycles, 11,416; drivers
licenses issued, 251,539; fines levied,
S6S.O75. Mr.. Dill says that motor
cycles are rapidly disappearing due to
the fact that the cost of a motorcycle
is almost as much as an automobile.
Last week a policeman in Philadel-
phia halted a driver of a truck con-
tanning United States mail. The
driver was exceeding the speed limit
and he claimed that he vas privileged
to go as fast as he desired. The off
Ger held otherwise and the driver was
fined ten dollars. There is a mistaken
idea about government autos not be-
ing subject to the local or state laws.
Winter fingers in the lap of spring.
After ten days of spring weather with
the temperature between 40 and 80 IN
the mornings a rain came last Sunday
and spoiled many Easter displays OF
fnery. On Monday another rain fell
with a cold northwest wind. On Tues
day morning the temperature was 81.
Ice was made as thick as window
glass and the ground was frozen.
On Wednesday morning the tenn
p~erature was AZ. On Thursday down
to 50 with a slight snowfall early IN
the morning and the cold northwest
wind still blowing. This Friday morn
H. or,Da,ofure was ~.