The Penn's Grove record., 1920-10-15
News of Local Interest
Interesting News and Personal
Mention of People You Know

A cannon ball in a good state of
preservation was unearthed on the new
road near Sharptown on last Friday.
The Moose will give a "Closed
House Smoker" for members onIy an
election night, Tuesday, November I'd.
The ladies of st. Georges Church.
Pennsvllle, netted about $50 from the
supper held on Thursday of last week.
October 9th is "Mooseheart Davp
In Penns Grove when the local lodge
will give a banquet at their home on
South Broad Street.
W. c. T. U. will hold a food sale on
Saturday, October 23rd, beginning at
10 A. M. Place announced in next
issue of Record.
Ike Luterman has been in New
York all this week booking attractions
for his new Globe theatre which will
be opened soon.
Surveyors were busy last week sur
veying the road through P~ennsville.
for the new State road. This section
will extend the road to the old NJ. Z.
Cemetery on the Salem road.
County Agricultural Agent J. C..
Crissey has been exhibiting cornstalks
grown on the farm of Clifford L. Girls
pen, In Lower Penns Neck, that meas
ured nearly IA feet in height.
Louis Solomon, of Atlantic City, was
in Penns Grove this week looking after
his real estate. While he is from
Richmond, Va, he has great faith in
Penns Grove and has done much to
improve it here.
Some night during the week begin
ming October 26th, Penns Grove Lodge
of Moose will go to Wilmington in a
body to participate in a bazaar to be
held by Wilmington Lodge. They will
take a band along and expect to have
a big time.
Philadelphia Lodge, No. 2, B. P. O.
E., will initiate a class of 1000 new
members in the Metropolitan Opera
House, Broad and Poplar Streets, on
Tuesday, November 10th. They have
invited Penns Grove Lodge to attend
the great event in a body. The Lodge
has accepted and will send a big dele
cation.
Frank Howard and Orville Hahn,
mere boys, were arrested on Thursday
by Officer Harbeson, charged with
breaking and entering the home of
Mrs. Anna Wentish, on the river
front below Denny's wharf and steal
ing a number of articles. Squire
Stanton B. Cole committed them for a
hearing.
On Friday evening last a Ford
truck belonging to Alfred Spencer, of
Woodstown, loaded with tomatoes for
Philadelphia, turned turtle" on the
Salem pike and dumped the entire
load. A truck load of colored men
was passing by just as the accident
happened. They stopped, righted the
car and helped the man reload. He
then cranked up and off went the
Ford "just like that" Can you beat
it?
Dan Coleman, colored, of Penns
Grove, who was convicted of assault
and battery upon one of the guards
at the dye works, now wears a ball
and chain. He was sentenced to four
months service on the county roads,
but he didn't like the work, so on Sat
urday last he quit the job and started
for other parts. He was o missed,
however, and Guards Willets and
Miller found him about a mile from
Swedesboro. He is now attached to
the woodpile contingent.
Helen Bordley and Pearl Gray, two
young colored girls, were arrested at
Union Corner on Thursday morning
by Officer Shores for being drunk and
very, very disorderly-for young girls.
Before Recorder Edgar they pleaded
guilty and he fined them each S25 and
costs. If it happens again before cleo
ton they will have to vote from Sa-
lem as temporarily absent electors.
By request we republish the A. B.
C. of the League of Nations by DR..
Frank Crane, which he compiled more
than a year ago., before it became a
campaign issue. He is one of the
greatest thinkers and philosophers of
these times.