The Penn's Grove record., 1920-09-24
News of Local Interest
Interesting News and Personal
Mention of People You Know

Inc temperature was down TO 40
last Monday morning. Summer ended
Tuesday night.
The grape crop in this region is pro-
Inc. There is room in every back
yard for a grape vine and pear tree.
Mrs. William F. E~isenschmidt has
resigned her position as clerk in the
freight department of the railroad
company.
DR.. E. Polakoff, the Main street op-
tieian and jeweler, has opened a
branch of his business at 837 Market
street, Philadelphia.
Mrs. James Diver has a ~profusion of
dahlias in beautiful blooms in her gar-
den on Franklin street near Main
Many stop to admire them.
The Penns Grove Public Library AS
ISOLATION now has 1000 books on its
shelves. An average of seventy-ive
books are taken out weekly.
An exhibition of work by home and
agricultural clubs among the school
boys and girls of Salem county will be
held at Monroeville October g.
The Porchtown people took in about
$500 al their Harvest Home, Septem-
Der 4th, clearing a substantial sum for
the benefit of the NJ. E. Church.
The new school for eolored children
in South Woodstown will be dedicated
October 6, with an address by Rev.
DR.. c. A. FINLEY, of Philadelphia.
The ladies of St. Georges Guild will
hold their annual oyster and chicken
potpie supper in the parish house,
Churchtown, Thursday evening, Octob-
er 7th. 2t
While the Reds are being rounded
up in all parts of the country it might
not be a bad idea to include the idle
young men who loaf on corners and in
poolrooms.
Members of the First Spiritualist
Church, Wilmington, will conduct re-
ligious services in Odd Fellows Hall,
Penns Grove, for n week, beginning
October 4th.
The Library Association cleared S128
at their oyster supper last week and
desire to thank all who helped in any
way to make it a success. Mrs. David
Featherer, Chairman of Committee.
Last Sunday about / o'clock a fire
was started in Myers cottage on
Divers shore by the upsetting of an
oil stove. The goods inside and the
building were considerably damaged
before it was put out.
Harold and Wilbur Fitzpatrick of
Friendship fell from a bicycle they
were riding at Union Corner on We'd
broken ankle. His injuries were at
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he was taken home.
Frank Davis, who is a member of
the Dye Works Band and also plays
with the Twelfth Regiment Band felt
highly honored last Saturday evening
when he was called upon to play the
baritone horn with the Kilties Band at
the Salem C~hautauqua.
A very choice musicale was given
at the First Baptist Church on Tues
day evening. The s%oloist, Mrs. Joseph
Justice, of Woodbury., was assisted by
Mrs. Floyd Clunn, Mrs. Pomeroy, Mr..
Floyd Clunn, Mrs. Randall, DR.. Bridge
man and Mrs. F. j. Peters.
William F. E~isenschmidt has resign
ed his position as clerk in the Peoples
Bank to take effect October 1st, and
will return to his former pasition as
cashier and general manager of the
freight department of the Pennsylva-
mia railroad company in Penns Grove.
Earl Hunt, employed by the Salem
& Penns Grove Traction Company, had
his runabout almost completely wreck
ed on Sunday while at the car barn
near Pennsville. A trolley car was
backed in such a manner that the auto
was caught between it and another
trolley.
Mrs. Marie delrOlvastro, at No. l
Willis street, has a big fig tree which
was killed to the ground last winter,
notwithstanding it was well protected.
Last spring it grew again and is now
eight feet high with forty green figs
on it. 1t is a rare tropical sight for
this latitude.
Harvey Macdonald, a son of Sur
geon and Mrs. Charles Macdonald, Of
Salem has entered Rutgers College,
New Brunswick. Unless the rules
prohibit, Rutgers should be able to use
Harvey on the football team. He has
been PLAYING all season with the Salem
baseball team and in the Dye Works
league.
The Moose bazaar begins tomorrow
Saturday night on the grounds ad-
Joining the home, South Broad street.
They have made big preparations for
this event and will furnish lots OF en-
tertainment for an entire week. Two
booths will be in charge of the Wo-
mems Auxiliary where they will sell
food and other articles.
The wholesale prices of produce IN
the Jersey market, Wilmington this
Friday morning is as follows: White
potatoes 1890 cents a basket, sweet
potatoes 1890, cabbage 25-35, onions
$685., peppers 25-40, apples $3.50,
keiffer pears so, tomatoes 20-40, egg
tomatoes 81, egg plants 40-60, pump
kins $40 cents, peaches S2-s2.5O a
basket.
Don't miss the first number of En-
manuel Lecture and Musical Course.
Lecture, "Under the Aurora-Northern
Lands" illustrated by DR.. F. w. John.
son. Musical program consisting OF
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