The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-01-02
I.ucks County and Nearby

Seventeen cows were sold for an
average of $154.85 Friday by l. W
Closson at tn Monument House Bazaar
in Doylestown. Four young bulls
averaged $3.50.
Warren S. Long, of Doylestown, a
member Of the Bucks County Bar
and for number of years chairman
of the Democratic County Committee
died suddenly about midnight Frida.
during a heart attack. Mr.. Long 6
death was most unexpected. He has
not been aware that he was subject
to any heart attack, and had not sus-
pected anything of the kind even after
more mild attack of similar ma
ture a few weeks ago.
With orders ON hand for Million
of cigars, cigar manufacturers, with
factories at Quakertown. Perkasie
and other nearby towns, will not give
the usual week vacation during tn
holidays, closing only Christmas an
New Years.
Sixteer business men CT Not
Whales have purchased a piece of
ground from A. K. Shearer estate
and will erect sixteen houses thereon.
Arthur Hall, the local building in
speetor, has purchased two lots and
will erect two houses. There is more
building under way in the borough at
present than there has been in q
number of years.
With an addition to the Maxwell.
Silk Company building on West
broad street, Cuakertown, costing
$40 eco and an addition TO n
Navarro silk plant On North rorrt.l
street, Of 80 feet II. length, and 81 i.
width just awarded together " h
other local silk industries, Quaker
town is rapidly forging ahead as a
silk centre. 1t already has mills
larger, than most towns in eastern
Pennsylvania In addition its many
cigar manufacturing plants, places
Quakertown among the most pro-
gressive manufacturing centre Of
Southern Pennsylvania.
fine order laade by Judge William
c Ryan in TIE Buck, County CaU,t
Monday m n rig fixed the salar' Of
the probation officer, Ms. Charles \.
Nightingale, at $35 per month. An
other order made the pay of the tip
slaves $3.50 per day and the court
crier $3.50 per day.
The first meeting of the League Of
Good Citizenship this term at .Yardiey
was held Friday afternoon at the pub
lie school. Talks were given by Mrs.
Charles NJ. Eames and Mrs. George
Duerr to the fourth, fifth, sixth,
seventh and eighth grades on Rules
on Safety First in Street Crossing.
which were framed by the Boy Scout
master of Akron, Ohio.
Plumsteadville Dairymen's Asso-
citation held their annual election or
Saturday, and elected the following
officers: Treasurer, Wilson Overholt'
secretary, William NJ. Rush; direc.
tors, Daniel Gahman, l. Erwin
Yothers, Harvey Rice, Harvey Myers
Abraham Gahman.
Mrs. Clifford Pinchot, wife of tn;
distinguished authority on forestry
and Miss Henrietta B. Lyons, we'll
known speaker on matters of interesi
to women, will give short addresses
The league is planning to hold classes
in citizenship in all of the Larger
towns of the county where sucf
classes have not been held, and tt
form centers in the country distrlct
for the same purpose.
Through the efforts of Franklin
Twining, of Wycombe, director o
the interstate Milkshippers' Associa
ton the Gainesville local was organ
lied Tuesday evening. officers of tn
local are: President. Allen Knight
secretary, D. W. Spoor; treasurer
Howard Paxson.