The Penn's Grove record., 1920-08-20
News of Local Interest

Only two more weeks of vacation.
then the school bell will ring.
Flocks of reed birds have appeared
on the marshes along the lower Della
ware river.
E. A. Foster of Pole Tavern dug
three acres of cobbler potatoes early
and received over $500 for the crop.
above $500 per acre.
Furman Fenton brought the first
Jersey sweet potatoes of the season in
to Penns Grove on Wednesday. They
were fine.
Agents of the duPonts, it is report
ed, have acquired the Pyle place, four
miles east of Millville, from the Ant
ters' Hunting Club, for a manufacture
ing site.
Seth Drummond, an employee at
the powder plant, had his automobile
stolen on Monday while he was at
work. Mr. Drummond lives at Woods
town.
DR.. Darrow, dentist has moved his
office from 5 South Broad Street to
the new Hub Building, South Broad
where he his fitted up a most up-to-
date dental parlor.
Edward H. Keen, Jr., member of
Council, desires it announced that he
positively will not be a candidate be-
fore the primaries next month for that
office.
The Woman's Auxiliary of st. Pauls
NJ. Z. Church will hold a chicken pot
pie dinner in the Church on Thursday,
August 26th. Dinner served from 4
to s P. NJ. Price 75c. adv. 8-13-2t
The subordinate Oranges of Salem
County will hold a union picnic at
Riverview Beach, P~ennsville, on Tues
day, August 9th. All Changers and
their friends are cordially invited to
be present.
Albert Feldbaum who has had the
United Shoe Repair Shop on South
Broad Street for two years has sold
out to Joseph Gallala. He and his
son will return to Illinois where they
formerly lived.
AS another old resident died last
the attention of those who do not wish
to live to good old age they will have
to quit Penns Grove. Uncle Jimmie
LlONQ drank well MdI6G III TELLS
Grove for over 80 years.
Those who contemplate going on
the Moose moonlight excursion down
the river on Friday, September Bird,
are sure to have a good time. There
will be dancing, refreshments in adj
dition to the delightful ride on the
boat.
Penns Grove Lodge of Moose will
hold a bazaar and home week on their
grounds during the week beginning
September 18th. The Moose know
how to run such things and promise to
give the public a week of real enter
tainment. Good music and dancing.
No admission charged.
Being unable to find a vacant house
or even a place to board in Bridgeport,
Prof. Howard J. Crosby, who had been
elected principal of the Bridgeport
public schools, has rendered his resig-
nation to the Board of Education. He
was principal of the schools at Will
Jamestown last year.
E. ". Humphreys, who will sail for
Europe this month, has leased his OPP
era house at Woodstown to the Cham
Der of Commerce there and it will be
managed by ]. S. McCurdy, the pro-
ceeds to be used for the improvement
of the pond there and the committee
hopes to be able to quickly rehabili-
tate it.
George Steelman has been making
some fishing adventures at Hancocks
Bridge. He used to be an amphibious
athlete in his young days and when he
got a bite he thought he had a stur-
geon, but it proved to be a roach
Georges spirit is as firm as e but
the Size of the catch reminded him
that he is getting old.
Willis Bros. are putting up a con-
crete garage 25x60 feet and sixteen
feet high. Bricklayers at SO a day
who gloat over how little they can do,
instead of how much, are dispensed
with. A crib is made and the con-
crete poured in from a mixer. Old
bricks are placed in the concrete at all
angles to strengthen it.
A piece of the lumber used IN the
construction of the covered bridge
built in 1881 at Salem is in the posses
sion of George H. Durham, of Walnut
Street. 1t is of white pine and he
saws that when the span was con-
~structed the lunaber cost SIS per 1000
feet. while the cost for the sam kind
of lumber today is 5000 per 1000 feet.
The 18th annual Hurff family reun-
ion will be held at Alcyon Park on
Wednesday, August 25th. The event
is an annual reunion of the descend
ants of John Baltus Hurf, who settled
in Gloucester County, near where
what is now Tu~rnerville, in 1850. Or.
John E. Hurff is president of the As
ISOLATION and Samuel P. Hagernnan,
secretary.
Penns Grove streets continue to be
denuded of shade trees. The last old
familiar land marks to go were the
two NAPLES in front of the Smith SIS
ters' home at 1877 West Main Street;
Wherever possible shade trees should
be set about two feet inside the street
line. Where it was done you may
notice that shade is given to the resi-
dent as well as to the traveller on h
sidewalk.
An automobile loaded with Italians