The Penn's Grove record., 1921-05-20
News of Local Interest

ffVerFlcw Beach. PennsvfIIe will
open on Saturday. 18th inst. under the
management Of W. d. Acton. Mani
improvements and attractions have
been installed.
Hear The Story of the Orient bv
the choir at the Emmanuel NJ. F
church, Sunday evening, MAY p. a
me service that viii be enjoyed bv ali.
ADV. @''
Frost did not kill all the strawber-
RES: A few ripened last week. two
e earlier than usual. More were
PICKED and sent TO market this week.
The crop will be very light. The re
tan price opened at 50 cents = mst+
and is now 20 cents.
The summer time table of the far,.-,
boats between Penns Grove and vii
mIngton will begin Saturday 21s+
Boats leave Penns Grove and vii
mington every hour. The s1mmar
schedule on the Wilson Line between
Penns Grove and Philadelphia. is also
resumed.
South Jersey breeders of pure HoI-
steln-Frlesan cattle will hold a sale
at Henry Silyerman's barn. Woods
town, on Wednesday next. The farm
ers have consigned forty head of the
pest they have for the sale and it will
De a good chance for the farmers 10
get some pure bred stock.
The Woodbury. Board of Education
Is purchasing the winter supply of
coal for the schools for $3.50 less than
last year, and has awarded the con-
tract to furnish 300 tons at S7.26 2
ton. Penns Grove Board Of Fdgea-
ton pays SIC a ton to one of the mem
bers Of the Board.
Miss Anna Jewett, Il Church Street.
Penns Grove, was the lucky one in The
Bress q Sons Limerick last week. In
terest in the fun continues undated.
Everybody is welcome to enter the
lists; the more the merrier. Bress
d Son also offer some bargains in
silk dresses that will certainly interest
the gentler sex. 1t is worth your
while to see these goods.
An inspector from Washington. D.
&, spent two days in Penns Grove this
week going over the books and ac-
counts Of Postmaster Thomas Z. Hunt.
Everything was found correct to a
penny. Penns Grove post office does
: big business, many thousands of
dollars being handled during the year.
and the postmaster is naturally we'll
pleased yer the clean bill of health
shown.
The illustrated lecture on Thursday
evening by Rev. Fred J. Peters on his
missionary experience in Peru, showed
what superstition and ignorance pre-
vailed in Latin American countries
until progressive Professionalism was
introduced by missionaries. He was a
heroic missionary there for fourteen
years during which time the State
passed a law recognizing Protestant
marriages.
The financial statement OF the
Penns Grove Building and Loan As
ISOLATION is published and shows the
Association to be in a prosperous con-
dition. A fourth series is now form
ing. This is an excellent investment
plan and your money earns good divi-
dends. DR.. A. L. Welch is President
of the Association and Clyde w.
Struble, of the Peoples Bank, Secre-
tary.
Walter Lane, living between Penns
Grove and Woodstown. while riding
through Swedesboro in his automobile
plunged through the draw of the new
bridge at the head of Broad Street,
in that city, about 2 o'clock Wednes-
day morning. His escape from injury
was a miracle as the car plunged
headlong from the road to the creek
bed below and was badly damaged. 1t
is thought a high wind swung the
bridge loose from its moorings.