The Penn's Grove record., 1922-02-03
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MIS-. Jennie reeves and Mrs. Walter
Mills Miller, of Salem, were visitors
during the week at the home ofMrs.
Joseph Reeves, on d Street.
Fenton Croft, on H Street, spent
the weekend as the guest of his sis
ter, in Parlin.
Nh. and Mrs. Adrain Berry, Master
Ralph Berry and Mrs. NJ. Sharp, on
| Street, spent Tuesday in Pitman,
and attended the funeral of Richard
Taylor, a relatives.
The birthday party given on Satur-
day evening at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Leroy Fair, on Laurel Street,
was well attended, in spite of the
snowy weather. The guests spent a
most delightful evening.
Mrs. Ollie Pennington, on Z Street,
%journeyed to Philadelphia on Tuesday,
to visit her sister-in-law, Mrs. VIM.
Pennington, Jr., who is a patient in
the Jefferson Hospital.
Miss Elizabeth Woodrow, Of Will
mington, returned home on Wednes-
day, after spending a few days at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Witt, on Second
Street.
Mrs. VIM. V. Lowe, on Second
Street, is numbered among the sick
of the Village.
Mr.. John King, on G Street, who is
employed at Chester, was a weekend
visitor at his home.
Mrs. C. S. Bailey, on Fifth Avenue,
entertained at a dinner, on Tuesday,
Mrs. o. Pennington , Rose Wilma and
Alberta and Laurence Pennington and
Mrs. A. w. Walls.
Joseph Adams, who recently fell off
a scaffold at the Plant, breaking sew
eral bones in his ankle, is somewhat
improved.
Parish Guild Visit
A dozen members of the Parish
Guild of the Church of Our Merciful
Saviour, formed the jolly party which
journeyed to Wilmington on Wednes-
day to spend the day, as the guests
of Mrs. Frank Moseley. The time was
pleasantly spent making dainty ar
ticles for the next bazaar and in a de-
lightful social time. A business
meeting was also held, at which sew
eral social events were planned for
the zeal future.
A dainty lunch was served which
all enjoyed and for which Mrs. Moseley
10 famous. Even tho fat ladios uhn oso
dieting to become sylph-like in form,
threw all precautions aside on this
occasion and risked the addition of an
extra pound or two.
After a social hour, the guests de-
parted, voting Mrs. Moseley a charm
ing hostess.
Those present were Rev. j.. B.
Myers, Mrs. P. w. Carleton, Mrs.
Joseph Herbert, Mrs. Harry Stout,
Mrs. R. Carpenter and son, Randall,
Mrs. H. R. Witt, Mrs. w. R. Hawkins,
Mrs. Frank Ale, Mrs. R. Mearns, Mrs.
R. J. Morris and son, Robert, Mrs.
VIM. P. Sutton and son, Billy, Mrs. j.
C. Fincher and Mrs. John King, of
Carneys Point; Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Moseley, Lillian Moseley, Mrs. W. E.
Pruitt, Dorothy and Willard Pruitt,
Mrs. J. H. Martin, Mrs. c. R. Kund,
Mr.. Pruitt, ST., Mrs. Woodrow and
Helend Klund, of Wilmington.
Civics Club Meeting
The second meeting of the Civics
Club was held on Monday evening, at
$50, in the Auditorium of the Y, with
about sixty persons present. The
meeting was presided I'VE by A. j,
Dunn, chairman.
The Chairman of the Nominating
Committee suggested the following
names as candidates for election tC
the School Board: For three years
P. C. Kaiser, A. C. Burdick and Edwin
Leap; for one year, Mrs. Lula Scott
and in ease of the resignation of Mr.
Fleming from the Board, Mrs. Dorothy
Herbert for two years.
Mr.. Booze, a member of the present
Board, announced that he wished to
10 aarc;Jo,nl n candidate fn,- ra-aloo.
ton. Mr.. Weldon proposed the name
of Mr.. Huber Layton to represent
the outlying district. Those named
were added to the list suggested by
the Nominating Committee.
P. C. Kaiser, as chairman of the
committee to investigate the schoo
budget, gave an excellent report and
made suggestions as to how the bud
get might be reduced by $4,000, in
case the proposed legislation to take
off teachers bonuses and to raise the
age of children entering kindergar-
from A to 5 years become effective.
Mr.. Kaiser in his report spoke of the
efficiency of the teachers and course
in the Carneys Point schools, ano
made it emphatic that no cut should
be made in the budget if it affected
the efficiency of the schools.
Mr.. Naylor stated that the budget
might be reduced by a few hundred
dollars, but not to the extent suggest
ed.
A vote to select five out of the
seven names suggested resulted as
follows: P. C. Kaiser, A. G.. BurdicB
and Edwin Leap, for three years; Mrs,
Lula Scott for one year, and Mrs,
n...4l.r H0-la,l Fo. 4urn. xran1.- IN
event of Mr.. Fleming's resignation.
The following committee was named
to look over the Township budget: P,
C. Kaiser, Harry Geiter and VIM. D.
Owens.
The resignation of Mr.. Duncan as
Secretary Of t1,e Civics Club was &C.
cnntnd and Harry Geiter elected To