The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-05-17
NEW JERSEY
STATE BRIEFS


Diocese of New Jersey will be held II
st. Paul's Church, Camden.
Under the auspices Of the Woodbury.
Rotary Club there will be an athletic
meet at Page Park on May 20, and
'Boys' Sunday vii be observed the
following day.
Memorial Day will be marked al
Lawnside by the erection of a bronze
tablet to service men, AS in number
on the public school ground.
Addressing the annual convention OF
the New Jersey Federation of Wo.
mems Clubs in Haddon Hall at Allan.
tic City, Rev. Henry II. Rose, rector
of the z. E. Church of the Redeemer
Newark, denounced censorship of the
stage and screen as an infringement
on the constitutional rights Of the
American people.
The session OF Woodbury. City Coun.
Gil was held n the new city hall
for the first time, and members are
greatly pleased with their new quar-
tiers.
The Camden County Historical So
ciety is planning a trip to the old
battlefield of Red Bank at National
Park.
Veterans of Foreign Wars at East
Camden are reviving the old spirit of
Memorial Day, seeking to make the
observance more solemn and impress
I've.
With the court house clock noting
standard time and watches and clocks
I'm homes giving daylight saving time
there Is a vast confusion in Woodbury..
The Gloucester City Fire Depart
ment has decided to have a big parade
and celebration in June, when the
new service truck will be housed.
Two men from the State Housing
Department visited Gloucester City
and made an inspection OF a number of
buildings.
To defray the expense of its sum-
mer program a two-day rlmmage sale
was held by the Palmyra Field Club.
Some of the Gloucester City fisher
men are making good catches of carp
and catfish, but few shad.
John j. Huber of No. 1920 South
Second street, Philadelphia, was fined
So and costs by Justice of the Peace
Seldom at Verga for allowing his wife
to operate his automobile without a
license.
The membership of the Gloucester
City Chamber of Commerce has been
increased to J10, and a committee
was appointed by President Sites to
carry on a campaign for funds for the
two Camden hospitals.
Woodbury. Council Is to give a hear
ing O. a pending ordinance to prevent
playing baseball, tennis, handball and
football on the streets by children
over ten years old.
John e. lizard, a prominent young
attorney of Atlantic City, has been
appointed United States commissioner
for the district by Federal Judges
Relstab, Lynch and Bodine to sue
coed Hiram Steelman, resigned.
Nathaniei Pafriter, war veteran OF
Gloucester City, was dumped into Lit
tie Timber Creek when a boat toppled
over while he was fishing. George
Emery, who happened to be near,
JulllDtu III anu lCstutu HILL
The Tri-County Federal Loan Asso-
citation has been formally organized
at Woodbury. with Fl. G. Demme of
Sewell president and George Il. Mar
shall of Glassboro secretary. Applica-
lions for loans amounting to $64,4 400
have been approved by the A%ppraising
Committee.
The Woodbury. Board of Education
has procured the Page Ball Park for
use of the high school sports for a year
at $3.50.
A new high school, costing about
$4,000, will be built at Point Pleas
ant. The George w. Shaner & Sons
Company of Palmyra submitted the
lowest bid for construction.
Farmers of New Jersey and officials
of railroads have been holding a series
of conferences to devise methods of
Fastening their products to the con-
sumer.
Famed by a strong south wind, fire
completely wiped out the George d.
Boice Lumber Company plant at
Princeton, with an estimated loss of
$150,000. The blaze rapidly gained
Roadway, and not before reserves were
called from Trenton could the fire be
put under control.
Early Strawberries In Burlington
county will be damaged 90 per cent,
while late berries will be affected
slightly Cape May, early berries, 30
per cent; Salem. early, 90; late, 60
Gloucester, early, badly damaged late,
90; Cumberland, % TO 20.
Demands by Trenton bricklaycrs and
plasterers for an increased wage scale
were made, presenting an extremely
serious situation in the building indus
try. The men are receiving SO a day,
the scale set by an arbitrator about six
months ago when wage differences then
existing were adjusted. They have
been offered an increase of so cents by
an arbitration board consisting OF
members Of the union and representa-
tives Of the Master Builders Associa-
tion, but the majority are Gliding out
for $40.