The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-06-21

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Camden County Board of Taxation
against their assessment.
Camden.-May was a busy month at
Cooper Hospital. The report of the
board of managers shows III opera
lions performed and 3,34S treatments
in the accident and out patient depart
ments.
Gloucester City.-At a joint meeting
Of the Merchants and Civic Better
ment Committees of the chamber Of
commerce 1t was decided to ask every
church and oil. anizaticr to join in the
Independence Day celebration.
Atlantic City.-As a result of the
traffic control of the White Horse pike
by the state police accidents have been
practically eliminated, Colonel
Schwartzkopt. CO. mander of the po-
lice, claimed in IN address at the week
ly luncheon of the Lions Club in this
city.
Woodlynne.-Notice has been issued
for a special election to be held Friday,
June 16, to decide whether bonds shall
be issued for street improvements.
Pensauken.-Another dog, believed
to have been in a fight with the animal
that bit two children and resulted in
the quarantine in this township, devel-
oped rabies and was killed. The ami
NAL was the pet Of William Miller of
Union avenue
WoOdbury.-Most Of the merchants
here will close their stores Wednesday
afternoons during June, July and Au-
gust.
Vineland.-The Rotary Club enter
tained the "a members of the high
school graduating class at dinner. The
boys gave their school yells, and the
club urged all to take civilian training
90 that this country could muster
100000 soldiers overnight"
Clayton.-The last of the furnaces at
the old glass factory once operated by
the Moore Brothers are being torn
down and the bricks sold for building
purposes.
Pitman.-A summer vacc.ion Bible
school is again to be conducted here
under the direction Of the Cottagers'
Association.
National Park. = Six bids were re-
ceived by the Board of Education for
a four room schoolhouse, but all ex-
ceeded the $4,000 appropriated, so 1t
is likely that the board will call a spe-
cial election an6 ask the voters to APP
propriate the additional amount, as the
school is greatly needed.
New Brunswick.-Federal Hall, the
first Of a group of buildings of the New
Jersey College for Women, was dcdi-
Gated In the presence of women from
all parts of the state. The p%resenta-
ton was made by Mrs. Arthur =. Proal,
president Of the Federation of Wom-
ems Clubs, and vas accepted by Mrs.
Mabel S. Douglas, dean of the college.
Vineland.-As a climax to a clothing
stike here for a month, Fort Belona
had Max Greenburg, a proprietor, ar
rested on the charge of saying, I'll
burn you harder than you were burned
BEFORE" whatever that may mean. On
the way to the Justices Office the men
made up and the strike was settled on
the spot. The force of 200 men went
to work.
Vineland.-W. e. Jorda a poultry
man, lost so February pullets, worth
IS each, by dogs, which burrowed un-
der the yard wire. This wholesale
slaughter has aroused the poultrymen,
and they will combine for a rigil law
against all CANNES. Over 200 pullets
have been killed in the past month in
this vicinity, and the dogs cannot be
located.
MISUNDERSTANDING disobedience Of
orders, the newly elected Socialist
mayor, James B. Furber, suspended
Chief of Police David III. Ramsey for
thirty days without pay, pending a
hearing by the mayor in the near
future. The suspension grew out Of
the alleged failure of the chief to pro-
hibit certain games OF chance at the
American Legion carnival.
Somerville.-Special Deputy Bank
Commissioner Larue vredenbergh died
here from pneumonia. Mr.. Vredenbergh
was n of the most widely known
bank examiners in the state and for
the past five years had been engaged
in the affairs of the defunct Mutual
Trust Company of Orange. He was
s~iXty-seven years old.
Moorestown-William r. Overman
vas reelected chairman of the Bur-
lington County Y. NJ. G. A. committee,
at the annual meeting, at the River
ton Country Club.
Merchantville. - bronze tablet,
erected to the memory of the men of
the congregation who served in the
World War, was unveiled In the First
Presbyterian Church with impressive
ceremonies. OF the SO who entered the
service one did not return. He was
Samuel w. Wilbraham, killed in ac-
ton in France. His mother, Mrs. Jen-
ME Wilbraham, pulled the cord that
drew aside the flag yelling the tablet.
Prosecutor Charles Fl. Wolverton of
Camden was the speaker.
Vineland. = That James Pulminari,
thirteen years old, is alive is due to
his great courage and quick wit. As
he was riding to his home on Wheat
road, without a light on his wheel, he
was caught between two automobiles.
He was knocked against n machine
and bounded back to catch hold of the
lamp on the other, where he hung until
the car could be stopped. DR.. George
Cunningham was called out of bed 10
bind up his wounds.