The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-04-19
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Camp Dix.-Bootleggers and soldiers
have been trapped In a plot to plumber
the military reservation, which already
has cost the government between $780,
and 100000 In looted army equipment.
New Jersey state police are credited
by the military authorities with having
unearthed wholesale thievery, which
has continued over a long period.
Woodstown. = William u. Flitcraft,
for the last 81 years cashier of the
First National Bank, died at his home
here, aged seventy-nine. He was also
secretary-treasurer Of the Salem COun-
ty Trust Company.
Millville. = The City Commission
adopted a resolution authorizing Mayor
Felmey to decline to issue permits to
vendors of artificial peoples on May
20 and 80. The exclusive sale will be
given to Malvern Nabb Post, American
Legion.
Salem. - Boys and girls clubs in
this county will be recognized under
the direction of William Gronwoldt of
Germantown, N. Y, who has started
upon his duties as agricultural club
leader.
Millvllle.-A large u pot furnace re-
Gently completed at the bottle works
here started operation and will give
employment to many additional men
and boys.
Glassboro.-Mayor Duffield has Is
sued q public notice that dog owners
must register their pets.
Clayton.-Seniors of the high school
are completing a class fund for a sight
seeing trip to Washington.
Jersey City. = James ]. Hagan,
health officer of this city, who has
been investigating the illness of 125
children in schools, chiefly in Public
School No. 81, Hudson Boulevard and
st. Paul's avenue, said he thought
only a few of the children really were
Ill and that the rest of them were sick
through sympathy.
Misunderstanding that Mrs. Blanche
NJ. Bourgeois charges of improper
conduct against her husband, Lawyer
George A. Bourgeois of Atlantic City,
were unfounded and that jealousy of
his office stenographers was largely to
blame for the domestic discord, Chan
cellor Walker dismissed Mrs. Bour-
geois' suit for divorce. The decision
states Mrs. Bourgeois failed to sub
stantiate her charges of unfaithful-
ness, in which she named Mrs. Muriel
n. Lacier of Ventnor, a client of her
husband, as correspondent.
Realization -Opa oitizap of thic TOWN
spoiled the c~ommunity's record for
celibacy during the month of March.
Bridgeton, with 5000 inhabitants, was
being hailed as a bachelors paradise
Until along toward the end of the
month one resident applied for a il
cense to marry.
Atlantic City. - Bodied hair for
teachers doesn't go in this city. 1t be-
came known that Superintendent of
Schools Boyer had assembled all the
city teachers and warned them of the
reply he had given n young woman
who has sought his tonsorial advice
before clipping her locks-that she had
better spare the scissors If she did not
wish to spoil the job. mot dignified."
was the way Mr.. Boyer put It.
Camp Dix.-Bootleg whisky traded
to soldiers here in exchange for stolen
army equipment has cost the govern
ment at least 100000, according to
the New Jersey state police, who have
rounded up a dozen men and expect to
arrest at least so before their CAM
paign Is completed.
Palmyra.-Bids for the construction
of a coRplete sewage disposal plant
and an electrically operated pumping
station were opened by the township
committee.
Bridgeton.-Millville and Bridgeton
High School students will debate for
county honors in the Central Metho-
dist Church here April 2S.
Millville.-To give work to the I'M
employed, storm and sanitary sewers
will be laid in West Millyille, begin
ming April 20.
Mantua. - The new chapel Of the
Mantua Grove Sunday school, built
largely through the labors of residents
of the community, was dedicated Sun
day afternoon.
Cape May. - The vanguard of the
mackerei ueet arrived III Cdpe N1dy
Harbor when Captain Jones and the
schooner Dixie brought into port about
300 mackerel, that were quickly snap
ped up by local fish dealers. They
brought 81 for bucks and $1.50 for roe
fish.
That he had failed to turn over to
Its owner a diamond worth $500
which he had found in an Atlantic
City hotel because Of his fear that he
would incur the jibes of fellow employ
ees, was the defense offered before
Judge Ingersoll at Mays Landing by
Rudolph Lockenhoff, who was commit
ted to the Railway reformatory. Two
weeks ago Mt the same hotel, Locken-
hoff told the court, another employee
found a diamond bracelet worth more
than $1,000 and was rewarded with a
dollar bill. A few days later, he de-
clared, the honest employee, who had
been ridiculed by his associates, was
told that his services no longer were
desired.