The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-09-27
New Jersey
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Glassboro.-So big is the enrolment
at the schools here that the Eindergar-
ten department has been discontinued.
Pitman.-New paving has about been
completed for the full length Of this
place and will start on Broadway at
the borough line.
Elmer.-With pastors of ne%ighboring
churches participating, Rev. Philip s.
Miller, a student at Mt. Airy Theolog-
ical Seminary, was installed pastor Of
the Baptist Church.
Gloucester.-Three of the Juvenile
gang that has been giving the police
been Indicted by the grand jury and
probably will be sent to the State
Home. They are Horace Battersby
and John O'Rourke, indicted for break
ing, entering and larceny, and Law
renee Mapes, charged with larceny.
Camden. = The Civic Improvement
Association of Falrview will confer
with Mayor Van Hart and the city Of
fcials to start a drive to make that
place the most beautiful In this Sec
tion.
Millville.-Miss Ida NJ. Cook of the
Easton (Pa.) Hospital has beer elected
superintendent of the hospital here, to
succeed Mrs. G. e. Merrick, resigned.
Miss Cook will assume her duties on
October Is.
Glassboro.-Open house will be held
by Shaw-Paulin Post, American Legion,
at the new cOmmunit. | illdings here,
where the post now has quarters.
Trenton Eight women were select
ed as members of the grand jury for
the September term of the Cumberland
county court.
acknowledgements are placing
the roof on the big building Of the
south Jersey normal school here.
Millville.-From present indications
the glass plants here will be running
full blast by the latter part of the
month.
Observation-Disclosures No. / of the
Gloucester post Office at this place has
been opened us a depository for postal
savings.
Trenton.-The State Board Of Con-
servation and Development announced
the appointment of Joseph b. Sharp,
Jr., of Bridgeton, to succeed Leonidas
COyle as division fire warden. Coyle,
who was supervisor over this territory,
was advanced recently to deputy state
fire warden, with headquarters In this
city. Sharp's division takes in At
lantic, Camden, Cape May, Salem,
Gloucester and Cumberland counties.
Hackensack. = Alice Thornton,
George Cline, motion picture location
manager, and Charles Scullion, his
brother-in-law, all pleaded not guilty
when arraigned on indictments charg-
ing them with the murdt: of Jack Ber-
gen, motion picture stunt actor. Octo-
Der 8 was fixed for the trial, and they
were returned to jail Immediately.
Ocean City.-Two hundred members
of the New Jersey Gas Association, on
its annual outing, had dinner at the
Ocean City Yacht Club. They were
welcomed by Mayor Champion, and
response was made by Jacob Jones Of
Bridgeton, president Of the association.
Trenton. = George w. Mcclure Of
Pennington, special investigator for the
state department of health, has been
retired after more than % years. serv-
ice. He is seventy-two years old, and
retirement Is in accordance with the
state employees retirement system,
which permits members to accept pen
sions at sixty years and provides for
compulsory retirement at seventy.
Woodbury.-The total enrolment Of
the schools is 1859, the largest in their
history.
Deptford.-West Deptford township
has fixed the license fee for dogs at 81
for one canine and So for each SUISSE
Quent animal.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. reopened with
an enrolment of 1000, an Increase of
100 over last year.. North Wildwood
had 278 pupils.
Collingswood. Many applications
are being received by the Board of Ed
ucation for the position of supervising
principal of the schools to fill the va
cancy caused by the recent death Of
Professor Henry j. Neal. 1t Is under
stood that the board will not elect the
principal for about two months and
that the best man obtainable will be
chosen.
Long neutrality-suspicious. Charles
Scandals, former general prohibition
agent, died In a hospital from wounds
received Sunday night at the hands Of
his cousin, Charles Pappas. The
shooting followed an argument over
Pappas' demand for pay for driving
Scandals car. Pappas Is held without
bail in the county Jail at Freehold.
Princeton. = Princeton University's
preceptorial system, her chief contrlbu-
ton to the progress Of education in
America, Is being sadly crippled by the
fact that only half Of the actual cost Of
tuition Is paid by the students. This
means that the number of instructors
is inadequate to meet the needs and
that the present instructors are not
paid as l.igh salaries as they should
be paid. Until the situation Is rene
died the full value of this system can