The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-05-03

SOdbtJ L having ldlSe UuuutltiCo "
pickers' checks printed this spring.
which ie cited as a rood sign for d big
berry crop.
Shad fishermen at Gloucester City
are disappointed with results Of the
first two weeks Of the season, as
catches have been very poor.
Upon pleas of their mothers Ernest
Neff, Thomas Fletcher, Harry Casper
and Joseph Simpson, foul Of the six
young men jailed for 60 days for fight
ing at National Park, have been re-
leased by order OF Mayor Allen, but
warned to keep away from the town.
DR.. Henry e. Ricketts,, for IL years
superintendent of the Essex County
Hospital, Soho, has been dismissed by
the County Board of Freeholders be-
cause of the alleged prevalence within
the institution of conditions filthy and
unsanitary. Swarms of mice and
armies of cockroaches overrunning
wooden sinks, closets and o con-
tainers are said to have aggravated
contagious diseases with which 100
patients were suffering and to have
twice caused epidemics.
Borough officials of Deal threatened
ito prosecute the persons responsible
for circulating a number of anonymous
cartoons rejecting upon the admlnis-
tration OF affairs in the borough. The
cartoons were printed on regulation
news print paper nine inches wide and
about six inches long. One Of the car
rtoons depicted a wall eyed, sleepy cow
being MIXED. The COW was marked
to represent the people of Deal, the
mflkman to represent the borough Off
cials and the milk to represent the
taxpayers money.
Councilman William j. Boyd. sixty
seven years old, died at his home in
Plainfield. He was born in Ports
mouth, England, ana In early life was
engaged in the dry goods business In
Glasgow, Scotland. He came to Amer
lea in 1875 and to Plainfield II years
ago. He was a member Il Hope Pres
byterian Church. He leaves & wife
and one daughter.
Application was made to the Allan
tic City City Commission by tie Royal
Blue for permission to run n bus line
through Atlantic City to New York.
Erection of a high school building.
with 20 rooms and auditorium, to cost
$225, 900, has been recommended by a
special committee composed of repre-
s%entatiyes of the Pftman Board of
Trade, Board of Education and citi-
zens.
Harold Leroy Titzhugh, a bride
groom of three days, died at Vineland.
The young man had been engaged TO
Miss Elizabeth Maycodk for six years,
but Fitzhugh lost his health in world
war service, and when he found he
had to die he called for his bride, who
was ready to respond. The ceremony
was performed by Rev. u. s. Teasdale
al the Fitzhugh home.
Mrs. Rebecca Winston, daughter Of
the late Anderson Bourgeois, once
prominent in the Board of Freehold
ers, has been appointed to the town.
ship committee of Weymouth town
ship. She takes the place of Edgar
Sheppard, resigned.
After q quarrel with his wife, Clara,
because she refused to consent to sell
their home, Costos Dfnos, forty-fve,
shot himself to death at %Q7 Clifton
l;avenue, Newark. Dinos had been out
of work and threatened to kill his wife
when she refused t permit THE sale OF
their home. Dinos had two sons, ten
and three years old.
The executive committee of the
I~oCumberland County Board of Agricul-
ture went on record as opposed to day
light saving and adopted resolutions
urging governing bodies of the cities
,and towns not to pass pending ordi-
nances. Bridgeton city council decid-
led to make no change.
The Gloucester City Board of Health
held it's annual planked shad dinner at
W~estville.
A chemical fire engine, with hose,
hand extinguishers and ladders, has
been ordered by the recently organized
Franklinville fire company.
New courses will be offered in the
Ocean City state summer school to
place the school on a full normal school
basis.
The ~"clean-up" campaign in Mfllvflle
must continue the year mound, accord
| ing TO the action by the City Commits
sion. director of Public Safety Ladow
Was authorized to instruct the police
to arrest any person found throwing
cans or rubbish CT a vacant lot.
Ndbles of the Mystic Shrine at a
shad dinner organized the Pitman
Shrine Club, with William A. Parent
president J. G. Carson, vice president ;
]. Il. Bryan, secretary, and john Pc
terson, treasurer.
A joint meeting of the Gloucester
and Cumberland County Firemen's AS
ISOLATION wiz be held at Vineland ON
April q to discuss methods for greater
cooperation in fire prevention al
fighting contlagrations.
: While driving with his wife to Eas-
ter services Lawrence J. ShultZ, fifty
five, wealthy builder of Orange, was
stricken with heart diseaae and died at
the, wheel of his automobile while 1t
was in motion. AS he collapsed the
car continued going for about rs feet
before Mrs. Shultz, who was in the rear
seat, realized what had happened. She
quickly reached over her husbands
body, which was resting on the wheel,
and as the car jumped the curb sue
ceeded in stopping lit as it was about
70 crash into a large tree.