The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-03-07
New Jersey
Items

MlllVllle.-Ine shirt factory OF Me-
ban Brothers, destroyed by fire, Will
be rebuilt and new machinery install
ed.
Mays Landing.-Several weeks ago
prohibition officers found a still with,
In sight of the courthouse. They con-
fiscated the apparatus, but were una
BILE to locate the owner. Deputy Mar
shall Davis arrested Tony Sintoreallo
as the alleged owner, and he was hell
for the federal grand jury.
Millville.-In an interclass debate
on ship subsidies the honors were
awarded the high school seniors.
Maple Shade.-Through the efforts
Of Thomas ]. S. Barlow, vice chair
man of the Delaware River Bridge
Commission this town is to get better
trolley service. Cars that hare been
making Cove road, Merchantville, the
terminus, will continue to Holly ave-
nue., on the eastern boundary of the
town.
Gloucester City.-No trace has been
found of Oscar Lawrence, tifty-one
years old, Of this city, a Waterman at
the Hog Island shipyard, who disap-
peared a week ago. 1t is believed he
was drowned.
Woodbury. Heights-Charged with
holding up Charles Croft of this place,
Emanuel Lyons, nineteen years old,
colored, Is in the county jail In de-
fault of $4,000 bail.
Woodbury.. - Extension of Euclid
cfroof which hoe hnar N nroh1orn For
years, was decided by city council in
fixing boundaries.
Bridgeton. = After being rut all
night a jury of three women and nine
men were discharged by judge Logue.
They failed to agree in the suit Of
Mrs. Hannah Harvey against Samuel
Pollard Of vineland for injuries re-
sulting from an automobile smash-up
last June.
Millville. = H~eartbroken over the
death of her mother two weeks ago,
Miss Elizabeth Thompson, twenty
years old, died at her home in West
Millville.
Gloucester City.-There is more ice
in the Delaware river between this
city and National Park than at any
time this winter, and small boats can
not run.
Fairview.-Miss Kate Brusstar, m-.-
tron at Camden Detention Home, adj
dressed the Woman's. Club here, de-
scribing the work.
Ventnor.-The city council passed
on second reading the annual budget,
amounting to $444,474.64. an increase
of 6 3,462.60 over last year.
Trenton.-A stay of execution has
been granted Tony Turko of Esston,
Pa, twice convicted Of the Staying f
Albert Roster at Cat Swamp on June
"a, 1921, and sentenced to die In the
electric chair. The writ was issued in
the court Of errors and appeals, 'coun-
sci for the defense arguing that the
names of "a talesmen called at the
time of the trial should have been
placed in the jury box along with the
regular panel Of AZ.
Mullica Hill. = Daylight saving IS
again coming up for consideration by
municipalities and agricultural organ
izations are mastering their forces to
oppose any further attempts to change
during the summer months. The
Gloucester County Board of Agricul-
ture has invited representatives of or
CARNATIONS to a conference for con
sidering the subject.
Pennsgrove.-William A. Summer
Ill, veteran newspaper publisher, has
been elected president of the Board
of Health.
Highland Park.-Residents of this
place will request the Public Service
railway to establish a station on its
trestle at East Gloucester.
Rosenhayn.-While loading a truck
with wood Watterslaw Marchinkuf,
forty-six years old, was stricken with
heart disease.
Mullica Hill.-The farm of the late
Mrs. Isabelle Vanderslice has been
sold to Walter ]. Kean for $500.
Woodstown.-To raise further funds
for completion of the towns memo
rial lake, dedicated last fall, the cham
Der of commerce staged a big vaude-
vile show at the opera house.
Camden.-On charges of selling mar.
%cotics, Mark Jones, colored, of Syca-
more street was sentenced to from
one to three years in state prison by
Judge Shay. Several drug addicts
testified that Jones sold them mar
cotics.
Fairview.-William T. Higgins, the
shipyard evangelist, closed a two
weeks service In the Woodland Ave-
u Presbyterian Church.
Salem.-The School Board has ask
ed common council to raise by budget
$75,465.
Millville. - The employees Of the
bleach and dye works of the Millville
Manufacturing Company have asked
for an increase in wages of 22R per
cent.
Centre. - There was but n mar
riage in this township last month to
ten deaths and ten births.
Millville. = TIE City Commission
adopted two ordinances regulating
traffic In the business sections.
Cape May Court House.-Thurston
Elmer Wood post, American Legion,
has purchased a home for clubhouse
and will incorporate under state laws.
Sa1em.-The Old Oaks Athletic AS
ISOLATION is to conduct a membership
drive for the Y. M. G. A.
Atlantic City.-Clubwomen of New
Jersey are zealously backing the sci
entiic campaign to lid the state of
mosquitoes, it was revealed at the an
nual sessions of the New Jersey