The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1923-06-21

lookout station near Batstos saved
that village from destruction in a
forest fire that swept thirty square
miles Of valuable timber lands. Dis
covering the woods ablaze, she ran a
half mile to the nearest house, Dor
rowed the family hivyer, and then
sped seven miles, spreading the alarm.
Men responded and kept the meHacing
flames from the town.
John J Keeger. twenty-six years
old, OF Paterson, was found dead in
Cold Spring Lake, Butler. with his
fishing tackle in his hand. Harry
Hinkle, boy who lives in the village,
saw the body lying in two feet of
water, near the edge Of the lake. He
notified the police, and County Physi-
clan Robert Armstrong was called.
DR.. Armstrong gave as his opinion
that Keeger had probably been strick-
en- with heart attack and fallen into
the water.
The borough of Woodlynne has been
granted a lower fire insurance rate by
the New Jersey schedule rating de-
partment.
Paul Noble, eight years old, carried
of the honors for perfect attendance
IN the Brooklawn school. He did not
miss session during the entire term,
nor was he late once.
The work Of repaving North Broad
way. Gloucester City, by the State
Highway Department, was begun.
Poles. trees aud other distractions
between Warren street and the New
ton Greek bridge have been moved
back, as the street viii be widened
three feet on each side.
Judge Bodine, in the United States
District Court, Trenton continued to
impose heavy penalties on violators Of
| the Federal Prohibition act Joseph
Russo and Nicholas Shevillio, both of
Atlantic City, pleaded guilty to trans
portation Of four cases of beer and
were fined $3.50 each.
| William Fisk Macdonough, aged sew
enty-seven years, for many years man.
ager Of j. Depollier e. Son, jewellers,
died at the home of his brother, north
East Orange. He was descendant Of
Commodore John Marlborough. who
| fought at the battle of Lake Cham
| plain. He leaves four children.
Delegates attending the fifth annual
convention Of the New Jersey Hotel
Mems Association, in session at Wild
wood were entertained by the local
Hotel Mems Association at Cape May
with a sightseeing tour and lunch
con at Congress Hall.
Worried over his crops. Stephen
Kiuiekowsky, fifty. farmer, hanged
! himself to a tree on his farm in James
burg.
! The Salvation Army has purchased
what is known as Star Lake, owned
! by Mrs. Catherine ample, of New York
| City, at Butler. The place will be a
| permanent home and summer camp
Leanor II. Loree, president of the
| Delaware & Hudson Railroad, has
given the women's institution at Rut-
gers, New Brunswick, an athletic field
and $4,000 with which to purchase
equipment. Work on construction Of
the field will begin this summer.
President Demarest announced the
| gift to the New Jersey Woman's Col
lege, governed with Rutgers by the
same board of trustees. of twenty-five
acres of land on the Raritan River by
James Nelson of New Brunswick.
| The property, Demarest said, is val
ued in excess Of $250,000.
John Boderick, thirty-five years old,
l IrIizo ba4b IN NOT lass
than FIVE years nor more than thirty
years in state prison by Supreme
| Court Justice James J. Bergen, when
he pleaded guilty to murder in the
second degree of his wife, Mary, aged
thirty-two, in their home May last
Rev. w. Earle Zimmerman and the
| official board of the First Methodist
church, Gloucester City. entertained
the members of the church at sup
per. closing the drive for funds to pay
/ off the church debt.
Gloucester City council appointed
committee to arrange a celebration
| with Mayor McNally when the first
ship docks at the new Armstrong Cork
( Company's plant in that city.
The annual arts and craft exhibit OF
the Gloucester City public schools was
| held at the high school and was at
tended by many visitors.
The baccalaureate sermon to the
graduating class of the Woodstown
high school was preached by Rev. w.
! H. Leslie.
Miss Laura Dougherty, principal Of
the junior high school at Gloucester
| City, who will be married. rendered a
dinner to the teachers of the school.
Twenty-Five graduates, the largest
class ever graduated from the Clayton
high school, received their diplomas
at commencement exercises at the
Methodist church.
Plans to make the White Horse pike
a great white way" with powerful arc
/ lights strung across the pike from
4 Camden to Berlin were discussed by
the Clementon Township Committee
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