The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1923-09-13

1 Fifty of the prettiest girls In the
| city Will assist the Triangle
Club In raising funds for another Hal
lowe'en celebration In Woodbury..
The Pitman Cottagers' Association
| closed its sumner Sunday school and
Sunday evening song services at Sun
set auditorium. J. Harry A. Dealy con
! tinues as president of the association
for a fourth year.
The four Fairgrounds in Gloucester
City closed when the boys and girls
1 had closing exercises.
The Women's Civic Betterment AS
sociation of Gloucester City at the
| Fairgrounds, Broadway and Morris
street, entertained the boys and girls
/ Of the Camden Home for Friendless
| Children A big dinner was served.
More than 1900 pupils are register
ed at the Glassboro public schools.
Gloucester City Democrats will
elect two members OF the county ex-
ecutive committee from each election
district.
Mayor ]. Preston Potter is said to
be in line for the postmastership at
Clayton.
The New Jersey State Gas Associa-
ton will hold it's annual meeting and
outing at the Ocean City Yacht Club
! September 10.
Work is progressing upon the new
| building for the Pennsgrove lodge OF
Elks, and it Is expected to be COM
pleted early in the new year.
There is no fear that Camden
schools will be without coal next win
ter, as the Board Of Education was
informed that the contractor has
enough on hand to fill all the bins.
The new faculty of the Glassboro
State Normal School held their first
meeting at the call of DR.. ]. j. Sa-
vitz, principal
Nearly $1,000 was realized from the
annual fair and carnival Of the Glenn
enton fire company, and construction
of new fire hall is progressing rap
idly.
The marshes of Newton and Big
and Little Timber creeks, at Glouces-
ter City, have been well filled with
gunners, and they got some reed and
rail birds.
Most all the banks in south Jersey
have filed appeals with the county
boards of taxation for removal of the
personal tax imposed by local asses
sors.
Atlantic City's quota for Japanese
relief will be $4,000, according to
word from American Red Cross head
quarters The chapter president,
Mrs Warren Somers, has proceeded
to begin the work of raising the fund.
Public schools of Clementon town
ship opened with the largest number
of pupils ever registered, approx
mately 1850.
DR.. D. w. Blake, ST., who fell and
fractured his right arm during the
last term of school, has resigned as
one Of the medical inspectors of the
Gloucester City schools.
Four hundred ounces of narcotics,
valued at peddlers' prices at $4,000,
were seized at Trenton by federal
agents at the Kemper Chemical Man
ufacturing Company near the center
of the city. Joseph Wadell of Louis
vile, KY, was arrested in connection
Win the cOnnScaIlOn.
Joseph Fullmer, forty-fve years
old, met death and two others were
injured in the collapse Of a gas pipe
trench at Northfield. John Sullivan,
forty years old, and Samuel Williams
escaped serious injury. A passing
trolley car shook the wooden up
rights supporting the walls of the ex-
| 20 hn
to stand upright. Fullmer, bending
over. was buried by sand, his face
near a leaking gas main the men
were repairing.
The Camden County Tax Board dis
missed the appeal of Assemblyman
Gibbs for reduction of the $4,000 as
sessment on Clementon Park.
In accordance with the program an
nounced, Prof Charles c. Wilson,
principal of Lincoln High School, was
formally appointed as superintendent
of Jersey City schools at salary of
$1,000 by the Board of Education.
He succeeds DR.. James j. Hopkins,
who died August II at Saranac Lake.
Acting on request by Deputy
county TuySlCldu MlulASHdAl, IAS po-
lice are investigating the fatal fall of
Leonia Jacobs, one year old, in her
home at SO Morton street, Newark.
The baby was injured when its moth
er tripped and fell while carrying 1t
down stairs. The baby died at Beth
Israel Hospital.
Julia Sullivan, thirteen years old,
Champion playground speller of Jer-
sey City, has been challenged by Hen
~ Nadel, schoolboy, of % East One
Hundred and Twelfth street, New
York. Commissioner A. Harry Moore
said he would try to arrange the con-
test conveniently for both Miss Sulli-
van and young Nadel
Miss Mary Bullock OF Wildwood
Crest had Theron Burton, colored