The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-09-12
new JERSEY
STATE BRIEFS

Inc Fairgrounds III Gtoucesler Cily
closed for the season with special ex-
e~rcises.
The Centre township committee de-
cided to take necessary action to pre-
vent the rebuilding of the fireworks
plant at Mt. Ephraim, destroyed by
fire following an explosion.
Residents CT Belmawr, Runnemede
and Mt. Ephraim have appealed to the
Centre township committee to take
action to stop express auto buses on
Mt. Ephraim pike Saturdays and Sun
days.
The Westville Board of Education
has elected Miss Abbie Justice princi-
pal of School No. 1 and Mrs. Olive
Newbern principal of No. 2 School.
There were AIT persons who took
the tests for auto drivers licenses in
Camden, all but So getting the coveted
card.
Arthur Britton, twenty-one years
old, of H%addonfield, was held In $1,000
bail by Police Judge Cleary in Cam
den as a result of his car upsetting a
jitney in which Louis Springer, forty
five years old, of 523 Vine street, sus-
tanned sever injuries.
Commissioner Sherwood in Camden
ordered the Public Service Company
to move more than a hundred poles
back from one to two feet on River
avenue. The city is planning to round
all i~ntersecting corners while the
street is being repaved.
After having had no representation
on the grand jury for several terms
Gloucester City will be represented BY
five prominent business men at the
September term. They are Rev. w.
Earle Zimmerman, Townsend Sites,
P. A. Stewart. william H.. Mccormick
and August Jolly.
Joseph H. Mems and John w. Smith
have been appointed special officers
by the Centre township committee for
Woodcrest.
Pitman Borough Council was asked
by a committee from the local Rotary
Club to provide for the observance OF
the towns anniversary next May.
The Camden County Board of Taxa-
ton has granted the appeal of the
owners of the Argo mills at Glouces-
ter City for removal Of the $4,000
assessment on the riparian rights.
Sand and stone being unloaded for
{ road contractor has caused a large
part of the lower wharf of the Glouces-
ter Ferry at Gloucester to wash into
the river.
Wildwood public schools will reopen
September 10, with Henry c. Chal-
mers as supervising principal and
tanning Myers principal of the High
School.
Frank Butler and Allan w. Redfield
ere candidates for membership in the
Republican executive committee from
the First Ward Of Gloucester City.
Robert A. Lincoln. the present mem
Ter, is not a candidate.
A c~oroner's jury returned a verdict
of accidental death at Wildwood in
the case of Mrs. Augusta Engleman,
whose body was found in a hot bath
at a private bathing establishment.
The jury declared the woman drown
ed following a fainting spell. DR..
Hornstein, who examined the body,
said the woman had been dead over
an hour and conceded with the jury's
verdict as to the cause, adding that
the fainting spell wal due to diabetic
condition.
Saranac tribe Of Red Men will build
a home at Fairview. The tribe re-
Gently opened headquarters at the
village.
The carnival of the Gloucester City
Lions Club ended with a record at
tendance.
The Pitman Mothers Club and Par
ent-Teachers' Association is planning
a special program for its first meet
ing of the season in the new high
school Monday, September 10.
Although County Physician Cum
Minis issued accidental death certif-
Gates in cases Of four persons killed
at Phillipsburg when the automobile
of Tony Ritz overturned while going
at high speed, Prosecutor Smith after
a conference with Coroner Carey and
an inspector Of the state highway de-
partment directed an inquest be held.
Relatives of the victims demand a
thorough investigation.
Josephine, fiv~e-year-old daughter of
Joseph Scala, Brooklyn, died in the
hospital at New Brunswick two hours
after she was struck by a Lehigh
Valley railroad train at M%etuchen.
The child and her mother were visit
ing at the home of her aunt, neal the
tracks. She wandered upon the
tracks in front of the train.
"Barnyard golf" and other diver
sions led farmers and their families
to forget all the vexing problems of
field and kitchen at the annual picnic
in Glassboro of the Gloucester County
Board of Agriculture. Some of the
best horseshoe and quot pitchers in
the county showed their skill in con
tests. There was also a tug-of-war
teams of farmers representing Null
lica Hill and Swedesboro, a baseball
game and a concert by the Glassboro
band.
Collingswood Volunteer Fire Com.
pany No. l is preparing for its fall
drive for funds September %, when
q 20 minute campaign will be con
Quoted to raise $4,000 owed on new
equipment and recen remodeling OF
the fire house.
A cross 80 feet high blazed fortl
near Langley's Corner after midnight
at the first big outdoor ceremonial OF
the Ku Klu.; Elan in this part of south
Jersey. The entire countryside over
a wide radius in Gloucester. Salem