The Penn's Grove record., 1923-07-06
SOUTH JERSEY SETTINGS

A new $1,000 Methodist Episcopal
/ Church was dedicated at Corson's
Inlet last Sunday by Superintendent
Herbert J. Betting.
Howard Hampton, who lives at Man
ltua. has been arrested on the charge
of starting the fire May oath last in
the lumber yard there, which destroy
ed $4,000 worth of property and
threatened the entire town.
The City of Camden has abolished
a paid moving picture censor and in
its place has requested the Ministerial
Union and the clubs of the city to act
rs volunteers on this important mat
ter, DR.. /. l.. Hand, the pastor of the
Parkside Church, has been chosen as
the chairman of this new board and
all pictures shown in the city will
mass before this board. HfyB1<
The Federal Ordnance Department,
on Tuesday, sold to the Eastern
Wrecking Company, the last fifty
buildings at the bag-loading plant, at
Washington Park. m naI
The new $4,000 State Normal
School opened at Glassboro, on Thurs
dav. with more than 300 students
enrolled to take the summer course
fer teachers.
More than $50 children enrolled in
+be Community Vacation Bible School,
which opened in the First Baptist
Church, Burlington. Sewing, cooking
and manual training are among the
courses offered during the six weeks
session.
CITY superintendent of Schools Fred
arick J.. Sid&leS informed the Millville
n 1 r u l-a,+iO,, tha+ hn hnI N
cppted a similar position in New
Brunswick. Professor Clarence Wolf,
Principal of the High School also re-
signed to manage a sand mining en-
terprise.
Camp Chameleon, the summer camp
for boys at New Egypt, conducted by
the Y. NJ. C. A, was formerly opened
June 27th with an enrolment of sew
eral hundred. The camp is conducted
much along military lines with periods
set aside for play, drill and rest.
Ethan B. Wescott, the new prosecu-
tor for Camden County, has dismissed
919 cases against offenses of the
liquor laws which have accumulated
in his office. He claims that some are
old and that %convicting evidence can
not be got. As a minute man lawyer
favorable to liquor men he is a great
success and reminds of the great
circumlocution officers in British Jur-
i%sprudenee before Charles Dickens eX-
posed the moral r|ottenness by ridicule
in his novels.
The new Swedesboro Woodstown
concrete road is completed and open
for travel with the exception of build
ing up the shoulders which will re-
ouire about enc more weeks work.
1t is most undoubtedly one of the
finest roads in smoothness and on
struction in this part of the State. 1t
is indeed a credit to County Engi-
neers Cattell and Keasbey and to the
contractor E. Riley Mixer Company.
1t is unfortunate that the county line
bridge is incomplete and will require
a detour for several weeks.
Monday was a gala day for the
children in Gloucester, with the official
opening of the Fairgrounds. They
were visited by the Mayor and Coun-
cilmen and special exercises were
held. After the dedication and open
ing of the Ridgway Street School
playground and wading pool when they |
were formally turned yer to the
Child Welfare Association, the chill
dren rushed for the first dive into the
pool. Men and women had great
sport in watching the youngsters
scramble for coins that were tossed in
to the water.
The residents of Glassboro Lawns
Colony are making demands for some
form of warning signal at this dan
gerous crossing of the Atlantic City
trains. This was the scene of a fatal
accident on Sunday when two negroes
were killed and a third one hurt and
has been the place of other fatalities.
Railroad officials contend that there
was no excuse for Sundays accident
as there is a clear view of the tracks
for a mile each way at the crossing.
Frances expenditures for recon