The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-04-25


Elks in city hall discussed details of
the proposed boy scout work.
National Park. - The question Of
water mains for this town will proba-
bly, be voted upon by borough council
at it's May meeting.
Williamstown.-A large tract was
burned over a few miles out OF this
place. Fire wardens and farmers
kept the flames from spreading into
timber tracts
Woodstown. = Citizens expect the
new community lake basin to be
ready for flooding in about a month,
by which time excavations will be
completed.
Cape May Court House.-Fred Ell
linger, f1fty-six years old, of Wild
wood was sentenced by Supreme
Court Justice Black here to life i'm
prisonment at hard labor in state
prison. Ellinger shot and killed Mrs.
Patrick McKeown, thirty-six years
old, mother of six children, with
whom he was infatuated, in the kitch-
en- of the Fremont hotel, Wildwood,
on March 2. He later confessed the
crime.
Trenton. - Senate President Wall
worth and Speaker Evans announced
the personnel of the special legisla-
tive committee which will investigate
the contracts awarded by the old
State Highway Commission for the
Amboy and Hackensack bridges IN
the state highway system. Senators
Richards, Atlantic, and Bright, Cape
May, together with President Wall
worth, represent the senate, with AS
semblymen Welsh, Hunterdon; Cham
berlin, Essex, and Speaker Evans.
Highland Park.-The barn of Harry
Zimmerman, on Park avenue, Clover
dale, was destroyed by fire with its
contents, including implements and
wagons. Started by sparks from a
brush fire. Loss, $4,000.
Sea Girt.-The schedule announced
for Camp Silzer follows: Staff corps
and departments. July 7-August rs;
headquarters F~ifty-seventh infantry
brigade, July 1928; headquarters COM
pany, Fifty-seventh infantry brigade,
July 7-21; One Hundred and Thir-
teenth infantry, July 7-21; One Hun
dred n Fourteenth infantry. July
1928; One Hundred and Fourth en-
gineers, July 2S-August II; One Hun
bred and Second cavalry, August
lips; Forty-fourth division signal
company, August 11-25.
Woodstown. = Through the efforts
of the chamber of council
has decided to purchase the old ball
field on the Pennsgrove-Atlantic City
highway for an athletic field, automo-
bile camp and a site for a new bor-
ough hall. Memorial lake will soon
be ready for use. A recreation COM
mittee has been formed in town,
which will have control of all ath-
letics.
Trenton.-Miss Thelma A. Parkin-
son of Vineland was named by Gov
ernor Silzer as a member of the Cum
berland County Tax Board, to sue
ceed Edgar R. Jones. The ad interim
appointment was made necessary by
failure of the senate to confirm the
nomination originally sent in by the
governor.
Trenton. - Camp Silzer, Sea Girt,
will be formally opened on July Z for
the training of New Jerseys citizen
soldiers. Major General Robert Lee
Billiard, commanding, announced the
dates for the encampments within the
Second corps area, which takes in
New York, New Jersey and Delaware.
Tentative plans call for the training
of 1868 officers and enlisted men of
the National Guard at the various
camps.
Gloucester. The ody of another
male infant a found on the river
front. 1t was turned over to Coroner
Pratt.
Salem.-Many of the county off :ials
who have been located at the court
house have moved To the Johnson
homestead, recently purchased by the
county.
Brooklawn.-The Community Asgo-
citation will present a flag to the new
school when finished. Work has been
delayed, and the association appointed
a committee to learn why.
Oaklyn.-The special election hav-
ing decided in favor of an additional
appropriation of $4,000 for the new
schoolhouse, the Board of Education
will award the contract.
Millyille.-The Shekinah Glee Club
will entertain in the high school audi
forum at Cape May Court House on
April 26.
Pennsgrove.-Walte. L Hunt, elect
ed clerk of the Board of Education for
the tenth consecutive year, will enter
tain the members at a dinner.
Camden. - Lawyers of this county
believe that Ethan P. Wescott, the
new prosecutor of the pleas, appointed
by Governor Silzer, will make a mark
ed success in the office. Mr.. escott
has practiced law with his father, for
mer Attorney General John w. Wes-
colt, for several years and has had
wide experience. He If a graduate of
Yale, an athlete and a student of lit
erature. Lawyer C. La renee Gregg
rio, the newly appointed second as
sistant prosecutor, took charge of his
office, succeeding Edwin S. Scovel.
Trenton.-The State Board Il Edu-
cation has appointed Donald Z. Bliss
as principal of the Trenton Normal
School, to succeed j. ]. Savitz, who
has been appointed principal of the
new normal school at Glassbor..
Brooklawn.-"Spooning' in automo-
biles on the highways in Center town
.b;. o.noo;o11u IN ths vicinity HIGH