The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-04-25
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son taken in mistake for headache
cure.
Newark. An ordinance putting
into effect daylight saving time for
this city was passed by the City Com
mission. The change begins Sunday,
April 20, and extends to the last Sun
day in September.
Gloucester. = City council has de-
cided to wait until Philadelphia acts
before 1t decides IN daylight saving.
If this city adopts it then Gloucester
and other south Jersey towns and
cities will do likewise. Most of south
Jersey wants daylight saving, but if
Philadelphia does not adopt it the
regular time will continue.
Trenton.-vice Chancellor Buchan-
an granted a divorce to DR.. ]. Ber-
tram Stevens, a prominent dentist of
Elizabeth, from Mrs. Ruth B. Stevens.
DR.. Stevens charged his wife with
misconduct, naming Frank Ruprecht
as correspondent.
Newton. - Frost caused considera-
BILE damage to water bound macadam
roads of Sussex county, County Road
Supervisor F. Leon McKeon said.
Men will start at once to repair them.
The damage is especially noticeable
on roads kept clear of snow by the
county, he said. On the shoulders of
the roads, to which the snow was
swept, there was nc evidence of frost,
while the center was heaved up.
Millville.-Plans and specifications
for the proposed e Memorial High
School building are about completed
and will be submitted to the Board of
Education for approval. The building.
which will be dedicated as a memo
rial to the % Millville heroes who
made the supreme sacrifice in the
world war, will be a two story struc-
ture and, it is estimated, will cost
$3.50, 900 when completed.
Newark.-Daniel H. Durham after
81 years with the Firemen's Insur-
ance Company OF Newark rendered
his. resignation as president. His res
ignation was accepted on condition
that he become chairman of the
board. Mr.. Durham ,ill be succeeded
as president by Neal Bassett, vice
president and manager of the western
department at Chicago.
Atlantic City.-John Ansley, color
ed chair pusher, who grabbed the
purse of Mrs. e. L. Wilcox of Black
wood while he was wheeling her on
the Boardwalk recently, was SEN
fenced by County Judge Smathers to
from five to ten years in state prison.
With Mrs. Wilcox at the time was
Mrs. Maggie Zimmerman of Lans.
downe, Pa. After stealing the hand
bag Ansley fed down a walk incline
to the street, but was halted by a
baseball bat welded by Walter Ora
ham, a youth. Alber5 Ball, charged
with false pretense, was sentenced to
three years.
Atlantic City. The Bachelors
Club, recently formed among young
men sworn to remain single for life
or forfeit $500 in the event of mar
rage, assessed its first fine when Rus
sell Smith was announced to have
joined the ranks of the %benedicts.
Smith with pay the club $500. The
club also dealt with the case of
George Carter, a member, whose en-
gagement to a Philadelphia girl has
been announced. The members reach
ed the decision that Carter had not
yet violated the rule. "An engage
ment does not necessarily mean a
marriage" the club decided.
Highland Park. This place will
have a substation of the Gloucester
City post office, beginning April 16.
Gloucester City. Mrs. Mary Jen-
nings, a lifelong resident of this place,
is dead, aged ninety-six.
Glassboro.-A movement has been
started to revive the chamber of com
merce, very active a few years ago.
Camden. - The County Board of
Elections has approved the petition of
the Gloucester township committee
for two additional voting precincts,
making four in the township.
Freehold.-Rufus Morrison of Oak
hurst filed suit here for SO 900 against
Ferdinand Krug, a neighbor, whose
dog attacked his ~four-year-old son,
John, last November. The father
claims his son is d%isfigured for life.
Millville.-The Board of Health has
adopted an ordinance providing that
milk served to the residents OF the
city in the future must either be pas
teurized or the COWS Of the producers
frequently tested for tubercular
germs.
Camden. - Prosecutor Wescott ap-
pointed Lawrence T. Doran, -ong in
the service, as chief of county detec-
tives. The promotion carries an in
crease in salary. Detective Gribben,
in charge of the identification and
record department, was also given an
increase in salary. "In promoting De
tective Doran," said Prosecutor Yves
colt, Il felt that his services In the
prosecutors office were deserving o.
recognition" Doran has done effec
tive work in a number of notable cases
in the years of his service.
Brooklawn.-Addisor Lutz, former
ly of Shillington, Pa, who had been
employed as a bartender ct the Half
way hotel, ended his life with 4 shot
gun at an old farmhouse. Lutz, who
was divorced, had been acting oddly
several days. His parents live at Shil
lington.
Trenton. The sale by Frank d
Schroth, receiver for the Cape Ma
Real Estate Company, of 1900 acres
of land in Lower township, Cape May
county, known as Two Mile Beach, tC