The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-10-16
NEW JERSEY
STATE NEWS

portation of alien silk strikers.
The Pennsgrove Women's Club held
it's first meeting of the fall season in
the borough hall.
The new city service truck Tor the
Glassboro fire company arrived from
the factory.
Efforts are being made to locate
Mrs. Madeline Stevenson of Riverside.
who disappeared from her home more
than a week ago.
A home talent play is being ar
ranged by the Woodstown Womens
Club for a performance on November
4.
Pastors and members from about
dozen Methodist churches took part in
a group meeting held at the First
Church of Gloucester City.
The South Jersey Bank, at Black
wood, has received a charter to act as
d trust company from the state bank
ing and insurance commissioner.
Despite the lateness of the season,
230 persons took examinations for mo-
tor licenses in Camden before state
inspectors, and about 200 passed.
Because of the overcrowded condi-
ton of the Gloucester City schools the
Board of Education has decided to
lease buildings at Monmouth and Ellis
streets and Broadway and Morris
street for school purposes.
Joseph Murock, forty-seven years
old, of Howard avenue. Gloucester.
died in the Homeopathic Hospital,
Camden, from the effects of fail
from the roof of small building at
the New York Shipbuilding plant.
Miss Marian D. Bjornson was elect
cd a grade teacher by Gloucester City
Board of Education and Mrs. c. Bar
nard placed in charge of the continual
tion school.
Pastors and laymen from "A church
es in Salem, Cumberland, Cape May
counties and a section of Gloucester
county attended the annual conven-
ton of the West Jersey Baptist Asso-
citation in the Pennsgrove Church.
A petition was presented to Brook
lawn borough council protesting the
changing of the name. of Hannevig
avenue to Murray avenue in honor of
Councilman John Murray, drowned at
Spray Beach month ago
Percy Mitchell of Westville found
an abandoned automobile in the woods
or the Glassboro and Almonesson
road near that place. Gloucester coun-
ty authorities learned that the car be-
longed to Milton Reymer of Swedes-
boro and had been stolen.
Former Judge Harold B. Wells Of
Bordentown delivered the principal
address of a "get together" banquet
of the newly organized Collingswood
Chamber of Commerce at the Public
Library Earl r. Lippincott, presi-
dent of the chamber, presided.
The forty foot cabin cruiser loaded
with 240 cases of liquor which lost its
rudder in a dash for the Inlet at
Atlantic City and was captured by
Coast Guards is believed to be owned
by Newman Higbee, according to
Coast Guard Captain John Holdzkom
The liquor is valued at $4,000 and
the boat at $4,000.
AS step toward drying up" Allan
tic City, United States Attorney
Whine began injunction proceedings
u der the paddock provisions of the
national prohibition act against the
proprietors and owners of rs saloons
and cafes in the resort in which it is
alleged violations of the act have oc-
Cured.
musical comedy will be given by
Harry P Morrison Post, American
Legion, of Salem, the latter part of
October
Rev. John E. Reber, of Summit Hill,
Pa, addressed the fall rally of the
Presbyterian Sunday school in ocean
City.
George H. Stanger. of Bridgeton,
has been made chairman of the Cum
berland County Sunday Schools AS
sociation for Near East Relief.
Westwille's new building code will
be passed upon at the next meeting
of Council
A case of smallpox was reported in
Gloucester City and the patient was
at once removed to the Camden Mu-
nicipal Building.
After being. closed during the sum-
mer, the Salem Y. M. c. A. reopened,
with Arthur Whittredge as general
secretary as successor to William T.
Galloway.
Gloucester township will have two
additional justices of the peace after
this year. Zane Britton of Black
wood and Joseph Ward of Grenloch
have been nominated and will be elect
ed in November.
Plans to create water white
way" from Great Bay to Absecon Inlet
as a pleasure route for visitors at
night by Illuminating it with buoys
at suitable intervals. were discussed
at meeting of the Chamber of Com
MERGE in Atlantic City. President
Leeds announced that if the chamber
approved the plan he felt sure the
State Board of Navigation would aid
in it's establishment The majority
of members expressed themselves in
favor of the plan.