The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-06-19
New Jersey
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Hightstown.-The sixtieth year of
Peddie School closed with the highest
attendance of alumni in the history Of
the institution.
Gloucester City-The Lions Club
adopted a resolution indorsing the
stand of city council in fighting for
Z cent bus fare between the city and
Camden.
Wildwood = The Hotel Pacific, at
Pacific and Andrews avenues, was
sold at a special masters sale to par
tition an estate and was purchased by
Fred McMurray for $1,000
Camden. Final reports made by
the various teams of civic organiza-
tions raising a fund for the Boy
Scouts of Camden county showed that
$15,01180 had been subscribed.
Wildwood wildwood Board
of Education is about to adopt plans
for an auditorium and gymnasium
to be added to the new high school
building.
Bridgeton. Frederick Burton,
George and Arthur Harper and Rus.
sell Ashley of this place and Jack
Venable Of Ocean City started for the
Pacific coast by automobile.
National Park.-This town will have
big Fourth OF July celebration. and
every organization in the borough has
been asked to take part
Phillipsburg. Mayor William H.
Butler of Hampton was fined $500 by
Judge Robbins at the end of his trial
on charges of forging two notes for
total of $500 in March The trial
ended when attorneys for both sides.
after a conference, allowed Butler to
change his plea of not guilty to non
vult
Bridgeton. County Sealer of
Weights and Measures Holmes has
served notice on farmers and truck
raisers that they must comply with
the state law requiring sellers of pro-
duce to display their names on the
outside of containers.
Westville. The ordinance requir-
ing all except drug stores to close
Sunday has been drawn and is in the
hands of the borough clerk, but thus
far the pastors of the various
churches have been unable to get it
off the table" The borough is di-
vided on the question.
Bernardsville.-The home of Rich
ard V. Lindabury. corporation lawyer.
was stripped of thousands of dollars
worth of silyerware. jewelry and
clothing while Mr.. Lindabury, his wife,
their son and four servants were
sleeping in the house.
Paterson. Journeymen BARRIERS
went on strike, and master BARRIERS
declared an open shop throughout the
city. The journeymen demand $2S
week, so per cent of all receipts over
$40 and closing hours to be o'clock
evenings, Saturday o'clock.
Egg Harbor.-Farmer in this To-
cality have been informed by County
Agricultural Agent Eldred that the
municipal market at Atlantic City
with its newly erected sheds will be
open every week day hereafter. Start
ing July 1 it will be possible for farm
ers to rent stalls by the year.
Newton.-Health authorities, alarm
ed at the prevalence of scarlet fever
here, have issued orders banning chill
dren from places of amusement,
stores and other public places. There
are at present % cases of the disease
In Newton
Trenton.-Samuel p Atchley, war
den of the State Hospital, has been
reelected a member of the State En-
ployees' Pension Fund Commission.
No salary attaches to the position.
Standardization of the Pusey
& Jones Company have filed an ap-
peal with the Camden County Tax
Board against the assessment on the
idle shipyard in Gloucester City for
this year. The company has also an
appeal before the supreme court
against the assessment for last year
Gloucester City.-The State Board
of Education has granted the Board
here $1,000 as part of the expense of
the vocational school,
Pennsgrove. - Forty graduates re-
ceived diplomas at commencement ex-
ercises of the high school in the big
camp meeting tabernacle. Rowena
McColley was valedictorian and John
S. Turner salutatorian.
Bridgeton.-A fashion show at the
high school presented some marvel
ously clever gowns made by the stu
dents at low cost. One prize winning
model was described as a $50 gown
made of materials costing $500 and
taste worth $41.9S.
Paterson.-The largest award ever
made in the New Jersey courts for
the loss of limbs went to James T.
McKeon, twenty-six, of so Jersey
street, a war veteran, when a jury
allowed him $4,000 Only six days
after his discharge from the army
McKeon, on September q, 1921. had
both legs severed above the knees by
a Lackawanna freight train at the
South Mill street crossing. McKeon
sued for 100000. charging negligence
in that the gateman did not lower the
gates as the train approached. The
trial lasted four days.
Atlantic City.-The demarcation of
mOdeStv This season shall he four