The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-08-20
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National Park Council for the laying
of sidewalks and cutters throughout
the borough.
The Board of Health of Gloucester
City has been granted an emergency
appropriation of 81, 200 to pay for the
recent smallpox cases.
There is a big demand for redskin
seed potatoes for a late crop at non
roeville because of present high prices
for spuds in South Jersey.
Samuel Holm, 40 years old, or De-
lair, was cut about the face when MS
car a into the rear Of another car
and smashed the windshield.
The seventy-frst annual convention
of local Patriots of America was re-
Gently held in Wildwood, with fifty
delegates attending from various sec
tions OF the country.
The Riverside Township Committee
is considering the resurfacing of Fair
view street from Third street to the
city line and the construction OF a
storm sewer on Carroll street.
A large cannon, a relic of the world
war, consigned to the new armory
soon to be erected in Burlington, has
been placed temporarily in front OF
the Memorial Hall, South High street,
Joseph Munday. of Dover, a Lacka-
wanna Railroad track worker, a
struck by a train and died on he way
to Overlook Hospital. He had been
employed by the railroad for fifteen
years.
Struck by an automobile on Friday
at Ocean City, Mary Parks. three-year-
old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. William
]. Parks, of Pine Brook. N. J., died in
the Atlantic City Hospital from her
injuries.
Following an illness of five months,
which developed from an attack OF
pneumonia, Wilfrid B.. Rich, IS years
old. retired police sergeant and former
mercantile appraiser, died at his home
in Atlantic City.
Road oil is being applied to several
roads in Salem county this summer.
1t is not only keeping the dust laid,
road supervisors say. but is also pre-
venting ~washouts in the highways
from the heavy storms which have
been so frequent OF late.
A contract for the grading OF side
walks in Burlington, amounting to
So 900. has been awarded to a Palmyra
firm. The floating of temporary bonds
to the amount of $1,000 for the con-
struction of a storm W ON South
High street has been authorized by
council.
Nearly a score of motorists home
ward bound to Philadelphia from the
shore fell into speed trap set for them
along the White Horse pike in Had
don Heights by state motor vehicle In
spectors and local police and were
fined at the town hall at hearings be-
fore Recorder Good.
Determined to end destruction Of
trees, the Mercer County Shade Tree
Commission has practically decided to
refuse permission to the Delaware and
Atlantic Telegraph and Telephone
Company to cut back $50 trees on the
Pennington-Hopewel road, which are
said to be interfering with the com
pany's wires.
According to a statement made by
Mayor Franklin Dick at the meeting
of National Park Council that place
Will have water flowing through the
mains within W months time. The
mains and FIRE hydrants have beer
laid. and now the work is well under
way on the plant. The salary of the
superintendent will be $3.50 per year.
Bids for the paving of the Wenonah-
Mantua road are to be received at the
regular meeting of the Gloucester
County Board of Freeholders on Au-
gust 10.
Nearly 1900 National Guardsmen re-
turned to their homes when the 18th
Infantry, under command of Colonel
Edward Phillips, of Newark, complet-
ed its two weeks training period.
Charles R. Peddle has been engaged
as architect to prepare plans for a
new cchool for colored pupils at
P~ennsgrove. 1t is proposed to start
the construction work early in the fall.
The training for the dairy judging
SOAnpChitiOu " D6 U6lQ at trenton
Fair this year among the New Jersey
Junior Dairy Club members has been
under way for some time in Mercer
county.
The last vacancy in the teaching
staff of the Upper PENIS Neck town
ship schools has been filed by the
election of Miss Ruth RuhL of Miflin.
burg, Pa, as a teacher in the first
grade at Carney's Point.
Walter L. Hetfeld, of Plainield
well-known lawyer and former prose,
cutor Of Union county, has been
named by Governor Silzer to succeed
Senator Arthur Whitney as a member
81 the commission now engaged IN
investigating the a~dvisability Of com.
pulsory liability insurance for automo-
bile owners.
The Camden county Board Of Free
holders will be consulted BY Glouces.
Ter township officials and also resi-.
dents Of Glendora about the question