The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-03-26

state ~penitentiary and fined $1,000 by
ud0e Austin II. Swackhamer in the
gloucester county court He was con-
yicted Of burning his shirt waist fac
tory in the Auditorium building at
Westville tvs years ago.
camden-Dr. A. L. Stone, head of
he health bureau, has resented the
imputation from the Philadelphia au-
thoritieg that smallpox had spread
from the city across the river because
Of loose methods.
Trenton.-Work being done in sew
eral state institutions in the interest
of health and demonstrations Of
health activities being fostered and
encouraged by health agencies will be
features Of the annual public health
and child welfare exposition to be
held from March 80 to April 4 in the
Armory, under the auspices of the
Mercer County Health League.
Lyndhurst. - District Clerk Henry
Danton announced that the corner
stone of the Lyndhurst High School
building would be laid on Saturday,
April 1S, and that civic and fraternal
organizations have been invited to
take a part in the ceremony.
Neutrality-suspicious. at police head
quarters after she reported that three
men held her up and stole $50, Miss
Maize Jefferson admitted she had
faxed the report because her room
rent was due and she did not have
money to PITY 1t, the police said.
SomeryilIe. = H. Norman Halsted
I most. Veterans Of Foreign Wars, voted
to purchase a plot in the new Gene
terry for veterans. The plot will be
circular and SO feet in diameter. The
money to pay for it will be raised by
a tag day on Saturday, April 25.
Freehold.-Seven hundred and fifty
seven $1,000 road and bridge bonds, to
be retired in numerical order and the
last to be retired in 20 and 80 years
respectively were awarded by the
board of freeholders t. the Second
National Bank and Trust Company Of
Red Bank.
Mays Landing. = State prison SEN
fences were melted out to four defend
ants in common pleas court here
John Pemberton, negro, of Atlantic
City was given four to seven years
for atrocious assault and battery on
Eleanor Taylor, a negress. George
Reed and John Kelson, both negroes,
were sentenced to serve two to three
years on a charge of larceny.
Morristown.-A drive for funds with
which to carry on the work of the new
Mary B. Cash Settlement house has
been started by the Thursday Morn
ing Club. In the three months of its
operation the settlement house has
been partly self-supporting.
Lambertville.-The Board of Edu-
cation he's done well to resume con-
sideration of a new high school build
ing. No community can afford to be-
without adequate educational facili-
ties.
Franklin. - Inspector 'Larrabee Of
the Philadelphia division of the post
ONCE department visited here and in
spected the building erected by the
Sussex Trust Company to house the
Franklin pos office. He expressed
himself as well pleased with it.
Somerville. - AS a tribute to the
late Rev. Joseph j. thinner, for AT
years pastor Of St. Bernard's church
in Raritan, a statue of st. Joseph,
done in Carrara marble, was installed
in y niche in the front of the edifce.
Father thinner died October Q, 1928.
New Brunswick.-"Get real leaders
Of the black and white races together
to talk things over and We will have
solved what we call the negro prob
lem" said DR.. James E. GREGG, princi-
pal of Hampton Institute, in the Rut-
gers University.
Wenonah.-The Council mere has es-
tablished a rule allowing manufactur-
ing concerns to locate within the bor-
ough limits.
Paulsboro.-The Chambers of Com
merce Of South Jersey have been
asked to send delegations here to
discuss the Paulsboro-Hog Island fer
ry subject.
Monroeville.-The ceremonies at
tending the housing of q new fire APP
hparatus here, set for Saturday, March
rs, have cen postponed until May 2.
Fire companies from three counties
have been invited.
Vineland.-Being named in q
beauty contests" is believed to have
turned the head Of pretty ~17-year-old
Hedwig Strohnsky, daughter of Mrs.
Theodore %Stronsky, OF Garrison road.
here. The girl has been missing a
week and some of her friends think
she is in New York looking for a
chance to get on the stage, while her
sweetheart and her parents are sur
fering. The fashily-dressed New
Workers seen here a few days before
the girls disappearance are being
sought by detectives.
Mount Ephraim.-The new National
Bank here was opened with a recep-
ton to officials and directors Of other
banks and business men and a parade
in which the fire departments, civic