Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-03-04
CLARKSBORO

Miss Clara Craven spent part of last
week with friends in Philadelphia.
Harry Murphy, of Camden, was in town
last Wednesday.
Mrs. Casselbury, of Paulsboro, is the
guest of Mrs. Elizabeth Brown.
Benjamin Reed, of Mickleton, has been
quite sick for the past week.
Mr. E. 7. Brown and daughter Helen,
of Camden, were guests of Mrs. Burning
last week.
| Miss Nellie Crane has returned to her
home in Newark, after spending few
weeks with friends here.
Thieves stole about forty chickens from
| Charles Green's hen house last Wednesday,
night. They were taken to the asparagus
| field, back of the house, where they were
killed and picked.
| Charles Stetser moved in part of J. H.
Smiths house, last Saturday.
Services were held in St. Peters church
last Wednesday morning
Mrs. William Ford has been spending a
| few days in Philadelphia, with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. DR.. Burk.
The Republicans of East Greenwich
| township nominated the following ticket
last Saturday afternoon. Assessor, Walter
Heritage; Collector, James G.. Dawson !;
Freebooter, James B. Cooper; Township
Committee, N. P. Hoffman; Surveyor of
Highways, Richard S. Brown, Elmer Brad
shaw; Commissioner of Appeal Joseph B.
Leigh. The Democrats and Independent
voters held their caucus in the evening and
made the following nominations Assessor,
William S. Green; Collector, James G.
Dawson; Freebooter, Charles Green; Town
ship Committee, Edward M. Howey ; Sur
veyor of Highways. Philip Burkell; Com
missioner of Appeal, Samuel L. Early.
A class of twenty-eighth will be taken
into Mickleton Grange this evening.
The following is the program for the W.
c. T. U to be held in the M. E Church,
Friday afternoon, March 9th, at 2.30 o'clock:
Devotional exercises, roll, minutes of last
meeting, reports of committees, reading
from the Presidents annual address, Ida V.
Eldridge; extracts from Corresponding
Secretarys report, Beulah Hoffman report
of Superintendent of Flower Mission, Mary
Owen report of narcotics in State minutss,
Hannah A. Shute; singing from White
Ribbon Hymnal; Parlor Meetings, New
JERSEY . TcpOIb from buS NdbiO1di minutes,
read by Martha Green; report of Superin-
tendent of Prison Work, Lidie Hoffman
report of Superintendent OF Sunday School
Work, Elizabeth Holmes; extracts from
National Minutes to be read by Laura
Holmes. Visitors are cordially invited.
About two hundred dollars have been
distributed among the worthy poor in this
vicinity, according to the provisions in the
will of the late Eliza Murphy.
The Board of Education met in the
school house last Monday afteroon.
Ground has been purchased from the
Land and improvement Company for a
Baptist Church.
A surprise party was given Harry Hughes
last Friday evening The evening was
spent in playing games and was thoroughly
enjoyed by all. Among those present were:
Misses Annie O'Brien, Lucy Taggart, Grace
Shoemaker, Emmaf1ooden, Elsie Hoffman,
Laura Davidson, Maud Eldridge, Bertha
Hoffman, Messrs. Ralph Owen, Walter
Owen, Harry Graham. Edmund Weatherby,
Burton Haines, Corbet Hoffman, Joseph
Owen, Isaac Davidson.
The members of the Ladies Guild of st.
Peters Church are again trying in some
novel way to each earn dollar for the
next payment on the rectory, which will
have to be met in April.