The Monitor-register., 1897-12-03
Wananlaker & Brown
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VIM, Keen. of Woodstown, was in
Pennsgrove on Tuesday on q business
trip.
Miss Anna Rudolph, of Salem, is stop
ping with Miss Emma Fennimore for q
few days.
Miss Florence Strengthen, of Salem,
spent Sunday with her parents, George
Cam and wife.
n. Roman aud family, of. Trenton, a
brother of Mrs. Forkum, spent Sunday
with Bertram Forkum and wife.
Harvey Strengthen has purchased the
farm owned by the late Wesley Justice,
at Dolbow's landing, at $43 per acre.
Mrs. Frank Strengthen, who has been
quite ill with typhoid fever, has taken a
u for the better and is now rapidly
improving.
All of the meu formerly employed at
the DUPONT Gun Cotton Works, and who
had been laid off, are now working full
time.
The steam launch Crescent, Capt.
Whitaker, called at P%ennsgrove Thurs.
day, taking F. r. Hemmett and wife
and son Ralph to Wilmington, for "a
family reunion and Thanksgiving dinner.
DR.. 81. Knox Stewart. of Philadelphia,
who has been attending Mrs. Joseph G.
Summerill, came to P~ennsgrove on Tues.
day and was taken quite ill, but recover
ed sufficiently to leave on the afternoon
train.
Lieutenant Bertolett and a party of
officers from the gunboat "Wiimington,"
whisasSes hAg lying at Wilmington;
Del, Tor the past few days, were enter
tanned by Messrs.. DUPONT, at the Car.
ney's Point Gun Cotton Works, on Fri
day last. They inspected the works.
during their stay, and were served with a
fine dinner before leaving.
There are rumors of the circul alton of
counterfeit half and quarter dollars in
this section of the country. and that glass
enters largely into the composition of
the counterfeits. The purser of the
steamer Major Reybold is reported to
lave taken in. or been taken in, to the
ex emit of nearly five dollars worth of the
spurious coin in one week recently.
Storekeepers are consequently vary care
full in making change.
Washington Camp, No. Al, P. o. s. of
| A, met at the camp room at 7.45 last
Sunday evening, and proceeded in a body
to the Bethel M. P. Church, Past Presi.
dent ]. D. Claypoole acting as marshal.
Arriving at the church the members of
the Camp opened, and the officers filed
through the open ranks, the body Of the
camp closing in behind them. After
| being seated two members of the Bethel
Church, young ladies, appeared with
trays on which were arranged bouquets
of chrysantbemums, and presented each
member of the order with one of them,
makingea very pretty and pleasing cere-
mony. The pastor, Rev. j.. Fl. Clark,
preached a very inspiring and eloquent
sermon on the duty of the citizen to
church and state, and particularly en-
joining the duty ofpersonal honor. There
were nearly fifty membersref the order
present. &C.,
Among the many family reunions i n
this .%sectioni none were more enjoyable
than that at the home.of Wesley Thomp-
SOD, Jr. The guests began to arrive
early, and appeared to thoroughly enjoy
the time spent together. A most excel.
lent Thanksgiving dinner was served,
and the flow of "Reminiscences, story and
laughter was only checked by the de-
parture of the guests. Those present
were: Messrs. Thos. Flanagan, Furman
Mattso3, Howard Borden, Jos. Black
and wife. VIM. M. Whitesall and wife,
James L. Whitesall and wife, James
Borden and wife, Harry Whitesall and
wife, Mrs. Frank Munyan. Joseph G..
Flanagan and wife, Simon Cunningham
and wife, Miss Sallie 81. Thompson, of
= Ismden; Miss Florence M. Thomps op,
Q tos Thompson, ST., and wife, j. W.
+. wish-IS Jr., and wife, Geo. W.
l.. Sfe, Misses Emma B. Thomp-
sec, MiAnie Baker, Ole Whitesall, Helen
Munyaneand Bertha Whitesall, Masters
James Cunningham. J. Summerill Davis.
Chas. Thompson, Harry Thompson and
Clark Thompson.