Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-08-11
CLARKSBORO

Mrs. Sue Shoemaker, of Tuckahoe, is
the guest of Miss Anna Williams.
DR.. James Hoffman has been appointed
chief of police at Pitman Grove.
Charles Allen, of Berkeley, has been
spending few days at Atlantic City.
Miss Lydia G. Granfield has been attend
ing Prof Tharp's sammer school at Man
tua for the past five weeks. She is now
entertaining her friend, Miss Edna M.
Lore, of Cedarville.
Wilson Abbott, of Philadelphia, has
been spending some time here with his
cousin, Mrs. Jonathan Roberts.
Miss Alice Brown spent Sunday with
Mr.. John Wootten, Secane, Delaware Co.
Pa
Mr.. B. J. Lowrie and wife, of Syracuse,
N. Y, are guests of their sister, Mrs. Nell
son r. Smith.
Herbert Tucker, student at Grocer
College, Chester, spent Thursday with
Nathan HI ffman.
]. Howard Lipplncott, of Moorestown,
has been visiting friends at Mickleton.
Miss Ethel Johnston, of Trenton, is
visiting Mrs. Elizabeth Andrews.
Quarterly Conference was held in the
German Evangelical church last Saturday
evening.
Edgar Haines, Mickletcn, has new
bicycle. Spalding.
A number from this vicinity went on an
excursion to Reading last Thursday.
We are glad to note that Henry Haines,
who has been quite sick with typhoid
fever, is improving.
Miss Carrie Gaunt, of Philadelphia, is
spending the week with Miss Laura
| Holmes.
Mrs. Casselberry is visiting her daugh-
| ter, Mrs. Howard Reeder.
The w. G. T. U. was held Friday after
noon the 5th. Although number who
are usually present were visiting Pitman
Grove and other places, there was fair
attendance. In the absence of the Pres
ident, Hannah A. Heritage opened the
meeting By reading from the 125th Psalm.
A period of reverential silence was OBJ
served, and the business transacted in the
usual order It was directed that the
Union subscribe for four copies of the
School Physiology Journal, TO be supplied
to the teachers of the public schools. An
article on Successful Conduct of a
Business Meeting" was read, stating that
of no two things has the average W. c. T.
u. women less to spare than time and
meyer force and how to despatch the most
business with the least waste IL problem
of ever increasing Importance. Miss Anna
Williams opened the discussion on What
more can we do to make our meetings
interesting with a very thoughtful paper
suggesting that the order of the program
be trained at times, that a topic be an
nOunced and that all me- bers be requested
to bring their own thought or selection
bearing on the subject Hannah A. Herr
tage gave an earnest talk on The care Of
the body religious duty giving illustra-
lions to prove that this perhaps is as i'm
portant work as can be taken up by the
w. @. T. u, for the body is the temple of
the Holy Ghost in which should dwell
nothing that is not pure, white and clean.
An account OF the great work accomplished
by the Loyal Temperance Legion at Allan
tic City vas read by Martha Green.
Last Sunday morning Rev. j. Y. Burk
gave very interesting description of
churches visited during his stay in New
port, instead Of regular sermon.
The many friends of Mrs T. Reeves are
glad to know that she is improving, after
her recent severe illness.