Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-01-20
MULLIcA HILL.


The pleasant weather on Sunday was al
agreeable change after the consecutive day.
of storm which preceded it.
Miss Bertha Scott was detained at hons
from school BY illness during the pas
week.
The Board Of Education held the regular
meeting in Town Hall on Thursday even
ing.
Mrs. Rachel Beckett is making an ex
tended visit with friends in Woodbury. anG
Philadelphia.
Mr.. F. B. Ridgway has been seriously
i'll, as reported in our last weeks items, but
is now slightly improved.
Mrs Elizabeth Mills and little daugh
ter Maud, are visiting friends in BridgetoD
Mrs Rachel Lippincott is quite i'll will
rheumatism.
Christopher Anderson, deceased, o.
Philadelphia, was brought here CD Monday
for interment in the M. E. cemetery.
A full house received Bishop Scarborough
on Sunday, who gave them an excellent
practical sermon. A plain explanation o.
the way of salvation"
Mr.. and Mrs Clarence Lewis, of Cam.
den, and Mr.. and Mrs John Fitcraft, o.
Richmondtown, were over Sunday guests
of Mrs. Ketnrah French.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Heritage, Of
Swedesboro, we're guests of Mr.. aud Mrs
William Summerill on Sunday.
At the meeting of Pomona Grange, held al
this place last week, the following officers
were elected Master, Walter Heritage
Oyerseer, Aaron Borton; Lecturer, Phebe
Guest; Steward. Howard Hendrickson
Assistant Steward, Walton Fl. Chew
Chaplain, James Cooper; Treasurer, VIM.
Borden; Secretary, Caddie ]. Gill; G.
Keeper, Henry Orr; Ceres, Pricilla Hazel
ton; Pomona, Ada NJ. Paulin; Flora.
Fannie Hendrickson; l.. A. Steward, A. P
Sithens. The program throughout the day
and evening was very interesting and in
strnctive.
Miss Larkins, of PENNSYLVANIA, is the
guest of Miss Olinda Benezst.
Quarterly meeting services were held in
the M. E. church on Sunday, Presiding
Elder Harris being present.
The following officers were elected at the
annual meeting of the Mullica Hill Build
ing and Loan Association: President, Amos
Gardiner; vice president, Samuel Ash
craft; treasurer, Rudolph Bent yet; secre-
tary and solicitor, Edward L. Stratton
directors, Samuel Ashcraft, Joseph Chat
ham, M. F. Parker, Joseph P. Stratton, Los.
Gardiner, William Burning, S. P. Clark
auditors, c. W. Eikinton, Joseph Chatham,
Joseph P. Stratton. A new series of stock
(the twenty-third) was issued loans sold
for January amounted to So, 735; loans paid,
So, 655; 81 shares were withdrawn and
paid to the amount of 81, 34905.
Two hogs butchered on the premises OF
Joseph Chatham on Tuesday, weighed
respectively 35S and 456 pounds. A third,
owned by William Alien, weighed $50
pounds.
The first Literary of the Grange for the
year 1898, will be held next Tuesday even
ing, January 18th The Mullica Hill
Grange is the largest in the State.
Mr.. Samuel Norman visited Harmony
Academy one day last week, and gave the
and its industries. Black board illustration
relative to mining operations were of spe-
cial interest.
A public concert was held in the M. E.
church on Monday evening.
A number of persons in our town are sick
at the present.
Miss Thomson, of Philadelphia, is visit
ing her brother. Mr.. Oscar Thomson.
A delightful surprise was rendered Miss
Anna Ballinger bv a number of her friends
last Saturday evening. Among those pres
ent we're the following Mr.. and Mrs Frank
Care, Misses Ella Jones. Lizzie Meister,
Ella Allen, Anna Ballinger, Verna Scott,
Sarah White, Ellie Schwebel. Rena Avis,
Sarah Shute, Reba Lawson, Bertha Scott,
Lydia Folwell, Ida Barry, Lizzie Shoe
maker, Gertrude Weatherby, Martie Avis,
Edna Scott, Laura Coles Messrs. Edward
Gill, Arlington Jones, Charles Bill Harry
Weatherby, Allen Shiveler. Howard Fol
well, Robert Folwell, Jr., Walter Mounce
Washington Warner, James White, Jr
John Bill, James Bill, Frank Moupee, Chas
FolweIl, Walter Burning, Leon Atkinson
Harmon Ballinger, all of this place, and
Messrs joe Munyan, James Munyan. and
Orme Armstrong, of Redwood. "
Mrs Elizabeth Fl. Parker, wife of Chas
W. Parker, died Monday evening, 18th,
at o'clock, after a severe illness lasting
less than two weeks She was aged Ga
years, months, and 81 days. The funeral
will be on Friday, 2lst instant Meet at the
house at 1890 and the Baptist meeting
house, where service will be held at II 90
This is the first death in the immediate
family of Mr.. Parker in forty years. Mrs
Parker was active in church work and will
be missed by large circle of friends