Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-06-14
PITMAN GROVE.
w. Al. RuIon has q handsome new G.

City Ior TWO weeks.
The Association placed gateman at
the Second avenue entrance on Monday.
Miss Ella MCGOWAN is spending the
week with friends in Philadelphia.
Evangelist Lopez and family are occupy
ing their cosy Third avenue cottage.
The Sunday -school Of Tabernacle church,
Camden, picnics at Alcyon Park to-day
| (Thursday).
The Pitman Cornet Band is engaged to
play in Philadelphia on Monday evening
next.
Master John Springer has new bicycle,
and is, therefore, about the happiest boy in
town.
A band of gypsies is encamped in the
woods between here and Glassboro.
Mr.. Will Walls and wife are occupying
their cottage america" Ninth and South
avenues.
Rev. M. Symington and family are once
more enjoying the cool breezes of West
avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Downer are at
tending camp meeting at Monndsville,
West Virginia.
The new song book, Gospel Praises No.
2, is cut and promises to be even better
than last years book.
Mr.. Charles Justice has identified his
West avenue property by putting his
grounds in fine shape
Rev. DR.. Thompson of Glsssboro, preached
an able sermon to the M. E. congregation
on Wednesday evening of last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Magee, of Phila-
delphia, are spending the summer with
Mrs. Magee's sister, Mrs. Poole, of West
avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. Spiel, OF Philadelphia, are
enjoying another season at the Grove. Mr..
Spiel is cashier of the Southwark bank.
Mr.. Benjamin Mellor, president of Cam
den City Council, has his horse and car
riage here, and enjoys daily ride with his
family.
Mr.. S. B. Golf, the Camden medicine
manufacturer, has exchanged the atmos-
phere of oils and liniments for West avenue
ozone.
Grocer Howard Biddle has secured the
services of Arthur Applegate for the sea-
SON. Madara is also on duty at Joseph
Lodges.
Miss Edith Lynch now assists Miss Ger
trude Conover in handling the mails. These
young ladies have a goodly share of the
quickness and courtesy needful for their
position.
Mr.. P. NJ Hurst. proprietor of the Swiss
laundry, has moved into his fine East
Avenue cottage. Mr.. q. enjoys holding the
lines over his nettlesome horses.
Pitman is little paradise for florists.
The box of flowers on J. c. Rnion's porch
is especially beautiful. Florist North, OF
Sewell. supplied and arranged the plants.
The Association is filling in and grading
Simpson avenue. There are some tine
building lots on this new avenue, and their
proximity to the railroad station makes
them especially desirable.
Mrs. Mary Carter, widow residing on
Tenth avenue, fell on Monday morning
and broke her right wrist. Mrs Carter is
a most estimable woman, and will be sure
of receiving every needed assistance.
A we'll attended lawn fete was held on
T. A. Goodwin's grounds on Saturday
evening. The band was in attendance and
received generous treat. The proceeds
of the fete will be devoted toward lighting
the NJ. P. church with electricity.
Two "globe trotters,n Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
NJ. Bentley have been spending the week
in town. Mr.. B. is an expert at repairing
organs and pianos and pays his expenses
by such work. They are originally from
Chicago, but are now cycling from Atlantic
City to San Francisco, q point which they
will probably reach sometime during the
twentieth century.
Children's Day was observed in the NJ
E. church on Sunday. The infant depart
ment of the s. S. held their exercises in
the afternoon, and the main school occu-
pied the evening The exercises were
unusually good, and the audience too large
for the seating capacity of the church.
The sidewalks on the west side of Broad
way from s. H. Lords to the M. E. parson-
age sadly needs coat of cinders and gravel
Alter every rain pedestrians are required to
walk in the ROAD fact not at all credit
able to the town. While the walks all
over the town are generally good, this most
frequented section of all, remains in bad
condition. Whether the cottage owners or
the Association, which own the ground
should be the parties to remedy the defect
is question but good walk ought to be
constructed, and could be for trifiipg cost
Mr.. j. Fl. Habeker gave a very interest
ing lecture in the H. E church on Tuesday
evening last, his subject being Alaska. Mr.
Habeker is always sure of having a large
and appreciative audience in Pitman
Grove. He is of type too seldom met
with, the practical common-sense Christian
business man. Whatever his station in
life the man who needs friend and helper
has one in Mr.. Habeker He starts this
week on anothur trip to Alaska, and beside
looking up sulpher interests 10 the Allen
tian Islands, will visit Cape Nome, Dawson
City and Circle City, covering a distance
two thousand miles greater than on his
trip Of last year.
Little Marion Lefevre was six years old
on Friday. and quite a number of little
people helped her celebrate the event on
Friday evening She received many pretty
presents, and the little ones were treated
by Mr.. and Mrs. Lefevre with the generous
hospitality for which they are noted The
following were the guests: Jane, Edith,
and Walter Kelly, Josephine and Della
Paulin, Della and Nettie GarwO0d, Bessie
Lefevre, Iona Conover, Bessie Jenkins,
Daisy Goodwin, Ridgely Ferris, Ralph
Peterson, Vernon Kindle, Sadie Newkirk,
Louise Laurie, Harriet Carter, Ethel Caulk
Ethel Rink, Gertie Simpkins. Grace Tub
man, Jennie Slckler, Jennie Ferris