Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-05-03
PITMAN GROVE.

The public school celebrated ArD0r Dal
in an appropriate manner.
Mr.. Langham's cottage on West Ayenu'
ia nearing completion.
Frank Brace and family of Camden, cam,
down for the season on Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Hates took possession o
Mrs. Tryon's Arbutus Hill cottage on thu
first
Mr.. Poole, of Camden. is frequent visi
tor to the grove.
Albert Pine. of Camden, spent Sunday
with his parents at Alcyon Park.
The "Old Maids Convention Melted tn,
M P. church between fifty and sixty dol
lars.
Mrs. Strang is residing at present in hel
North avenue cottage.
Mr.. Broad water, the organ builder, anG
wife, spent Sunday in their 4th avenue
cottage.
J. c. Rulon and wife spent Sunday with
Mrs. Rulon's brother, Thompson Allen, o
Woodbury..
The Cassidy" cottage has been rented
to MT. Castle who occupied it last year.
Mrs. S. Jaggard, who spent the winter
with relatives in Delaware and Virginia
returned to town on Monday
The band has ordered stylish suits, and
the boys expect to make fine appearance
on Decoration Day.
A collection for the famine stricken O.
India will be taken in the NJ E. S. S. next
Sunday.
p H. Focer and W. A. Downer have the
grading of yards down to a nicely. After
weeks of work they are making theil
grounds ornaments to the town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Altemus. of Camden
and Mrs. Beideman, of Beideman, N. J..
drove down to the grove on Saturday for an
outing.
The oldest inhabitant of the place, Mrs
Ackley, who is almost eighty nine years Of
age, is lying at the point Of death.
Messrs. Bowker and Spiel, with theil
wives, spent Sunday at the "Bowker" on
West avenue.
Mr.. Benz Dilks, who last week moved
into the MCGOWAN property on Evergreen
Ave-, expects to make Pitman his perma.
nent place of residence.
Mr.. and Mrs. ElwelI, of Philadelphia
moved into their East Avenue cottage on
Tuesday, Mr. Elwell's health is not very
good, but he expects Pitman air to soon re.
juyenate him.
Mr.. Chas. Wynne, who has been paraly-
zed for several years, is able to walk about
town on pleasant days, and frequently at
tends Mr.. 81. P. Young's Sunday-school
class.
Miss Laura Leach, formerly Of this place,
spent Sunday with her grandmother Mrs.
Carter. Miss Laura is competing for free
scholarship in the Drexel Institute.
Mr.. w. Hudson, an enthusiastic sports
men. of Philadelphia, was down on Satur-
day with his ever-present shing tackle
strapped to his wheel
Mr.. Carly has rented his three houses
and moved into the Grove for the season.
The demand for houses outside the en-
closure cannot be met.
The Electric Light company has raised
their prices, doubled them in some in
stances. Now, let everybody pay in the
same ratio and possibly not much fault will
be found.
Mr.. Jos Badger has sold his residence on
Evergreen Avenue to a Mr.. Madara, of
Petersburg, N. J. Mr.. B. and family will
spend the summer at Atlantic City.
Allen Gardiner has rented his Broadway
residence to Mr.. Battings, of Phila., for the
months of July and August. Mrs. Gardi-
ner intends visiting friends in Pennsylva-
MIA during that period.
Mr.. James Kelly and family moved into
their Pitman avenue residence yesterday
"wednesday. Mr.. Kelly is a resident of
the place about half the year and is a pub
lie spirited citized, always ready to further
any good enterprise.
During the past week the Association has
graYeled all the small avenues and the out
side circle, and has begun the annual
cleaning of the grove. Now if some of the
cottagers on the smaller avenues would
make generous application of paint to
their cottages, particularly on the back, it
would improve that part of the grove won
derfully.