Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-04-18
SWEDESBORO.

Miss Florence G. Pither has been spend
ing few days with her aunt, Mrs. Vincent
Sharp, in Camden.
E. ]. Blatherwick, of Woodbury., visited
his sister here on Saturday.
Mrs VIM H. Hannold, Jr, and children
spent last week with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Justice, Of Bakersville, At
lantic county.
Miss Frances Locke. of Phila., has been
visiting friends here.
Mrs. Chas d. Lippincott spent last week
with her daughter, Mrs. Charles Justice,
Jr., at Pleasantville.
Miss Lucy Welsh has been entertaining
Miss Bertha Long, of Philadelphia.
Mrs. William J. Black and Miss Ida
Lawrence are attending the State Council
Daughters of Liberty at Paterson this week.
Thomas Mccullough, of Cape May, spent
last week with his parents here.
George Parker Sutton, of Camden, Grand
Outside Waterman, visited Swedesboro
Lodge No. %, A. o. U. w. on Tuesday
evening.
Misses Bessie and Estella Taylor, of
Washington, D. c., and Mr. and Mrs. S. d.
Lodge, of Mantua, were guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. B. R. Moffett last week.
Miss Linda Hurff, of Camden, visited
her grandmother, Mrs. Mary Hurff, last
week.
Our townsmen, John Moore has retired
from active business life, and has sold all
of his business interests to his son William
L. Moore, who will give his personal atten-
ton to all the different branches.
Geo. M. Ashton is improving his fine
premises by planting neat hedge, and also
putting down fagstone curbing.
A new polished oak altar has been placed
in Trinity church by the members of Trinity
Guild in memory of Rev. Geo. W. Watson,
D. D., former pastor.
Rev. w. S. Mitchell, of the Methodist
church, has taken THE Tentmakers of Tar
sus" as a subject for a series of Sunday
evening sermons.
Commissioner of Deeds, has fitted up an
office at his residence on Railroad Ave. for
the transaction of business in his line.
The Spring is cold and backward but the
farmers are busy.
Mrs. Isaac Ore, who has been quite i'll, is
improving.
Mr. William Rieger, who has been SER
iously i'll for several months, is failing quite
rapidly.
We are glad to note the continued i'm
provement of William Cozens who is now
able to be about the house.
County School Superintendent VIM. H.
Eldridge met with our Board Of Education
on Monday evening and informed the MEM
Of foi
ply with all the requirements of the school
law, special meeting must be held to vote
for appropriations. April Doth was the
time set for the special meeting.
The friends of Mr. John Pierson will be
glad to learn that he is recovering from his
severe illness, and able to leave his bed. |
He is in his Goth year.
The Sunday school people are making ar
to entertain the Spring Confer
ence of the Gloucester County Sunday
school Association, to be held here on
Thursday of next week, 18th inst, in the
M. E. church.
Charles Parker, formerly of Salem, is
blowing glass at the Swedesboro Glass
Works.
Fruit growers in this vicinity say that
the prospects were never better than at
present; especially is it true of peaches and
plums, and if no accident befalls them we
may confidently look for an abundant sup
ply.
The Woman's Foreign Missionary So
ciety of the Methodist church has elected I
the following officers: Pres, Mrs. B. r.
Moffett; Vice Pres, Mrs w. S. Mitchell,
Mrs. A. NJ Jones; Rec sec'y, Miss Mabel
I. Simmons; Cor. Sec'y, Miss Lucretia
Meley; Treas, Mrs. Milton Myers; Liter
airy Com, Mrs. VIM. Hancock, Mrs. BENZ.
Evan, Mrs. Isaac Nichols, Mrs. Gertrude
Ham, Mrs. Lizzie Denny, Miss Nettie
Nolte.