Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-08-01
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Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Shoemaker, Of
Mantua, were visiting the homes Of George
Weatherby and Jos. 7. Sickler.
Earl, youngest son of Mr.. and Mrs. Dun
ham, fell from the veranda on Friday last
and broke his arm in two places.
Mrs. Rebecca Green and family went to
Pitman Grove on Saturday to remain dur
ing the month of August.
Mr. and Mrs. VIM. Burning spent Sun
day with relatives at Harrisonville.
Formers in this vicinity are having trou-
BILE to get help.
Edwin Holmes and daughter are on a
two-weeks' trip to Niagara, Pan-American
Exposition and other places of interest.
The w. c. T. U. will meet on Friday
afternoon, I'd inst. Topic, Scientific Tenn
perance Instruction All bills against the
Union should be presented at this meeting.
A full program has been prepared and all
are cordially invited to attend.
The much-needed rain which came last
week did much good to the crops in this
section.
Mr.. and Mrs c. w. Brown, and Mr..
and Mrs Elmer Kircher have been spend
ing few days in Atlantic City.
Miss Ida Joslin, of West Philadelphia,
spent Saturday and Sunday with Miss Lucy
Taggart.
Miss Ethel Eldridge spent Sunday with
friends in Mantua.
Rev J. H. O'Brien preached in the NJ.
E. church last Sunday evening Rev. J. E..
Shaw held evening services at Jefferson.
Dr. Albert Shute and family, of Potts
town, Pa, are spending the week with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Shute.
About twenty-five young people from
this neigbhorhood went on straw ride to
Washington Park last Saturday evening.
Miss Belle Owen is spending the Summer
at Ocean City.
On Friday evening of last week the meet
ing of the Y.'s was held at the home of
Joseph B. Livezey. In the absence of the
president the first vice president, Ruth W..
Peaslee, took the chair, with Secretary
Benz G.. Heritage in his place. The usual
business was gone through with, also a
reading by Herbert T. Borden, called
'sMrs. Potts Thank Offering A paper,
written ON the life of DR.. French, the Phil
adelphia County President, who is also a
well-known physician, was read, and words
of commendation of her were expressed.
The guests were then invited into another
room, where Circulating library" had
been prepared. Thirty-two books were
represented each by some tangible object.
The guests formed into partners and were
given each slip of paper on which to write
the names of the books that corresponded
to the objects represented. A very enjoya-
bic evening was spent. Prizes were given
to the couple who guessed the most and
the least correctly After assembling to-
gether again the roll was called and the
meeting adjourned to meet at the home of
John Heritage the last Friday in August,
to which all are invited.
Miss Emma Burk, of Philadelphia, was
an over-Sunday guest at the rectory.
Those who had the privilege of attending
the union Sunday excursion to At
lantic City last week expressed much graft
fication with the manner in which it was
conducted-a decided improvement over
the old-style excursion.
Mrs William Blensinger, of Gloucester
City, is visiting relatives at Mt Royal.
Mrs Mary Glover, who has been confined
to the house for some weeks with lame
foot, is slowly improving
Mrs. Newton Hallowell has been quite
sick the past week.