Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-04-11
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Mrs. Ella Vanneman and daughter, oil
Bridgeton, have been visiting Mrs. Clayton
Eastlack and other relatives here.
Mrs. j.. J. Robinson, of New York, Wis
tied her mother, Mrs. Helen Stratton, last
week
Mrs. Louis Weber returned on Monday
from visit Of ten days with her parents
near Bridgeton.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Toole and little
daughter, of Woodbury., spent Sunday and
Monday with his mother here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Bodine and child
of Philadelphia, were oyer-Sunday guests
of Mrs. Bodine's parents.
Miss Regina Blake, Of Camden, has been
visiting her cousin, Miss Alice Toole
William McAvoy and little daughter
Alice and his sister, Mrs Mary Toole, spent
Sunday with Mrs. Mary Tuohy, at Woods
town.
Miss Alice Parker has been entertaining
her friends, Miss Emma Walker of Cam
den, and Miss Ella Kenny, Of Gloucester
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Cotterell and son
Wilbert, George Cotterel1, Harry and John
Cotterell, Samuel Bignell and Misses Sadie
and Name Barber spent Saturday night and
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Abram Fry, at
Glassboro.
Rev. D. P. Sanderlin, of Virginia, has
been visiting old friends here.
On Monday evening of this week most
pleasing surprise party was given Miss
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Frank Parker. The evening was spent in
playing games, singing and dancing and at
late hour bounteous refreshments were
served. Those present were Misses Nellie
Douglass, Rosa Bahman, Nellie Nafey.
Alice Toole, Anna Costello, Katie Lyons,
Mamie and Maggie Costello, Lizzie and
Mary Reistle, Anna Creedon, Alice, Helen.
Florence, Gertrude and Mary Parker and
Alice McAvoy; Messrs. Lewis and Joseph
Costello, William Glutting, Charles Rieger,
David Mccullough, John Nafey, William
and Thomas Toole and John Lyons, of
Swedesboro; Misses Emma Walker and
Regina Blake, of Camden; Miss Claire
Quinlan, of Bordentown; Miss Ella Kenny,
of Gloucester; Miss Anna Bates, of Harris
onville; Willie Lyons, of Bridgeport; Will
liam and Miss Anna Burkel, of Mickleton.
A good deal of satisfaction is felt here
that at last the mystery connected with the
burning Of the barn of Thomas B. Hewes,
near here, over year ago, has been cleared
up. 1t will be remembered that on Friday
evening, Nov. 25, 1899, the large barn,
together with ten horses, thirteen COWS,
sixty tons of hay, six hundred dollars
worth of hot-bed sash, a wind mill that
cost one thousand dollars besides chickens,
carts, wagons and other property in the
barn, were destroyed. Both Mr. Hewes
and Theodore Hurff, the tenant on the farm,
lost heavily. Suspicious were aroused, but
no arrests were made. 1t now transpires
that colored man, who worked for Hurff
at the time Of the fire and who has Just
been sentenced to thirty years in Moya-
mensing prison for barn burning, has con-
fessed to the burning of the Hewes barn
and several others in Pennsylvania The
finding of the real firebug is matter of
considerable rejoicing and congratulation
here.
The fourteenth series of stock of the
Swedesboro Building and Loan Association
matured on Monday night.
Interesting Easter services were held in
the churches Early communion was cele-
brated in Trinity Episcopal church and
baptism in the afternoon. Communion
services were held in the Presbyterian
church and Easter services in the Sunday
school. The Sunday school had charge of
the evening service in the NJ E. church,
and a pleasing program was given. st.
Joseph's church held appropriate services
and large congregations attended. The
floral decorations in the various churches
were fine and the music good.
Thomas Norcross and family and Elmer
johnson and family left for California on
Tuesday of last week
The Spring Conference of the Gloucester
County Sunday-school Association will be
held in the NJ. E. church here on Thursday,
April 25.
Thomas Kirby, an old resident of this
place, but now of Harrisonville, has been
awarded the contract to carry the mails to
and from Jacksonville station for four
years from July next.
John Toole will build another house on
the site of the one destroyed by fire.
Mr.. George Cotterell and Miss Sadie
Barber, both Of this place, were married on
Sunday at the residence OF Abram Fry, at
Glassboro. Rev. Mr.. Algor, of the M P
church, performed the ceremony Their
friends wish them all happiness and pros
perity.
The funeral of Charles L. Hendrickson
took place from his late residence at Re
paupo on Tuesday. Interment in the
Episcopal cemetery here.
Charles Rieger's new house is nearly
ready for the plasterers, and Frank Parker's
new house is up and inclosed.
Victor Young, who was found dead in a
chair at his home in Bridgeton recently,
was a brother of M. P. Young, of this
place.
Benz. w. Lowe, father of Mrs. Philip
Parker, died after lingering illness on
Friday morning of last week.
Forty new books have been added to the
M. E. Sunday-school library.
Miss Anna Barradale died at the home of
her sister, Mrs. Helen Stratton, on Monday
morning, after lingering illness.