Gloucester County Democrat., 1902-01-30
SWEDESRORO.

A pleasant and complete surprise was
given Mr. and Mrs Nicholas Bahman and
daughter, Miss Rose, at their home,
near Swedesboro, on Monday evening.
The surprise of Miss Rose was especially
enjoyed by her friends as she had thought
herself too wise to be thus caught. The
evening was pleasantly spent with dancing,
singing and various games and at twelve
O'Clock the guests were invited to the din
ing room and served with refreshments to
which all did ample justice, and then re-
turned to their respective homes highly
pleased with the evening so thoroughly
enjoyed with their surprised friends. Those
present were: Mr., and Mrs Nicholas Bah
man, Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Bahman Mr.
and Mrs. Philip Burkel, Mr. and Mrs
Adam Burkel, Mr.. and Mrs. Philip Muhl-
baier, Mrs. Rosalia schafer, Misses Rose and
Nellie Douglass, Nellie Macy, Rose Bah
man, Anna and Mamie Costello, Alice Toole,
Katie Lyons, Anna Bates, Anna Burkel,
Martha Swatski, Lizzie and Mary Reistle,
Lena Meddie, Anna Dea, Mary Mullin and
Ethel Muhlbaier Messrs Thomas Gala
han, Thomas LOTUS, John J. Canaan, Louis
and Joseph Costello, John Macy, William
Glutting, William Burkel Henry Laux,
Edward and Joseph Mcmahon, Frank Swat
ski, Charles Magin, George and Howard
Longacre, Howard Marshall, Masters James
Fergerson, Joseph Laux, Joseph Bahman,
Willie Doyle, Matthew Sebastian, Clarence
and Walter Muhlbaier, of Swedesboro; Miss
Mary Ley, of Woodbury.; Misses Katie and
Mamie Wolmantiser, of Pittsgrove; James
Simmons, of Mullica Hill, and Samuel
Haughey, of Jefferson.
Mrs. Sarah J. Haines, of Camden, has
been visiting relatives in this vicinity.
Mrs. Frank Davis, OF Millyille, has been
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Andreas Weldon.
Mr.. and Mrs. George L. Gill, of Philadel-
phia, were visiting relatives and friends here
last week.
Joseph Heritage, who has been confined
to his home with la grippe, is able to be
out again.
Mrs. George S. Turner, who has had
serious attack of pneumonia, is slowly re-
covering.
Mrs. Chas. D. Lippincott, who has been
seriously i'll with quinsy is recovering.
The timely discovery of chimney on
fire at the home of John Briant, on Broad
Street, on Monday evening probably saved
seriously trouble.
Rev. W. S. Mitchell, who has been con-
fined to his house nearly two weeks with
quite serious illness, was so far recovered,
as to occupy his pulpit on Sunday
The ladies of the Foreign Missionary
Society Of the M. E. Church will
held cake sale at the home of Mrs B. A.
Headley on Saturday afternoon for the ben
eft of the society.
George Heirpland, who has been seriously
i'll with pneumonia, at the home of Joseph
Heritage, is improving.
J. Caldwell Kille, of Denver Colorado,
will visit his niece, Mrs. Joseph R. Moore,
this week.
L. B. Moflitt, of Philadelphia, was the
guest of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. B.. R.
Moffitt, on Monday.
Mrs. Edith Norton, of Camden, spent
Sunday and Monday, with her brother, I.
II. Weatherby.
E. j. Blatherwick, of Woodbury. visited
his visited his sister here on Monday.
Joseph Shropshire and wife, of HaIeyville,
have been the guests of Mr.. and Mrs Harry
Mayhem.
Jacob Norton has been visiting his moth
er at Terra Haute, Indiana.
Again has Death, the Great Reaper, visi-
ted our community and taken away an
other old resident, thus making four, who
have passed away within twelve days Mr..
Isaac j. Ore, life long and highly respect
ed citizen here, died on Thursday evening,
of last week, of consumption, after an
illness of several years, aged seventy
three years. He leaves a widow, one son,
aud three daughters: Henry Ore, and Miss
Maggie Ore, of Swedesboro; Mrs Elmer E.
Locke, of Trenton, and Mrs. Howard Spen-
Ger, of Centre Square. He was member
OF the Methodist Chnrch for thirty-five
years and led careful and consistent life.
His funeral on Monday was largely attend
ed, showing the high estimation in which
he was held in the community Sloan
Lodge, K. Of p, of Harrisonville, of which
he was member, also Viola Lodge of this
place, attended the funeral. Interment was
made at Bridgeport.
Although Swedesboro has had building
boom on for the last year and many new
houses have been erected, yet the demand
is far in advance of the supply and several
families are anxiously wondering where
they shall put their feet when moving day
comes. Parties who wish to move here
from adjoining towns can not do so on
account of the scarcity of honses