Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-05-01
sWEDEsBORO.

. WEOEObOhO.
Miss Sadie Heritage, Of Glassboro, is
spending few days with her grandmother,
Mrs. Mary Shivers.
Miss Louisa Hunter, of Phila., and Thos.
Mccullough, of Glassboro, spent Sunday
with w. II. Mccullough and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vincent Sharp of Camden,
were the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. George w.
Pither on Sunday.
Mrs Lydia Talman, of Woodbury., is the
guest Of her son Albert r. Talman.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Poinsett, of Mullica
Hill, have been visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Amos
Jones, parents of the latter.
Miss Frances G. Young and William Y.
Mclntire, OF Phila., were over-Sunday
guests of |. HI. Weatherby and daughters
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Stiles and little son
Russell, of West Phila, have been visiting
their brother, Walter Stiles, and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Weber and little son
Christian are spending ten days at Bridge
ton and Cedarville.
Edward Cottrell, of Glassboro, and Geo.
and Vernon Cottrell, of Williamstown,
spent Sunday with their mother, Mrs. Mary
Cottrell
Mrs. William A. Sailer and children, of
| Phila., were the guests of relatives here
| last week.
Mrs. Mary Miller, of Camden, has been
visiting Miss Lucy Welsh.
Mrs. VIM. E. Black and Miss Lucretia
Meley were the delegates appointed by the
Swedesboro Auxiliary to attend the Spring
meeting of the Woman's Foreign Mission
airy Society of Camden District at Atlantic
City on Tuesday.
Freebooter Chas. Wilson has been made
assistant magager of the Swedesboro Land
| Association, of which w. J. Peall is general
manager.
The Woolwich Board of Education at its
meeting on Friday evening of last week
elected the following teachers for the COM
ing year: Principal, Miss Sue FL. Coles;
Misses Vida Lippincott, Alice G. Lippin-
colt, Alice H. Moore, Sallie K. West, Mrs
Mary H. Yourison, Mrs. Lydia r. Gallaher.
There are three vacancies to be filled.
Calvin Black, son of Mrs. Mary E. Black,
has scarlet fever.
Mrs. l. S. Stratton, who was stricken
with paralysis about two weeks ago, still
lies in helpless and suffering condition.
On last Saturday afternoon about twenty
| of the schoolmates of Walter Hall gave
| that young man thorough surprise at the
home of his father, George Hall, near here.
The afternoon was spent in merry way,
after the fashion of bright boys and girls,
and later the party was invited to the din
| ing room where the long table was spread
| with all the delicacies cakes, ice cream,
fruits, confectionery, ETC., and of course all
showed their appreciation of the feast in
the usual way. Those present were Anna
and Edith Stone, Irene Hunter, Emma
Ballinger, Merle Black, Lida Horner, Elsie
and Emma Zippler, Mary L. Rogers, Helen
Headley, Marguerite Crispin, Lilly and
Gertrude Leap, Mamie Zane, George Hor-
ner, Merritt Frederick, VIM. Rode, Howard
and Ralph Wallace.
Arbor Day was celebrated by the pupils
of the public school in an appropriate man.
ner, with songs, readings, Rotations, an
interesting address by w. H. Mccullough,
and the planting of three trees, which were
named Lincoln, Garfield and Mckinley.
| The exercises were held in the academy
| yard, and quite number of parents and
| friends were present, although not so many
do ollOulu HdfC OCCu W c1lCOuId2G buG
efforts of both teachers and pupils. An i'm
provement along the line of encouragement
would be good for both.
| At the annual meeting of the Swedes-
| boro Water Co. the following officers were
elected: Pres, Merritt W. Pharo; V. Pres,
Henry w. Ridgway; Sec'y and Treas, Al
bert E. Pharo; directors, M. W. Pharo, AL
bert E. Pharo, Joseph Pharo, John C.
Rulon, H. w. Ridgway and VIM. Ayers.
The President of the company reported
that in view of the very rapid growth
of the town during the past year and the
prospective increase in the near future. and
in order to prepare the system to meet any
demands that might be made on it, an adj
ditional artesian we'll had been sunk, and
improvements on the pumps and engines
are being made. The water of the new we'll
| like that of the first one sunk, is pure and
soft, and analysis shows it to be in every
way fit for domestic use. The W. J. and
| S. railroad has placed an order with the
company to furnish the supply for their en-
gines at this place.
! At the election for borough officers on
| Tuesday VIM. HI. Mccullough received 2OU
votes for Mayor out of the 218 polIed.
The community experienced shock on
Sunday afternoon when it became known
that Mr.. John Moore, one of our best
known and highly esteemed citizens had
| just died. He had been in failing health
for the last year, and while obliged to re-
| tire from active business, he was almost
daily seen on the street, and was out chat
ting with friends on the Wednesday pre-
vious to his death, although suffering in
tensely from large carbuncle on the back
of his neck. The immediate cause Of his
death was heart trouble from which he had
been for some time sufferer. He was the
son of Ezekiel G. Moore and was born near
Mullica Hill sixty-two years ago, but the
greater part of his life has been spent at
| Swedesboro. He was one of the prominent
| business men of the town and alive to all
| its interests. In business life he was cor
rect, honest and just. He was a sincere
Christian, a member of the Methodist
| Church and for many years was president
of its board of trustees. He was, for a
number of years, president of the Swedes-
boro Loan and Building Association, which
position he held at the time of his death.
| He leaves a family of three children: VIM.
L. Moore, of this place, Herbert Moore and
Mrs. Nellie Rates. both of Claremore, Ind.
| Territory, and five brothers and two sisters
mourn his loss. His funeral took place this
| Thursday morning with services at his
late home and interment at Eglington
cemetery, Clarksboro A good father, a
good citizen, kind friend has gone.
At the election of borough officers held
on Tuesday, the regular caucus ticket was
elected with one exception, as follows
Mayor, VIM. H. Mccullough; Councilmen,
James ]. Davidson, Harry McCollister,
John M. Hunter, Andrew Sheldon, Henry
H. Longacre, Benz. P. Lawrence; Assessor,
Samuel Avis; Collector, Evart M. Zane;
Justice of the Peace, Isaac S. Stratton;
Commissioners of Appeal, Albert R. Tai
man, Geo. M. Ashton, Samuel B. Gaskill.
218 votes were polled.
GLASSBORO.