Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-11-27
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Mr.. and Mrs. George M. Hall have been
the guests Of Camden friends.
Mrs. B. R. Moffett visited her son, L. B.
Moffett and family, in Philadelphia last
week.
Mrs. Charles shull, of Camden, spent a
few days last week with old friends here.
Mr.. and Mrs. George McIlwain and chill
dren, of children, of Williamstown, spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Abram Fry.
Harry and John Cottrell spent Sunday
with relatives at Glassboro.
Mr.. and Mrs. John S. Batten attended
the golden anniversary of the marriage of
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Eggman in Philadel-
phia.
Mrs. VIM. Black and daughter Merle are
spending several weeks at Salem.
Mrs. J. J. Robinson of New York has
been the guest Of her mother and sister
here.
Mrs. B. B. Lowe, of Pelham, German
town, has been the guest of her sister, Mrs.
Ella B. Gibson
Mrs. Thomas Allen, of Newark, has been
recent guest of Miss Luch A. Welsh.
Mr. and Mrs M. O. Smith, of Hanover,
Pa, have been the guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
F. E. Nandersloot.
B. O. Moffett represented Osceola Lodge
at the session of the Grand Lodge, I.O.O.F.,
at Trenton last week.
Hugh Mccullough will spend Thanksgiv-
ing with Capt and Mrs. Leonard milford,
at Cedarville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel A. Croft spent a
part of last week with relatives in New
| York
Union Thanksgiving services will be
held in the Methodist Church on Thursday
morning at 10 O'Clock, Rev. j. II. O'Brien,
pastor of Presby terian Church, will preach
the sermon.
| The Jr. Order United Mechanics will
attend service in the Methodist Church on
next Sunday evening and listen to a sermon
by Rev. j. S. Heisler.
E. R. Vandersloot has position as opera
tor for the Western Union Telegraph Co.
at 10th and Chestnut, Philadelphia.
A. P. Locke and family removed last
week to their pleasant home in South
Swedesboro purchased of Owen L. Guest.
William Peall has two new houses we'll
under way on the tract of the Swedesboro
Land Association purchased of 1. H..
Weatherby.
Frank Shivler recently found on the Gibbs
farms land turtle, on the shell of which
has been cut the initials, ]. H., also the
date, 1905. The initial, B. E. S., had also
been cut on the shell.
At the meeting of the Odd Fellows Home
Association held in Trenton last week VIM.
| H. Mccullough was reelected director
for another term.
VIM. L. Moore has resigned as Secretary
and Director of the Swedesboro Sewer
Company. John c. Rulon has been elected
Secretary and Henry W. Ridgway Director.
Mr.. Moore expects to leave within few
weeks for his. future home in Indian Terri
tory.
Supreme Representative w. H. McCul-
Tough paid an official visit to the A. O. U.
W. Lodge at Cape May last week.
Revival services will begin in the NJ E.
Church on Monday evening of next week
in charge Of Rev. d. B. Ackley.
As result of cutting prices among the
| grocers here hams went down on Saturday
to 81 cts per pound, and several barrels
| were quickly disposed Of. Problem-if a
grocer buys ham at IA cts poundland sells
| at 81 cts, how long will its take him to get
| rich ?
Green wood is being sold here by weight
cord is said to weight about, $500 pounds.
Thomas Wesley, colored, recently shot a
large black eagel ON the farm owned by
Mrs. 81. Haines and tenanted by John Ger
ner. The bird measures seven feet from
tip to tip of wings. The shot broke its
wings and it was only captured after hard
battle. The noble bird was finally consigned
to the close quarters of a chicken coop.
| The pleasant home of Mr.. and Mrs. F. S.
Vandersloot, on Railroad avenue, was the
scene of pretty and interesting service on
Sunday afternoon, when their only grand
child, Master Frederick William Wander
sloot son of Edward Russell and Elsie D.
| Vandersloot received the of rite of baptism
| at the hands Of Rev. John S. Heisler, d. D.,
OF Camden. AN ODJeCb or specIaI interest
| to the little party assembled was the hand
some baptismal bowl, which was brought
from Germany, one hundred and fifty years
ago. Its history can be traced back three
hundred years and it is supposed to be
much older than that. During all these
years it has been precious treasure in the
Vandersloot family and it has been carefully
handed down from one generation to an
other and has figured at scores of christen-
ings. 1t is large and beautiful bowl Of
royal purple glass, with gold band
around the top and gold figures on the sides.
1t is now in the possession of Mrs. M.
o. Smith, of Hanover, Pa, sister of Mr..
F. E. Vandersloot, and she very kindly,
caused it to be brought here for the occa-
sion. An interesting bit of history connect
ed with the Vandersloot family is that the
oldest sons of the family, both on the
fathers and mothers sides, from as far
back as the year 1920 have been ministers
of the Reformed Church. The family is
very musical and at this time one church in
Wilmington, Del, has eight members of
the Vandersloot family in its Membership F.
E. Vandersloot is a member of the NJ. E.
Church choir of Swedesboro, where his rich
tenor voice is an attraction.