Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-06-02
WENoNAH.

VIM Steward, of Phila., visited his par
enfs here on Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs Harry Ford are spending
the week in Atlantic City.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM Yogf entertained
number Of friends and relatives at their
home on Decoration Day.
Mrs Lewis Fietchner has been spending
a few days with relatives in Seaville.
Our public school closes on Friday
June 3rd. There will be no public exercises.
It is said that Joseph Chew will assume
the management of Holeton's coal and liv-
cry business on June 10th, and move into
the house next to the stables.
Miss Lille Sowden is spending the week
with relatives in Phila.
The booklets on Wenonah are promised
to be ready for distribution the latter part
Of this week.
DR.. VIM. HI. Greene will open his sum
mer residence here on Thursday
Summer Dawson, who represented Penn
Charter school, in the running high jump
contest at the annual spring sports Of the
Penna. railroad Y. NJ. G. 4. at Belmont
and Parkside AYES. on Decoration Day, won
handsome silver cup.
Mrs. Alfred Cooper, Of Cape May Court
House, returned home on Tuesday, having
been the guest Of her daughter, Mrs E. L.
Farr.
Owning to the scarcity Of houses, Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Phelps are temporarily
making their home with their daughter,
Mrs. John L. Drummer until they find an
available house
The indications are that 4th Of July viii
be celebrated here in patriotic manner
A meeting Of the citizens has already
been held and officers elected who meet
next Saturday night to appoint the various
committees.
Miss Martie Stokes and Miss Mamie
Munroe took a trip to New York by trolley
on Saturday.
The town was stirred last Friday night
when it became known that little Russel
Charles had disappeared and no clue to his
whereabouts could be found. When be did
not return for supper his mother became
very apprehensiye and when dark came on,
she could restrain her fears no longer and
the neighbors willingly formed searching
party which rapidly grew as the search pro-
gressed until it numbered about thirty
men. AS it was known the child lad
mania for the water, the creek soon became
i their objective point ard Lis cloths s91l
soon found lying on the lower bank About
half dozen men stripped off their cloth.
/ ing and waded the creek IN search of the
body but it was mot found until after
twelve o'clock. Frank Benson, who had
been watching the seaFchers, formed
an idea as to the probable location OF the
body, went into the water and after Wad
ing around in the hole formed by the water
flowing over the dam, stepped on it and
/ quickly brought the rigid little form to the
surface and laid it on the bridge where it
remained for an hour before permission to
remove it could be obtained from the cor
oner. just how the child was drowned,
whether by falling or diving and striking
something will probably never be known as
| no one was with him at the time a pa
thetic incident was the devotion shown by
his pet dog Dewey which stood by the
waters edge and would whine very pitt
fully but would not leave the spot until
the body was taken home to the grief
stricken mother The sorrow Of the par
ents is shared by She whole town. The
! funeral took place on Tuesday, inte
being made at Mt. Moriah, Phila.
! DIR. c. w. Harvey has purchaAr
Kentucky bred mare, which is pr
little beauty.
Prof J. Warren Lloyd has acese
principalship Of the Elmer school,
composed Of six departments an,
! have corps of five assistants. The -
of Wenonah recommend Prof. Lloyd % the
people of Elmer as an earnest up-to-date
instructor and the school at Elmer is fortu
nate in securing his services.
Mrs. Albert Sweeten, who was success
fully operated on for cancer at the Ger
man Hospital in Phila., returned home on
Friday and is convalescing as fast as can be
expected.