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

The new hall of Wilkins Bros, was open
TO the public for the first time on last Sat
urday evening; the occasion being Straw
berry Festival given by the Sunday School
for the benefit of the Sunday School The
hall is large and we'll ventilated; and was,
on this occasion, beautifully decorated with
red, white, and blue bunting. The starry
flag was placed at happy intervals and en-
phasized the patriotic sentiment which pre-
vailed. The tables held their quota of
flowers and fruits which had been artistic
ally arranged by the fair hands of Thorofare
maidens. These same maidens - in pretty
frocks waited upon the throngs who came
most graciously, and it is needless to say
the Strawberry Festival was success both
socially, and financially One may say
what one will of other places, but Thorofare
always come in on the home run.
A class was taken in the Grange on Mon
day night, May 23rd, and given the first
and second degrees. On account Of Decor
alton Day, the third and forth degrees will
not be conferred until Monday night. June
sixth. Mrs. Scott Thompson, of Paulsboro,
is member of the new class.
Miss Alice Gibbs, of Thorofare, played
at the MUSCLE, given by Miss Jordan, at
the Country Club, Woodbury., on Saturday
afternoon last Thorofare girls do not hide
their light under bushel
On next Wednesday afternoon, the Junior
Epworth League will give a social in the
basement of the church. This will close
their meeting for the summer.
Two shelving loads of happy school
children, and several carriages carrying
their more sedate parents, went to National
Park, on last Friday, for a picnic. The
weather was all that could be desired; the
children were happy as larks, and the day
ended without catastrophe of any kind.
This ended the school year.
Miss Mary E. Platt is spending a week
in the family of Prof. Isaac Rissmiller at
Pennsgrove.
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Mullen made all
their friends happy by celebrating the eigh-
teenth birthday of their daughter, Miss
LYDIA Mullen, with grand reception. A
large number Of invitations were sent out,
and among the guests present, were, from
Thorofare the Misses Alice DEM, Edna
Bowers Addie Leach, Ella Rambo, Aman-
da and Bella Colby, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Eastlack, Mr.. and Mrs Harry Leach, and
the Messrs. Leroy Leonard, Charles P.
Budd, Clement Budd, VIM. Armbruster,
Isaac Bowers Leslie Gibbs Benjamin
Colby, Charles Davis, and Harry, John,
and Jesse Eastlack; Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey
Myrtetus, from Philadelphia; Miss Marion
Haines, from Westville; Miss Anna Gahrs,
from Swedesboro; and the Misses Sadie
Colbourn, Ethel Thompson, Hannah Allen,
Irma Mullen, Lidie Clark, Mr. and Mrs.
VIM. MacMullin, Mrs Annie Clark, Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Williams, and the Messrs
William Mullen, Jesse Mullen, Jr., Garrett
Mullen, Fred Banscher, Reuben Ever, Har-
vey Basemen, Harvey johnson, and Albert
Glass, from Paulsboro The tables were
beautifully arranged, and groaned beneath
the weight of what the markets afforded,
and hospitality could suggest. The beauti-
ful birthday cake was cut by the fair
maiden, in whose honor it was made, with
a knife of gold given her by her grand
father, Mr.. VIM. Mullen. Besides the gold
knife and fork, which came to her as heir
looms, sher received many presents of beauty
and of great price.
A game of base ball was played at Thoro-
fare, on Saturday afternoon between the
Thorofare and Gibbstown teams "a hot
air game, heard one man call it. The
score stood IA to II in favor of Gibbstown.