Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-12-29

Mr.. and Mrs. B. r. Moffett have been
spending few days with their son, 4. B.
Moffett and family in Philadelphia.
Mr.. Harvey Flitcraft, Of Camden, was
guest Of his brother, Clement on Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Nicholson, of Pit
man Grove, have been visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. |. Allen Denny.
Mrs. William Hancock, of Paulsboro,
has been visiting her daughters here.
Mr. and Mrs. E. j. Blatherwick of
Woodbury., were guests of their sister here
on Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. George Meley, Of Camden,
have been visiting their parents here.
Mr.. and Mrs John X, Adams spent Sun
day and Monday with Mr.. S. Russell
Parker and family in Camden.
Miss Bertha Vanaman, Of Monroeville,
has been spending a few days with her
sister, Mrs Jacob S. Ware.
Mr.. and Mrs Thomas NJ Mccullough, of
Glassboro, and VIM. II. Mccullough, Jr.,
and wife, of Salem, spent Sunday and
Monday with Mayor Mccullough and
family.
Mrs. Samuel A. Croft has been spending
few days with her son, William A. Sailer
and family, at Lansdowne, Pa
Mrs Annie Kenney has been spending a
few days with her sister, Mrs. Maggie
Smith in Philadelphia.
Mrs. Fannie Holton, of Pedricktown,
has been spending a few days with rela
tives here.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Chard have been
entertaining their brother, Mr. John Chard,
of Millyile
Dr. Oliver Grimshaw, who has been con-
fined to his house with a severe attack of
tonslitis, is able to be out again.
Mrs. Lena Willig is suffering with Sc
we're attack Of quinsy.
A daughter of John Clifford, a farmer
near here, is i'll with scarlet fever.
Mr.. William McWalters has gone to
spend ten days with his son Clifford, at
Cape May.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Chew, of Pitman
Grove spent Sunday and Monday with
Mrs. Mary E. Hildebrand and family.
Mr. and Mrs Moses Batten, Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph A. Rulon and William and
Warren Rulon, were guests of Mr. and
Mrs. William Adams, in Philadelphia, on
Monday.
Mrs. Edward McAllister, Miss Anna
McAllister and Nathan McAllister spent
Christmas with Mr.. and Mrs. Robert S..
Austin in Philadelphia.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbert Dolby, of Glass
boro, were Christmas guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Jacob S. Ware.
Four children of Joseph A. Pidgeon, a
farmer just outside the town, are suffering
with scarlet fever.
and Mrs. John Ashcraft as both are ser
iously I'LL
The glassworks were shut down on Mon
day and all enjoyed holiday.
The Presbyterian Sunday School held its
Christmas entertainments in the church on
Thursday evening, using the service ''The
Star of Rejoicing The children acquitted
themselves we'll; the music was good and
the church was prettily trimmed. Pastor
O'Brien made an appropriate address and
the usual treat of candies was given to the
school.
The Methodist Sunday School gave the
cantata, ''The Real Santa Claus in Guests
Hall on Friday evening. The hall was
crowded and sixty dollars were cleared
from the evenings entertainment.
The Christmas service of Trinity Sunday
school was held in the church on Sunday
afternoon and was mostly musical
Midnight mass was celebrated in st.
Joseph's Church snd appropriate Christmas
services were held with special music on
Sunday.
The heavy storm of Saturday caused
considerable loss to the merchants with
large stocks of Christmas goods, as shop
ping was almost out of the question
While Harry Essler, one of the men en-
ployed at Moleton's bakery, was cleaning
the mixing machine early on last Friday
morning his arm got caught in the work
ings and was broken at the elbow and
badly cut above it. The machine was
running at very low rate of speed, but
the man became frightened when he saw
that his shirt sleeve was caught and his arm
being drawn in and tried to throw the
power off, but unfortunately he threw it on
with disastrous results. DR.. B f. Buzby
did what he could for the arm and he was
sent to a Philadelphia Hospital on the s.
a. m. train.
Mrs. Mary Shivers fell on the ice while
crossing the street one day last week and
fractured bone in her ankle which has
since been in bad condition.
st. Johns Night was celebrated in
Swedesboro Lodge, No. 157 F. and A. NJ.
with banquet and the installation Of the
following officers: G.. Walter Dilks, w.
NJ; Albert Parker, S. W; George NJ. Ash
ton, j. W; Joseph R. Black, Treasurer;
John B. Rulon, Secretary; William II. Nc
Cullough, Chaplain Thomas L. Wilson. S.
D.; David B. Bassett, J. D. Harry Mayhem,
S. M. of c.; William L. Copestick, ]. M. of
c.; George A, Rode, S. S., Robert H.
Rainey, ]. s.. Biddle r. Moffett, Tyler;
Howard Y Locke, Marshal; Trustees,
Owen L. Guest, H. Y. Locke, r. H.
Rainey.
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