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

The stores did large Christmas trade.
/ Joseph Carr received carload of vehicles
last week.
The Board of Trade has voted $50 towards
borough expenses.
Oliver Chew has been setting up fine
soda fountain.
Mrs. Elizabeth Carton spent Christmas
with her daughters at Pensankin
The Pitman Veterans Association has
lost six members by death within year.
Master Will souder fell on the ice few
days ago and cut his chin badly
Mr.. and Mrs Harry Rulon spent Sunday
and Monday with relatives at Vineland
Mr.. and Mrs Frank Wright entertained
Mr.. Wright's two sisters from Audubon on
Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs Yorke Smith. of Camden,
were guests of Clyde Sicxler and family
over Christmas
Charles Madara has missed the Sunday
morning church service only twice out of
one hundred and ninety-three consecutive
Sundays.
Watch night services will be held in the
NJ f. Church next Saturday evening be
ginning as III O'CLOCK.
JOS D. Carr's gave their annual Christ
mas dinner to the family on Saturday.
The Electric Light Plant has been sold to
NJ K. Treichler who had large financial
holdings in it.
John Richards, of Barnsboro, has bought
20 acres of the Layin farm and 5
adjoining acres Of Benjamin Cade at 1925
per acre.
The weather is hard upon contractors and
mechanics who hoped for an open winter
that they might forestall the spring rush
somewhat.
Collector t. G, Dilkes says he has been
very successful in collecting taxes in this
place. Although a number had previously
paid, he collected nearly S., 600 on the day
he sat here.
Rev f. L Jewett's Bible class gave him
a fine chair, and number Of his many
friends big Christmas turkey and ''fxins. !"
Surveyors were working on the trolley
route last week. 1t is said they will cross
Holly Avenue about seventy five yards east
of Charles Wyne's residence.
Mr., and Mrs. George Cowan, of Pitman,
and Mr.. and Mrs. John Cowan, of Bridge
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Monday.
The NJ. P. Sunday School gave their
Christmas entertainments on Monday eve
ming. The crowd on Monday evening was
much too large for the church. Including
the home department. it takes four hundred
boxes of candy to supply the school.
Each of our public school teachers gen
erously remembered her pupils on Friday
last and received many pretty and useful
gifts in return. The schools closed for the
holidays with an excellent entertainment.
Mrs. Mary Simpson, who broke her arm
several days ago had been to Clayton as
sisting in nursing her granddaughter, Miss
I Hattie Crane, who was so severely burned.
Mrs. Simpson had come home to attend to
some domestic affairs and was returning
when the accident occurred She is now in
Clayton.
Work on the opening Of Holly Avenue
from Summit Avenue TO the Stone Road is
already commenced This extension will
meet the stone road little north of the
electric light plant, and will be direct
/ throughfare between the town and stone
road. 1t will also bring large number of
/ building lots into the market.
a pumpkin OF the elongated type mas
been shown in Forcer & Paulin store win
dow for several weeks, and near it were a
! large lamp, doll aud foot ball which
were to be given to those who guessed near
| est the number of seeds in the pumpkin.
Ex-sheriff Collins with one or two assistants
counted the seeds on Saturday evening and
found 1853 The doll went TO Miss Edith
! Ware, the foot ball to Master Taylor
Simpson. Harmon Dilks and Benjamin
Cade were evenly matched for the lamp,
the former being FIVE above and the latter
| FIVE below the number A person was
blindfolded and drew the card with MI.
Cade's name on.
There are number Of fine Christmas trees
in town but the Ware and Jewett display are
wonders of mechanism. The Ware tree is
set in a park with a merry go-round, Fer
ris wheel, menagerie, mountains with tun-
nels and cars run by electricity, etc. Mr..
EJewett has the representation Of q. S.
signal station. Il has fountain, a light
with flash light which turns on and off
the same number Of seconds as does She
light at Cape May Point. A bell rings for
the closing hour, the gate closes slowly aud
the hour sign turns to closed z A novelty
at the close Is that Of q little figure which
runs up tower gets a bag Of flour on its