Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-06-23
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Mrs. John K. Adams.
Mr.. Charles Crane of Kane, Pa, has
been visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Clayton East
lack.
Miss Kathleen Hildebrand spent last
week with her sister, Mrs. Harry Chew at
Pitman Grove.
Miss Lizzie Spellissy of Bridgeport, has
been the guest Of VIM. H. Rieger and fam
lily.
Mrs. Sarah ]. Haines, of Camden, has
been visiting relatives here.
Miss Agnes Hannold has gone to spend
several weeks with her aunt Mrs John P.
Cheesman, at Elmer
Mrs. B. C. Clark has been the guest of
friends at Wissahickon, Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry MeCollister and
Miss Ella Headley, of this place, and Miss
Blanche Dawson, of Clarksboro, have gone
for a stay of two weeks at the st. Louis
Expositions
Miss Anna Ludlow, of Camden, spent
Sunday with Mrs. w. H. Mccullough.
Mrs. Anna G. Locke and daughter
Estella have gone to Atlantic City, where
they haYe opened the Wayside Inn for the
season. Miss Kate Howey accompanied
them.
Miss Lizzie Sharp and Miss Helen Tate
man, of Camden. have been spending a
few days with Miss Florence G. Pither.
Miss Clara Boyd, of Philadelphia, has
been the guest Of her niece, Mrs. John
Sharp.
Mr. William H. Hannold and his little
granddaughter, Miss Frances Hannold,
were over Sunday guests of DR.. and Mrs.
John P. Cheesman, at Elmer.
Mrs. John Ashcraft has heen spending
few days at Atlantic City.
Howard Munyan, of Glassboro, was call
ing on his cousin, Mrs. Jacob S. Ware, on
Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs William Kane, and chill
dren, of Glenside. Pa. spent Sunday with
their mother, Mrs. Gallagher, here, who
returned home with them for a stay of
some time.
Miss Josephine Hildebrand and Miss
Elsie Moore have been having a pleasant
visit with Miss Irma Long, at Millville.
Miss Elizabeth Hawthorne, of Gibbs
town, is spending two weeks with Mrs
William FL. Mccullough.
Mrs. B. F. Buzby, and Mrs Harriet
Croft have been visiting their daughters at
the State Normal School, West Chester,
Pa Miss Mary Rulon accompanied them.
Mrs. B. A. Headley and son Willard and
Miss Retta C.. Fox spent Tuesday of last
week with Rev. and Mrs w S. Mitchell,
at Hurffville. They report Mr. Mitchell
as recovering from his serious accident of
six weeks ago, although still lying on his
back with sand bags and weight attached
to the injured limb.
Mr. Cleayer and daughter, Mrs Wilson,
of Atlantic City, are occupying Mrs. Anna
G. Locke's house here for the Summer.
One of the saddest events that ever oc-
Cured in our neighborhood, was the sud
den death on Sunday of Mrs. Sarah Anna
Turner, wife of Plummer L. J. Turner, a
young farmer living just outside the town,
who was instantly killed by the first flash
of tightening of an electrical storm that
gathered in the afternoon. Mrs. Turner
seeing the storm approaching, ran out to
gather up lot of little chickens. She had
just passed through on open shed, and was
standing about eight feet from large tree
in the yard, when the bolt struck the tree,
ran down the trunk a little way, and then
glancing of, struck her, killing her instant
ly. George Lord, lad employed on the
AoAAA4i WIN vas OcduOluS uCdA Uy3 was
rendered unconscious, but soon recovered.
1t is supposed that a scythe hanging in the
tree attracted the lightning. The sun was
shining brightly at the time, and the rain
did not come for some time afterward
Mr.. and Mrs. Turner had been married less
than two years and their only child died
suddenly of commissions, a few months ago.
Mrs. Turner was an estimable woman, and
great sympathy is expressed for the young
husband so suddenly bereft of his COM
panion. The funeral took place at her late
home on Wednesday, and interment was
made at Lake Park Cemetery
Smith Hoffman, aged Is years, died sud
denly of internal hemorrhage, following
typhoid fever at the home of his brother-in-
law, John Bryant, near Swedesboro, on
Sunday morning. His funeral took place
on Wednesday, with interment at Penns-
grove.
Prot. Josephus Jennings, of Camden, was
in town on Tuesday.
Mrs. B. L. Zane, who has been spending
a few days with her son, Isaac Zane, at
Mantua, has returned to Swedesboro.
The base ball club has erected grand
stand.
Henry Shoemaker, of Asbury, has pur-
chased Mrs Hannah Mitchell's house on
East avenue. We understand that Mrs.
Mitchell viii erect a double dwelling.
Cour de Lion Castle 36, K. G. E., and
not Viola Lodge No. 40, K. of P, as stated
last week, attended service in the NJ. E.
Church on Sunday morning, and listened
to an excellent sermon from Isaiah 40 ch.,
81 verse, by DR.. A. Lawrence.
The stork visited the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Wilmer Dubois on Sunday and left a
little daughter.
The Woodlynne Country Club, ofsCam-
den, played the home club on Saturday
with score of to in favor Of Swedes-
boro. OF course the home club is consider
ably elated, having won every game played
on its ground this season.
On last Sunday afternoon during the
electrical storm and while Mr.. and Mrs.