Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-06-02
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Mrs. Walter T.. Stiles and children, OF
Camden, have been spending few days
with her parents, Alonzo Patterson and wife.
Mrs. Ella Vanneman and daughter Lille
are spending week with. Bridgeton friends.
Mrs. John P. Cheesman and son William
OF Elmer, and Mr. and Mrs. J. HI. Kirk
bride, of Camden, spent Memorial Day
with w. 81. Hannold and family.
Mrs. Sarah J. Haines, of Camden. has
been visiting relatives here.
Miss Matte P. Batten, of Woodbury.,
and Allen NJ. Batten, of Phila., were the
guests Of friends here on Saturday.
MIS-. B. R, Moffett has been entertaining
her sister, Miss Fannie Holdcraft, of Cam
den.
Miss Irene Sharp and Walter Campbell,
of Camden, have been guests of Editor
George w. Pither and family.
Edward McAllister and family have been
entertaining Mr.. and Mrs. William Elliott,
of Camden; Mr.. and Mrs. Robert S. Austin
and Earl Miller, Of Phila; and Daniel Nc
Allister and wife, of Greenwich.
Miss Edna Wright, of Philadelphia, has
been the guest of her cousin, Miss Sadie
Wright, of South Swedesboro.
Miss Ethel Kirkbride, of Camden, has been
spending a few days with Mrs. w. II.
Hannold, Jr.
Leroy Rogers, an employee in the War
Department at Washington, is spending
vacation Of few days with his parents
Mr.. and Mrs. S. 7. Rogers here.
Mrs. Annie Walker, of Phila., has been
VISITING old friends hara
Mr. and Mrs. Martin OFT, George OFT
and Miss Jennie Rogers, of Elmer, have
been guest of s. Taylor Rogers and family
DR.. and Mrs. Oliver Grimshaw have been
spending vacation at Gettysburg, Wash
ington, and other points of intsrest.
Rev. and Mrs S, F. Gaskill, of Cape
May, and Miss Lizzie Hagerman, of Tren-
ton, have been guests of George NJ. Ashton
and wife.
Mr.. and Mrs. Moses Batten have moved
to William H. Browns house on Main st.
and Jacob Madara and family will occupy
Henry Shippers house vacated by him.
The Swedesboro Glassworks will continue
in operation until the last day Of June as
they have several large orders yet to fill.
The commencement exercises of Swedes-
boro public school were held on last Friday
evening in Guests Hall, and a large audi
ence gathered to enjoy the occasion. The
singing by the pupils who have been for
several weeks under the instruction of DR..
J. G. Halsey was very pleasing feature of
the entertainment. DIR. Francis H. Green,
of the West Chester Normal School gave an
exceedingly interesting lecture which brist-
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which withal was replete with sound adj
vice which if needed and put into practice
will fit the pupils of the public school to
fill honored and honorable positions in life
Eleven pupils were graduated: The Misses
Florence G. Hall, Revilla V. Norton, Mag
gle Costello, Nellie Hawn, Deborah Pidgeon
Bessie Homan; Messrs. Frank Buzby. Nor
ris Denny and Wilbur Costello Sixteen
pupils received third grade certificates and
one pupil received a second grade certificate,
all of which were presented by Henry W.
Ridgway, President of the Board of Edu-
cation. Both pupils and teachers deserve
great credit for the advancement made dur
ing the year, but the fact remains that
much of the success of to-day in our public
schools is due to the faithful work done in
the years that went before.
Memorial Day, the one great day of the
year in Swedesboro, was observed in the
usual fitting manner, and early in the day
the note of preparation could be heard on
every hand. Private residences and bust
ness places were decorated with flags and
bunting; seats were arranged and platform
for the use of the singers and speaker was
built in the academy yard; flowers were
gathered and arranged, and by noon every
thing was in readiness for the exercises
which were to follow. Promptly at /. 80
the program opened with music by the 18th
Reg't Band of Salem, followed by the sing
ing of that grand old hymn America by
a choir of thirty-eight voices, led by B, R. /
Moffett, the whole audience joining in
COmrade John FL. Zippler offered prayer
and the choir sang the Star Spangled Ban
ner." George Meley, Adiutant of John A.
Dix Post, read Lincoln's Gettysburg adj
dress, and then introduced DIR. John. Young.
love, of Elizabeth, who, during the war,
was Major of the 171st New York Reg't.
He spoke particularly of patriotism and
love of country that impelIed men to leave
the farms and workshops and various pro-
LESSONS, and brave the dangers of war that
the country might be preserved. He paid
a glowing tribute to the private soldiers,
the rank and file, the bone and sinew of the
army, and then spoke of the officers IN COM
mand and gave brief histories Of the lives
and achievements of the more prominent
ones, likening them to string of pearls
around the neck Of the Goddess of Liberty.
The 10Th Reg't Band, Guard of Diamond
Council No. IA, Jr. O. q. A. NJ, under the 4
command of Capt. Vim. Rulon, flower
wagon, veterans in coaches, escorted by
guard of fourteen horsemen, commanded by
Capt. NJ. Augustus Sparks, citizens in car
riages and on foot visited the five cemeteries
within the borough limits, and the graves
of fallen comrades were decorated with
flowers. John A. Dix Post sent details to
seven other cemeteries where the graves of
comrades were similarly remembered. One
sad fact connected with the Memorial Day
of the present is that the ranks of veterans
are so rapidly thinning out, and soon the
places that now know the old soldiers will
know them no more forever. Who shall