Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-03-17
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MrS- waiter Il stiles and children.
OF Camden, have been spending week
with her parents. Mr.. and Mrs Alonzo
Patterson
Mr.. and Mrs. George NJ Ashton and
Mrs. A. Lawrence and son have been
attending the M E. Conference at
Trenton
Joseph c. Cunard. of Camden, has
been visiting his daughter. Mrs, Henry
Longacre, and incidentally calling on
and shaking hands with old neighbors
and friends In town, his former home
Stephen and Samuel McAllister, of
Sharptown, visited their parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Edward McAllister. here, last
week
Mr. and Mrs Thomas M. McCul-
Tough, of Glassboro, and William H.
Mccullough. Jr., and Miss Anna Lud-
low, of Camden, were Sunday guests
of Mayor and Mrs. w. H. Mccullough.
Miss Helen S. Frame, of Philadel-
phia, has been spending few days
with Mr.. and Mrs. George w. Han
mold
Mrs. William Richardson, Of New
Bridge, was the guest of her mother,
Mrs. w. H. Mccullough, last week.
Rev. Walter T. Leahy entertained
Rev. Father Petri, of Atlantic City,
also another visiting clergyman, last
week.
Mrs.a Sarah Beckett, who has been
visiting her daughter. Mrs. Harry
Black, at Sharptown, has returned
home.
Nathan Batten, formerly of this
place, but now of Oaklyn, Pa, was
calling on old friends here, last week
Rev. Thomas Shoulders, Of this
place, very acceptably occupied the
pulpit of the M. e. Church, both morn
ing and evening, on Sunday, in the alb
sence of Pastor Lawrence.
Miss Lena Klos, is lying very i'll
with consumption at the home of her
brother, Daniel Klos, in South Swedes-
boro
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Mayhem have
been entertaining Mr.. James Harris
and his niece, Miss Dannie Wishart,
of Fletcher, South Dakota.
George Madara, of the grocery firm
of Madara Bros, has been confined to
his home with blood poison, but is re-
covering
Mrs. Mary B. Hildebrand and her
son William, and grandson Clarence
Willig, visited her daughter, Mrs
Harry Chew, at Pitman Grove, last
week.
We wish to correct the statement
which appeared in our notes last week
regarding the price paid for Mrs. Mary
,Musgrove's property. The purchase
price was $4,000, and not $4,000, as
stated
Patrick McCabe, son-in-law of John
cs4 TI71rc dow Of
last week, from carbuncle on his
neck.
This community received a shock on
Thursday morning of last week, when
! it was learned that Mrs Martha Ash
craft, wife of Elmer Ashcraft, had
passed away during the night before.
She had been dangerously Ill with ty-
phoid pneumonia, but seemed to be
| Improving. and hopes were entertain
ed Of her recovery, when her heart be-
gan 10 fail On Wednesday and she died
before midnight.
She was a woman highly esteemed
lby all who knew her. She was of
| kindly, genial disposition, pleasant
friend, kind neighbor; she was an
affectionate wife and a most loving
mother to her three sons, Jehu, John
and Wilbur Ashcraft She was mem
Der of Trinity Episcopal Church. Her
age was 81 years. Funeral services
were held at her late home, on Main
street, on Monday, and interment was
made in the Episcopal Cemetery. The
sympathies of all go out to the family
in their loss.
The wife of Freeholder Charles Will
son Is lying dangerously Ill at her
home, in South Swedesboro.
Now that the grounding has had
his way, and his term of seclusion has
expired, we confidently expect to see
some decent springlike weather. If we
ever again are inclined to ridicule the
grounding theory we hope to be re-
minded of the experiences of the last
six weeks.
At the annual meeting of the Borough
Council held on Monday evening the fol-
lowing appointments were made by Mayor
Mccullough: Borough Clerk, Lewis M.
ShOch, supervisor of streets and sidewalks,
Charles Wilson; attorney, J.. Boyd Avis;
engineer, Chas. d. Lippincott; marshal,
Henry G. Garrison; recorder. Isaac 8. Strait
ton; oyerseer Of the poor EvaTt M Zane;
board OF health, Jerome Young; VIM. Fl.
Rieger; committee of finance, j. j. David
son, Harry MoCollister, VIM. G Hunter;
roads, H. McCollister John Ashcraft, g.
G. Halsey; electric lights, Hunter, David
son, Ashcraft; water, Ashcraft, Hunter,
Davidson; fire department., Halsey, Law
renee, Ashcraft; ordinances, Lawrence, Ash
craft, Hunter; building, Davidson, Hunter,
Halsey. James J. Davidson was elected
President Of Council.
Mrs. Chas D. Lippincott has the sympa-
thy of friends in the loss of her mother
whose death occurred at her home in
Woodstown last week. Martha w. Wealth
erby was aged eighty-seven years:
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Miss Augusta R. Buck spent Sunday
in Philadelphia as the guest of Miss
Bessie Keebler.
The funeral of Mrs A. J. Mann was
hold from bcr. 70 v.oci ~, M, ~ aod