The Penn's Grove record., 1905-05-12
FRIDAY, MAY 12, 1905

ion on Tuesday. The tug Emily ran in
her place.
Shad have been coming in go slow this
week that Assemblyman Hunt went to
fishing with hook and line.
st. Paul's Sunday School was very sue
cessful with their festival last Saturday
evening. They cleared 1852. so.
Some Penn's Grove folks attended the
Fenwick Memorial Subscription Concert
in Woodstown on Wednesday evening.
Odd Fellows Hall, which was bnilt
thirty-two years ago is now becoming
too small to accommodate the people for
a town hall.
Odd Fellows Hall was lighted with gas
last Saturday night at St. Pauls festival
for the first time. The hall was brilliant
ly illumined.
All pictures not finished by Sunday
will be returned by mail. 1 will leave
on 18th for Pitman. Fred bennett. \
Mrs. Hannah Jones has moved her
household goods from Sayresville, neal
South Amboy, to PENIS Grove. She and
her daughter and son will make their
home at the Cove.
To raise money for their new suits the
Band will hold a very large festival in
Odd Fellows Hall next Saturday evening
10th. 1t promises to be the biggest affair
OF the season. Look for the large pos
ter.
A change of time table went into effect
on last Monday. The only change on
Penn's Grove Branch was that the ex-
press now leaves Philadelphia 20 minutes
later and a later Sunday train has been
added.
While digging the trench for the water
pipe an old bell clapper was found under
the bridge between Main and Harmony
Streets. Can any one remember when
the bell clappel was stolen from the
school house?
Witch hazel cream for chapped hands
at Johnson's drug store.
A light shower fell Thursday night,
and it is hoped a good soaking rain will
fall as crops badly needed it. There has
been no rain for over two weeks altho in
dications pointed to rain when three or
four dry storms have passed.
A ship loaded with dynamite has
been laying off Pigeon Point a few days
waiting for a crew to ship with. Part
OF the crew deserted after learning the
ship was loaded with dynamite and
bound for a port on the Pacific coast.
Samuel Townsend launched a Is ton
boat last Friday on Denny Bros. shore
which he built for John Powell, of Han
cocks Bridge. Mr.. Powell towed it to
Hancock's Bridge that night and intends
later to have a so horse power gasoline
engine put in it.
Frank Foster, of Woodstown has been
made foremen of the force of carpenters
at Carney Point Powder Works. For
more than a year the carpenter work has
been done by a construction company in
Wilmington. The Company has decided
to hire carpenters to do the work.
You know Snelbaker Bros, the reli-
able marble dealers. Place your orders
with them for Decoration Day. Drop a.
card to Woodbury. or Woodstown. They
will reply.
Last Saturday morning when Ezekiel
s. Curriden with John Summerill & Bro.
went to let out a brood of t%wenty-one
chickens seven were missing. He looked
In the coop and noticed a hole in the floor.
it was torn up he found the seven
chickens in a hole dead where a rat had
pulled them.
Rev. Samuel M. Burney, who preached
at the reopening of st. Paul's Church four
years ago, died at his home in Philadel.
phia, last Sunday, aged IL years. He
was a popular preacher at dedication of
churches and very successful in raising
subscriptions. He was widely known in
South Jersey, Wilmington, Baltimore
and Washington.
For HATS go to Dubell, the halter,
No. 2 East Third Street, Wilmington.
Largest stock and lowest prices in that
city. \
AT meeting of the Penn's Grove
Board OF Education on Monday evening
the following teachers were reelected for
the next school year; Isaac Rissmiller,
principal; Mrs. Anna +. Barber, Misses
Clara Layton, Reba Shourds, Hannah
Summerill and Sarah E. Ayres. Miss
L. ID. Thompson resigned as teacher in
the grammar grade.
At the annual meeting of the lot hold
ers in Emmanuel Cemetery on Monday
afternoon, Samuel M. Justice, George j.
Bevis, John Summerill and William P.
Denny were reelected Trustees for three
years. The Board of Trustees organized
by re-electing VIM. p. Denny, President;
s. M. Justice, Vice President; VIM. A.
Summerill, Secretary and Treasurer; and
Gabriel V. Dolbow, Superintendent.
White Pine Balsam the best for coughs
and colds at Johnson's drug store.
To neglect placing your orders with
Snelbaker Bros. for marble and granite
means disappointment on Decoration
Day. Write for them to call on you a
once, at Woodbury. or Woodstown, N. j.
A Botanizing Expedition
The Botany Glass of the PENIS Grov,
High School took a tramp through tn,
woods and fields on Wednesday May 10