Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1905-04-20
PITMAN GROVE.

O. B. Moss has his new house on Ever
green avenue enclosed.
Miss Mamie Tuohy has position in
Focer & Paulin's store.
Rev. Marshall Owens has bought Fern
wood avenue lot of H. P. Young.
Rev. Harry Springer has erected barn
on his lot on Woodbury. road.
Harry Shoemaker's new house is ready
for the plasterers.
Frank Paulin's are here for the season.
Pitman avenue lawns are still being
graded and beautifed.
Gibbons Lloyd has broken ground for his
new residence on Pitman avenue.
Dr. Carr is greatly improving the prop
erty he bought of James Adams last year.
The new interior fnishings of Joseph
4 Lodges store arb fine.
The rumor that R. H. Comey's property
had been sold, is not verified.
George McClelland has the cellar dug for
one new house, and ground staked out for
another.
Miss Champion, who summers on North
avenue, gave large house party at her
cottage on Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs. Gertrude Park has moved back
from Williamstown. and will build herself
home in the Fall.
The dry atmosphere prevented much
damage to gardens here during the cold
snap early in the week.
St. Patrick must have been asleep March
II, and concluded to celebrate on April II,
instead.
Charles Lynch moved into Ralph Porch
store property on Monday, and l. w. New
kirk took possession Of the property vacated
by Mr.. Lynch.
Rev. George Powell was IN town oyer
Sunday, and preached an excellent sermon
in the Methodist Church in the evening.
Mr.. Buys has met with better success in
moving his engine than was expected.
Plenty of cables, etc., have been broken,
but it has been moved quite rapidly.
The foundation of G. G. Justices new
residence is finished. This will be a hand
some dwelling. The front veranda will be
sixty-two by fourteen feet.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Lodge celebrated the
| fifteenth anniversary of their marriage on
Monday. Rev. and Mrs. Jewett partook Of
the anniversary feast.
The entertainment given by the social
committee of the Epworth League, will be
repeated in Knights Golden Eagle Hall,
Saturday evening, and viii draw another
full house.
We are sorry to hear that our summer
townsman, T. P. Covington, suffered a
severe paralytic stroke on Saturday. One
side is entirely helpless.
Elwood Prickett will lay out his tract,
the former Casey farm, in building lots, and
will have no trouble to sell them if he
keeps prices reasonable.
Mrs. Anna Brace entertained the summer
sewing circle at the home of Mrs. John
Napier on Thursday last. The reunion
was very pleasant one.
H. p Young was eighty years old last
Wednesday, and several relatives and few
friends assembled in honor Of the occasion.
Mr.. Young is now in better health than he
has been for nearly year.
The Usher's Union OF the Methodist
Church held their regular meeting at the
home of Arleigh Hess on Saturday evening.
Other young people were invited, adding to
the social pleasures of the evening.
The bowling alleys at Alcyon Park will
be opened every Saturday evening after
May l. The bath houses have been moved
to the coYe east of thesnew board walk.
The addition to the bowling alleys is being
enclosed.
Charles Bozarth has a watch dog that is a
prize, and when thief tried to get into his
store one night last week, the dog allowed
him to open window and then something
must have happened, as nothing was miss
ing.
The officers of the Methodist Sunday
school were all reelected on Monday even
ing except Mrs. Steele. who declined to
serve as the superintendent of the home
| department for another year. Mrs. E. G.
| Champion was elected in her stead The
home department. is the largest in the four
lower counties of the State.
/ Jonathan Kindle bought the Leonard
/ Chew farm year OF SO ago, and it is on
| the Holly avenue extension. He and Mrs.
| Edwards have made some exchanges in
| land that the street might be the dividing
line between their properties. He had the
wisdom to offer his ground at reasonable
! price, and last week had sold enough to
meet the original cost of the farm, less fifty
large part of his original purchase left.
Charles Buchanan fell tree back of the
Methodist Church Friday evening, and ex-
| pected it to land in a certain location, but
the tree took course of its own, and fell
across the electric light wires on Holly
avenue, broke a pole and the church yard
fence, and the electric current started blaze
in the tree top. The current had to be cut
off, and Swedesboro was without light for a
time. 1t took Mr.. Buys and his force
nearly all of Saturday to repair the dam
age.
Our townsman. John Napier, was pushed
from crowded trolley car Saturday after
noon and fell, breaking leg in two places
below the knee. He was taken to the
Episcopal Hospital. By the time the
hospital was reached the limb was 50
swollen that it was placed in an ice bath to
reduce the enlargement. The fractures are
bad ones, and Mr.. Napier is doomed to
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