Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1905-06-29
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SWEDESBORCs
Swedesboro is to have grand Fourth of
uly celebration the first in over thirty
ears. Considerable enthusiasm prevails and
looks as though the old town would
lake up early and stay awake late on that
". The following program has been pre-
ned for the occasion At 10 a. M base;
all; Swedesbofo and North Woodbury.;
80 p. M, exercises ia academy yard,
consisting Of singing; an address by Hon.
q Boyd Avis, Of Woodbury. and music by
ne Swedesboro cornet band. At 2.15,
street parade. a prize of SO will be award
ed the person appearing in the most beauti-
ful consume and So to the most comic in
line of parade; $50, base ball Swedesboro a.
n. Woodbury. At close of game, sports
will consist Of potato race, sack race, three
legged race, and centipede race prizes
will be awarded to winners. There will
be q good display Of fire works on the base
bail grounds at $50 O'Clock and music by
the Swedesboro Cornet Band.
The Misses Geraldine Buzby, Gertrude
kGrof and Elsie Headley completed the three
ears course and graduated with nonors at
HE West Chester, Pa, Normal School last
week and two Of them have already been
engaged as teachers in Pennsylvania for the
J coming school year.
Miss Emma Fredrick of Bridgeton, has
been visiting Mrs. Mary E. Hildebrand and
other relatives here.
Mrs. B: L. Zane is visiting her son, Isaac
Zane at Mantua.
Mrs, friedrich Weber has been entertain
ing her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. William
Packard, Of Elmer and her brother William
Packard, Jr., Of Geneva, N. Y.
Mr.. and Mrs. George NJ. Ashton left on
Saturday morning for a ten days trip which
will include Buffalo, Niagara Falls, and a
tour Of the lakes.
Miss Ella Kurtz, of Philadelphia is the
guest Of her cousin, Mrs. Louis Weber.
Bank President /. H. Vannelnan and
wife and Mr.. and Mrs. John B. Gill are
Wishing relatives at Middletown, Del
Mayor and Mrs. w. H. Mccullough
visited their son, Thomas NJ Mccullough,
at Glassboro, on Wednesday Of last week
and made the acquaintance OF their little
new granddaughter, Miss Mary Mccullough.
Mr.. and Mrs Thomas Mccullough and
little daughter returned the visit Sunday.
L n. Hannold has returned from FIVE
weeks tour in the West.
Mrs B. r. Moffett entertained last week
her sister, Mrs. Frances Holdcraft, of Cam
den, and Miss Mary Graham, Of Washing
ton, D. G.
Il was expected that the Methodist and
Episcopal Sunday-schools would picnic at
Lincoln Park on Thursday OF this week,
but word has been sent that the resort will
not open until July 1st, so all plans have
been changed.
a large tent in which meetings are being
held nightly by the Seventh Day Adven-
lists has been erected on the corner of Sec
ond and Allen streets. The services began
4on Sunday evening, and some rather sensa-
ti0nal subjects were ADVERTISED for discus
sion during the week We understand the
ground on which the tent stands has been
rented for three months.
The tomato season is now on and more
than 500 crates were shipped from the
SWedesboro station last week at prices
ranging from 81. so to $40 per crate, and
it is safe to say that the shipments this
week will run into the thousands of crates
At the commencement exercises of Buck
nell University, Lewisburg, Pa, v.Sam'l
Zane Batten, of Lincoln, Neb, received
the degree of Doctor Of Divinity. DR..
Batten was born in Swedesboro and was a
son Of the late George and Sarah Batten.
Word reached here on Monday night of
the death Of John J. Atkinson, OF Pauls-
boro. Mr.. Atkinson left last week in COM
pany with his sister, Mrs. Lydia Justice, Of
this place, for Lowmoor, Va, the home Of
DR.. Harry Justice, his nephew. While en-
route he suffered stroke of apoplexy and
died at the home Of his nephew on Monday.
His funeral took place at Ellington ceme-
terry, Clarksboro, to-day. Mr. Atkinson
was we'll known here and was member of
Viola Lodge K. Of P. He has two sisters
and other relatives who reside in Swedes-
Doro.