Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1905-08-31
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L new steam oven is being erected at the
{bakery Of A. E. Knight on Wilmer street,
which will bake $50 loayes Of bread at one
time.
| Chester v. Johnson has purchased the
Tomlin property on South Broad street.
Rev. and Mrs Charles B. Dubell who are
spending the summer at Birdsboro, Pa,
| spent Sunday among Glassboro friends
Misses Josephine and Elizabeth Seibert
are spending week at Atlantic City.
The sixth annual picnic Of the old sold
ier- Of Glassboro, will be held at the home
! of Samuel Ledden, Thursday.
Miss Elizabeth Tonkin has resigned her
position as teacher at the Elmer public
school and will &c to Philadelphia where
she will learn the keyboard working Of the
monotype machine,
Samuel D. Fisher, formerly of this place
| has purchased the butcher business Of Chas.
Kersey at Pitman.
! Rev. wal, former pastor Of the German
| Reform church now OF New Brunswick has
been visiting Glassboro friends the past
week.
Postmaster L. w. Sickler held his fourth
annual picnic at Spring Lake, Saturday
afternoon. Every citizen Of Glassboro and
a number from surrounding towns were
invited and the picnic was said to be the
most successful of any yet given.
! The choir and number Of the members
], Of the Methodist Episcopal church attended
the Malaga Camp Meeting Thursday even
! ing, where the choir gave short song ser
| vice.
Mrs Frank Coull and daughter arrived
home Monday from visit among New
York friends.
Prof. d. T. Steelman is improving bis
residence on Broad street by the addition Of
a dining room,
Miss Emma Simmerman, daughter Of Mr..
land Mrs. William Simmerman former resi-
Edents of this place, is in a critical condition
Fat a Streator ILL.,, hospital where she was
recently operated on for appendicitis Little
hopes are entertained for her recoyery.s 20
The public school will reopen Tuesday,
| September 9Th.
j. Dougherty will move his family TO
Gloucester the early part Of September,
\ Mr.. Dougherty was former principal Of
the public school here.
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hchurch on Lake street is being built, and it
BIS expected that the building will be COM
Epleted by October LIST. "a
About thirty of the Glassboro friends Of
Mr.. and Mrs Albert Stanger visited them
at their home near Westville Thursday,
among whom were, Mr.. and Mrs. David
Stranger, Mr.. and Mrs. William Tomlin,
Mr.. and Mrs. William Stranger, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. P. Wilcox, Mr.. and Mrs. Brazier
Wescott, Mr.. and Mrs. John Buck, Mrs. D.
Campbell, Misses Elsie Tomlin. Bertha
Evan, Ethel Campbell. Helen Stranger and
Clara Wilcox.
The Rev. L. D. Stultz of Bridgeton called
on Glassboro friends Wednesday.
While returning from the Sunday school
picnic Wednesday evening Wesley, son Of
the Rev. and Mrs. F. F. Craig, fell from
the wagon in which he was riding and in
jured his arm.
William Heritage who has been suffering
at the Wills Eye Hospital, Phila., for the
past two weeks with an eye which was cut
at the mould room Of the Whitney Glass
Works by broken bottle, visited his home
Tuesday, but was compelled to return to
the hospital and will remain sometime.
The eye will be saved but the sight has
has been destroyed.
Miss Hettie Newberne is critically i'll at
her home on Academy street suffering with
| typhoid fever.
| Mrs. Elizabeth I. Whitney, wife of John
P Whitney, died at the home of Mrs.
Eben Whitney Wednesday. About .one
year ago Mrs. Whitney become seriously i'll
and has since been great sufferer. The
funeral service at which the Rev. John
Scarborough, Bishop of New Jersey offici-
ated was held at the home. Friday afternoon
at 4.30 o'clock and interment made at st.
Thomas Protestant Episcopal cemetery Sat
urday morning.
Miss Daisy, Luffbary, Nellie Nichols,
Jessie Stranger w. Earle Ledden will at
tend the Pennington Seminary the coming
Winter.
Mrs Fannie Hatch of North Falmouth
Mass, is visiting her mother, Mrs. Eben
Whitney at Holly Bush.
Jay Taylor has resigned his position at
the Whitney Glass Works and accepted a
position at Philadelphia.
Wilbur p. Luffbary, son of DR.. NJ. J.
Luffbary, and prominent young man Of
this place carried off the third prize of
twenty dollars in gold in the bowling con-
test which has been in progress for sometime
at Alcyon Park. Miss Daisy Luffbary his
sister, won ladies third prize diamond
brooch in the same contest. A number OF
expert bowlers have taken part in the con-
test and the bulletin board has been watch
ed with no little interest by friends Of the
contestants.