Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-06-07
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| Grace and Walker Bond, of Baltimore
were guests Of Gideon PeasIee and family
recently.
Elizabeth B Rdgway, Henry Ridgway
Jr., and Carrie Fl. Gaunt, Of Phila., visited
| friends here last week.
Martha White was at home from Over
brook for few days the past week.
The last meeting OF Young Friends
Association was interesting and we'll at
tended The opening reading ''Newness 81
Life, y emphasized the fact that forms and
customs, excellent at their inception be-
come dead through constant routine usage.
| The history Of the society of Friends proves
that it's founders were busy giving to the
world glad tidings Of new life, and to be
worthy followers Friends Of to-day must
be watchful for new truths and present day
adaptations OF old truths. The program
for the evening was divided into two sec
tions-Friends in verse and Friends in fc-
ton. Under the former section Grace l..
Bond read extracts from Preface of Charles
F. Jenkins Quaker Poems, closing with
"At Gwynedd Meeting" Jessie Brown
read sDrab Bonnets,n by Barnard Barton.
L. E. Holmes read "Silent Worship" by
Joseph John Guerney. Walker Bond read
"Lucretia Mott, " by Prof ] Russell Hay
ses, of Swarthmore College; also ''Devo-
tion,n by DIR. Wilbur Slime, Of Swarth-
more College. Milton W. Heritage recited
THE True Quaker" by Ellwood Roberts,
Grace T. Bond read The Quakeress Bride"
by Florence Earl Coates, the greatest living
poet Of Pennsylvania. Rebecca John read
as the closing number of first section "The
Heart of All, by our Mickleton poet,
Marshall Pancoast. The second section Of
the program, Friends in Fiction was
introduced by Gideon Peaslee reading from
Rules Of Discipline and adyices concerning
Objectionable reading matter. Benjamin
C. Heritage read an excellent paper on the
assigned subject What has been the atti-
tude OF Friends toward fiction in the past ;
have we gained or lost; what attitude
should be ours now?' As closing, Grace
L. Bond read an able paper reviewing noY-
els written professedly for the purpose of
portraying beliefs and practices of Friends.
Members responded at roll call with senti-
ments from Whittier bearing on Quakerism.
Members of the Woman's Christian Tenn
p.rance Union here are reminded that the
next meeting will be held Wednesday after
noon, the thirteenth, at 2.30 in Sunday
school room of M. E church at Clarksboro.
Topic Flower Mission Work Allcordially
welcomed.
We are glad to report that Miss Lilly
Worrell, principal Of the public school here,
will return for another years work Miss
Worrell is great favorite with the child
rem and has rendered ssmost efficient service.
One important item in connection with
closing exercises of our public school was
omitted last week. George B. Fullmer and
Caddie P. Thompson were presented with
books for attendance the whole year with
out missing a day or being tardy.
A meeting was called Friday evening Of
last week in the interest of road contest.
1t was well attended by our representative
men, and the proceedings were characteris-
tic of such men under such circumstances.
Saturday afternoon, the ninth, will be
Children's Day at the Grange which means
a really live time in our village.