Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-05-17
sWEpEsBoRo.

The commencement OF the SWedesboro
public school will be held in Guests Hall
ON Friday evening, June LIST. DR.. E. Il.
Kemp, principal OF the Stroudsburg Penn
sylvania Normal School, will deliver the
address to the graduates. The high school
graduates are Anna Black, Nellie Steelman,
Emma Zippler, and Margaret Costello. The
grammar school graduates are Ethel Moore,
Helen Headley, Marguerite Crispin, Howard
Wallace, Walter Dubois, and Raymond
Cooper. Thirteen pupils successfully passed
the second grade county examination, and
eleven pupils successfully passed the third
grade county examination. The years work
has been very gratifying in spite of the cpl
demic of measles and scarlet fever, and
both teachers and pupils are to be congrat-
ulated on the excellent progress made.
We are glad TO note that Mr.. Thomas w.
Davidson, who is taking treatment at the
Wernersville, Penna., sanitarium, IS inn
proving, with a fair prospect of complete
restoration TO health.
Mrs. Henry w. Poinsett has returned to
her home at Mullica Hill, after spending
some time with her mother, Mrs. A. M ).
Jones here, who has been suffering with Sc
we're illness.
Miss Eleanor Grub, and Miss Maize
Morrison, Of Philadelphia, spent over Sum-
day with Joseph Curry and family.
Mrs. Rebecca G. Clement is spending
some time at the home OF Mrs. Emeline
Batten, at Woodbury..
Mrs. Elizabeth Carrow, who has been
visiting her daughter, Mrs DR.. Wilson, IN
Camden, has returned to spend the sum-
mer in Swedesboro.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Dilks, Jr., enter
tanned on Saturday and Sunday Mr.. Ro-
manus Reigner and children, Horatius and
Dorothea, and Miss Emma Ortlip and Miss
Mary Meyers, of Royersford, Pa.
Miss Matte Dubois, Of Gloucester City,
has been visiting her friend, Miss Elsie Lee
Croy.
Mayor James ]. Davidson has been
spending few days with his brother, Thos.
w. DAVIDSON, at Wernersville, Pa
DR.. and Mrs. J. P. Cheesmau, of Elmer,
were visiting relatives here last week.
At the meeting Of the Woolwich Fire
Department., held on Monday evening, the
following were appointed representatives to
the Firemens Relief Association: Hugh Nc
Cullough, for one year; Wilbert Batten, for
two years; Harry Sparks, three years. The
annual meeting of the Association will be
held at Atlantic City in September.
Elijah Bower has been quite i'll ard con-
fined so his house over week.
Mrs. A. M. Jones, who has been i'll for
several weeks, is now considerably inn
proved.
A special school meeting will be held in
Guests Hall, on Wednesday evening, May
23d, at which the legal voters of the Bor-
ough Of Swedesboro and the Township Of
Wo0lwich will be called on to vote to
authorize the Board Of Education to pur-
chase lot on which TO build new school
house. The LOS selected is between Auburn
avenue and Second street, and contains two
and three-quarter acres of ground. We
understand that the price asked is $4,000.
A public meeting of citizens has been
called for next Monday evening to make
arrangements for the suitable observance of
Memorial Day. ReY. DR.. Ell. w. Bolton
will be the orator of the day, speaking at
Glassboro in the morning, and Swedesboro
in the afternoon.
Word reached here on last Friday Of tho
death of Emanuel Stratton, Of Philadel-
phia. He was born and raised in Swedes-
boro, was the son Of the late Emanuel
Stratton, and was a man we'll known and
highly respected here. He was veteran of
the war, and seldom failed is spend Me-
mortal Day with old comrades in Swedes-
boro. His familiar face will be greatly
missed. He leaves a family in Philadel-
phia; one sister, Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Black,
Of this place, and one brother Azariah
Stratton, Of Beasley's Point His funeral
took place on Monday, and was attended
by number of Swedesboro relatives.
Don't forget the lecture The Bright Side
of Life in Libby Prison" to be given by
Chaplain, now, Bishop McCabe, in Guests
Hall on Tuesday evening, May 22d. This
O. ebrated lectue has been given nearly
all over the world for the Bishop has been
great traveller, and everywhere it has met
with the most enthuastic receptions. II e
Bishop knows by experience the life Of
Libby Prison, and portrays with a master
hand its patience and its humorous side.
A feature of the coming lecture will be the
singing, and all who have heard Chaplain
McCabeu sing, will want to hear him again,
and those who have not, will miss rare
treat if they fail to hear him. Remember
the date, Tuesday evening, May %.