Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1907-02-28
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Thomas c. Allen went to New York
Saturday on business.
Raymond Shute is spending some
time with relatives at Buffalo, N. Y.
The social which the Epwortn
League had planned to hold Monday
evening was postponed on account OF
the serious illness of Ira Iszard, one
of the oldest and most active mem
bers of the Methodist Episcopa
Church
Mrs. Harry Keller fell on the ice
Thursday and badly sprained her wrist
Mrs. Jacob F. Inhoff, although still.
at the Kensington Hospital is slowly
recovering her health.
The new officers of the I. O. H. were
installed Wednesday evening by Dis
trict Deputy Jesse English, of Weno
nah. A banquet followed the installa-
ton
Mrs. Frank b. Coull. who is suffer
ing with peritonitis, is somewhat i'm
proved.
Emma Rudolph, who was taken sick
while attending lecture two weeks
ago is still unable to fill her position
and Mrs r. NJ Hartman is teaching
| in her place.
Rev. James O. McIlhenny, of Christ's
Church, Woodbury., preached Sunday
evening at ST. Thomas Protestant
Episcopal Church.
Miss Nettie Keebler, teacher in
the public school has resigned her posi-
ton to take effect March list. Clara
Keebler, a. sister, will finish out the
term.
The Mite Society of the Methodist
Protestant Church held fair and
Martha washington tea Friday after
noon and evening at Association Hall.
About one hundred dollars was cleared.
Mrs. Louis N. Shreeve had occasion
to go to Pitman Grove one day during
I the past week to attend to the cottage
on West avenue, which she has rent
ed for the coming summer. On open
! ing the cottage, she found it had been
stripped of its best furnishing. A
number of summer cottages have been
broken into and furniture taken.
James McFadden, superintendent OF
| the Methodist Protestant Sunday
School was absent from the school last
Sunday for the first time in twenty
years.
A man by the name of Lee, from
| Downingtown, came here Tuesday of
| last week and hired to work at the
glass factory, to begin on Wednesday.
He left his suit case at the home of
John Stiles, where he engaged board
and then disappeared and nothing can
| be learned of his whereabouts. He
! is a glass-blower and well known by
number of glass blowers here.
John Thomas, a farmer living. near
here started in the poultry business
recently with five hundred and fifty
chickens. After his flock had been re-
II duced to fifty, Mr.. Thomas discovered
1 that an opossum and eleven young
ones had been doing the stealing He
shot the animals and hopes for sue
cess yet.
Mrs. Martin Brill was taken to Phil
adelphia to the home of her daughter,
in hospital ambulance which was
sent down for the purpose, Wednes-
day Mrs. Brill is suffering with a
brain trouble and it is thought the
change might prove beneficial.
The Holiness Mission still continues
to draw crowds and a number of con-
verts are reported. This mission is
under the direction of William FARRELL,
who has started one at Clayton also.
The italians who work in the Whit
hney Glass Works factory went on a
astrike Monday morning for more
awages. Owing to a number of places
Tbeing idle on account of not being
able to get blowers, their demand was
/ IGNORED and everything went on as be
fore and the Italians are now out Of
work, and in order to get work again,
may now be obliged to take less than
/ before. ~
The body of Thomas Cunningham,
who died at Woodbury. was brought
here for burial Thursday morning Mr..
Cunningham was for many years a
resident Of this place.