Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1907-12-12
MIcKLEToN.

Lydia Owen has been spending sometime
at Woodbury. with William M. Carter and
family.
Daniel and Ellen Taylor Of Atlantic City,
have been visiting Edwin A. Holmes and
daughter.
A number from here attended, on the
seventh, thefuneral Of little Edith Tonkins,
daughter of Charles and Martha Tonkins, OF
MuIlica Hill. The family have the sincere
sympathy Of many friends and relatives in
this section.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Brown were CIV
en- serenade on Saturday evening at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Brown. As
is usual at this hospitable home large
company of visitors had merry time. All
join in wishing the bride and groom the
very best that life affords.
The public school children and teachers
were she invited guests of the Friend 3
School at their lecture by Miss Dorothy
Keeney on she morning of the sixth. The
pictures were shown by Mrs Rebecca Mich
olson, of Camden, and were good represen-
tations of some of our common insects and
their destroyers, the birds. The speaker
emphasized the fact that if it were not for
birds that destroyed the insects there would
be little left for animals and men to eat
The meeting Of the Young Friends Asso-
citation on Seventh day evening, the seventh,
was well attended and especially interest
ing. After the opening scripture reading by
the president, Etta T. Carter, read s'His
Blessing Multiplies from Glimpses Through
Life's Windows Elmer Bradshaw read
from Life Of Isaac 7. Hopper. Gideon
Peaslee read two interesting incidents in
the life of John Woolman. Ethel Haines
read a most enjoyable paper on her trip
across the continent, prepared by her friend
and travelling companion, Eba Heritage A
fine collection OF post cards and photos asso-
ciated with the trip were brought and en-
joyed after the meeting. Hannah L Peas
lee and Annie W. Heritage, as delegates to
General Conference Of Young Friends Asso-
citation held at Swarthmore College, gave
good reports. About four hundred were in
attendance ]. Omar Heritage read fine
article on Summer Schools among Friends.
Benjamin c.. Heritage gave excellent cur
rent events. The nominating committee
made the following recommendations for
the coming year: President, Laura E.
Holmes; vice president, Gideon Peaslee;
secretary and treasurer, Anna II. Pancoast;
History committee, John Heritage, Hannah
A. Heritage. Emma w. Peasiee. Bessie v.
Ogden, Edwin A. Holmes, Mary Oven.
Literary committee, Mary Heritage, Grace
L. Bond, Edwin Mankin, Jesse E. Brown,
Eta T. Carter, Hannah l. Peaslee, Cyrus
Pancoast. Current Topics, J. Omar Herr
tage, Martha Heritage, Edward w Borden,
Milton w. Heritage, Clara Heritage, Ben
iamin G. Heritage.
Quite an important social event in our
village was kitchen and linen shower given
Mr.. and James Hoffman on Wednesday
evening Of last week at the home of rand
Mrs. William Hoffman Among those pres
ent were Joshua Joyce and wife, James
Shute and wife. Mr.. and Mrs Vannetta,
Mrs. Anna Hoffman, Alfred Hoffman ,Nath-
an Hoffman, Miss Moore and niece, Robert
Eldridge aud wife, Joseph Clark and wife
and daughters Lulu and Bessie; Joseph
Sickler aud wife, Edward Weatherby and
wife, Miss Davis, Mrs. Shoemaker, Earl
Reeves, Clarence Heritage, William Daw-
son, Hnrf Steward, Walter T9mlin and wife,
James Dawson and wife, Reuben Wiley aud
wife, Enoch Y. Look and wife, Walter Ow-
en- and wife, Mrs Bertha Cook, the Misses
S lille Ridgway, Cora Dawson, Mary Rulon,
Martha Heritage; Jerre Haines and wife,
John G. Heritage and wife, Oscar B Redrow
and wife, Edwin A Holmes and daughter
Howard and Esther Rulon, Charles Hughes
and wife, Mr.. and Mrs. Durham, Edgar
Haines and wife, Samuel Reed and wife,
Benjamin Reed and wife. TIE guests
brought with them shower of articles we'll
worth while in new home. An entertain
ment of moving pictures was feature of
the evening. Excellent refreshments were
served and all pronounces the evening most
enjoyable.