Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1907-04-18
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4 next week.
4 R. II. Comey has purchased six
choice lots on Grandyiew avenue
Edward Knisell is grading his
grounds nicely.
Commercial avenue is being graded
i by the borough
e. Frank Paullin and family are
again residents of the town.
Mrs. Harriet Jessup is in Phila-
i delphia hospital awaiting an operation.
Fletcher Carter is digging the eel
lar for his new residence on Summit
avenue.
There is a greater demand for all
sorts of property than ever before
Charles Chew moved his household
effects to Camden on Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Owen, Of
Camden, spent Sunday with their par
ents.
The third rail made short work OF
Ernest Zahn's pet bulldog on Sunday.
Between thirty-five and forty new
maps have been placed in our public
school,
| G. w. Carr Is building a big lumber
shed 80 40 for H. G. Dearborn.
Mr.. and Mrs Benz. Lord, Jr, of
Philadelphia, are spending some time
with his parents.
George Watson is working for G. w.
| Carr, after working for years on the
railroad.
! A. Wanamaker, Esq, Of Philadel-
phia, has rented a cottage on Wesley
avenue for the season.
Captain Hallinger, of Camden, 1T Is
said, will build four or five cottages IN
the grove.
our young townsman, Charles De
vaul expects to become benedict on
Monday next.
C. g. Justice and family returned
| from Florida Friday afternoon.
Mrs. C. H. Carly has sold her prop
erty next to the school house to Fred
erick Heiserman, of Philadelphia.
w. H. Krug has bought of Mrs. G.
H. Carly the house he now resides in
and the three adjoining lots.
The public school teachers and chill
dren observed Arbor Day with appro-
pirate exercises on Friday afternoon.
The booklet Of the Suburban Com
pany is out and is quite artistic. $4,000
are offered in prizes to early builders.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. P. String attended
Gypsy Smiths service in Temple Bap-
list Church Monday evening.
o. M. Baker, of Camden and Pitman,
has purchased the Bailey cottage, cor
ner Holly and Fourth avenues.
G. II. Macdonald has bought
| Woodland avenue lot of Harry Pan
coast and expects to build this sum
mer.
The new $3.50 road scraper and
builder was used for the first time on
Thursday and gave good satisfaction.
| Carr Bros. will soon commence the
bconstruction of their skating rink. It
Twill be located on the site Of the old
Eswings. "a
Joseph Repp. of Camden, has bought
| four lots on Grandview avenue, and
Elmer Downs has also purchased one.
\ Carr Bros. are putting substantial
Hguard (like that on the boardwalk
Halong the pathway over the dam. M
4 Cards are out announcing the mar
rage on February 10, Of Mr.. Walter
Allen Rulon, formerly Of this place,
and Miss Edna Foley Consart both of
Philadelphia
Many cottages in the grove either
! have been or are being remodelled.
Prosperity and improvement are the
order of the day in all parts of the
| town
We are sorry to hear that Mrs. John
| Sibley, nee Miss Ada Schofeld, former
| ly Of this place, is lying critically i'll
at her home in WoodstOwn. Her par
| ents have closed their residence here
and are assisting in caring for her.
Ice a quarter of an inch thick on
MONDAY morning and the ground froz-
len an inch deep was not very encour-
tagging to farmers and fruit growers.
Il Mrs. Caroline Knight was taken to
1.-THE Jefferson Hospital on Monday for
| the second time in about year to I'M
dergo an operation for floating kidney
Mr. John Shaw, of Hurffville, and
Miss Maude Dawson, of this place, who
/ were married several days ago, have
| the best wishes of a large number of
friends by whom both are esteemed.
/ Henry Brainard, who summers on
West avenue, has purchased plot of
ground corner Young avenue and the
railroad. He expects to build this
summer and become a permanent resi-
dent.
AT the annual meeting of the Sunday
School board Monday evening, the
former officers were reelected except
assistant superintendent John Sayre,
| who declined reelection. Joseph Lodge
succeeds Mr. Sayre.
The Laurel Sewing Circle spent de-
lightful day with Mrs Sands on Fri
day, after giving her big surprise in
| the morning hy presenting themselves
several hours before they were expect
led. The occasion was the anniver-
sary of both Mrs. Sands birth and
marriage,
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