Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-02-13
PITMAN.

Jos. Devaul filled his Ice house on
Saturday.
John McSherry has purchased the
house in which he now resides of DR..
H. H. Carr.
G. w. Parker has moved into DR..
Cars property near the bridge.
Miss Bessie Lefevre has a position
with the Camden Fire Insurance Com
pany.
Frank Gardiner is improving the
place he recently bought by the addi-
ton of barn.
w. L. Peterson has opened station
cry store in the room formerly occu-
pied by Mayor MCGOWAN.
]. L. Kuhn had big horse sale on
Monday Overseer of Highways.
George Allen, bought a good team for
his work.
Rev. E. A. Robinson, the probable
successor of Rev. F. L. Jewett as pas
tor of the local NJ. e. Church, was in
town Friday.
Mr.. Poole, representing the Bell
Telephone Company, presented the
subject of a telephone fire alarm sys
tenn to Council Monday evening, but
owing to stress of other business, the
matter was laid over to next meeting.
The brick building at the electric
light plant is nearing completion. A
workman fell from the roof one day
last week and was injured so that he
was taken to Cooper Hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. G.. Justice announce
the marriage of their daughter, Miss
Dele, to Mr.. Seymour Thomas Perez
val, of Philadelphia, on January 18th
Oliver Chew will move here from
Woodbury. in few days. He will oc-
cupy a portion of the first floor (be-
side the second) of his property, the
Pitman House, and will make two
stores of the remainder.
1975-Carpente SJH
The extremely cold weather has
played havoc with plumbing. The
mercury stood at 4 degrees Wednes-
day morning, and went two degrees
still nearer the zero mark or Sunday
Next Saturday evening big flag will
be presented by the Ladies' Auxil-
larry to -Pitman Fire Co., No. L. The
presentation speech will be made by
Rev. f. L. Jewett The occasion will
be a social one and a feature will be
an entertainment by good talent.
The Review Company have printed a
of the Association, entitled THE
Amen Corner and Other Poems" Mr..
Schock's vein of humor is well shown
in one poem, 1.-THE Eclipse of the Man
in the Moon"
Henrietta S., widow of the late
Thomas P. Covington, died on Thurs
day. Funeral services were held at
her late residence, 1913 Pine street
aN1r Go
CoVington summered here for many
years.
w. B. T. Roberts & Son have rented
the room in the Peterson building for
merry used as a candy store This
viii bring the Offices of the Pitman
Highlands, Pitman Grove Terrace and
Pitman Heights companies all in a
row.
w. H. w Park and wife have re-
turned from Alexandria, Va, as the
glass works where he was employed
have shut down. Their chief output
was whiskey bottles which were sent
south, but the spread of prohibition
throughout the south has practically
killed the trade.
Bids were opened in Council Mon
day evening for the cement work to
be done on Holly, Oak Crest and
Simpson avenues. B. F. Sweeten, Ed.
ward Martin, D. L. Pine, C. Pomelear
and the J. F. Hamlin Co., presented
estimates. The bids were close, but
the sum total of Mr.. Pomelear's esti-
mate being few dollars the least, the
contract was given him, subject to a
bond of $1,000
The Ushers' Union of the NJ. f
Church held their third and best an
niversary at Hotel Pitman on Satur-
day evening. Together with their la
dies and Rev. and Mrs. F. L. Jewett
as guests of honor, they banqueted on
blue, points, consomme, celery. nuts.
olives, codfsh, roast young turkey,
cranberry sauce, orange sherbet.
mashed potatoes, creamed asparagus,
peas, tomato salad, peach ice cream
and fancy cakes. Rev. F. L. Jewett
was POSTMASTER. welcome to Our
Ladies" President Edward r. Smith:
History of Our Union, Arleigh Hess;
Our Trip to Ocean City" Samuel
Thomas; Our Three Anniversaries. :,
William McClelIand An appropriate
poem was recited by Leslie Butler and
Arleigh Hess and John Lupton sang a
song replete with "hits'' on the var
ious ushers, the best being on Charlie
Riley, one of our dispensers of lacteal
fluid, who was represented as saying
to lady when he poured out a quart
OF milk, 1T looks like rain this morn
ing" She replied, Eyes, Charlie, it
always does" Those present were
Mr.. and Mrs. Jos. S. Shoemaker, Mr..
and Mrs. Leslie Butler, Mr. and Mrs.
Chris Pomelear, Rev. and Mrs. f. L.
Jewett, Verna Pleasanton, Blanche
Dawson, Elizabeth Phillips, Eta Com
ey, Emily Goodwin, Anna McClelland.
Mabel Habeker, Rena Powell, c. J.
Riley, Arleigh Hess, James William
son, John Lupton, Jr., Paul Peterson,
Samuel Thomas, Clinton Peterson,
William McClelland George Kindle.
Charles Peterson, Elwood Kindle, Ed
ward r. Smith.
my property. ! would further suggest