Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-06-11
PITMAN.


season.
| T. l. Dunlap, Esq, has put his lawn
in fine shape.
| Mrs. Cline, Of Wenonah, is spend
| ing a few weeks in the Grove.
Claude Chew is assisting at Dilks'
soda fountain.
Contractor Pomelear is laying &C.
ment walks on Simpson avenue.
| Mrs. Chas. Wyne, Miss Mary Wood
had cement curbs laid.
Mrs. E. A. Robinson has been suf-
ferer from bronchitis for few days.
| Miss Jessie Golf, of Chester, and
Harry McClelland. of Philadelphia,
were guests of Geo. McClelland and
family over Sunday. n
Mr.. and Mrs Hugh Mulvey and son,
Penrose, of Camden, are cottaging
here for their health.
Harry G. Williams and Ethel NJ.
Hendricks were married Wednesday
evening last by Rev. e. A. Robinson.
Rev. Archer Steele was seventy
years old on Monday and number
of his friends helped him celebrate the
event.
Jonathan James and Samuel Phi
/ fer's new houses on Oak avenue are
enclosed.
Things are slowing up a little in the
real estate line. Lack of confidence.
| Childs. the grocer, is fitting up his
store and will open for business to-
morrow, Friday.
|. The summer population is up to nor
FINAL, despite the fact that people were
Hate in renting cottages. 90
z Robert L. Coates is occupying his
/ fine new cottage on Lake avenue.
Some person, who wishes his or her
name untold, has presented fifty hym-
nails to the NJ g. Church for the use
of persons sitting in the temple.
! Harry Paneoast's two new houses
on Pitman Highlands are nearing com
pletion. Richard Taylor's house is al
So nearly finished. In fact, Pitman
Highlands presents quite village-like
appearance.
| A large gathering attended the clos
ing exercises of our. public school
j Thursday evening. The seven gradu-
ates acquitted themselves well. Rev.
D. B. Harris gave a splendid address
to- the class.
John Skinner was standing on the
! tank of McClelland's windmill fixing
some part when the covering. broke
and he dropped into six feet Of wat
er. He called for assistance and Will
! liam Sinnpkins helped him out of his
/ dangerous predicament.
Two burglars entered the Casino by
means of ladder one night last week.
A young man named Brooks sleeps in
| the building and heard them. At the
| opportune moment he turned on the
lights and gave chase but they escap-
ed Brooks was unarmed, but now
has a full equipment of firearms.
SINNERS moving picture show in
the former M. P. Church building drew
crowds Friday and Saturday evenings.
Mr.. Skinner held a religious service
Sunday evening, using lantern slides
for illustrations and hymns. Miss
Alice Williams is pianist
/ Water mains are being laid and fire
plugs set on the Suburban Tract. The
company made great inducements to
the water company in order to give
water and fire protection to their pa
/ irons. Contractor Martin is also busy
laying cement walks.
Edgar, son of Pusey A. and Ella L.
| Walton, died Saturday morning. Fun
| eral services were held at the home
Tuesday morning, interment at Will
| mington, Del This is the second son
the Waltons have buried within a
month from the ravages of tuberculo-
! sis, and much sympathy is felt for
/ them in their double affection.
| The first song service of the season
was held at Summit Park Sunday ev-
ening also the M. E. Church. At the
former place the Hall-Mack book,
Summit Park Songs" is used, at the
( latter DR.. Gilmour's book, "The Old
Z Story. in Song, No. 2. One hundred
( copies of the last named book have
been presented to the church by choir
master, Joseph K. Sharp.
Mr.. Joseph D. Carr, eighty-two years
] of age, died at his residence on Broad
way, Thursday morning. Funeral SER
4 Monday morning. 1t is seldom that a
plain man of the people receives such
heartfelt tributes as were given to Mr..
/ Carr. Rev. Daniel Johnson was the
{ first speaker. He stated that Mr..
! Carr was the first to welcome him in
! to the church. and spoke of the inter
est he had always shown in his, Mr..
! Johnson's, trials and successes. ReVs.
/ w L. Peterson and F. L. Jewett, re-
spectively. spoke of Mr.. Carr's inter
est in the local church and how he
t Loyalty upheld the hands of each while
stationed here. The last speaker, Rev.
e. A. Robinson, said he had known
lhim but two months, but in that short
Mime their friendship had grown tend
er. He stated that one of Mr.. Cars
pleasant decisions in his hours Of de
/ lirium was that he was to be, received
into the church by letter the following
Sunday, and he had set his mind at
peace by telling him he would attend
to the matter. Turning to the large
audience assembled to pay their last
respects to this good man, Mr.. Rob
inson said, II now announce the
church membership of Bro. Carr trans
ferred, not by man nor priest, but by
| the mandate of God himself from the