Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-05-07

Kaipn POTcn mas nau tue IEOnb OF us
Broadway property cemented from build
ing line to the street.
Mrs. Jos. Lodge and Mrs. Hermann
Hurff were delegates to the County S. S.
Convention, at Paulsboro, on Thursday.
DIR. Gilmour already has his new song
book for 1908 on the market.
Misses Ella and Emma MCGOWAN are
here for the summer, having come down on
Thursday. - - ss $780,
Mr.. and Mrs. James Riley are spending
about ten days with relatives in Penn
sylyania.
May first extended chilly hand to the
several families who moved in for the
season.
Mrs. Laura Poole and family haYe opened
their Highland Terrace home for the season.
The Queen Esthers held an old fashioned
bakery on Saturday evening and cleared
about 500.
James Gallagher, an expert painter. for
merly of Atlantic City has gone into bust
ness here and already has several contracts
Itaska tribe of Red Men will hold
strawberry festival at Alcyon Park, Satur-
day evening, May %.
Fisher and Gardiner are doing a big ex-
press business The minimum freight
rate of twenty-five cents on the. railroad
turns many packages to them.
DR.. L. N. Slaughter has been made a
yestryman Of st. Thoms P. E. Church,
Glassboro, and will represent the Chapel of
the Good Shepherd.
Harry Sands, of Kenton avenue, while
visiting Camden friends about two weeks
ago, was taken i'll with typhoid fever and
the crisis is yet to come. Mrs. Sands and
little son are with him.
Horace Nash, of the Fairview dairy farm
is selling milk in town for seven cents
quart, and dealers Riley and Helm put
theirs to the same figure.
Mrs. J. S. Shoemaker, Mrs. v. D. Clark
and Miss Ella Greenwood were delegates to
the Epworth League Convention, at Cam
den last week. Other members Of the local
society also attended.
Ebony, the Conyict'' will be given in K.
G.. E. hall, this Thursday evening, for the
benefit of Volunteer Fire Co. No 2, The
drama is given by Glassboro talent with
the exception of the leading lady's part,
which is taken by Mrs. Joseph Shoemaker
Of this place.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Buys are ID Chicago
attending a convention of electricians.
Mr.. Buys is an authority on electric light
ing, and scientific journals are eager for
articles from his pen.
At the meeting of the School Board last
week, the public school teachers were all
reelected for another year. Miss Martin,
of Aura, is finishing the unexpired term of
Miss Florence Siblev, now teaching in the
Newark schools.
We stated some time since that w. S.
Dilks would occupy JOS Sharp's fine resi-
dence on Holly avenue, but Mrs. Dilks de-
eided her cares would be lighter in their
cottage home. James Clifford, of Camden,
moved into the Sharp residence last week.
John Napier and wife, Mrs. Annie
Woodruff, l. w. Newkirk and wife, Mrs.
Samuel Greenwood, Mrs. o. B. Chew and
e. A. Griffith, all of this place, were in the
large class which joined Hurffville Grange,
on Saturday evening
The Philadelphia Bulletin fife and drum
corps haye been engaged for the big parade
here on Decoration Day. These are the
boys that whooped things up at the Glass
DUIU pdlduo. LIE OltIZ6HS OAHU, OF GlaSS-
boro, has been engaged for the day.
The boys brigade held their annual
election of officers Friday evening, with the
following result: President, Vernon
Kindle; secretary, Harry Skinner; treasurer,
Clifford Riley captain, Floyd Clark LIST
lieut. Ollie Strong 2nd lieut., Will
Myers 1st sergeant, Harry Rulon End
sergeant, John Carter.
Holly avenue is to be put in first class
condition as far as the bridge at Dennet's
place. The Suburban Company are open
ing up Fernwood avenue, and there is
deep cut through the best Of gravel, which
is given TO the borough for the taking.
From foot to fifteen inches is being laid
on Holly avenue. Contractor Pomelear
has the cement work done on the south side
of the avenue.
The railroad company is going to take a
little more gold out Of this Pitman mint,
which has been turning more clear dollars
into their exchequer than any other place
between Camden and Atlantic City The
round trip fare to Philadelphia will not be
increased before July 1, If then. On June
l, monthly tickets will advance from $725
to $3.50, l00-trip tickets from S14.50 to
$3.50, and quarterly tickets from $3.50
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