Gloucester County Democrat., 1908-04-23
PrTMAN.

"A. B. CampDeH IS enlafglng MS resi-
dence.
| S. P. Clark is building a new barn
and wagon shed.
/ Work IS commenced on William
Coles new residence on Fernwood ave-
nue.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. /. Dunlap have mov-
ed into their new residence on South
Broadway.
Edward Smith has put a soda foun-
tain in his store opposite the station.
Judge Jones and family, Of Camden,
spent the Eastertide at their West
avenue cottage.
Al, Hess and family, of Pitman ave-
nue., were at Atlantic City over Easter.
The minstrel show given by Pitman
Fire Co. No. 1, was repeated Thurs
! day evening to a good house.
Joseph Carr has commenced work
ON the forty foot addition to his livery
stable
Richard Thompson has sold his
| North avenue cottage to Mrs. Ann
Lawrence, of Camden.
One of our high school boys, Charles
Simpson, is assisting in Focer and
Sons store on Saturdays.
1 Ifl1o. VI al LID AllC1l dl1u 4dlcO IAQtlltl'
rine Stoltz spent Easter with Swedes
boro friends.
| Oyerseer Allen is putting foot oi
fine gravel on Holly avenue west OF
Broadway.
w. P. Donnelly will be the special
officer at the station this season. He
will go on duty the first of May
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Trout are liv-
ing at No. 18 Seventh avenue. Mrs
Trout is a sister to Mrs. John Cowan
Mrs. Savage and daughter, of Allen
town, N. j.. We're Easter guests OF
Rev E. A. Robinson and family.
Mrs. George Cowan spent part OF
last week with Rev. F. l.. Jewett and
family, of Palmyra.
The boys brigade have purchased
twenty-four new rifles. The rifles
were formerly owned by the United
States government.
Agent Frank Sayre has sold the
Reakirt cottage on Broadway to Mrs
Sarah Dolbow, who will greatly i'm
prove it in the fall.
Orville Buys spends three weeks in
each month at his fathers electric
light plant at Ovid, n. Y, and the re
nlainder Of the month collecting in the
various towns supplied by the plant
here.
Miss Helen Booth with nine other
young ladies spent their Easter vaca
tion at the Biting cottage on West
avenue
Janitor Sayre decorated the NJ. E
Church beautifully for Easter. It rep
resented an arbor strung with yari
colored electric lights
Joseph Greenwood returned home
on Sunday after an absence of sixteen
months. Joe has been working chief
ly in the states of Ohio, and Indiana
for the Union Switch and Signal
Company.
John Heritage, Of Camden, who pur
chased Highland Terrace lot of C. G
Justice sometime since, has built 4
barn on it preparatory to erecting q
| dwelling.
/ Pitman Progress is the name OF {
Hnew paper edited and published by A
IA. Williams. He has it printed ir
4 philadelphia, and the two issues which
4 have appeared indicate live journal
The six-foot concrete foundation fol
| the water tank in the Grove is com
pleted and workmen are now putting
up the iron tank which will be eighty
feet in heighth. The sections are be
| ing riveted together by means of com
/ pressed air
Notwithstanding the inclement
Eweather big crowd attended the car
lsniyal given by Volunteer Fire Co, No
II. at Alcyon Park, Saturday evening
Misses Bessie Lefeyre and Meta Daw
4scnn nd Do,
Helm We're the prize winners.
The fine retaining wall laid by the
Ray Mfg. Company along DR.. Gilbert
property on West Jersey avenue, is d
big advertisement for the company oi
which DR.. Gilbert is the president.
Rt. Rev John Scarborough, D. D.. L
L. D., Bishop of the Diocese of New
Jersey will preach on Sunday after
noon next in the NJ. p Church to the
local Episcopalians and friends. All
persons interested in the erection oi
the Chapel of the Good Shepherd arr
especially invited The use of the
church is rendered by the trustees.
The NJ. e. Sunday School board me1
on Monday evening for the monthly
transaction of business and the elec
tion OF officers. The list of officers re
mains unchanged. A new feature in
the school viii be normal class un
der the direction of Pastor Robinson
The New Sharon and Chape
Heights congregations were organized
into churches last week by Presiding
Elder ]. Morgan Read at the New
Sharon Church, which was crowded
The people were enthusiastic oyei
having real churches of their own
Rev. E. A. Griffith, of this place, is
the supply pastor of both churches.
| Several Objectionable parties have
Isecured homes in the Grove lately and
Eour citizens are indignant over it. The
cottages in the enclosure are too close
together to allow people who are eth
Fer filthy foreigners or worse to occupy
/ them One such party was sent to iail