Gloucester County Democrat., 1908-11-05
piTMAN.


Ehouse is largely in place. ~
Theodore Read and family moved in
to JOS. K. Sharp'ss residence on Friday.
Miss Julia Elton attended the pho
tographers convention in Philadelphia
last week.
! Halloween party was given By
Mr. and Mrs Harry Read
Mr.. and Mrs. Watson Michael gave
Halloween party to their children
The Ray Manufacturing Company
have installed steam dryer in their
plant
O. l.. Fleetwood, Esq, has been quite
ill at the residence of his brother-in-
law. P. S. Scott.
| The Honeybrook Realty Company
are putting up a new house at Glen
/ Lake.
| Friends from Hurffville. Clayton and
| Pitman gave Miss Nella Dilks a sur
lprise party Monday evening
A number of the Ushers' Union and
friends held a jolly Halloween party
at the residence of w. L. Peterson.
Several special policemen were on
duty Saturday night to see that the
many celebrators of Halloween de-
stroyed no property.
Several new cellars have been dug
within the past few days. The Ter
race alone has eight or ten houses in
course Of erection
Rev J. D. Martin, corresponding
secretary of the Methodist Hospital,
Philadelphia. preached in the M. e.
Church Sunday evening and also pre-
scented the work of the institution,
Mrs. F. L. Jewett, of Palmyra, and
son. Milton were over Sunday guests
| of George and John Cowan. Mr. Jew
| Iett was also down on Monday.
w D. Carter will move the house
occupied by Samuel Thomas to the adj
| joining lot and will build another on
the vacated site
! Handle Bros. have new coal wagons
and seem to be busy. The railroad
company have put in a spur for their
use.
/ Miss Marguerite Hirsch. OF Pitts
burg, is the new assistant in our pub
lie school She is making her home
with her uncle, John Broadwater, on
Pitman avenue.
Mr.. VIM. Riley, of Chapel Heights,
and Miss Edith May Crowther, OF
| lTorresdale, Pa, We're married at the NJ.
/ z. parsonage Saturday night by Rev,
/ E. A. Robinson.
A we'll attended local option mass
meeting was held in the NJ e. Church
Friday evening ReYs. E. A Robinson
and d. B. Harris were the speakers
and they made many telling points.
i Mr. Harold Elmer Selfridge, of Clay
ton, and Miss May Fischer Eastlack,
| of Pitman, were married on Wednes-
day evening of last week by Rev. w.
F. S. Nelson. of Clayton.
Geo. Little, Russell Treat and Rob
ert Fisher came near colliding with a
Reading train at the Glassboro cross
ing on Wednesday last. Mr.. Treat,
who was running the machine, ran It
into Repp's cold storage plant in order
to save their lives.
The laying OF the coraer stone of the
Chapel OF the Good Shepherd Sunday
Afternoon was very successful and
pretty event The procession started
from Hotel Pitman, the use of which
had been offered by the manager, Mr.
Rulcn The Fire Patrol headed the
procession, then in order came No. /,
Volunteer No. 2, the Citizens Military
band, of Glassboro, and the combined
choirs of Pitman, Glassboro and Wood
bury. who sang Onward Christian Sol
diers" in an inspiring manner. A
large concourse Of people attended the
services at the church site. The SER
vices were impressive and beautiful
Rector Dubell sealed the stone in
which number o. documents, coins,
etc, had been placed. The specially
invited guests were served with a
bounteous repast at Hotel Pitman
generously paid for by Mr.. j. D. Kel-
". Seyenty-ona sat at the table. Hap
py speeches were made by Rector Du-
bell, the several Episcopal clergymen
present, Mr. Dubell's father, Rev. E.
A. Robinson and number of the
laitv Gifts aggregating $3.50 were re-
ceived.
Capt j. G. Powell. of our town, had
a thrilling escape from death Saturday
night An explosion on his schooner,
the Lulu l.. Pollard, while off the Vir-
ginia capes set fire to the cargo of lum
ber and he and his crew of seven men
were unable to check the confagration
which resulted The Lulu l.. Pollard
was bringing cargo of lumber from
Fernandina to New York The fruit
STEAMER AuIuifdi OChiSg, WAS pdSSlllS
and took the men off with lines The
sea was so rough that it was practic
ally impossible to lower one of the
small boats. A gasoline engine on the
schooner supplies power for hosting
sails and loading and unloading cargo.
The mate struck match to light the
sidelights when the explosion occurred
evidently caused by leak from one
of tire gasoline tanks The captain
arrived home Friday night and states
that the newspaper accounts Of their
danger were very tame He will in
vest the insurance money received in
a new vessel.
Four hundred and thirty votes were
cast here on Tuesday. The proportion
of Republican to Democratic votes in
the borough is about five TO two. The
vote was very much split up. and the
counting was not finished until consid
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