Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-05-14
PlTMAN.

/ FIJI MAN.
Mayor McCowan's new store build
ing is enclosed.
E. Z. Ostrander's residence on
Mount Vernon avenue, is being
painted.
Volunteer Fire Co, No. 2, are get
| ting new uniforms.
II Work has been resumed on the new
Rpost office building. %
4 The foundation is up for William
Madara's new residence.
Mrs. Sarah Dawson, of Clarksboro,
is at her cottage for the season.
e. p. Davis has broken ground for
his new dwelling on Hazel avenue.
II The closing Of stores on Wednesday
kafternoons and evenings is being agi-
btated. 1~p
+ We understand that Finley Acker
will solicit and deliver orders during
the season.
Mrs. L. Woolley enjoys riding be-
hind a pretty Shetland pony, present.
Several carloads of water pipe have
arrived for laying on the Suburban
tract.
Pastor Robinson will speak to the
Grand Army veterans next Sunday
morning.
The surface sewers carried off the
great volume of water in Thursdays
heavy showers perfectly
The S. G. A. Patrol are counting en-
having Hon. John Boyd Avis for one
Of their orators on Decoration Day.
James l.. Sutton, of Burlington, N.
| j., has purchased four lots on Column
| bia avenue, Suburban tract
| Pomelear Bros. are now laying ce-
ment walks on the north side of Holly
avenue and have a large stretch of
/ it done. -.
A Philadelphia lady whose name we
did not get has purchased four lots on
Lexington avenue, and will build soon
Contractor E. c. Champion is ready
to start his next house which will be
located on Highland Terrace.
Mrs. Deborah Ward has purchased a
building site on Woodland avenue, Pit
man Highlands, and has broken ground
for new residence.
Mayor and Contractor Adamson, of
Paulsboro, has started another dwell
ing. This is being built on Grafton
avenue for a Glassboro lady.
William Simmington, of Denver,
COL, one of our former best-known
summer residents. spent Sunday with
Mr.. and Mrs. William Kerns.
Johnson Justice brought two little
ialligators, about fifteen inches long,
home with him from Florida, and they
Iare great curiocity to Johnson's
young friends.
Rev. E. A. Robinson paid glowing
tribute to mothers ON Sunday evening
and Mrs. Robinson sang, Tell Moth
er I'll be There .
S. P. Clark has received from Ger
many $4,000 beautiful colored postals
| of new Pitman views.
Plans are about completed for Har-
lvey Snyder's handsome new residence
corner Highland Terrace and Grafton
avenue
The casino near the playground is
Ibeing fitted up with a soda fountain
and ice cream stand, and moving pic
/ lures will be an attraction.
+ j. G. Banks, representing the coli
ored industrial school in Camden,
spoke for a few moments on Sunday
evening in the M. E. Church on the
needs Of the institution.
The water company will lay pipes
on Cedar avenue, when the borough
grade is set. There are about dozen
houses on the avenue and the borough
will locate a plug there.
The Suburban Company will lay
about $4,000 additional square feet Of
cement walks and curbs this season.
Contractor Martin viii do the work.
A carload of stone arrived this week
for Jonathan James new house. This:
is the first carload received here for
several months as cement blocks are
being used almost exclusively for cell
lar walls.
An auxiliary tea for the benefit of
Fire CO., No. /, was given by the la
! dies at the residence of Mrs. Harry
Rulon, the president, yesterday (Wed-
nesday) from to 10 p. m.
The salaries Of our public school
teachers, with the exception of Prin-
cipal Davis, have been raised $3.50 per
month. Mr.. Davis gets a raise of
$3.50 per month making his salary for
the coming year $500.
George Torbert, of Philadelphia, has
again invested in Pitman property, his
latest purchase being the N. P.
Church building for $4,000 Mr.. Tor
bert has rented Mrs. Appleby's resi-
dence on North Broadway and although
he has been a purchaser of local prop
erty for a year past this will be his
first season here.
Notwithstanding the heavy rain,
about fifty representatives from var
ious churches in the Bridgeton district
assembled in the district stewards
meeting on Thursday. The churches
were found to be prosperous, and the
routine of business was finished early.
Lunch was served by the ladies of the
local W. H. NJ. S. branch.
Howard H. Walton, aged thirty-two.
son of Pusey A and Ella L. Walton,
idied at his parentss residence on Fri
day morning. Services were held at
/ the house on Monday morning and in
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