Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-09-17
PITMAN.

man avenue property.
Anderson & Lodge have opened a
coal yard.
We are glad to state that Will Nc
Clelland is somewhat better.
Conductor Al. Sparks new house is
under way.
Work is commenced on the founda-
ton of DR.. Carr's new house.
Miss Iona Conoyer had her vacation
last week.
Harmon Dilks is having his resi-
dence and drug store painted.
Geo. Warner and family have return
ed to Newark. Ohio. for the glass sea-
son.
Oscar Fleetwood, Esq, has returned
to town after a month of illness.
Contrary to the fears of some, build
ing prospects are rather good for the
fall
Mr.. and Mrs. Seymour Percival will
spend the winter in Philadelphia
Ollie Strong has a position in S. P.
Clark's store.
Charles Carr has rented Mrs Viola
Lafferty's property On North Broad
way
Mrs O. w. Downs, accompanied by
her sister, is spending ten days in
Washington, d. G.
Contractor Pine is laying cement
walks on Summit avenue from Pitman
to Holly avenues.
Johnson Justice has returned to
Florida in advance of the family in
order to commence school promptly.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Snyder gave
S. P. Clark's a fine auto trip to At
lantic City, Sunday.
Agent Frank Sayre reports the sale
of four cottages quite recently.
Mrs. Bourgeois, of Camden, has
bought the Rowatt cottage on East
avenue, north.
The Mantua Harvest Home last
week was well patronized by Pitman
residents.
Cottage No. SO West avenue, north.
has been purchased by John A. Conn,
a summer resident
P H. Focer is spending quite a long
vacation at Halifax and other points
in Nova Scotia.
G. NJ Hickling, of Philadelphia, and
Pitman. has purchased the Harwood
bungalow on the Boulevard.
Theodore Read and family will oc-
cupy the j. K. Sharp residence on Hol-
ly avenue this winter.
The $500 Club, to the number of
sixteen, enjoyed fine banquet Tues
day evening.
Walter Morgan carries his arm in
sling, the result of scratching an in
sect bite. Blood poisoning resulted.
Quite a number Of our residents
went to Washington Park Tuesday to
hear William Jennings Bryan.
/ Some of the rooms Of our public
school are too crowded and the new.
building cannot be erected too soonfIO
G. w. Carr and G. w Parker were
two Of party that went cunning for
reed birds Thursday, and they bagged
eleven dozen birds.
The Kerns property on Pitman ave
nue. is being improved by using ce-
ment block coping.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Rulon were
guests OF Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Souder,
Of Ocean City, over Sunday.
A. P. String ran silver OF steel IN
one thumb some days ago and mas
suffered greatly from it.
Two Of the prettiest cement block
copings in town are along the Ander1
son and Focer properties on Simpson
avenue.
Miss Mabel TIabecker was given a
pleasant surprise party by her young
friends on Thursday last.
The M. E. congregation was asked
Sunday morning for S135 for coal for
the coming winter, and in few min
utes the responses had netted $145.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Siffrin, OF Bal
timore. have been visiting Pitman rel
atives. Mrs. Siffrin was Miss Myrtle
Greenwood, of this place.
Three cellars are being dug on
Myrtle avenue, and there is prob
ability of fourth house being bulit
on the same avenue.
The ladies of the M. E. Church will
give an oyster supper in the basement
of the church Friday evening Tor the
benefit of the parsonage fund.
Louis Fowler has sold his residence
nm Hazel avenue to John Langham and
will move to his little farm at Mount
Zion.
Mrs. Rafne, mother of Mrs. Jona-
than Kindle. died at the Kindle resi-
dence sunday evening after long i'll
ness. Funeral services to-day, Thurs
day. :.
MIS-. lxdNi CnOS I1AO VI, ~ CASNJ ~N--' -
spending several days with her par
ents here before going to Sheffield,
Pa, where Mr.. Brown will work dur
ing the glass season.
w. G. K. Walls, Mrs. Walls and
mother have been guests for several
DAYS of Mrs. Wallis brother, Hon. j..
Hampton Moore, at his summer home
at Island Heights. A yachting trip
was one Of the special delights prom
ised them.
At the Democratic caucus last week
j. c. Rulon was nominated for Coun-
ell for a second term at the urgent
solicitation Of his party friends. There
will be two councilmen elected this
fall: but as the town is overwhelmingly
Republican, Mr.. Rulon was the only
one nominated. Assessor Clyde Sick
Ter was named for another term, and
the nomination of William Collins for
collector by the Republicans was en-
dorsed.
Manager Carr served eight thousand