Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-12-03
sWEDEsBoRO.


Miss Laura Homan has been spend
ing a few days with her cousins, Editor
and Mrs. Frank Wilson, at Woodbury..
Mr. and Mrs. James S. Hortman
spent Thanksgiving Day with their
at Glenside, Pa.
Mrs. Jediah Plummer, OF Quinton
was a Thanksgiving guest Of her broth
er, Amos Harris and wife, here.
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob S. Ware enter
tanned over Thanksgiving, their sister,
Miss Bertha Vanaman, Of Forest Grove,
and Mr.. Albert Handle, of Philadelphia.
Thomas M. Mccullough and family,
OF GlassDoro. were Sunday guests Of
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Nc
Cullough.
Mrs. Beulah Wallace entertained
family party of children and grand
children on Thanksgiving Day, which
included Prof. and Mrs. Joseph Given,
of Bridgeport, who remained over
Sunday with their mother.
Mr. and Mrs, William Fl. Poinsett
have been spending few days with
relatives and friends at Mullica Hill.
Mrs. Sarah Bignell, was guest OF
her sister in Philadelphia, on Thanks
giving Day.
Mrs. Beulah Wallace is spending
this week with her daughter, Mrs. Jo-
seph Given, at Bridgeport.
Mrs. Louisa Emory was Thanks
giving Day guest of her brother, E.
J. BIatterwick and wife, at Woodbury.
Miss Gertrude Croft, a teacher at
Norwood, Pa, has been spending a
few days with her mother, Mrs. Hattie
Croft, here.
Mrs. G. Frank Moore and her daugh.
ter, Miss Elsie Moore, spent a few
days last week with relatives and
friends at Philadelphia and Chester,
Pa.
Miss Marguerite Crispin and Miss
Mildred Buzby, students at the Normal
School at West Chester, Pa. spent
the Thanksgiving holidays at their
homes here.
Miss Ethel Moore and Miss Helen
Headley were at home from the Wom-
ans College at Lutherville, Md, for
the Thanksgiving holidays.
Clifford, youngest son Of Editor Geo.
W Pither. celebrated his twenty-f1rst
birthday on Sunday and on Saturday
he received through the post Office a
shower of twenty-eight handsome neck.
ties To say that he was surprised
when he went for the evening mail
would be to put it mildly. He was
simply overwhelmed with surprise and
packages They came from Kansas,
Washington, D. G.. Philadelphia, Cam
den and SwedesDoro. He thanks his
friends for their kind remembranees
and says he has got neckties enough
fc In
Mrs. Sara Egee, wife Of Wilmer
Egee, died at her home here on Tues
day evening of last week, aged GA
years. Nearly her whole life had been
one Of suffering, borne with calm cour
age and Christian fortitude, beautiful
to behold, and as the years passed,
and the time narrowed down to months
and weeks and days, her faith grew
brighter and she welcomed the rest
which remains for the children of God
She was a woman of a peculiarly sweet
and Iovable disposition, who had many
friends. and the sympathies of all go
out to the sorroWing husband, and the
brother and sisters and other relatives
in their loss. Her funeral took place
at her late home on Friday afternoon
and interment was made in Lake Park
cemetery.
Hugh Mccullough spent Thanksgiv-
ing Day with Captain Leonard Null
ford and family at Cedarville.
Swedesboro Lodge No. rs, A. o. U.
w, paid to the beneficiaries the $4,000
death benefits of the late Oliver W.
Mattson in three days after the claim
was proved.
Paul Morell, colored, whose home is
in Swedesboro, met with serious ac-
cident on Saturday evening. He is
employed in Philadelphia and coming
down on the train he fell asleep and
was carried by his station When he
awoke he found himself at Woodstown,
and concluded to walk home. He fol-
lowed the railroad track and fell
through a high trestle bridge, breaking
his hip and otherwise injuring him
self. His cries for help failed to at
tract attention and he laid all night
suffering agonies, until he was discov-
cred on Sunday morning by a passings
farmer and brought to his home here,
and on Monday morning was taken
to Cooper Hospital. His case is SER
ious.
The Swedesboro Land Company have
cellars dug for two more houses on
their track. One on Anderson avenue,
and one on Broad street. 90
Mrs Mary Kane has removed to
Philadelphia, where. she expects to
make her future home. Jesse Pass
water will occupy her property on
Broad street.
I Our new SIS, 600 school building has
been finished and on Friday of last
week was formally turned over to the
Board of Education We shall have
more to say of it next week. 20
Mrs. Amanda Craft, OF Repaupo, has
been spending some time with her son,
George H. Craft here. On Monday,
her daughter, Mrs. Thomas Wright, of
Paulsboro; her granddaughter. Mrs.
George Tonkin, and her little great
granddaughter, Ruth Tonkin, Of Har
risonville, visited her at the home of
her son, making four generations gath
cred there fact the old lady greatly