Gloucester County Democrat., 1908-10-01
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Oregon House.
Mr.. and Mrs. Timothy Looney are
entertaining Mrs Arnold and Miss
Julia Kuhling, of Milwaukee
Roy Doughty has resumed his stud
les at the Drexel Institute, Philadel-
.phia
William Yeager is rebuilding the
old Reppard Stanger property on Will
mer street.
Prof. F. w. Bowen and family, of
Camden, visited Mr.. and Mrs. C. Ed
ward Shute Saturday. Prof Bowen
was for many years principal of the
public school of this place.
Thomas Souder is raising and re-
building his Main street home.
Roy Miller is suffering at the home
of his parents with typhoid fever.
Mrs. Edward Munyon left the past
week for Brooklyn, n Y, where she
will spend the winter with her daugh-
ter.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. P. Wilcox entertain
led over Sunday Miss Maude Sheets,
Iof Camden.
George Higgins lost valuable horse
Friday night, the second in less than
two months.
Oud1 1CO TACCDlSi lids returned TO
Rutgers College.
The aged mother of Prof. John T.
Rowen is seriously i'll at her Camden
home
Miss Mabel Male was taken to
Philadelphia hospital the past week
suffering with nervous prostration.
Fire has been placed under three
furnaces at the Whitney Glass Works
and it is expected to begin work the
first Of the month.
William Carter fell from a bicycle
Wednesday and fractured his arm.
A box social will be given at the
home of William Ham Monday even
ing under the auspices of the Young
Woman's Christian Temperance I'm
ion.
At the annual church meeting held at
the Methodist Protestant Church Wed.
nesday evening, Edward H. Walton
was elected delegate to attend the
annua! session of the New Jersey Con-
ference which eonyenes atAtlanticCity
in October The delegate was in
structed to ask for the return of the
Rev. F. F.. Craig, who has served the
church for seven years. During Rev.
Craig's pastorate here the church has
been remodeled, a heavy debt lifted
from the parsonage, and the church is
now almost free from debt The fol-
lowing stewards for the ensuing year
We're also elected: Mrs. Harry Keel
er. Mrs. Julia Cake. Brazier West
colt, Morris Townsend, William Frye
Hon. B. Frank Buck, Of Millville,
was nominated as Republican candi-
date for reelection as a member Of
the General Assembly by the Cumber-
land County voters at the primaries
Tuesday last. Assemblyman Buck is
a brother to the Rev John S. Buck,
|of this place and is frequent visitor
here.
The 10th annual convention Of the
Gloucester County Sunday School AS
sociation will be held at the Metho-
dist Protestant Church. Thursday,
when an interesting program for the
entire day has been arranged
Fire broke out in the gas plant at
South Glassboro late Saturday night
and for a time threatened to destroy
the entire plant. The roof and wood
work CT the building was destroyed.
but the machinery was not damaged
to any great extent. The fire com
pany, with the help of about thirty
men and boys who rushed from the
midnight train as it passed the plant,
worked heroically to keep the flames
from the tank which is just few feet
from the burned building. The plant
will be Immediately repaired and gas
is being furnished to the towns of
Pitman, Clayton and Glassboro as US
ual
The foot ball game played by the
high school teams of Glassboro and
Bridgeton, Saturday morning resulted
in a tie, neither eleven scoring in the
thirty-fiye minutes of play. From the
first toot of the whistle until the last
it was battle, but the teams were
evenly matched and at no time was
either in imminent danger of losing
Many persons attended the game in
Guiding beyy of Glassboro High
School girls who cheered continually.
The lineup:
Glassboro H. S. Bridgeton H. S.
Seabrook ...... L. E. ....... Wilson
S. Brown ...... L. I. ...... McIntire
(Simpson)
Armstrong .... L. G. ...... Bright
lRiggins)
Mcclure .. c ....... Rice
Is. Brown
M. Brown ... R. G. .... Edwards
Kelly ...... R. T. .... Scull
H. Smith .... R. E. ........ Elmer
(I.ore)
smedley ... Q. B. ... Kirchoff
(Skinnerl
Hilyard ...L. H B....... CressweH
(Morgan)