Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1909-03-04
SWEDESBORO.


Mrs. Hattie Smith and daughter,
Miss Alice, of Camden, are guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Dean, on Broad
street
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Chew spent
Sunday with John Pool and family at
Mickleton.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Kerns, of Phila.
have been visiting DR.. and Mrs. John
P. Cheesman.
Mrs. Edward Eastlack and her sis
ter, Miss Mary Holman are spending
a week with relatives in Camden.
Master James Kerns, Jr., and his
sister, Miss Annie, of Phila., were Sun
day guests of Master Leland Hannold.
Mrs. Mary Shivers has returned
from her annual visit with her daugh-
tiers, Mrs. J. Downs Heritage, at Glass
at Williamstown.
William H. Mccullough, Jr., and
son George, of Camden, spent little
time with his parents here on Mon
day.
John U. Nichoff, of Princeton, will
preach on next Sunday morning and
evening.
Mr.. Nicholas Bahman is very dan
gerously i'll with pneumonia at his
home near here.
Miss Florence G. Pither and Miss
Josephine Hildebrand are both on the
sick list, but both are improving.
Mr. Emil Mampe has sold his fine
property on Main street near the
Presbyterian Church to James c..
Leap. Price, $4,000. Mr.. Mampe and
family will remove to Phila., their for
mer home.
Henry K. Shoemaker has purchased
of Charles D. Lippincott his residence
at the corner of Main street and Lip
pincott ave-, and his lots on Lippin-
colt ave. Mr.. Lippincott has occupied
these premises for the last forty years
or more.
The Rev. William E. Allen, rector
of st. Johns Church, Salem, will
preach at the lenten service in Trim
ity Church on Friday evening, Mar.
9Th.
Mr. William E. Massey and wife, of
Ocean City, spent Tuesday morning
in Swedesboro looking up old friends
and going over the town. His father,
Rev. w. A. Massey was pastor of the
Methodist Church here more than 20
years ago, and the son who remem-
bered this as his pleasant home for
three years, was greatly interested in
recalling old times and noting the
many changes and improvements
since that time. He is prominent
real estate dealer and business man
of Ocean City.
Occur de Lion Temple Ladies of the
Golden Eagle, will hold cake sale
in Freeman Hurff's building on Sat-
urday, March 9Th.
Mr.. Nicholas Bahman, one of the
successful farmers of Gloucester Co.,
died at his home near Swedesboro on
Tuesday evening, of pneumonia, after
an illness of week, in the 63rd year
of his age. Mr.. Bahman was native
of Germany, but came to make his
home here when nineteen years of
age, and by thrift and economy had
built UP for himself a competence, and
in the years had won the respect and
confidence of the community in which
he lived. He was a faithful member
VI 81. JOSCpA OuufCl, diQ d u1CLuUOi
of the Swedesboro Grange p. of H., in
which he took lively interest. He
leaves wife, one son and one daugh-
ter and several grandchildren, be-
sides other relatives to mourn his loss.
To the sorrowing wife and daughter,
Miss Rose, in the family home, the
especial sympathy of hosts of friends
go out. His funeral will take place
on Saturday morning. Meet at the
house at o'clock, and services at
st. Joseph's Church at 10 o'clock.
Interment at st. Joseph's cemetery.
The stork called at the home of
bank cashier George M. Ashton on
Tuesday, and left fine baby boy,
which weighed eleven pounds. Mr..
Ashton, always genial, now wears a
smile that won't come off.