Gloucester County Democrat., 1909-04-15
BRIDGEPORT.

Mr.. waiter Buckley and family, OF
Chester, were in town on Sunday last
in their large touring car, visiting rel
atives and calling on friends
Pastor Purcell has called meeting
of the Ushers' Union for Friday even
ing next, requesting every member
to be present.
The oil tanks afame at Marcus Hook
Pa, just across the river, lighted our
town beautifully last Monday night
The butcher shop when complete
will be a fine contribution to the town,
besides great credit to our genial up
to-date butchers who carry only line
of irst-class meats second to none I'M
Gloucester county.
Quite number of our summer peo-s
pie from Phila. spent over Sunday in
their cottages. The Iniields were oc-
cupying their cottage as we'll as the
| Slevins, Hoags and Keysers.
The choir cashed six dollars and
sixty cents from their cake sale on
| Saturday last, which will be used to
! furnish new music for the church ser
vices. There is nothing like being
self-supporting We congratulate
1 you, chorister McKaeg.
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butcher shop on Monday last. Nc
Glincey Bros. intend to erect first
class, up-to-date butcher shop with
refrigerators and all conveniences.
Rev. ]. B. Whitton and family, of
Nayesink, wish to thank the many
| friends for their kindness and thought
fulness in remembering them at East
er time with post card shower. They
appreciated the remembrance great
ly, receiving nearly one hundred SOU
| venir Easter cards.
Thomas Watson, of Pennsgrove,
rendered a very beautiful solo, Cal
vary" in the M. e. Church here on
Easter Sunday evening, to an ap-
preciative audience.
Mrs. Emma Gill, daughter Ella and
son Charles attended the wedding of
her eldest son, j. Ralph, at jamaica,
on last Saturday.
The church services on Sunday last
were well attended. Pastor Purcell
| preached two very appropriate SER
mons, morning and evening. Special
music was rendered by full choir,
assisted by Mr.. Watson, of Penns-
grove, as tenor.
Up to this writing the shad fisher
men have not been quite SO successful
this week.
Last Friday the fire bell sounded
and everybody who could walk re-
sponded. The fire proved to be pile
of rubbish in the rear of the NJ. p,
Church yard, and the flames ran over
the church yard burning off the dead
grass. How the fire originated no one
can tell, but all were thankful the
nj ,<f rof i
was blowing, and serious damage
would have been the result with no
water supply.
Martha, the youngest daughter of
Mrs. Sarah English, and sister of
BENJAMIN English, passed away at the
home of her mother on Monday last
She had been great sufferer for
many months, and her death had been
expected for long time. The funer-
al was from the mothers home.
Mrs. Kate Newkirk, of Salem, is
visiting at the home of her friend, Mrs.
Rebecea Smith.
On Friday last our former young
townsman, Mr.. Harry Stanton, was
united in marriage to Miss Ruth
Crom, of Bowling Green, Ohio. The
marriage was solemnized at Hotel
Ramona, in Ell Paso, Texas. Miss
Crom is a young lady of culture and
refinement, characteristic of the gem
erality of western girls. The honey
moon is being spent in Alamogordo,
New Mexico. We congratulate our
young friend and townsman.
GILLAHYATT.
Miss Edith S. Hyatt, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Isaac U. Hyatt, of 83 Clinton
avenue, jamaica, was married on
Saturday last at clock to j. Ralph
Gill, of Boston, at the home of the
brides parents. The spacious parlors
of the Hyatt home were tastefully dec
GRATED in green and white, and beau
titled by flowers of many varities. The
ceremony was performed by the Rev.
w. L. Dawson of the Jamaica Metho-
dist Church. The bridesmaids were
the Misses Mabel Doughty, Grace Ever
EFT and Ethel Wood, of jamaica, and
Mildred Field, of Staten Island. Mr..
Wood, of Brooklyn, was best man. The
ushers were Milton Remsen and Chas.
Gill. The bride was robed in white
silk, and the bridesmaids in green.
After the marriage a reception was
held, to which large number of rel
atives and friends were present. Miss
Hyatt is lifelong resident in Jamai-
ca, and very popular in that place.
The bridegroom is an electrical engi-
neer of Boston, and a graduate of
Drexel College, Philadelphia. The
young couple started on their wedding
trip, and will settle in Boston.
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