Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1909-06-10
CLAYTON.

the window at the school on Friday,
cut two leaders of his hand so severe
ly that it was necessary to have DR..
Ogden in attendance
Felix Balack, man who has lived
on the farm of Samuel Walker for a
number of years, was found in the
field belonging to the farm of Mr..
| Walker, paralyzed one day last week.
He was Immediately removed to the
hospital where in spite of the efforts
of experts he died on Friday night.
The funeral was held on Tuesday from
the home of Mr.. Walker.
Gottleib Wolfe and family attended
the wedding of Miss Vera Griffe "a
former Clayton girl. The wedding
was held in Atlantic City on Wednes-
day, June 9th.
The Clayton band has at last closed
ia contract with Mr. Porter, of Cape,
May, to furnish music for ten weeks
tat that resort. The boys leave some
time in July. This will mean very
pheasant outing for the boys and has
been hoped for ever since it was found
out the Ocean City contract had been
awarded to another organization. -
Miss A. Stevens, a former teacher of
/ languages in the High school, has re-
signed and intends to take up the
study of art in one of Philadelphia S
| galleries. Miss Stevens is an able
teacher and her efforts will be missed
greatly by the principal and scholars
w. G. Staulcup and Lynton H. Kier
! left on Sunday for Kansas City via
| Buffalo, Detroit and Chicago. They
/ intend to be gone at least a month.
The High school commencement was
held on Friday evening in the M. E.
Church with the largest audience that
i ever was in attendance at such an
i affair. This being the initial COM
mencement of the Clayton High school,
was marked by graduating Mr.. Claude
L. Turner and Miss Ida FISHER. The
subject of the Grafton delivered by
! Miss Fisher was the Heroic Age" and
that of Mr.. Turner, Ideals their In
f1uence on Character" Both orations
were beautifully delivered and were
/ greatly enjoyed by those in attendance
] D. Frank Green, Professor of Eng
lish branches at the West Chester
Normal school, delivered the address
to the graduates in fine form, and he
made quite good impression on the
/ audience as we'll.
Rev. VIM. F. S. Nelson presented the
diplomas and accompanied the presen-
tation with grand speech. The class
motto was "Petere Altiora' and the
coIors, orange and black. Miss Mana
Haupt, the principal presented the
grammar school graduates with their
! certificates.
John Risley, a prominent glass
blower of Clayton, committed suicide
while stopping at the Half Way
I r.<@,t
Westville and Gloucester on Satur-
/ day night. Risley had been melan-
clloly for over a week and when the
fires were drawn and he lay down his
| blow-pipe on Saturday afternoon at
1 Pierces factory, he declared that he
had blown his last bottle. John Hoff-
man and Daniel Harris were with
] Risley at the time of the shooting
which was done with Harris revolver
i which he secreted from the owners
! pocket after he had retired.
| pocket after he had retired The
cause of the suicide is supposed to
| have been domestic. Risley and his
wife, who is a hair dresser in New
York, have not lived together for two
7, or three years. The funeral was
held from the home of Risley's mother
on Howard street, on Wednesday. In
terment was made at Cedar Green
| Cemetery.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Dooling spent
Friday evening in Clayton. Mrs.
/ Dooling, nee Nellie Essler, sang at
the commencement.
The exhibition of the work done by
! the scholars of the high and grammer
schools during the term past-the
4 Do4
erson was especially fine, the merit
of which was appreciated by all who
/ saw it.
P. c. Miller has purchased a blood
ed coach horse and is daily seen try
ing it out on Central avenue.
Miss Rae FISHER has returned from
an extended sojourn among friends
lat Millville
1 The Clayton Base ball team was de-
Heated by the strong Glassboro team
Fat Glassboro on Saturday by the
Escore IL to 2.
Alex. McNeal who has lived for
some time in the old Newkirk property
on w Clayton avenue, has moved in
to the Reece Haines property on
! Chestnut street.
Miss Marguerite Morley, of Phila-
delphia, spent part of last week with
Rev. w. F. Nelson and family, at
the Presbyterian parsonage.
Walter White and family have gone
to housekeeping in Samuel Silver's
house in North Clayton.
G. W. Wright has enrolled with
| the International Correspondence
! schools. He is taking banking and
brokerage.
| We haven't heard thing of our
Lire company or the new fire house
lAproject for over two years. Why can't
lsClayton as we'll as Pitman and We
snonah have an up-to-date fire house
Esand company? Perhaps disastrous
ifire in the borough will awaken the
citizens all too late. Get busy!
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One of the houses belonging to the
Stephen Greene estate, in Wenonah,