Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1909-06-17
THOROFARE.

Z. K. Wilkins sent basket of pep
pers to market on Monday. The first
heard from in this section.
At the business meeting of the Ep-
| worth League the dues of members
were changed from sixty cents a year
to twenty-five cents per. year. 1t was
decided to hold lawn social on Sat
urday, June 26th The next business
meeting of the League will be held
| the second Tuesday in July and will
be social and literary, after business
has been disposed Of
AT the Ladies' Aid on Tuesday af-
ternoon it was found that all the
aprons have been sold, and it was de-
cided TO order more bingham. Also
some Improvements in the parsonage
were agreed upon
Mrs. Ellis C. Reed was seized with
a severe attack of muscular rheuma-
tism on Sunday night, and is still very
| i'll.
| Eight children were christened
| in the st. Paul's NJ. E. Church by the
| Rev. J. Mercer Hunt on last Sunday
| morning: Frances Evelyn and Elmer,
children of Mr.. and Mrs. John Nolte;
Beatrice May infant daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Harry Human; Ernest Ray
mond, son of Mr.. and Mrs. J. Walter
! DeHart; Herbert and William, sons
of Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Leonard; FL
wood Henry, and Mary Margaret, chill
| dren of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Thomp-
son. Twenty-six probationers were
received into the regular membership
| of the church The pastor made a
| brief address to the parents of the
| baptiSed little ones, to those just re-
| ceived into full membership of the
| church, and to the graduating class
of the school, impressing upon the
\ last named the larger outgrowth of
knowledge into which they were en-
| tering, and the Importance of making
it an outgrowth in the christian graces
also. The children's entertainment
in the evening was called Summer
Flowers and Song" The music as
given by the choir was delightful.
THE children's hour was we'll given
by Miss Kizzie Wilkins. Blooming
all over" was sung by the primary
class. That's the kind of boys" was
given by two boys; "In His fold" was
a pretty exercise given by seven girls;
Conquer" was another pretty exer-
else by eight boys. A solo, Just be-
cause He loves us so" was beautifully
sung by Albert HenshaIl, Jr; God S
smile" was recited by Virginia Cloak
and Alice Windish gave I'm Gods Gar
den." Roses and Daisies" was a
| lovely drill given by twelve little
! girls-Florenee Wyne, Lyal Kircher.
Alice Windish, Elsie Densten, Kath
! ryn Feltman, Addie Clement, Mabel
Rambo, Laura Rambo, Pearl Chew,
! Lydia Gleason, Ethel Henshall, Vir-
ginia Cloak Each little girl was
dressed in white and wore a wreath
| of the flower which she represented,
and carried a long wand crowned with
| this flower The effect was so beau
| tiful that one regretted when the drill
was at an end. The children all did
well and many thanks are due Mrs.
Albert Henshall for the training given
them. Unfortunately the acoustics
of the church are SO much at fault
that what is said or sung loses half
| its value. The altar was richly
adorned with beautiful flowers.
! The graduates from the Thorofare
school who took part in the commence
ment exercises at Newbold on last
| Friday night were Miss Ethel Shuster
who gave an essay on Milton; Miss
| Margaretta Truncer, who recited
! Gray's "Elegy Written in Country
Churchyard," and Miss Mabel Clement,
who recited "The Maiden's Prayer"
Mr.. Charles w. Wilkins has receiv-
ed his official appointment as post
master at Thorofare. The term of
Office is for four years.
| A surgical operation was performed
upon Russell DeFart, aged five years,
the youngest child of Mr.. and Mrs. H.
A. DeHart on last Friday afternoon.
Dr. Campbell of Woodbury., had the
case in charge, and the operation was
| performed by surgeon from the
Hahnemann Hospital, in Philadelphia,
who brought his assistant with him,
and two trained nurses were in at
tendance. The operation was success
full, and the patient is doing we'll.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Smith, Nor
man and Alvin, from Westville, spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Scott
Rambo.
Miss Abbie A. Aughenbaugh, of
Gloucester City, and Mr.. Royal R.
Richards, of Thorofare, were married
on Wednesday afternoon, at the rec
/ tory of st. Mary's Church, in Glouces-
ter by the Rev. Alfred E. Scully, act
ing rector. The bride wore white silk
battiste, and hat of white lace and
carried bouquet of white bride roses.
The bridesmaid, Mary w. Powers, of
Thorofare, wore white silk battiste,
adorned with pink ribbons and white
hat trimmed with pink roses. Mr..
Charles L. Aughenbaugh, brother of
the bride, was best man. Showers of
rice and other wedding tokens greet
ed them at every possible point on
their way to their own home in Thoro-
fore. A grand reception and serenade
was given Mr.. and Mrs. Richards on
last Thursday night over which Mrs.
Mary Richards, the mother of Mr..
Royal R. Richards, presided. The
dining room, where delicious refresh
ments were served in lavish abund-
ance, was a dream of beauty and ar
tistic taste. The bridal bouquet of
white roses marked the head of the
table and roses roses roses followed