Gloucester County Democrat., 1909-07-15
PITMAN.


Through mishap p. H. Focer has
been greatly disabled and still walks
with the aid of cane.
The DeMaris family held their fam
ily reunion at Alcyon Park yesterday,
Wednesday.
Harry Pancoast broke ground on
Monday for the fine new residence he
will build on North Broadway
James Riley had the pleasure last
week Of welcoming his brother-in-law
and sister, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles, of
Kokomo, Ind.
Herman Hurff's new house on Ell
wood avenue is completed
1t is said that fifty members of the
East Park. Phila., M. e. Church are
summering here.
Miss Dorothy Lighcap, of Spring
City, Pa, is visiting Miss Anna Nc
Clelland
The name of the Ray Mfg. Co. has
been changed to s. E. Gilbert & Son.
Judge Jones and family of Camden,
and Pitman, are spending few weeks
at Mount Gretna, Pa.
S. P. Clark goes down to Atlantic
City practically every Sunday to get
a sniff of salt air.
Ben. Lord, Jr., and family, of Phila.,
visited his parents on Sunday.
Mrs. Laura Poole and son, and Miss
Ida Fricke are spending the month
of July in the West.
The stork brought 'the finest little.
girl in Gloucester county" to the home
of A. Buys on July 4th..
Mr.. and Mrs. j. c. Rulon and son
Harry spent Sunday in Pleasantville
and Atlantic City
Miss Florence Dave is organist and
j Miss Rilla Lord pianist in the NJ. E.
1Church during July and August.
4 The Pitman base ball team is fine
4 aggregation this year and have beaten
some fthe crack teams of Phila and
4 other points.
4 The Ushers' Union have organized
a ball club. VIM T. B. Roberts & Son
have donated them the use of a plot
of ground
Hon. Clarence ID. Antrim, select
councilman of Phila., and family are
boarding at Hotel Pitman for the sum
mer.
4 The Baptist Sunday school enjoyed
4 a picnic at Fries Mill on Saturday.
4 They wished to take the children
hWhere there was no money to be spent
|. but lots of fun to be had
An interesting game of base ball
takes place this Thursday evening
at the Athletic grounds. One team
will be composed of high school girls
and the other of young men who must
be dressed in skirts, and pitch, throw
and bat with the left hand.
The Ladies Auxiliary of Fire Co.
No. have raised over $500 for the
company this year. The following
officers were elected last week: Pres,
Mrs Theodore Read; vice pres, Mrs.
Omar Baker; sec'y, Miss Sadie L.
Peterson; asst, Miss Daisy Goodwin;
treas, Miss Anna B. McClelland.
For some time past there has been
no public pump in town and William
Kerns, on behalf of the S. P. G. A..
requested Council Monday evening to
take up the matter. 1t was referred
to the committee on water A pub
lie fountain has been spoken of re-
peatedly, but the project has lacked
a promoter. 1t is likely to go thru
either by Council of the people.
While Ralph Porch and Charles
Weatherby were riding in the latter's
gasoline buggy Thursday afternoon
the steering gear of the vehicle broke,
and Mr.. Porch jumped out breaking
a leg. He was hurled to Cooper hos
p1tal, where he is doing nicely. Mrs.
Weatherby escaped injury, but the
fore wheels of the buggy were badly
broken
The Ladies' Auxiliary of the Pit
man Fire Patrol held reception at
the casino Wednesday evening last.
Mr.. DeMar, the Record cartoonist, was
the chief entertainer and delighted all
with his sketches E. Lippincott gave
a recitation which Mr. DeMar illus
trated as the elocutionist delivered it.
The contract for the paving on the
various streets approved by Council
was given on Monday evening to
Pomelear Bros. There was but one
other bidder, Mr. Martin. His bid was
seven cents per square foot for ce-
ment and gravel. Pomelear Bros. bid
eight cents for cement and gravel and
nine cents for Stag or crushed stone.
AS crushed stone had been used in all
former work Council was chary of any
thing else and gave Pomelear Bros.
the contract at nine cents
For years Pitman Young America"
have considered the early hours of
July Fourth the opportunity in which
to perpetrate pranks exceeding those
of Hallow cen, but they went too far
this year, particularly at Alcyon Park
Besides other pranks manure spread
er was run down the hill into some
low ground along the lake. When
they received the ultimatum of re-
placing it or suffer something worse
it was done, but one remarked that it
wasn't nearly SO much fun as putting
it there.
The program for the camp meeting
has been issued and shows very little
change from former years. The open
ing sermon will be delivered by Dis
trict Superintendent N J. Wright, Mon
day morning, July 2Sth Rev. G. J.
Fowler, D. D., who was here last year
will speak every afternoon The
leaders of the various auxiliary ser