Gloucester County Democrat., 1909-04-15
LOCAL BRIEFS.

J been secured to furnish the music here
on Memorial Day.
The high wind of last week blew
down the grandstand at the West End
base ball ground. co
Chas. w. Knight has sold several
flve-acre tracts of land along the rail
road to Philadelphians. szo 4
Mrs. Emaline Batten, of Hunter
street. is spending a week with her
daughter in New York City.
Mrs. Roberts and children, of New
York, have been the guests of Mrs.
Clement Reeves, of Delaware street.
Raymond Burke left yesterday for
Holly Beach, where he will learn car
penting.
e. d. Saint has moved from the
Clement property on Cooper street to
his summer home near Almonesson.
Miss Bessie Dunham, of Millville,
has been recently visiting Miss Vir-
gle Andrews, of Hopkins street.
The April meeting of the City
Board of Education will be held to-
night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jerre Daniel have
returned to Woodbury. after spending
the winter in New Hampshire.
The Misses Tomlin have had their
home and store on North Broad street
painted.
If the. rain had only preceded the
wind. the farmers would have been
better pleased.
IMr. Taylor, the grocer, moved to
Berlin Tuesday, where he will have
charge of a Child's branch.
: The Woodbury. and Gloucester
turnpike is being re-surfaced with
stone -~- -e~0
Miss M. Margaret Rogers young
friends gave her surprise kitchen
Shower last Thursday night, and made
The occasion a merry event.
The high wind of the past few
days has done incalcuable damage to
county roads, in many instances tax
ing off all the surface binder.-S x~@
&c. c. Leonard, of Thorofare, has
sold his driving horse, and now it. is
question whether he is going afoot
or in an automobile.
Edward Dillon, Jr., student of
Princeton University, has been spend
ing the Easter holidays with his par
ents.
"A remonstrance is said to be-
forming against the renewal of the
license of the hotel at Mullica Hill by
the court at the May term.
Sheriff Wilson postponed the sale
of the Alvin H. Davis properties at
Wenonah, advertised to take place
last Monday, for one week.
Following is the score made at
Woodbury. Gun Club shoot last Satur-
day: Wakemen, 20; Green, 19; Hurff,
is; Kirk, 18; Holland, 16; Feltman, 13
Joseph D. Oliphant, an assistant
foreman of the w. ]. & s. R. R., has
moved from Elmer to house on Glass
boro ave.
The services in all the churches
were we'll attended on Sunday. The
special attraction was the music which
was well rendered and unusually fine.
Thomas & Watkins, contractors of
Woodbury., have been awarded the con
tract for building a sewage disposal
plant at NIillville. Price $22, ,224
The fire company was called out
last Friday evening to put out fire
in the chimney of B. Warner on West
IL
aid of the extinguishers.
In stating the result of A. C. Har-
ker's horse sale last week we said the
maximum price at which horses We're
sold was $225, when we should have
have said $255.
Mrs. Henry PratIey, of Hopkins
street, is entertaining her nephew,
Thomas McEwan, who has just come
from Scotland, to make America his
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Bean en-
tertained the bridal party of the Shaw
Rogers wedding at dinner last Sat
lrday evening.
Mr.. NJ w. Newton was in Wood
bury on Monday making arrangements
to erect several houses on Hopkins
street. He prefers to sell the lots,
but failing in that builds houses which
rent readily.
The County Road Committee open
ed bids for repairing theWestville road
with Amicite on Tuesday, and Stanley
being the lowest bidder, will recon-
mend that the contract be awarded to
him. The bid was $3500-$400 less
than the estimated cost
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs
John Sharp of Hessian ave., on We'd
nesday. This makes Mrs. Harry
sharp grandmother, Mrs. Merritt
Pierce a great grandmother, and John
sharp, of Swedesboro, a great grand
father.
The Lydia Redfeld property on
Cooper street has been rented by Jos
II. Williams, of Tunkhannock, Pa.
who will help f. E Allen in his coal
business. Mr.. Williams comes to us
with a good recommendation as
business man and citizen.
Public school examinations thro
out the county will be held the weel
beginning May 8. The Eighth Grade
examination will be given IN the Iol
lowing centres: Clayton, Glassboro
MuIlica Hill, Paulsboro, Swedesboro
WiIliamstown, and Woodbury., and vii
he in charge of the Supervising Prln'