Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1909-05-20
SWEDESBORO.

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| Rev. G. A. Behringer, rector of Trim
! ity Episcopal Church, will deliver the
Memorial Day address here.
| Mrs. Wilbert Batten spent Wednes-
day with Mr.. Jeffrey G. Batten and
/ family at Woodbury.
| A meeting was held in Guests Hall
on Tuesday evening to make arrange
ments for the proper observance of
Memorial Day, and the usual commit
! tee were elected.s The place for hold
/ ing the services has not yet been de-
cided on.
The commencement exercises of the
Swedesboro public school will be held
| in Guests Hall on Wednesday evening,
May .26th Teachers and pupils are
busy preparing fine program. Re-
served seat tickets will be on sale at
Guests drug store.
Mrs. Ruth NIcCollister has been
| spending ten days with relatives at
Bridgeton and Bayside.
Mrs Bertha Long, of Philadelphia,
| is spending some time with her cou-
sin, Miss Lucy A. Welsh.
| Miss Elsie Headley, a teacher in one
of the Philadelphia public schools, is
very i'll at the home of her father, Mr..
| Allen Headley, here, with prospect
| of not being able to resume her duties
for several weeks.
| Miss Margaret Vandersloot, an en-
ployee of the Bell Telephone Co., has
| been quite IL, and unable to be in the
Office for the last six weeks.
Mr.. Henry Justice, son of the late
Isaac Justice, of this place, died at
his home at Harrisonville on Tuesday
| of last week. He leaves a widow, a
daughter and two sons. His funeral
| took place here on Friday morning,
with services in the Episcopal Church,
and interment in the Episcopal ceme-
terry.
Miss Ella Citizens, who has been
spending a few weeks in Swedesboro,
| has gone for visit with her cousin,
Mrs. Mary Bouslog, in New York, and
later will leave for England, where
! she expects to spend the summer.
Detective and Mrs. H. G. Garrison
| have returned home after spending
several weeks with their daughter,
Mrs. William A. Sailer, at Baltimore.
On Sunday evening, at about $50
o'clock, the town was startled by the
shrill shrieks of the glass house
whistle and the ringing of the fire
bell, telling of trouble, which it did
not take long to locate, as bright
| light down in the glass house yard
| showed that a shack occupied by the
| Italian workmen was on fire. The
| fire company and citizens quickly re-
sponded to the call, and in a few min
utes the fire was under control, only
1o1f Of hui i'm tkair h1Ir cd
After deluging the place with water
! the firemen retired on being assured
that a Waterman would be kept on
| guard, and the excited citizens sought
their homes and beds, only to be
aroused shortly after a. m. by the
ringing again of the fire bell, and the
fire company again had to fight fire in
the same place, which this time de-
stroyed the rest of the building, and
ruined considerable glass stacked in
the yard. The fact that the fire was
very near the large oil tank that sup
| plies the factory, caused a great deal
of anxiety among the residents OF
| Broad street, near the scene of the
trouble, lest the tank explode, in which
case disastrous fire would have re-
suited Numerous theories are adj
vanced as to the cause of the fire,
and the company is being criticised
for not. blowing the whistle sooner af-
ter the second alarm, as it did not
sound until after the firemen arrived
and had their hose attached.
Mrs Martha Norton, wife of Elmer
W. Norton, and daughter of the late
John Tonkin, of Philadelphia, died at
| her home here on Saturday after a
| lingering Illness. Her funeral took
place on Tuesday at her late home,
and interment was made in Lake Park
cemetery.