Gloucester County Democrat., 1909-04-22
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PITMAN.


| The Fire Patrol are taking measures
| to become incorporated.
| Isaac Bowers has had his residence
freshly painted.
| DIR. Rufus Reed is building three
new cottages on Lake avenue.
| Jos. Carr's carload of horses were
brought in Sunday evening.
S. X. Crothers is having a new dwell
ling built on Kenton avenue.
G. S. Prosser has bought ten acres
of ground on the Carey tract.
Mrs. j. w Clark's new dwelling on
Oak avenue is completed.
The Round Table club were enter
tained by Miss Bessie Lefeyre Tues
day evening.
Mr.. Justice is constantly making
improvements at Glen Lake.
Monday afternoon the mercury reg
istered IS degrees, and at the same
hour Tuesday AZ degrees.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thompson Allen, of
Woodbury., were guests of J. G. Rulon
and family on Sunday.
John Copper and Jos. Ware will ad-
dress the mems meeting next Sunday
afternoon
Mr. and Mrs. Wadsworth Cresse
were Sunday guests of relatives at
West Chester.
The Usher's Union met at the home
of the president, Edward w. Smith, on
Friday evening.
We hear that J. D. Kelly has been
i'll at his Philadelphia home for sew
eral days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vernon D. Clark are
costly located in their new home on
Simpson avenue.
Oliver Pimm and family have been
spending several days with Samuel
Pimm, of Harrisonville.
District Superintendent N. ]. Wright
delivered very able sermon in the
NJ e. Church Sunday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Campbell, of
Pleasantville, visited his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Jos. Campbell, over Sunday.
The Honeybrook Realty Company
have completed their first dwelling at
Glen Lake.
Mrs. C. w. Elkinton, of Mullica Hill,
and Mrs. Edward Burning, of Glass
boro, were calling on Pitman friends
Monday afternoon.
Rev. Mr. Morgan, of the New York
Conference, with Mrs. Morgan, has
been visiting his parents and sister
who reside here.
Rene Clark, cashier of the Fourth
Street National Bank, Phila, has OPEN
ed his summer home on Highland
Terrace.
4 The Glassboro male quartette at
/ the NJ E. Church and gave two well
rendered selections. 70
The Council appropriations for the
ri
board have not yet given out the
amount they will need.
We understand the opening exer
k|cises of the new school building will
fbe held on May Is, and not on Decora-
Ition Day as at first announced. &c
+ Rev J. r. Thompson, of the New
Jersey Conference, expects to build
lon Oak avenue which is frequently
called Preachers Row on account of
the ministers already located there
aor who expect to spend their declining
years there. ca
The Ladies' Guild of the Chapel of
the Good Shepherd served a fine chick
en- salad supper Saturday evening and
| it was we'll patronized. On Friday
Mrs. L. N. Slaughter sold at her resi-
dence fifty quarts OF chicken soup and
could not supply the demand.
Harry Whitsall, who has been clerk
/ ing for Harry Cresse, has bought out
Mr.. Crosses grocery business and the
latter will devote his attention to the
sale of drygoods, shoes, etc. The large
store has been partitioned off into two
new stores.
The Board of Health took up the
question of Chas. Kersey's slaughter
M Il n
settled it to the satisfaction of the
nearby residents. After June flrst
Mr.. Kersey will have to slaughter all
animals other than swine outside the
borough limits.
DR.. Carr's handsome new house is
in the hands of the fnishers. A re-
tanning wall exactly like the stone
work of the dwelling is being laid
around his grounds which cover four
lots. One would have to go quite
long distance to find a house its equal
and it reflects much credit upon the
artistic sense of the doctor and OF the
builder, Mr.. Lacy.
Rev. Frederick Blaser, of Philadel-
phia, has preached SO acceptably to
the congregation of the local Baptist
Church several times that he has been
called as the regular pastor anu mas
accepted Mr.. Blaser is a young man
and ought to meet with good success
here.
Each general merchant of the town
i has received letters or postals read
ing We'll be back" or 'tWill be to
see you soon, etc. Harry Cresse re-
ceived one and took it as a joke, but
when on Saturday morning he found
his store had been entered Friday
might and shoes, clothing and groceries
were missing, he thought it other than
joke. The town has been annoyed
| by several so called gypsies who have
been going from door to door on the
pretext of telling fortunes, and it is
| thought they may be acting as spoilers
for an organized band. The missives
have been mailed from New York,
Hudson Terminal and Rochester.