Gloucester County Democrat., 1909-07-01
SWEDESBORO.

SpeuQluS a. lew days dt the Auu5 VI
/ their cousin. MIR. William Winter, near
| Swedesboro.
Miss Eana I.eneacre, Miss Alice Lip
pincott and Miss Audrey Dakes are
visiting at the home of REV. Peter Pro-
Iyost, at Atoorestown.
Mrs. Robert Crater and children, of
PottstoWn, Pa, are visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. Edgar Dilks.
1 At a meeting of the Swedesboro
Board of Protectors recently appointed
! by Mayor DeGrofft, formal organiza-
| ton was effected by the election of
/ I. Fitzgeorge as clerk The Board will
meet on the first Tuesday night of each
month.
During the thunder storm on last
Friday, the barn on the farm of Frank
Brenneis, of RepaupC was struck by
lightning and burned to the ground.
Mr.. Brenneis was standing in the
shed door at his house when the bolt
struck the barn and with his hired
man rushed to save his stock but
found two horses dead. Two were got
ten out alive. Nothing else was saved.
The barn was insured in the Grange.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Shoemaker, of
Woodstown, were guests of their niece
/ Mrs. Geo. w. Pither, on Wednesday.
The sad news reached here on Tues
day of the death of Mrs. Mary Black,
wife of Thomas j. Black, of Timnath,
Col, who died suddenly on Monday
night of abscess of the brain. She
was the daughter of the late Rev. j.
/ p Connolly, a minister of the New
Jersey Conference. Her remains are
expected to arrive in Phila. on Satur-
/ day and the funeral will take place at
the home of her aged mother in Pal
myra The husband is the son of the
/ late Thomas J. Black, of this place,
and a brother of Frank Black and
Mrs. Alonzo Patterson, and Mrs Chas.
Hall, of Swedesboro, and of William
E. Black, of Salem. He has also a
sister, Mrs. Justice, living near Wood
bury, and two brothers in Phila.
Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Roe and chill
| dren and Mrs. Hannah Mickle, of Cam
den, have been guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
B. r. Moffett.
Washington Camp No. 80 P. o. S.
of A., of Swedesboro, has elected the
| following officers for the ensuing
term: Past President, William Nc
Cullough; President, Jacob S. Ware;
vice president, Frederick Richardette;
MASTER of forms, Benjamin Miller;
conductor, Roy Norcross; inspector,
William Frederick; guard, Austin Til
| tns: recording secretary, Alvin Youri-
son; assistant, Walter Simmerman;
financial secretary. William Murdoch;
treasurer, Albert Madara; chaplain,
Charles Gibson; representatives, Isaac
McCollister,' Walter Sinmerman, ]. S.
Ware. Clarence Headley, Edward
Wright.
Mrs. Frank Justice, of Glenside,
Pa, has been spending a few days
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. James
S. Hortman.
Mrs. Ella Vanaman and her daugh-
ter Lille of Bridgeton, are spending
sometime with relatives here.
Mrs. Leslie w. Springer, of Phila-
delphia, spent a few days last week
with her aunt, Mrs. Geo. w. Pither.
Mr.. and Mrs. Godfrey Chard and
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John Chard at
Bridgeton last week.
Mrs. Anna Zane has been spending
sometime with. relatives and friends
in Camden.
Mr.. and Mrs. Biddle R. Moffett, have
been entertaining Mr.. and Mrs. G. A.
Roe and children. and Mrs. Hannah
Mickle OF Camden.
Mr.. E. E. Lowe, returned on Sat
urday from stay of several months
in the South, where he has been doing
a commission business in shipping
produce to Philadelphia and Eastern
cities.
Mrs. Clarence Nixon is entertaining
her mother, Mrs. Johnson, of Ocean
City.
William Chard and wife have gone
to spend several weeks at Wildwood.
Mrs William Murdoch has been
Ruth Stratton of Camden.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Mayhew spent
Thursday of last week in Salem at
tending the commencement exercises
of the High School where their neph-
ew, Hartley c. Powell, was graduated
with high honors. Paul Drummond,
son of Conductor, Geo. Drummond,
formerly of Swedesboro, was also
graduated. Congratulations Paul.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Horner, have
been entertaining their granddaughter
the daughter of DR.. and Mrs. Allen B.
Black, of Paulsboro.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob S. Ware, re-
turned on Monday from Barnegat,
where he has been employed in the
glass works, for several weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Cottren of Bar
negat, are spending sometime with
relatives here.
Mr.. Frederick Haas met with a
serious accident on Tuesday morning
of last week. Being awakened from
his sleep by the barking of his dog
at three o'clock he went to his barn
to find his horse down with its leg
fastened under BEAM In trying to
extricate the animal, it threw it's
head over against Mr.. Haas leg break
ing both bones below the knee. The
break was a bad one and DR.. Vernon
E. DeGrofft took his patient to Cooper
hospital. Latest adyices are that he
is not making as satisfactory i'm
provement as could be desired
Miss Mollie B. Decker, of Atlantic
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