Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1909-06-17
PITMAN.


The mems meeting last Sunday was
addressed by G. r. Dankworth and
Harry Atkinson
Harry Crosse has rented one of A..
P. Gardeners houses on Simpson ave.,
and moved in on Tuesday
Mrs. p. S. Scott and children have
been spending two weeks with her
| parents, at Dividing Creek.
w. C. K. Walls, one of our best
known summer residents is now here
for the season.
Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Helmbold are
occupying their West ave. cottage.
| Camden's City Recorder, o. Glenn
Stackhouse, is down for the season.
John Kerns bought the small school
1 building at public sale Saturday for
| $500. He has thirty days in which
to move it.
John Langham has purchased an
automobile and e. L. Lacy is giving
him lessons in handling it.
Prof ]. Lincoln Hall is planning a
great musical treat to be given the
latter part of the season.
Bunting was waving from flag poles
! and dwellings on Monday in honor of
Flag Day. 70
Chas E. Lane and family, of Cam
den have opened their summer home
on East ave.
The Pitman Building and Loan AssO
| CT alton, which is a healthy financial
institution, will open the seventh SER
| les on the 25th.
Children's Day services were held
in the churches Sunday and the build
| ings were prettily decorated for the
occasion.
The Travellers Social Club, of Phila.
4 had fine time at Alcyon Park Satur-
4 day and praise unstintingly the excel
lent banquet served by Manager Carp
| Capt. J. B. Hills family are again
summering at their Holly ave. cottage.
The captain is commander of the
| liner Merton.
Ten pale faces were initiated into
Itaska Tribe T. o. R. nj. Wednesday
evening, and Judging by the sounds
emanating from the lodge room one
| would suppose the candidates had
need of nerve tonic.
A large number of invited guests
helped Mrs. Isaac r. Robinson cele-
brate her fiftieth birthday anniversary
Tuesday evening at the Robinson
home on Highland Terrace. Mrs. Rob
inson received a number of pretty
gifts and many wishes for future hap
Ply years.
Hirst & Hewitt, merchant tailors,
| 1926 Chestnut street, Phila., will give
a choice of $40 mixed suit to the
member of the Pitman baseball team
who makes the greatest number of
hits during the season which closes
| Sept 4
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| Prof. George Ashley, of the Boys
High School, Phila., will give the adj
| dress to the graduates at the closing
exercises of the Pitman grammar
school to be held in the M. E. Church
this, Thursday, evening.
An ice cream social was given on
w. F. Brandes' lawn Saturday evening
| for the benefit of the Chapel of the
Good Shepherd The place was beau
| tifully lighted with electricity and
Japanese lanterns.
Invitations are out for the marriage
| of Miss Emily Iona Goodwin to Mr..
| Joseph Madara Campbell Wednesday
| evening, June twenty-third, at eight
o'clock, at the residence of the brides
/ father, Mr.. Thomas A. Goodwin, on
South Broadway.
The Preston Halter nuptials in the
Baptist Church Saturday afternoon
were very pretty affair, and the
church was filed with invited guests.
| A reception was held on the lawn at
the Halter residence after the cere-
mony. About six o'clock the brides
uncle asked the newly-wedded pair to
take a ride about town, and they con-
scented with seeming reluctance, but
when they did not return it dawned
on the guests that they were cheated
out of the fun of speeding them away
on the train
Mr.. Nathan Richmond, fifty-eight
years of age, died on Wednesday after
noon after long illness. Funeral
services were held in the M. E.
Church Saturday afternoon and inter
ment was made at Clayton. The Fire
Patrol, of which he was member,
attended the services in body. Mr..
Richmond was summer policeman
here for years and was quite popular.
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