Gloucester County Democrat., 1909-06-24

o. Oidu IloIhCf anu iclllily dIt tl1JDy-
i ing their summer home On West ave.
The merry -go-round gave Mrs. Jos.
Carr birthday surprise Saturday
evening.
The mems meeting Sunday after
4 noon was addressed by DR.. Myron
Bigsby and L. G. Bright
/ P. S. Scott has purchased a fine
Buick automobile of Agent Wilson, of
Woodbury..
H. G. Dearborn has been quite i'll,
i but is now able to walk to his lumber
i yard.
Thermometers registered 50 degrees
early Saturday morning and 90 Mon
/ day afternoon
James Metmsty is building new
| house on Cedar avenue.
A. j. Trucksess has rented Harvey
Snyders property on South Broadway
| for a year
DR.. Seymour Percival has been in
Florida taking the State examination
/ for dentists.
Mrs. ]. G. Wilson sang a beautiful
solo Sunday evening in the M. E.
| Church
l. The Glassboro male quartette sang
at the mems meeting Sunday afternoon
Eand at the evening service in the M.
: council ans Ill has ordered Vest Holly ave.
Pitman ave and Broadway sprinkled
when needful.
A reward has been offered by Coun-
Gil for the apprehension of any one
found guilty of breaking electric light
bulbs.
Volunteer Fire Co, No were guests
of the Audubon Fire Co. on Saturday,
| the occasion of housing their new ap-
! paratus
Council will place several metallic
| baskets on the streets as receptacles
/ for waste materials.
Rev. Mr.. Kemper, of Phila., address
| ed the congregation of the Chapel of
i the Good Shepherd Sunday morning
and evening
P. w. Hirst and family, of Camden,
will open their summer home next
week. Mr.. Hirst has been in Texas
| for few weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Springer en-
i tertained about twenty ladies of the
w. F. M. S., of Broadway NJ. E. Church
4 of Camden on Wednesday
Miss Emma Fries and Miss Mabel
McSurley, both of Phila., were guests
of Mrs. Annie Fries a part of last
week.
+ Council will pay the turnpike COM
Npany $50, half cost of moving the toll
Egate back from the sidewalk 20
A pest in the shape of innumerable
lice, is destroying the foliage of treesx
particularly Norway maple shade trees
Adam Geibel, the blind musician of
Phila., will speak and sing at the
mems meeting next Sunday afternoon,
and will also sing at the evening ser
vice.
Rev. A. A. Arthur, pastor of the 18th
| st. and Columbia ave. NJ. E. Church,
| Phila., has rented the Loland property
on Cedar ave.
Horse racing on the turnpike north
1lof the town is common event. There
lis quite number of speedy hOrses
There, and some with good records,
Hand friendly brush is of frequent
Occurrence.
1 Miss Lizzie MCGOWAN, head nurse
at the Beaver Falls, Pa, hospital, is
spending three weeks vacation with
relatives here except few days spent
at resorts in Maine.
Miss Eckhardt and mother, of Dal--
myra, have moved to their new home
/ with Miss Anna Williams. Miss Eek
i ldruL Will J0dCu III Jul puDiiS SSHooA
the coming year
4 Carlton Harris, son of Walter 9.
/ Harris, Esq, and grandson of Rev. D.
B. Harris, will accompany Rev. j. H.
/ Hackenburg, of Phila., on a trip thru
Europe. They will leave on Saturday
/ of this week.
AS no objection has yet been made,
and the ordinance has passed second
reading, cement walks will most prob
! ably be laid on the following streets:
Oak, Mt. Vernon, McClelland, Highland
Terrace from Holly to Pitman, Fern
wood from Holly to Pitman, and Holly
1 avenue from Summit to FernwoOd.
The picnic of Pitman Fire ca. No.
at Alcyon Park on Wednesday was a
success in every way, and the company
! is several hundred dollars better off.
! The base ball game which was walk
| over for Glassboro drew a good crowd,
and enough contestants entered the
| various races to make them interest
| ing. The relay race for fire COM
panies was won by No 2 of Pitman.
4 wheelbarrow by Charles Cresse; 100
| yd dash, Cooper Rogers; one mile free
4 for all, Ollie Strong; hat. coat and
shoe, McFadden: 100 yd dash free for
all, Marshall; relay, Maurice Parker.
| In the tug of war between Westville
and Glassboro the former won. Chas.
/ Devaul captured the pig. Cups were.
i given as prizes for the principal
events, and pen knives for the others.
1 About three hundred and fifty supper
tickets were sold The entertainment
! Qargely home talent) given in the ca
sino in the evening drew full house.
| One of the best features on the pro-
/ pram was singing by quartette COM
posed of Mrs. Emma F. Rihl, soprano,
of Phila., Mrs. j. l.. Johnson, contralto,
of Pitman, assisted by two gentlemen
fran Phila.
The closing exercises of the class
of 1909 of the Pitman public school
were held in the M. E. Church Thurs
day evening. The program was a good
one, and the graduates made credit
| able showing. The invocation was
made by Rev. Frederick Balser. The