Gloucester County Democrat., 1909-03-25
LOCAL BRIEFs.

is giving us cold reception.
Charles " Marcus is painting the
letter boxes in the city.
Several small farms are advertised
for sale in this issue.
Mrs. W. E. Reynolds is building
"A summer residence at Wildwood
Crest.
Miss Emma Price, of Atlantic City
is visiting Miss Anna Estell of Curtis
ave.
Miss Helen Diverty, of Groveville,
is spending some time with her uncle,
DR.. Henry B. Diverty, of Cooper st.
The interior of Child's store has
been refreshened by coat of paint.
sChilds color-yellow.
A lot on West street has been pur-
chased by John Schloer, who will
build house in the near future.
Councilman Coombs has awarded
the contract for his new house to JOS.
B. Best. of this city.
Mrs. Mary keenan,, of Phila., is
visiting her sister, Mrs. Thomas Muir
ray, on Salem ave.
The joint session of the legisla-
.ture on Tuesday elected Mr.. A. L.
Hoffman, of Clarksboro, a Commits
sioner of Deeds.
MIR. and Mrs. - Fogg and daugh
-er, of Boston, spent few days this
week with Councilman E. E. Pierce
and family.
Cox Bros, of Paulsboro, delivered
"a new farm wagon to Mr.. Andes Budd
yesterday, 27a inch axle and inch
tire.
in case the borough of Westville
is created, we are informed the capital
of Deptford township will be New
Sharon.
Pastor Reynolds, of the First Bap-
list Church, will deliver the baccal-
-aureate sermon to the graduates of
Woodbury. High School this year.
-Chas. Hugh Shaw, Phi. D., will de-
liver a stereopticon lecture, "A Sum
ner in the Alps" in the Central Bap-
tist Church, Monday evening, April
5, next. Admission 20e, children 10c.
Miss Bessie Warrich, a teacher
in Woodbury., was called to her home
in Nedford last week on account of
death occurred Monday.
Woodbury. Board of Education is
.officered same as last year-President
Underwood; vice president, Hughes;
clerk, DR.. T. E. Parker; board of
school estimate, S. B. Burkett and J..
T. Wickersham.
Col. G. G. Green has been clean
ing things up along Lake Drive, which
now opens up one of the prettiest land
scapes of our city. 1t is reported that
the colonel is not yet through with
this class of improvements.
Casper Budd has resided on the
Spring Lane farm 72 years to-day. He
took up his residence there at the age
of nine months, and has been a good
boy, neighbor and citizen ever since,
and is young man yet.
"A false alarm from box No. 81
called our department out on Tues
day afternoon. People in the vicin-
ity say crowd of boys scampered
away when they saw what had hap
pened. This nice (?) Spring weather
seems to call the boys to mischief.
We had the honor yesterday of
presenting to Mrs. Elizabeth Redrow
who was born April 1, 1910, silver
half dollar coined the year of her
OAA Ll1s AO CO1lA 10 pOllCCt, anu WI
IDENTITY been little used. 1t was hand
ed to us for that purpose by Merchant
VIM. Watson, of Paulsboro, who took
the coin over his counter years ago,
and preserved it on account of it's age
and perfect condition. The news item
giving Mrs. Redrow's age met his
eye few days ago, and he concluded
she ought to have it.
James Sweeten moved from Ped
ricktown to Penns grove yesterday.
Mr.. Sweeten has lived in Pedricktown
forty years, in which interval besides
building up great mercantile estab-
lishment, he has held most of the inn
portant township Offices. He is yet
in good health and regularly attends
directors meetings in the Farmers and
Mechanics bank, in this city. He will
spend the summer months at Wild
wood His son, P. P. Sweeten, is his
successor in business.
Last week we noted that Mr. G.
w. Knight had lost his pocket book
containing money and valuable papers.
A few days after one of his men saw
the colored boy who ungeared his
horse and carried in the robes that
day have five dollar bill, and told
Mr.. Knight Mr.. K cornered the boy
and he finally admitted that when he
took the robe out of the wagon the
pocket book fell on the ground, and
he kept it. When plowing he buried
the papers under a furroW, but kept
the money All but $4 was recovered
Business men who receive asche-
du1e for report of their freight ship
ments to and from Woodbury., from
Mr.. E. C. Leeds, chairman of the
Waterways Committee of the City
Board o Trade, will aid the effort to
secure the opening of Woodbury. river
by promptly filling same out and
mailing it to Mr.. Leeds. This is by
far the most important work UNDER
taken by this organization, and if it
be accomplished, this Board will have
justified its existence, if it do nothing
else. The files of this paper of 1879
show that we then had an established