Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1911-12-28
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week.
Mr.. and Mrs. 1. H. Davidson, Jr.,
! of Mt. Royal, entertained family
/ party at Christmas dinner at their
home on Monday last.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Eldridge and
family spent the Christmas holidays
with Mr.. and Mrs. F. D. Paulin, in
Bridgeton and attended the wedding
of Mr.. Frederic James Carrick, of
Dumfurlin, Scotland to Miss Ella G.
Parsons, of Bridgeton, while there.
The topic of the Epworth League
in the NJ. e. Church on Sunday even
ing, Dec. Bird, will be: Reasoning
from Blessed Present to Glorious
Future and Mrs. Agnes Dufield
| will lead the meeting. All invited.
/ Rev. and Mrs. j. r. vannatta at
tended the Christmas entertainment
at the Jefferson Church on Saturday
evening last.
Mr.. William Haines of Mickieton,
with his usual generosity, supplied
the schools in the township with boxes
of candy and nuts at the close OF
school for the Christmas holidays.
The children have learned to look for
this fine treat as he has SO often done
! it before.
The remains of Mrs. Catherine AL
were brought to Clarksboro, on Fri
day last and services were held in
the NJ. E.. Church and interment made
in the church yard.
Mr.. H. G.. Green spent Thursday
in Philadelphia and visited his broth
er, Charles Green, who has been sick
for some time and is now being treat
ed in the Methodist Hospital at Broad
land Wolf streets.
Our rural mail carrier, Mr.. Geo.
Walter, will have New Years Day as
holiday. Any one wishing their
mail will call for it at the postoffice.
Mrs. Lizzie Lock and son Harry
spent over Sunday and Christmas
Day with her sister, in Dividing Creek.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Kircher, of Mt.
Royal, and mother, Mrs. Rachel Stew
art, of Mickleton, spent the Christ
mas holidays with Mr.. and Mrs Fl.
Friant, at Baltimore, Md.
| Mr.. A. F. Hoffman spent Christ
mas with Mr.. and Mrs. Elwood
AuduiS, dt Inc Ouu SilOWS 11OlHc, at
! Trenton.
The Ladies Aid of the Clarksboro
M. E. Church, will meet at the par
sonage on Tuesday evening, January
End All members and friends are
cordially invited to be present.
! Mr.. and Mrs. Will Hoffman enter
tanned at Christmas dinner on Monday
Mrs. James Hoffman, Sr, N. P. Hoff-
man. Miss Anna Moore, Miss Hannah
( Moore, of Clarksboro, and Mr.. and
Mrs. James Hoffman, Jr., of Mickle-
| ton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Green and
daughters, Elizabeth and Rebecca, of
Mt. Royal, are spending the week
with Mrs. Green's sister, Mrs. Jack
son, at Asbury Park.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Weatherby
and Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Wealth
| erby and children, Grace and En-
mund, of Clarksboro, spent Christmas
Day the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Thos
Lawrence, in Philadelphia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Shoemaker
moved into their new house recently
purchased of Mrs. J. Howard O'Brien,
on Railroad avenue, Clarksboro, on
Tuesday of last week.
Mr. and Mrs. John Sickler and
family, of Dorchester, were visitors
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
Sickler, at Clarksboro, on Christmas
Day.
Miss Elva Kingsbury, of Clarks-
boro, was the recipient of a hand
some new piano as Christmas gift
Mr.. and Mrs. William Cook and
family were entertained at Christmas
dinner at the home of their uncle,
Charles Eastlack, at Woodbury..
The stork has been busy making
Christmas gifts in our community,
having presented Mr.. and Mrs. Chas.
Kirkbride, of Clarksboro, with a
sweet little girl, and Mr.. and Mrs.
| Howard Stewart, with five-pound
| boy last week.
The Christmas entertainment in
| the children doing their part and al
/ though the evening was very unpleas-
ant the church was well filled. The
one feature of the evening was the
| presentation of a beautiful rocking
chair to the superintendent of the
Sunday school, l. II. Davidson, who
has been so faithful in the perform
ance of his duties for many years,
never being absent unless sick.
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| Constructive Work by Oregon Grange.
The grange Of the distant state OF
Oregon is doing some constructive
work in legislation. Acting under the
instructions of the state grange the
executive committee Of that organiza
! ton has prepared two good roads bills
which will be submitted to the voters
OF the state at the general election
next year. One provides for a state
highway commission. The other is
called the county bonding act The
former of the initiative bills provides
| that the commission shall consist OF
the governor, state engineer and at
torney general. and these viii! appoint