Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1911-12-14
CLAYTON.

Nathaniel Brown, who has con-
Quoted a grocery store here for the
past seventeen years, has purchased
a similar business in Jamesburg, N.
", where he and his family will move
in the near future.
Mr.. and Mrs. Simeon Peterson. of
Atlantic City, visited his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Daniel Peterson over Sun
day.
VIM Pierce, the appointed receiver
for the Moore Bros. Glass Co., took
charge of the plant last Monday
Miss Ethel Dubois, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Willard Dubois, was last
week married to George M Richard
After an extended trip through the
States they will return to Phila., and
make that city their home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer e. Smith, of
Atlantic City, have been spending
few days with Mrs. Chas. P. Crane.
The boys will hold another push
mobile race Saturday afternoon. Sew
eral merchants have offered cash
prizes as an inducement.
Mrs. Harry P. Crane was taken to
the Jefferson Hospital last Saturday
to be operated on for appendicitis,
but owing to her weakened physical
condition the operation has been de-
ferred
| The Wright & Crammer moving pic
hture auditorium is meeting with great
success. Every performance IS well
Eattended. 70
Every indication points to success
for the big Christmas dinner in town
hall. The people of the town are
working in common and are deter
mined to make this event ong re-
membered
The Opera House was crowded to
it's doors Tuesday evening when tue
Mozart Concert Co. held forth The
entertainment was first class in every
respect and was well appreciated by
the large audience.
Although every one seems to have
a CROUCH on account of lack of work
things are moving along with the
spirit of these strenuous times. The
daily trains go loaded with passen-
gers all going to see SantaClaus. We
have two or three concerts every
week which are well attended. The
merchants all seem to be busy and
no one seems to know of any needy
person in town so we don't think peo-
pie ought to knock but just keep a.
pushing and maybe we will weather
this winter through and we sincerely
hope that when fall rolls around
again that Moore Bros. will be in
full bloom and that the many good
families who have left where there
are other glass works, will return and
take their old place among us. again.
Ma Sweet and Her Family" that
we told you about last week, was a
tremendous success, socially and fl
nancially, and the antics of the beau
tiful girls brought down the house.
The large spectatorium was actually
packed, and the Epworth League real
lied neat sum of money for the
kjddies Christmas candy. And we
will not fail to mention that num-
Der of very good friends of the Lea
que have contributed largely for this
good cause.
Mrs. VIM iSouder who was Strick-
en- two weeks ago with paralysis, has
had another stroke, and we are sorry
to hear there are no hopes for her
recovery. Her husband is also con-
fined to his bed with rheumatism.
John Rose, an aged veteran of the
Civil War, was found dead sitting in
chair. He had been palsied for a
number of years and his brother faith
fully took care of him until his death
He was taken to Philadelphia for in
terment.
Mr.. Isaac Pancoast was a delegate
to the Farmers Grange convention
held at Atlantic City the past week,
J. Sheppard Fisler and son Corbett
road builders, have just completed an
eight mile gravel road near Beverly,
Burlington county.
Mrs. Anna Turner, of Millville, has
purchased part of the double house
belonging to Harry English and will
move in this week.
A. S. Stewart who erected the first
residence out on the Carvin tract, has
sold it to parties in Philadelphia, who
will move here next week
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