Gloucester County Democrat., 1912-07-11
MIGKLETON.

Mf. and Mrs. Walter l.. TOmiln
made an auto trip to Wildwood on
the Fourth.
Mrs. Jerre Haines and Miss Beulah
Haines left on Tuesday for Bustin's
Island in Casco Bay, on the coast of
Maine. Mrs. Haines' daughter and
son-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Red
row, of Wenonah, are also members
of the party. Mr.. Haines will join
them later
S. Mason Carter and family are en-
| joying a new auto.
Clayton Thompson has greatly inn
proved the appearance of their home
by having the building repainted.
David Borton and son Richard, of
Camden, visited relatives here on the
| 7th..
Miss Alice g. Brown has been
spending some time with her friend
Miss Ethel Ball, of Quakertown, Pa.
Sarah Elizabeth Somers, of Mullica
Hill, has been a visitor at the home
of her brother Aaron Somers and wife.
Theodore and Mary q. R. Brown
were guests of George W. F. Gaunt
and wife on Sunday
Residents of our village were star
tied about one-thirty o'clock on Mon
day morning by the fire alarm. John
&c. Heritage's bell also did good ser
vice. AS soon as possible our able
men and the fire apparatus were at
the scene of disaster, Doctor Boston's
barn 1t was impossible to save the
building, considering the excessive
drought There is great cause for
thankfulness that other buildings were
not burned.
William H. Borden commenced buy
ing potatoes for South Jersey Farmers
Exchange at Mullica Hill on Monday
The next meeting of the Woman S
Christian Temperance Union will be
held at the home of Theo. and Mary
R. Brown, on Wednesday, July 18th,
at O'Clock. All are cordially invited.
Mrs. Samuel Haines is entertaining
her mother, Mrs. Zippler, of Swedes-
boro We rejoice with Mrs. Haines
that her mothers health is so i'm
proved
There was good attendance at the
Friends s Association on the evening of
the 6th The meeting opened with the
usual devotional silence after which
L. E. Holmes read extracts from
Elizabeth Haddon, A True Narrative
of the Early Settlement of New Jer-
sey," published from manuscript by
Edwin L. Pierce Quaker Poems Il
Illustrated" was the topic for the even
ing. Mary r. Brown recited, in cos
tune, with much expression, Bayard
Taylor's Quaker Widow; Annie c..
Bradshaw, also in costume, imper-
lsonated the widows visitor. Hanah
L. Hendrickson gave an excellent reci-
tation, ''Musing'
Portions of Elizabeth by Long
fellow, were read by Martha K. Allen.
Ethel Haines took the part of Eliza
beth Haddon; Elizabeth L. Duell, the
part of Hannah the house-maid; j.
Omar Heritage, the part of Joseph,
and Carroll F. Haines, the part of John
Estaugh. All did we'll The closing
scene was the Quaker wedding.
The next meeting of the association
will be held on First-day evening, the
fourth of next month, and will be
addressed by Senator George w. F..
Gaunt, subject, Our State Institutions
for Detectives" Mr. Gaunt, as chair
man of committee on appropriations
for these institutions is thoroughly ac-
quainted with the subject We hope
our people will plan in advance to be
present.
Albert Heritage viii again represent
the Farmers Exchange at our station.
They commenced to buy on Wednes-
day.
George Burrough, formerly of our
village, now of Philadelphia, is spend
ing some time with Annie Bradshaw
and other friends
Emily Wilbur, superintendent of
Friends Neighborhood Guild, 151 Fair
mount avenue, Philadelphia, was a
recent visitor at the First-day School
here, and gave an interesting account
of the work being conducted by the
guild. The day previous to her visit
she sent out three hundred and fifty
boys for days outing.
During the eight years Miss Wilbur
has been connected with the guild, she
has sent out $4,000 children and no
serious accidents have occurred.
An important part of the work at
this season is supplying ice and milk
for the sick and for babies.
Tags and hampers will be forward
ed by the superintendent ID any desir-
ing. to send flowers, fruit or vege-
tables