Gloucester County Democrat., 1912-06-27
GLASSBORO.

Clafiin University, of Orangeburg,
South Carolina, will be present at the
First NJ E. Church tomorrow night
and render one of their famous enter
tainments.
The program consists of plantation
melodies, folk songs and recitations,
and promises to be of a very high
class order. No admission will be
charged, but an offering will be taken
for the Freedmen's Aid Society.
The automobile trip from the home
of NJ. M. Campbell to Clayton and re-
turn on Tuesday evening was largely
patronized. Through the kindness of
several of our prominent citizens, who
donated their automobiles, the affair
was a success, and they were kept
busy from early until late in the even
ing giving the Joy ride" A fee of
ten cents was charged. The proceeds
were for the benefit of the Presby-
terian Church, and goodly sum was
realized.
Samuel w. Warrick has sold 250
acres Of land between Glassboro and
Downer, and the land will be cleared
dllu CulJiFdtcu dS q II ult ldiaii-
The Board of Education will call a
special meeting on Tuesday, July I'd,
for the purpose of submitting to the
voters the proposition for the erection
of a High School building. The Board
will ask for a $4,000 appropriation,
No trace has been found as yet of
the pickpocket who robbed Andrew j.
Proud of $50 in the Elmer railway
station. The police are working on
the case.
Farmers in this section say that
the pea crop is unusually large and
that they are bigger and better than
for many years.
Mrs. Anna E. Wells, the well-known
evangelist, paid Glassboro a visit on
Thursday evening and spoke at the
prayer service at the First M. E.
Church. A large number of visitors
from Clayton, Pitman, Elmer and
other surrounding town were present.
An alter service was held and one
young man professed conversion.
The Alumni Association of the
Glassboro High School will hold it's
annual banquet at the Hotel Pitman.
The date as yet has not been settled
on.
A change of schedule went into
effect on the West Jersey and Sea-
shore Railroad on Friday and Glass
boro has half hour trains north and
south A change was also made on
the Reading Road on Friday.
Harvey Snyder, of 'Pitman, had
charge of the services at the Lake
Street Mission on Friday evening.
General Conference Echoes" was
the theme at the morning service last
Sunday morning at the First M. E..
Church. Rev. Geo. T. Harris read the
Bishops address and Charles F. Repp,
who was delegate to the General Con
ference, gave a summary of its pro-
ceedings.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank H. Haight, of
Philadelphia, and formerly of this
place, have announced the engage
ment of their daughter, Miss Grace,
to Mr. Carl c. Stanley, of Pittsburgh.
Orla b. Westcoat, who has been
working at Vineland for the New Jer-
sey Gas Company, has been trans
ferred to the stock room here, and
Walter Dunham, who has been en-
ployed at stock room here, has been
transferred to Vineland
Pitman Borough has repaired their
end of the back road to Alcyon Park
and there is now fine road all the
way to the Park.
The Glassboro Usher's Union went
to Pitman on Friday evening and were
entertained by the fishers Union of
that place at the M. E. Church.
Several from here attended the
twenty-ffth wedding anniversary OF
Rev and Mrs Sanford M. Nichols, at
Camden on Friday evening.
The gas company's baseball team
won its fourth straight victory on
last Saturday by defeating the Auditor
ium team by the score of 5 to A..
The game was fast and full of bril-
liant plays on both sides. The game
with the West End from Woodbury.,
which was to have been played on
Saturday was postponed until later
dater. Swedesboro will play here
next Saturday and the Gas Boys"
will make their appearance in new
uniforms
IWenLy-Sl1 Ol tne ouuudy CCAoOi
classes of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles f.
Repp, of the First M. E. Church, were
taken to Trenton one day last week
and visited the state prison. Promin-
ent citizens of the town donated their
automobiles, and the youngsters were
taken to the capitol city in machines.
Mr.. Repp was the Prohibition candi-
date for Governor at the last election,
and has one of the largest classes in
the First Church Sunday School.
Prof. William H. Smith, a former
instructor in the High School here,
has accepted a position as instructor
in mathematics in the Freehold School
at salary of $1,000 year.