Gloucester County Democrat., 1912-07-25
GLASSBORO

anu ndQ Things Iu6lT OWL way, giving
the gas boys their second defeat of
the season by the score of 9-3. Loose
| fielding was largely responsible for
the defeat On Tuesday the Office
force from Philadelphia came down
and one smashing good inning for the
"pen pushers'' settled the pipe filters
| in the second game of the series by
the score of 6-2. Neither team scor-
ed until the fifth lining, when the
home team secured their only runs,
and the visitors also got their runs.
The third game of the series will be
played on the local grounds in about
three weeks.
| One of the features of the Jr. o.
| U. A. NJ picnic which is to be held
at Alcyon Park on Saturday, will be
the horse racing, and the following
| horses have been entered: 2.45 class,
purse, $4,000, Fred O'Day, Gold Penn,
Helen Dean, Union Leader, Handy
Boy, Owyha, 2.35 class, purse $4,000;
Fred O'Day, st. Nick, Helen Dean,
Chimes Bells, Jr., Miss Steadman,
Handy Boy, The Baron, Handy Boy,
]225 class, purse, $150.00 Dell A..
j Emily Mckinley, Miss Steadman,
Troublesom, Kitty K, Truck c., Owy-
! ha, Virginia Buster, ST. Nick, Helen
Dean and Handy Boy.
The members of the Ushers' Union
of the N. e. Church held their month
| ly business meeting at the home of
Miss Ethel Shute, at South Glassboro
on Monday evening, after which So
cial was held and very pleasant
evening is reported
a William Heritage, of this place, who
Ills manager of the Alcyon Park base
Hall grounds, has announced that on
1.-THE first day of the Changers picnic
iAug. 7th, the Wenonah ball team will
play the Thorofare team and on Big
Thursday Aug. Sth, Dthe attraction
will be Gloucester VS.. Camden City,
which promises to be very fast
game as both teams are old rivals
and both are sure of a victory.
| The regular Sunday services at the
| NJ. P. Church are being largely at
tended during the summer months,
and great interest. is being taken in
| all departments. One of the features
of the Sunday evening service was a
male chorus which was highly appre
ciated. The organized classes of the
Sunday school are doing fine socially,
religiously and financially, and are a
great aid to the church. The pastors
bible class held a dollar social at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs w. A. Downer,
on Tuesday evening and very plea
SAINT time is reported.
Oscar Wilmont, the popular drug
clerk at Dilks' drug store, who was
| injured few weeks ago by an ex-
| TO- T. sr -s,,c
| his arm in sling and although un-
able to work, is very much improved.
The New Jersey Gas Company will
again have an exhibit at the Grange
picnic at Alcyon Park and expect to
surpass all former occasions.
| The county road which is part
of Broad street has ben oiled this
week by the county authorities and
/ the residents are highly elated over
the fact that they will not be bother
ed with the usual amount of dust
as in the past.
w. G. Davenport and family, who
have been at Tasco Fla, for the past
six months, have returned and are
spending some time as the guests of
Mrs. H. S. Duffield, on State street.
/, Two Knights of the road got filled
nup with too much third rail" in their
lsystem on Monday afternoon and got
linked up in brawl near the West
Jersey freight depot and made things
very unpleasant for a time. Officer
Martin was notified and after a brief
struggle landed them in the lookup
! for the balance Of the day to let them
sober up, after which they were given
their liberty with an understanding
that they were to leave town.
George Uhl has resigned his posi-
| ton at Thoman's Drug Store and has
accepted a position at the New York
Shipbuilding plant at Camden. David
McFadden succeeds Mr.. Uhl at the
drug store. va
Walter Farrell has accepted a po-
sition with ]. c. Mutt, the grocery
man, for the summer months.
George McFadden has secured al
position as lampman on the West Jer-l
sey & Seashore Railroad Co., to sue
coed Clarence w Let's, who has
been promoted to batterynan and
who has been transferred to Atlantic
City.
William G. Heritage, who for over
thirteen years has been connected
with the Whitney Glass Works, and
who has rendered his resignation and
who expects to leave Glassboro in
the early fall, gave farewell auto
trip to number Of his friends to
Atlantic City on Saturday, and
very pleasant time was had. Those
who enjoyed the trip were: James
IIaslett Edward L. Sturgess, NJ. M.
Campbell, L. D. Scheible, Isaac Moi
felt, L. w. Sickler, George Higgins,
E. T. Leap. R. G. Prickett, William
I H. Yenney, j. F.. Imhoff, James A.
! Johnson. Bertram T. Ferrell, John
Campbell and Mr.. Heritage, Of this
place; Daniel Hendriekson, of Wood
bury; Russell Treat, Councilman Sup
plee, Edw. Knisell and Walton Chew,
of Pitman.
Among those registered this week
at the Franklin House are M. and
Mrs RI N Moffntt GlassbOrO. AL