Gloucester County Democrat., 1912-08-15
BRIDGEPORT.

BRIDGEPORT.
The Sunday school picnicked at
Brandywine Springs on Wednesday.
Mr. Imfeld and family have been
enjoying delightful auto trip. They
spent over Sunday in Atlantic City,
and on Monday toured the state to
North Jersey On their return they
took in New York City and Brooklyn.
and surely will have a fine time in
Central Park, New York.
Miss Abbie Justice, of Camden, is
visiting relatives in town this week.
On Thursday last our farmers and
friends journeyed to Alcyon Park to
the Grange Picnic.
One of our up-to-date young men
interested in the growth Of plants and
flowers, Kindly gave me a Roosevelt
daisy. appreciate very much. Its
a great runner and very suggestive
thought. The bloom is deep yellow
suggestive too of woman suffrage
Mr.. Willard Kille, one of our enter
prising young farmers, has late
variety of strawberries, the Superb
that is bearing now, and the berries
are delicious. They were on exhibit
ton at the Grange Picnic last Thurs
day and Friday and they tell me were
refreshing to behold. And | can say
the flavor and taste were more so, as
had the pleasure of sampling box.
Indeed, they were elegant.
Our ferry boat, Courthouse" will
leave here at 7.30 a. m. Wednesday
morning, August 21st, to accommo-
! date all who wish to go on the Glou-
ester County Retail Merchants ex-
cursion. The fare and return to
Chester is Is cents and the excursion
boats of tn Ericsson line always stop
at Chester both ways. These Bati-
more flyers are fine and the trip
through the canal is indeed very in
teresting. Mr. Platt and w. J. Helms
have tickets to sell. C~V
4 Boat builder Geo. NJ Steelman fin
gished and launched a very pretty
power boat, cabin cruiser, for Mr..
Jefferson Shiel, of Toms River. The
boat is 25 feet long, feet beam, IL
4 feet deep with II horse power Ster-
ling engine. The name given the boat
was ''Palomine. e<0
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Lamb enter
tanned an auto party on Sunday last
from West Philadelphia. Their neph-
ew, wife and mother, Mr.. and Mrs.
Amos Roberts and Mrs. Baker.
Mrs Joseph Eek, of Swedesboro,
who has been quite sick is visiting
her sisters here, Mrs. Lamb and Mrs.
Shoulders.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles McKeag are
entertaining their niece, Miss Lucy
McI<eag of BROOKLYN.
Mrs. Folsom and daughter Esther,
of West Philadelphia, are visiting
friends in town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Platt who have
resided here since last March, re-
turned to their former home town, the
City of Chester. They moved this
Thursday.
We have several visitors in town
these summer days due to the ferry
line. And as whole they are cher
ing to see moving up and down our
streets, breaking the stiffness of our
quaint old quiet town.
The Knights of Pythias are clean
ing up the grove near here prepara-
tory to their picnic with the Del. Co.
Pa, lodges, to be held Aug. "a. Ar
rangements are being made for differ
ent kinds of sport,
Mr.. and Mrs Walter Justice have
been entertaining their niece and
little daughter, Mrs. Geo. Uron, Jr.,
of Camden.
Miss Helen Sheets is visiting at the
home of her sister, Mrs. Chas. Frank
lin, in Dover Little Margaret Frank
lin returned to her home with her
aunt.
Mrs. Chas. Barker and children
have been visiting at the home Of her
sister, Mrs. Clayton Hammel, at Pit
man.
Mr.. Allan Barr spent Wednesday in
Atlantic City