Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1912-02-29
GLASSBORO.

At the anniversary celebration of
Company X, Third Regiment, at
Bridgeton, Captain Vernon l.. d.
Stultz, of this place, announced that
after the annual inspection on next
Friday night, he would no longer be
with the company as he should accept
an appointment on the battalion staff.
1t is understood that the captain is
to be made an adjutant.
County Superintendent and Mrs. D.
r. Steelman left on Saturday for st.
Louis, Mo-, where they will attend
the meeting of the National Superin-
terdents Association.
e. T.. Leap returned home on Sat
urday after few weeks stay in Flor
ida.
Hosea Garrison who has resided
here for several years moved to West
vile one day last week.
DuRue Brothers Minstrels played
to a well filled house at the Auditor
ium on Saturday night The singing
and instrumental music of the min
strels was unusually good, and their
jokes bright and clean. All the sew
ven big vaudeville acts were excellent
and those who attended were well re-
paid.
Samuel Richie, of Broad street,
who has been sufferer from chronic
kidney trouble for long while, is
somewhat better at this period.
Rev. DR.. J.. Morgan Read, of the
First NJ. e. Church, preached at the
Downer M. E. Church on Sunday, the
occasion being the twenty-fifth ami
versary of the church.
Special Lenten services are being
held at the st. Thomas P. E. church.
Miss Gay Zenola MacLaren, we'll
known entertainer throughout the
country, will present Rebeeca of
Sunnybrook Farm in the Masonic
lodge room on Tuesday evening, Mar
9Th, for the benefit of the Presbyter-
ian Church.
In hard fought game on Thursday
evening at the Auditorium, the High
School basket ball team were defeated
by the crack P. R. R Y. NJ G. A.
team, of Camden, by the score of 30
to 10. McFadden, of the visitors, was
easily star and scored over half the
points for his team. Kemmer and
Kelley also played their usual fast
game while Seibert the fast forward
of the High School was greatly miss
ed owing to injuries received in a
previous game.
|, The Flower Committee of the M. P.
|Church have inaugurated new plan
WHEREBY the church will be supplied
llwith flowers. Each Sunday the rel
latives of some deceased member of
lsthe church will furnish bouquet in
remembrance of such member. 81
The funeral of the late John E.
Pierce who died last Wednesday, the
21st, was held on Saturday morning.
The services were held at the M. P.
Church at 10. 80 o'clock, of which he
had long been a member and always
took an interest in all matters per-
tanning to the church. The deceased
was So years old and was unmarried
Several members of the local Ush-
ers' Union attended the annual meet
ing of the South Jersey Ushers' Union
at Gloucester on Saturday.
Herman Hughes narrowly escaped
death on Saturday morning by being
struck by a train on the Reading
railroad at the West Ellis street cross
ing. The wagon in which Hughes
was riding was a milk wagon from the
John P. Whitney diaries, and he was
on his way in town to deliver milk to
one of the route wagons when the ac-
cident occurred. The horse was in
stantly killed, but Hughes escaped
without scratch and only a shaft Of
the wagon was broken.
The baked bean supper which was
held last week at the home of James
| McFadden, on Main street, netted the
NJ. P. Sunday school $24.00.