Gloucester County Democrat., 1912-04-04
CLAYTON.


j The remains of Matthew Henry, oil
Bunker Hill, were brought here for
interment on Thursday.
The Girls Club was entertained at
the home of Miss Bertha Steelman
on last Friday evening.
Mrs. Geo. Dilks went to the Jeffer-
son Hospital on Wednesday to be OPP
Grated on for appendicitis. We hope
the operation will be successful and
that Mrs Dilks will enjoy better
health than in the past.
Mrs. Hester Dare, of Monroeville,
was a visitor at the home of Mrs.
Sara L. Crane on Monday.
There is one man in this town do
ing a rushing business, and Mr.;
Kirby has about all that he can at
tend to in the way of making last
years autos look like new. A num-
Der of auto owners are having their
machines done over, and under the
magic touch of Kirby & Son they
come out like this years models.
We are glad to see Mr.. VIM. Will
hanson about again.
Elmer E. Smith and wife, of At
lantic City, made flying trip in
their auto from that place one day last
week and spent few hours with H.
e. Houck and family.
The Grange is preparing for an
elaborate Easter dinner to be given
in their rooms this Saturday evening.
Along with numerous good things to
be served, scullions will have prom
inent place on the menu. DR.. Og-
den is rejoicing. | guess the doctor
has been thinking of those onions for
the past two weeks, and l hope he
gets his fill.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Chamberlain
are about to erect handsome brick
house on their lot on Maple street.
John Dennis and Geo. Harris were
the first to plant potatoes in this sec
tion.
We are glad to welcome back into
our midst Mr.. and Mrs. Jim Smith
who have been visiting relatives and
friends for the past three months in
England.
Charles Schlagel and wife are en-
tertaining relatives from Vineland.
1t isn't always smooth sailing, es-
pecially with an automobile, and |
guess Walt. Dubois found that out
last Sunday evening when his bat
teries gave out about ten miles from
nowhere Somehow or other they
located a telephone and soon told
Bobby Morrow, our genial auto me-
chanic, their tale of woe. Bobby
jumped into his trusty car and in a
short time was working on Walter s
car. 1t doesn't take long to do any
thing when you know how, and Wall
ter was soon able to go on his way
rejoicing, after having been stalled
on the road about three hours
Mrs. Walter Emory and children,
of East Orange, are visiting her par
ents.
Parke Nelson will close his plumb
ing store on Central ave-, and open
an office at his residence on Centre
street.
Elijah Brown and wife have moved
to Atlantic City. Mrs. Brown will
be greatly missed in the Mission
Church, as she was very active
member.
The baked bean supper which was
given at the home of Frank A. Leon
ard last Friday evening, was de-
cided success. Ninety-fve persons
partook of delicious supper and al
so helped to swell the treasury of the
Baptist Church.
Mrs. Ella Simmerman has return
ed to her home in Clayton after
spending the winter with her daugh-
ter in Millville.
Carlton Hallock is home from
Lawrenceville Academy to spend the
Easter holidays.
Miss Mabel Hutchinson is enter
tanning her nephew, Master John
Marsh, of Bridgeton.
The Rev. Mr.. Sewers, of the Bap-
tist Church, has arranged fora SER
les of lectures to be given by repre-
sentative men of this place. Next
Sunday evening Washington Wright
will talk on .4The moral uplift of
man." Mayor Nichols will speak on
government and politics as it is man
ipulated to-day. Lee T. Hallock is
booked for an address on the Moral
up-lift of the business man.. DR..
B. Frank Ogden has also been inyit-
ed to talk on the moral duty of the
| professional man, and many others
| have been asked to take part in
these lectures This is novel pro-
| cedure and we hope that all our
| townpeople, regardless of creed and
religious belief will attend these
meetings and help the active parti-
cipants make Mr.. Sewers new idea
or instruction and dissemination OF
knowledge signal success.
/ Milton Silver, Robert Dooling and
Ralph Mote, Jr., all college students
are home to spend Easter with their
parents.
/ A severe electrical storm passed
over this place Tuesday evening ac-
companied by a copious down-pour
of rain and threatening wind, but
so far as we are able to learn there
was no damage done.
Campbell & Lafferty have taken
charge of the Carvin tract owned by
the Daniel B. Frazier real estate
company, of Philadelphia. Mr.. Laf-
ferty was here Wednesday looking
over the situation. He is quite op-
timistic and claims that the prospect
for this place becoming a city OF
homes is encouraging. The COM