Gloucester County Democrat., 1912-07-25
EAST GREENWICH.


Gods His text was in Judges 18th
chapter, 24th verse: 'sAnd he said ye
have taken away my gods which /
made" He said first most men make
them god; second, it isn't safe to
have god you cannot take with you;
third, there is danger when away from
your God; fourth, they are only safe
who have the only true God. as the
object of their God.
The funeral of George Weatherby
was held from his late residence in
Clarksboro on Friday morning last at
10 o'clock A large gathering of peo-
pie came to pay their last tribute of
respect to one who had spent many
years of his life in this community
The service was in charge of Rev. Ed
Amund Burk, of Clarksboro, assisted by
Rev. j. e. Triplett, pastor of the Pres
byterian Church at Woodbury.. Mr..
Weatherby being member of the
Masonic Lodge at Mantua, number
of them were present and held the
beautiful service of that order at the
grave, in the beautiful cemetery at
Eglington. The widow and son have
the sympathy of a large circle of
lfl0HuS III tlclI uCi cdFCulSllt duu lOHS-
illness.
!, The new road is now progressing
finely and it, is hoped that this week
Twill see it through all three of the vii
llages; the plant here has been out of
border twice in two weeks, which has
hindered the work greatly, but it is
hoped it will now go on to completion
Hunter Vannatta was taken suddenly
i'll in church on Sunday morning and
has been confined to his bed most of
the week. Dr. Diverty, of Woodbury.,
has been the attending physician; his
young friends hope he may soon be in
his usual health
Miss Bessie Hollis, of Camden, is
spending the week with her aunt,
Mrs. John Brown, at Clarksboro.
The ladies of the NJ. E. Church will
be glad to see all their friends on Sat
urday evening at their peach festival
in the basement of the church. Come
and enjoy the evening with your
friends and get some fine peaches and
other good things that will be for
sale. Come one, come all.
The topic for the Epworth League
service On Sunday evening, July 2Sth.
will be Seeing the Father in His
World" and will be led by Mrs. Ag-
mes Duffield; all welcome
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Strohm were
over Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Samuel Allen, at Irma, Cape May Co.
Miss Irene Gilchrist, of Philadelphia
spent last week with her aunt, Mrs.
Charles HILL at Mt Royal
Mr. r Hoffman ic attnndino pit
man Camp Meeting this week, he be-
ing one of the Directors of the Asso-
citation and attends every day
Mrs. David Perry, of Swedesboro,
has been the guest of her sister, Mrs.
George Walter, this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. George VanHook and
children Roy and Lloyd, and father,
Mr.. Fred. Myers, of Mt. Royal, are
spending this week with Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Murphy, at Elmer.
Rev J. R. Vannatta attended the
funeral of his friend, Mr. Lloyd Burt,
at New Brunswick, on Monday of this
week
Mrs. Lance, of Hackettstown, and
Mrs. Edinger, of Phillipsburg, were
guests last week at the M. E. parson-
age
Mr.. A. F. Hoffman has returned
from several days visit with his
daughter, Mrs. Clarence Kirby, in
Reading, Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs William Underwood,
of Tacony, were over Sunday visitors
with their mother, Elma Liyezey, at
Mt Royal.
Mrs. Charles Blensinger entertained
her mother, Mrs. Thomas and sister,
Mrs Hobson and daughter, Dorothy,
of Philadelphia, last week at her home.
near Mt Royal.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Cook attend
ed a surprise party given their sister,
Mrs. Joseph Williams on her birthday
at her home in Collingswood on Sat
urday last.
Mrs. Turner, of Wenonah, has been
spending few days with her cousin,
Mrs. George Walter.
Mr. John Grandfield, of Clarksboro,
has resigned his position as Super
vising Principal of Schools of Pomp-
ton Township, Passaic County, and
has accepted an appointment as Prin-
cipal of the Maplewood School in So.
Orange, n J.
n OCNClC oCOl Ill PdOoC0 OfCl ILLS
community on Thursday afternoon of
last week, doing considerable damage.
A bolt of lightning struck the home
of Mrs Nettie Smith, Clarksboro, en-
tering the sitting room and complete
ly shattering large looking glass
and also doing other damage in the
room. It seems that the storms have
been unusually severe this year.
The annual outing of the M e. Sun
day school on Saturday last at Lin
coin Park was greatly enjoyed by all,
the day being ideal for such an event.
All declared it to be one of the most
pleasant in many years.
Mrs. Lizzie Kircher has returned
from very pleasant visit with her
niece, Mrs Charles Blackway, in
Maryland.
Our little village will soon be on an
equal to those of our neighborhood
as cement walks are being laid and
fronts are being cemented and alto