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


Mr. Albert Dunk. while working at
had his hand badly hurt by a piece
of heavy lumber failing on it, He
was taken to the hospital where IT
was found small bone was broken.
Mr. Bell Worthington and little son
were recent visitors with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Plat.
Mrs. Elizabeth Gill spent Sunday
last at the home of her son, MIR.
Thompson Gill, of Swedesboro.
Mrs. Thomas Sheets and Mrs, Char
les Parker have been on the sick list.
MIR. Lewis Burk is now sick and
under the doctors care. Many friends
hope for speedy recovery.
The Misses Pearl and Elsie Sharp
are spending sometime with their aunt
over in Pennsylvania.
Mrs. Lamb and Mrs. John Soldiers
visited their brother, Mr. Jane Hor-
ner, at Swedesboro, on Sunday last.
Mr. Charles Burk and wife, of Phila-
delphia, were recent visitors with rela-
tives in town.
Mr. John D. Robinson has sold his
store goods and fixture to Henry K.
Shoemaker, of Swedesboro,
Mr.. John Zane, on the Samuel B.
IGaskill farm, was the early bird to
dig sweet potatoes, having marketed
some on August 1st. Forty-one hills
making the basket of first size and the
price realized was So per basket.
Mrs. Frank Parker and children
started for her home in Wisconsin on
Saturday afternoon last.
One day the last week in August
the knights of Pythias of Delaware
County, Pa, and the knights Of
Pythias of this district in Gloucester
County, will picnic in George H.
Platt's woods, back of the town hall.
Mr.. Willard Kille is on the COM
mittee from our Grange to see after
the produce exhibit at the Alcyon
Park picnic this week.
Mrs. Chas. Vickery represents our
Grange at Alcyon Park picnic, in the
exhibit of manual training and fancy
work.
Miss Rose Robinson spent very
pleasantly the month of July at Cape
May attending the teachers summer
school
Mr.. Frank FOLSOM, of West Philadel-
phia, a former resident here, was seen
in town on Tuesday last
Mrs Ruth Justice, of CollingsWood,
has been a recent visitor with rela-
tives in town.
AT the business meeting of the M
g. Church on last Monday evening
a committee was appointed to make
arran gements with the Trinity Church
choir, of Chester, Pa, to hold a con-
cert in the church here some week
| day eveing in the near future
Mrs. Caddie Carey entertained on
Saturday last. her brother-in-law and
| wife, Mr. and Mrs Peter Carey, an6
niece and family Mr. and Mrs. Ru-
dolph Bird and daughters Mildred
and Mary, of Philadelphia.
At the business meeting of the
auxiliary to the church held on Mon.
day evening last, all bills were paid
as presented. They now have on sale
little booklets of stickers for labelling
fruit jars, only ten cents, better see
| them.
Mr.. and Mrs. Provost have returned
| to their home after spending a month
I with their daughter and family, Mrs
Meley, of Germantown, now at Ocear
City
| The work on the school house has
begun also the foundation for Jas
AIcGlincy's new house. And Carpen-
ter Stanton is a very busy man. He
is greatly in need of more workmen.
The Retail Merchants Association
of Gloucester County will picnic al
Lorewood Grove, August 21st. Par
ties from this community could make
good connections by crossing from here
to Chester on the ferryboat Court
house and connecting with the ex-
eursion at Chester The captain will
run an early boat if necessary