The Penn's Grove record., 1916-07-28
VILLAGE DOINGS
Social Happenings and Community
Welfare DOingS

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family. Rev. j. o. r. Corliss, pastor Of
HarrisonYille Methodist Church. on the
Gloucester county Sunday school picnic.
The beautiful new banner went to the
pitman NJ +. for having the largest at
tendance. 80 scholars. The next ban
ner. 1916. to the school having the
highest percentage Of attendance on the
basis Of enrolment. went to the Clay
ton Methodist. These two schools had
furnished their scholars Filth printed
badges. Each knew one of these two
must certainly get a banner as every
where you looked, almost. you would see
these town names. One colored school
lost by one per cent, as they had a
school Of G. scholars and - were in at
tendance. There was some applause for
this school. They came from Mullica
Hill. Free sports tickets were also
given to the scholars Of the different
schools.
The rain came down in torrents just at
dinner time. making everyone scamper
for shelter. After it cleared everyone
went back to their dinners and took
up their bites again-where they left
off. No one seemed distressed or suf-
ANiFu III lnf FitdSAs wv a uluIDltEs
Someone said. oh, well. it always rained.
Where could You find a situation Ike
this-a spoiled picnic dinner and a class
Of people that could keep serene and
'sweetly sweet under such a condition.
as these Sunday school people? 1t was
simply wonderful and then say religion
has no keeping qualities" Why Bob
fngersoll could not have remained an
infidel FIVE minutes longer had he wit
messed such. The only thing to worry
about was everybody looked dirty and
there was laundry work for the next
day. but who cared? Plenty of water
and SOAP is still the same old price.
Mrs. Irving Loren. of Washington
street. went to Wilmington on Saturday.
Mr.. f. B. Watts. of Washington
street. spent Saturday in Wilmington.
The storm last Saturday morning early
was almost a deluge. At the head of
Washington street the houses were so
flooded. bach and front. that men coming
from the night shift had to wade IN
water way over shoe top to get into
their homes. Some walked over on the
tops of the storage houses. Some lad
les wanted to go away, could not get out
of theiE~house. being water surrounded
for 20 feet wide. A street care-taker
came after awhile and opened the man
holes and in an hours time the water
was pretty well gone.
Washington street is being filed in
and higher graded. but the teams have
not gotten this far yet. IT is a pity. too.
that it is so long delayed, as so many
nave spent much labor and some worry
in making pretty flower beds and grass
lawns. These will all have TO be COW
cred with dirt or we will always have
these small deluges in storms.
At a gathering of ladies recently, one
of them had to pay some assessment
and she turned her coin purse upside
down ON the table and Spilled the CON
tents of coins out; not so many, nor
very high in denomination, and cried out
as she viewed the small pile: ladies.
that is all the money l have till pay
day The others Joined with her in
! the laugh u~pr0arously. They all fully
understood the situation and sympathiz-
ed accordingly.
"Pay-day!" How much it all means to
many. The pay money goes swinging
around to many others. Like throwing
a pebble in the waters, the circles made
by its contact with the water, keep wild
ening and getting larger, whittier and
more gleefuI and more bubble. encrust-
ing. till it finally dies away in the larger
waters thereabouts. SO it is with the
pay-money. 1t starts with the mans
pocket and he gives it a throw out into
the world. 1t keeps on going. going, Civ
ing pleasure to him who gets it. but
not alwaysto him who ~spendeth if II
gets into the saloon till. for some times
that gets him into the lookup, and then
it is 1915 to get out.
The Carney's inhabitants may not az
get TO the big Atlantic to take sheir
daily bath. but when you can't get shad.
take herring. So our people, and many
of them. go down TO the Delaware
beach at the Cove and take their daily
dip. dressing for it at home. and wear
ing long top coats over their suits
spending two or three hours at the
shore. At the foot of Bay street is
their selected place; every house has
their large and nice bathrooms. but il
isn't like foundering around in the bic
waters.
Many children go in daily. The du-
Pont Company have two guards there
to watch. On Friday a mar went toe
far out and missed it ON his strength
to get back. A guard. who is a life
guard. had to swim ont and bring hin
in.
1t is said that you can 90 out 6
squares length before getting over YOU
head. 1t is a long shallow beach like
aft Fort Elfsborg. Nevertheless it is use
less to be foOlhardy and destroy one;
pleasure and risk life and give serious
nerve upsets to others by swimmin!
beyond beyond safety lines, having ant
giving trouble.
As the floating speakeasy" has beef
done away with it is rumored there i
another unpleasant tester which shout,
also he handled with ungloved hands an
fercely. too. The boat that goes from
Deep Water to Wilmington. on pay-days
There is all kinds of gambling going o.
and even gambling on another's gambl