The Penn's Grove record., 1917-02-09
WoODSTOWN HAPPENINGS

A marty of business men have bought
the Driver building. 1t is reported that
a new trust ompany is forming to oc-
cupy it.
Warren Kessler has bought the Geo.
Smith farm in Pilesgrove for $l1,99O.
will move thereon from Isaac Sicker's
farm, near Daretown.
Granville H. Coles, of Pilesgrove, md
Bertha NJ. Hackett were married Janu-
airy "a at the Baptist parsonage by Rev.
H. r. Myers.
The Sophomore Glass of the Woods
town High School has elected the fol-
lowing officers: President, Earl Borton;
vice-president, 0akford Richman; secre-
tary, Marguerite Peterson; treasurer,
Mabel Robbins; historian, Helen Smell
baker.
Woodstown is to have another canning
factory to be known as the Wallace 5.
Roberts Canning Company, with $125,-
900 capital. The incorporators are Will
liam Riehman, A. u. Snelbaker, Clement
B. Richman, D. G.. Humphreys, David
Colson, G. French Moore and Wallace S.
Roberts.
Mr.. A. D. Snelbaker and Mr.. and Mrs.
-. u. 0DtlDdkcI dAlu MISS Xix ~
will leave on the13th for a trip to Flori-
da and to Cuba. Mrs. Name McGeorge
and Mrs. @. G. Ford, Jr., of Salem, and
Mr.. and Mrs. w. B.Snelbaker, of Wood
bury, will go in the same party.
The minstrel show given by the bust
ness men on Thursday evening in the
high school auditorium, made a great
hit and was a grand imitation of earn
cross & Dixie famous years ago. The
burnt cork artists were: DR.. Irving Cal
lahan, P. Legrand virgins, Richard E.
Carson, Harry Broadway and John
Franklin. The solosts were S. r.
Christy, J.. C. Snelbaker, Clarence Turn
err, Elmer Stewart. Mr.. A. d. Smell
baker i-mpersonated Mrs. Vic Richards
and gave an impressive lecture. They
made such a great hit it will be repeat
ed at Swedesboro.
The play given Tuesday night by the
High School scholars, entitled 'The
American Girl" and that on Wednesday
night by the fourth and eighth grades,
THE Tiny Puritan" were enjoyable.
About $500 was realized and will be
used to buy pictures for the school
building.
Mrs. Mary Dare and two children are
spending a few days with her mother,
Mrs. Mary Turner.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Cook, of North
Dakota, are visiting her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Clark Flitcraft.
Rev. A. T. Ballback, pastor of the Bap-
fist Church, rendered his resignation last
Sunday morning.
Rev. J. S. Burnett, of Chattanooga Col
lege, Tenn, gave an interesting lecture
Wednesday evening on how the white
people in the Appalachian mountains are
being educated from their cabin homes
into useful citizens.
Not to be outdone by thu boys, high
school girls who attend the new central
school at Woodstown have organized an
athletic association and will take advan-
tage of the gymnasium in the school an
certain days. They have elected these
officers: President, Miss Vivian Edwards;
vice president, Miss May Neff; secretary,
Miss Dorothy Decker; treasurer, Miss
Margaret Richman.
Rev. George W. Yard is preaching a
series of ermon on Chance"
Last Tuesday evening the members of
the Women's Foreign Missionary Society
held their quarterly luncheon in the NJ.
e. church.
Rev. w: TatlOck will speak Sunday
evening. Education as a preparation for
citizenship with special reference to
Lincoln. The Board of Education.
teachers and pupils are invited.
Mrs. Allen Bassett and son Milton are
spending some time at st. Petersburg,
Fla.
Mrs. Emily Borton is spending some
time with her daughter, Mrs. Elmer
Washington in Salem.
Samuel Ridgway, Howard Hitchner,
Arthur Lppincott spent Monday night
in Trenton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Reeves Flitcraft enter
tanned at dinner on Tuesday, Mr.. and
Mrs. Albert Cook and Harlem, of North
Dakota; Mrs. Harry Black and children
of Swedesboro; Mr.. and Mrs. Richard
F9itcraft, of Woodstown and Miss Linda
FItcraft, of Philadelphia.