The Penn's Grove record., 1922-02-10
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No. 1 Bay Street, died at Mrs.
Lloyd's private hospital, Bridgeton,
on Monday.
Miss Williams, of Oil City, Pa, was
a recent guest over the weekend at
the home of her cousin, Miss Fay Orr,
on A Street.
Elaine, the little daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. jackson, on Walker Avenue
and G Street, is improving after a
three weeks attack of the flu.
Mr.. Gledhill, from near Easton, Pa,
was entertained for a few days last
week at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. Joseph Eckhart, of II Street.
Mrs. Walton has returned to her
home, on II Street, after a pleasant
visit of several weeks at the home of
her mother, in the country.
Mr.. Herbert Andrews, who is emf
ployed at Parlin, spent the weekend
with his family, on H Street.
Mrs. James Shepherd, on E Street,
who has been ill for a long time, is
much improved ip health.
Mrs. j. Eckhart, on H Street and
Walker Avenue, entertained friends
from Birdgeton, on Sunday.
Miss Fay Orr and Miss Ellen Kirby
were Philadelphia visitors on Satur-
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. John F. McGrath
have moved from f Street to 20 C
Street.
C. C. McColley has resigned as a
member of the School Board. There
are five members to be elected on
Tuesday.
An interesting meeting of the
Township Committee and citizens was
held on Tuesday evening, at which
time the Township budget was to be
decided upon. The Township hall was
too small to accommodate the crowd
and the meeting was held in the Y.
The great interest taken resulted in
reducing the taxes to be raised some
thousands of dollars. See new budget
in another column.
Mr.. j. Talon, on H Street, is i'm
proving, after being i'll with pneumo-
MIA.
X. J.. Morros, of Newark, will spend
from Friday to Monday at his home,
on gid Street.
Mrs. ]. w. Hawkins and Mrs. Joseph
Herbert spent Monday in Chester, as
the guests of Mrs. +. A. Sutherland,
a former resident.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Fisher, on 25th
Street, are receiving the congratula-
tions of their friends on the arrival
of a baby daughter.
The card party given by the Thurs
day Afternoon Club was a most sue
cessful event, both from the social
and financial standpoint. About 300
were present and considerably over
5000 has already been turned over to
the Welfare Department of the Y.
There are several cases Of diphthe-
ria in the Village, and it was deemed
advisable to close the schools for a
week to prevent an epidemic. The
teachers have taken advantage of the
enforced vacation to visit their homes
and other schools.
Mrs. Frank Ale, on Laurel Street,
entertained 81 members of the Parish
Guild at an all-day meeting on We'd
nesday.
w. j. Brown, of Newark, spent the
weekend with his family, on Fifth
Avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. Adolph Lime, Sr.,
and daughter, Ella, of Philadelphia,
and Mrs. Bertha Richter, of Breslaw,
Germany, were entertained on Sun
day at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. A.
Lime, Jr., on Laurel Street. Mrs.
Richter, who has been in the country
only a short time, will make her
home with Mr. and Mrs. Lime, ST..
The entertainment, "The Queen
Calendar at Home" to be given by
the Methodist Church, in the Y Audi
forum, was postponed on account of
the ".diphtheria scare" and will be
given on February Ia.
The reception to be rendered Rev.
Frank E. Depue, at the Presbyterian
Church, will be held on February 18th.
Mr.. A. C Burdick, on Birch Street,
is confined to his home with an attack
of e~rysipelas.
Necklace" to be given the last of this
month. The Comedy Four are hard
at work on "The Little Red School
House." in which "Tiny" Taylor will
be starred.
If you happen to run into one of
the "Players" these days and think
she or he is talking to her or himself,
don't jump for the phone-they are
rehearsing-that's all.
Bob Pierce has joined the Players
and Bill Luckenbill has been added to
the Directors staff-now watch the
feathers fyl
Mr.. and Mrs. L. Metz, of the Nor
gan Tract, entertained a number of
friends at cards on Wednesday even
ing.
Mrs. Farnk Pingley, of Morgan
Tract, has returned to her home, after
a most enjoyable and interesting visit
of a week with friends in Winchester,
Virginia.
Mr.. Howard D. Miller, who has
conducted a general store, at the end
of jefferson Street and Fifth Avenue,
for the past two years, has purchased
the building on Shell Road, opposite
Walker Avenue, from Louis Green,
and will move his business to that
stand. This is the store formerly
known as Gillespie's. Mr.. Miller will
AXE possession of the - 40 -
Monday of next week and VIII open
for business with a fine new stock of
~groceiiee. 1neat md notions the latter
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