Modeled after Diner en Blanc, tonight's White Table Gala is an event coordinated by Main Street Woodbury, Inc. to raise funds to support the mission of MSW.
Bob Shryock Modeled after Diner en Blanc, tonight's White Table Gala is an event coordinated by Main Street Woodbury, Inc. to raise funds to support the mission of MSW.
However, if you plan to go you'd better prepare to be a little flexible.
Guests for the 6-10 p.m. event are requested to wear all white, pack their own food and beverages, and set up their own table and chairs in an area to be announced one hour prior to the start.
The location will be revealed by email and the MSW website at 5 p.m. Here's a clue: The White Table Gala - labeled a "chic picnic" - will be held within the Woodbury city limits. Featured will be a DJ and live music.
Started by Frenchman Francois Pasquier for a few friends about 30 years ago, the gala now brings together more than 10,000 guests annually internationally. In 2013, a record 15,000 attended. The Eiffel Tower was one of the venues.
MSW is an all-volunteer, non-profit, urban revitalization comprised of residents, merchants, property owners and interested citizens who are dedicated to breathing new life into the city's commercial district.
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The "Honor Flight of Southern New Jersey," sponsored by the students and faculty of Williamstown High School, VFW Post 1616, and other local veteran and community groups, departs today for Washington, D.C. to escort veterans of WWII and Korea to visit their memorials. There is no cost.
Among the attendees: Retired Underwood-Memorial (Inspira) physician Dr. John W. "Bill" Holdcraft, one of the most active 95-year-olds in captivity.
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Received an email from Kitty Shryock Hood, a family genealogist who happens to be my seventh cousin "If I have you placed correctly."
She does. Yes, I'm the son of Wilbur Henicle Shryock.
Our connection, Kitty reports, is through our mutual great grandparents.
"I have found that we (Shryocks) are thick on the ground in this country," Kitty says.
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The Pennsville Township Historical Society holds its annual event "Day at the Farm" today, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the Church Landing Farm Museum, 86 Church Landing Road, in Pennsville with fun promised for the entire family including museum tours and pony rides.
Rain date is Sunday, 1 to 4. There is no general admission charge although donations are welcome.