Caldwell Mélange and Community Notices This Week
Caldwell weekly notes show civic meetings at the Board of Education and Borough Council sessions, church events, and school happenings. Miss Helen Syerker resigns as Caldwell teacher. Rev. R. John Fitch to vacation. Baptist Shifnal heritage prayers led by Mr James McDowall. and a Pine Branch M. I. Church festival set for the Fourth with dinner and refreshments. A New Jersey Eagle Troop outing from Jersey City to Verona and Caldwell is described with routes and schedules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandly Society
Agroes
Helen Syerker
Hart
Caldwell
Dent
Ascovigtonn Wall
Anna Block
Northfeeld
Sixth Street
Newark
Charles Fr. Blopwind
Cgigorgia
Siegday
Vradvetes
Caldwell High
Ladies Blume Missionary Society
Dap Charch
Alientown
Veseball Empire
John Fitch
The
Baptist Church
Nova Scotia
Mnaway
Clinton Church
Jame McDowall
Henry Hane
Westville Avenue
Gould PP Gee
England
Umbria
Pine Brach M. I
Rowan
Neaily
Eagle Troley
Brooklyn
Ds. Y
Jersey City
Verona Luke
Arthur Agrati
Agle
New Jersey
Our Boy's performs to large Caldwell audience
The Proper Dramatic Club presented Our Boy's at Association Hall Caldwell on Thursday night before a large appreciative audience. All parts were well presented and the stage setting was excellent under Mrs C W Hitler. Mrs Provost led the fine orchestral music as Mr Baldwin supervised scenery and effects. The hall was crowded with most seats taken and demand to arrive early for tonight's final performance.
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Association Hall
Caldwell
C. W. Hitler
Baldwin
T.C. Provost
Barber Shop Burglary on Bloomfield Avenue
Louis Rutger’s barber shop on Bloomfield avenue Caldwell was broken into Thursday night. Four pairs of clippers and several razors were stolen after a side window was pried with a railroad spike. Rutger awoke at about three o clock, fired one round at the fleeing intruder, but the thief escaped. loss estimated at about thirty dollars.
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Louis Rutger
Bloomfield Avenue
Caldwell
Rutger
Roorvalsay
Children Brighten Jersey Home With Charity Event
Children and volunteers organized a cheerful visit to the Whittier House delivering two barrels and a large box of flowers. They played games on the grounds, enjoyed a verandah concert, and a reception with lemonade and coke. Mrs Baldwin chaired, Miss Butler led roll call, and a group photograph marked the success. The next reception is planned for late September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey
W. W. Wright
A. G. Butler
Mies Butler
Mildred Bend
Mre. U. EE. Baldwin
Miss Butler
Lee
Leanonade
Coke
Mount St Dominick Academy Caldwell Holds Closing Exercises
Mount St Dominick Academy of Caldwell held closing exercises in Academy Hall on Monday. The program featured piano trio, dancing, solos, a piano quartet, a lattice of performances by Misses Wolfe Connors Lefler and Redmond, and a harp solo. Bishop O Connor awarded medals to graduates Miss Wolfe Connors and Redmond, with class art and needlework exhibits on display.
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Mount St. Dominick Academy of
M. BE
Lefler
A. Wolfe
McCaffrey
Zampa
M. FE. Lefler
A. M. Rooney
Heeson
M. It. Cordoni
Anderson
Me Caffrey
Bishop O'Connor
B. A. Wolfe
G. D. Connors
J. A. Redmond
Junior Sunbeam Club Organized in Caldwell
A Junior Sunbeam Club formed in Caldwell under Miss Julia Van Emberg with Mildred Bond as president and Bessie Rudolph as vice president. Members pay five cents monthly. next meeting is Monday at Mildred’s home. They will gather wildflowers at Hemlocks and send them to Sunshine Rooms in New York to aid sick and poor children.
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Sunbeam Club
Caldwell
Julia van Fimberg
Mildred Bond
Bessie Rudolph
Jessie Baldwin
Florence Neary
Mildred
Sunshine Rooms
New York
Sunshines
Alwave
Miss van Emberg
Junior Sunshine Club
Ping Pong To Flourish In Gardens This Summer
The article notes ping pong, once seen as a winter indoor game, gaining popularity for summer use. Many villas lack lawn tennis courts but have space for two or three tables in back gardens. Suburban residents plan to move tables outdoors for garden tournaments amid wind affected play.
Locusts Expected? Seventy Year Cicadas Seen Nearby
The article notes the 17 year cicada cycle and reports many have appeared in Pennsylvania and Mercer Hunterdon and Somerset counties. In this locality only a few have been seen, sparking questions whether the locusts will come this year. Sightings in Pennsylvania describe them with a white mark on each wing and a wartime echo to 1860.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Mercer
Hunterton
Somerset
Livingston Happenings Reflect School Growth and Civic Tone
Community notes on Havage of South Nor MISE and Livingston 5th Ward events, a high school program with piano duets and tableaux, plus warnings on profane language and Fourth of July conduct. Agricultural policy talk by Secretary Wilson, shifting to large scale farming, and Livingston Township Association meeting led by Prof. Gamble discussing Sunday school teaching and attendance banners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Wilson
Wilson
Livingstone Township Association
George W. Gamble
B.C. George
West Livingston M
Prisoners Create Homey Decor In Cells At State Penitentiary
An article describes inmate crafts at the penitentiary where prisoners use improvised tools to fashion wood and metal items. They decorate walls with worsteds and burlap, fashion calendars as diaries, and produce scenes like a near three foot square battleship Maine. A painter and decorator inmate also adorns the warden’s office ceilings and armory panels with landscapes and American flags.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry M
Stone
Fis
Sistontte
Liem
Geli
Leeyteoutty
Maine
Abother
Will
Armory
Local merchants urged to seek surrounding towns’ trade
A hometown merchant should not complain if the neighboring town’s lively advertiser draws customers away. He ought to woo trade from nearby towns as well as nurture the home market.
Two Chinese Servants Honor Quiet Wealth Family
A wealthy family near by employs two Chinese servants in white attire to handle all housework. Pong, the cook, makes elaborate dishes and multi flavor ice cream bricks for a New York trip, while Ching the butler changes outfits daily and maintains grooming routines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ching
Pong
New York
Paper Hat Craze Spreads From New Brunswick
Nearly all children wear lightweight paper hats made from crepe paper inside colored designs. Prices range from 1 to 20 vente for material and hats are home made. Rain dampens wear. craze reportedly began in New Brunswick and has spread commercially via crepe paper suppliers.
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New Brunswick
Westville Visitors and Law Graduate News
Harry Patton, newly admitted to the New York bar, visits Westville with Mrs. Allini Wathdms and Mrs. Alexander Patton. Miss Ethel Cumimings to perform at the Methodist Church Talent Sale next month with a committee coordinating the event and ongoing preparations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Patton
Westville
Allini Wathdms
Alexander Patton
New York
Patton
Ne York Law School
Cedar Grove Brieflets and School Exposition
Cedar Grove news details a bicyclist accident injuring Mrs Theodore Hopke on the Powittan turnpike as she travels during vacation. It also covers Cedar Grove School closing events with performances by pupils, a patriotic medley, honors, a picnic, and a list of students with perfect attendance.
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Mss
Theodore Hopke
Powiptan
Frederick Hensler
Hensler
Ince
Himsel
Willehosne
Cedar Grove School
God of Nations
Mr. Clark
Cedar Grave Church
Hetara
Hetty Windrich
Huse Frotz
Hensie Wilson
Katie Melaney
Wsther Edland
Amelia Schaffer
Elsie Kingsland
Kave ‘Treth Tenet
McAmie Grissing
Anna Lawk
Tila
Ruth Williams
Herma Wendridy
Loy
John Brown
Loys
Edwin White
Peter Schaffer
Harence Jacobus
Allan Nelson
Henry Grissing
George Personett
Fred Young
Alex Keating
Gus Schafer
Alberta Jacobus
Willie Grissing
Olive Oughletree
Esther Kidland
Mamie Melager
Elizabeth Molland
Beatrice Taylor
Dora Kraast
Rachel Dreis
Helen Vries
Minnie Schether
Aton Bookuwsekep
Gertrude Haller
Helen Taylor
B.C. Goble
Board of Education
Adams
Kotlas
Mildred Jacobus
Lige
Parewell
Bikes Brothers
Meaty
Schneider
Clarence Jacobus
Wilbur
Hina Loo
Junge
Hattie Jacobus
Frances Courtrey
Bertha Leck
Marie Borkowsky
Oscar Jacobus
Warren Jenkins
Henry Schneider
Herbert Taylor
Llith Grissing
Mille Grissing
Lizzie de Weil
Alice Courter Geatrice Taylor
Elizabeth Dland
Roy Jacobus
Guss Schaffer
Leo Williams
Verona Pastor Weds Porria in Solemn Rite
A Verona pastor wed Porria in a large ceremony witnessed by a large throng. The bride wore a white gilt gown and carried an ivory bound prayer book. Family and friends attended a reception at the bride's parents home and later at the First Congregational Church.
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Porria
Arthas H. Bisgel
Montclair
Alfred Clare Dickey
J. Hartwell Hines
Reymaend Curtis
Henry Page
George 8
Pieburg
W. J. Dickson
A. H. Bissell
W. G. Dickson
DS. Curtis
Monteair
First Congregational Church
Early attack urged on city vermin caterpillars
An entomologist warns that the tussock caterpillar is already damaging young leaves in New York. Urges rapid, repeated use of hand pumps and sprays now to control the pests before they mature and cause extensive defoliation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane
New York City
Resignation of Cedar Grove School Principal William Adams
Mr. William Adams tendered his resignation as principal of Cedar Grove public school this week. He will enter the Normal University of Ohio to pursue mechanical engineering studies. The community praises his years of earnest work and his moral and intellectual care for pupils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Adams
Cedar Geore
Adams
Normal University of Ohio
Cedar Grove
The case for stone sidewalks in Long Branch
The piece argues that sidewalk costs act as a tax on the poor, touching bread meat coal and daily life. It contends stone sidewalks are essential for personal health town progress and property value and that the public has a duty to provide good sidewalks for all residents.
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Long Branch Record
Subscribe Now for Caldwell News This Summer
As residents leave for the summer they are urged to subscribe to the Caldwell News to keep in touch with local events. The paper offers United States or Canada delivery for 1 per year and allows free address changes. Subscribe now before leaving.
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Caldwell
Guy Point
United States
Canada
Humorest Jere Cobb Headlines Fifteenth High School Alumni Reunion
Jere Cobb entertained the Alumni Association at its fifteenth annual reunion held Friday evening in the Presbyterian Church pastors’ hall. Prof. E Heddon delivered the address. Officers elected for the coming year include President Lynn Lockwards and Vice President Percy Smith with Edmond Provost as secretary and treasurer.
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Jere Cobb
Presbyterian Church
E. Heddon
Lynn ‘Lockwards
Percy Smith
Edmond Pro‘vost
Verona Gleanings Chronicle Local Social Notes
Verona news roundup reports frequent social events including gatherings at the Brookdale Street home of Mrs. Brooks and a Lake Ker picnic. Notables such as Mr. and Mrs. Whitehorne and alumni from 1902 attend receptions, with church groups hosting meetings and a Cuban Tea fundraiser at the Methodist Church lawn. A southeast gale causes damage to trees and grain, while society members celebrate anniversaries and clip social events at Verona.
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Pompio Road
Lee
Sinebine Society
Myre Bk
Brooks
Lake Ker
Pittsburgs
Oly
Overbrook Assyum
William Whitehorne Nigen
Boston
Henry D. Whitehorn
Grove Avenue
Adam Wiesmann
Allena May Cremsn
Brookdale Steformed
Charles T. Ilogers
Laura Lay
Harold W. Haines
New York
High Rebowl
Elaae
Johnson’s Hall
Her. Shelton
Mrs. Ulasel
Waiiag's Aid Society
Hirst
Woman
First Presbyterian Church of
Verona
Mra
Hertha M. Rogera
Congregational Church
Lake Grounds
Ladies Aid Society
Pleasantdale Presbyterian Church
Methodist Church
Charles L. Tagalls
Cuba
Royal Arcanum 25th Anniversary Free Outing at Verona Lake
The Essex County united councils host a free June 28 outing at Verona Lake with baseball games from 10 AM among councils and track, field, and aquatic sports from 2 PM limited to order members or under 16 family members. A band concert and touring pictures exhibition follow, and the order, founded in Boston with nine members, now has a large reserve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Arcanum
United Consella
Essex County
Verona Lake
Boston Mass
Puw
Fourth of July Exercises at City Home and Girls' Home
The Fourth at the City Home features a grand exercise at dawn with pupils marching to positions, unfurling Old Glory from a new flag staff, and songs, music, recitations, and addresses. In the afternoon at the Girls' Home, Sagiratsing events include recitations and singing by the girls. Weather vane marks Essex county's highest point as part of the day’s notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tie Rls
Girls Ag
Essex County
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Jenly
Mise Deonle Dager
Feriemids
Imei Jiller
Bas Pea
Birs
Caleb Wu
Biarber
Childrens Ancillary Society
Junior Sunbeam Society
Livingston Happenings
Livingston
Moy
Bert Poulk
Grace
Nepal
Church of Orange
War High School
Newark Evening News
Gertrude
Florence Fund
Eden Bailey
Provence Fund
William Crosby
Deill
Ren
Roseland
Stillwater
Anit Smeratning
Jaageael Alsie
Beton
William H. Conklin
Daniel
Mia
Daniel Aitken
Mt. Hebron Cemetery
Montclair Heights
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