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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1921
Page
1
First Presbyterian holds Sunday worship by Rev. J B Curry on Soul Entanglements from 2 Peter 2 20 with Sunday School at 10. Prayer meeting Friday at 730. Second Presbyterian led by Rev Frederick Schweitzer and Schultz Memorial M E with morning worship at 11 led by Rev L E Lennox.
The C E Society of the Second Church will meet in the chapel next Sunday evening at 6 30 o clock. The subject is Thy Kingdom Come In my community. Lesadér Miss Mary Spaulding presides.
The Helping Hand Missionary Society of the First Church will meet Friday afternoon April 8 at 2 30 o clock at the home of Miss Nettie Claflin.
The Light Bearers mission band of the First Presbyterian church will meet in the chapel Friday afternoon April 8 at a quarter to four. Leaders Anna Scott and Emma Bennett.
The Junior Christian Endeavor Society will meet in the Second Presbyterian chapel Sunday afternoon April 3 at 3 o'clock. Leader Virginia Pullen will conduct the session.
The Presbytery of Monmouth will meet at the Second Church next Tuesday April 5 with sessions and committees set to discuss church affairs and appointments.
The Woman's Club of Cranbury plans an Open Meeting next Wednesday afternoon at Miss Marie Groves's home. The Rev. Frederick Schweitzer will address the session.
The Junior Christian Endeavor Society presents a play titled A Little Heroine of the Revolution at the Second Presbyterian chapel on Thursday April 14. The production is described as exciting and tickets are urged to be purchased early.
Mrs Mary H Armour known as the Georgia Cyclone will visit Cranbury on Friday May 20 to address the W C T U. The nationally famous speaker will advocate for the WCTU and asks locals to keep the date open.
Local churches observed Easter with earnest sermons and strong music. The First and Methodist Churches featured tasteful decorations with lilies and ferns, while the Second Church displayed abundant Easter lilies. Mr Totten sang morning and evening, supported by Mrs Perrine and others, delighting Cranbury audiences.
Enthusiastic younger members receive dance training from older Fire Company members at the Fire House. John Martin leads a growing class with many students progressing rapidly and offering evenings for lessons.
Miss Olive Petty hosted a Tuesday evening shower at her home for Miss Mary Spaulding whose marriage to Lawrence Havens is planned soon. Yellow and white decorations, gifts, a Wedding March, and refreshments framed the social event with many friends in attendance.
The Annual Congregational Meeting of the Second Presbyterian Church will be held Friday evening at 8 o clock in the church. Three trustees will be elected and much business will be transacted. Members should attend to hear reports and discuss church welfare. Afterward refreshments and sociability in the chapel. Charles C Groves president of board of trustees.
John Burroughs, famed naturalist and essayist, died at 2 a m on a train traveling from California to his West Park New Jersey home. He planned to mark his eighty fourth birthday with Henry Ford Harvey Firestone and Thomas A. Edison on April 3. A close friend of Theodore Roosevelt, Burroughs was renowned for his unconventional writing and nature studies.
Joseph Timmerari was sentenced to death in the electric chair during the week of May 9 after a first degree murder verdict in the killing of Henry Kouhaupp at New Market on February 11. The parents of the boy were acquitted and cried as the sentence was imposed. He was taken to jail handcuffed to two officers amid fears of violence. A large Italian presence and local residents filled the courtroom.
The Cranbury Firemen's Relief Association filed articles of incorporation with the county clerk at New Brunswick as an association not for profit. Trustees named are Roland L. Dey Earl O. Wilson Thomas B. Woolston Joseph A.C. Wicoff Norman Appleger. Officers include Thomas B. Woolston president Harry N. Scott vice president Joseph C. Wicoff secretary and Earl C. Wilson treasurer.
Helen Allen and Raymond C Stonaker were wed in a Wednesday 4 o'clock ceremony at the Wilson home in Hightstown. Rev Harry Evans Owings officiated the double ring ceremony with daffodils and Easter lilies decorating the house. The couple, both active in local church and business circles, will reside in a new North Main Street bungalow after a brief honeymoon. About 125 guests attended from many towns including Glen Rock Philadelphia Los Angeles Minnesota Chicago Clarksburg and Trenton.
A quiet ceremony was held at the Croshaw home in South Main Street Hightstown as Helen M Croshaw wed Neal H Currie of Belvidere. The couple, witnessed by close family, planned a brief wedding trip then will settle in Belvidere at a newly furnished home.
Mrs Clara White died Sunday at her grandson Clarence Thornton’s home after years of rheumatism. Her funeral was held Wednesday at her late home with Mr McKeever, then at a Plainfield Baptist Church led by Rev Campbell. Burial followed in Evergreen Cemetery Plainfield under Cole Son Co. directions.
A Saturday ceremony at the Hoffman home in Englishtown united Bertha Gertrude Hoffman and Harry Hancock of near Hightstown. Rev Wm Bullock officiated as Mrs Russell Johngoo played Lohengrin. The couple will reside on a farm near Hightstown after a honeymoon.
Mrs Cornelia H. Dey of Hightstown died Saturday after an automobile wreck on the Hamilton Square Robbinsville road. The crash injured her husband Allison E. Dey and others. she had been taken to a Trenton hospital and died after a quiet visit by her husband. She was a widow of refined character, mother of two sons and a daughter, member of First Presbyterian Cranbury, interred at Brainerd Cemetery.
William H. Oakerson of Windsor died at his home Wednesday after a two year illness from paralysis. He never married and leaves a sister Mrs. Danser of Farmingdale. Funeral services Saturday at 2 PM from his home conducted by Rev. Sherman of Windsor M E Church. Interment at Hightstown under Cole Son & Co. supervision.
George H. Thomas, a prosperous farmer near Prospect Plains, died Tuesday morning after a long illness from various complications. He was the son of Gilbert Thomas and brother of Richard Thomas. Funeral Friday afternoon from his late home with Rev. L. E. Lennox officiating. burial in Second Church Cemetery under Cole, Son & Co. supervision.
Seed potatoes offered from Washington County Giants and Red Star Virginia Second Crop Giants. Bennett and Denieon invite customers to obtain seed or fertilizer at Prospect Plains, New Jersey.
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