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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1919
Page
1
Special Easter Exercises will be held at the church at the regular service hour with attractive Easter songs titled Fear Ye Not and recitations highlighting the Easter Hope. A commemorative elm tree will be planted and dedicated to Lieut Wm S Bull M D a church member killed in battle against the Hun.
The sermon is set for 11 oclock Sunday morning by Rev. McCleneghan. The choir will perform special music and the Sabbath School will join the exercises using songs and recitations from The Endless Life.
Easter Sunday services begin at 11 a.m. with a sermon by Rev. H. F. Doran and special Easter music. Church community service at 8 p.m. features the same pastor on Philippians 3 10. Pioneer Grange hosts a box social next Tuesday with ladies providing lunch for two and boxes auctioned, plus entertainment. Reading Circle meets next Wednesday at Mrs. Geo B Mershon’s home for a guest day lecture and friend turnout.
Mr and Mrs H N Scott entertain the Social Club on Thursday evening April 24 at eight o'clock. The event promises a social gathering and hosted activities for members.
Surrogate and Mrs D W Clayton invite members to the Reading Circle reception to be held Wednesday evening May fourteen at their residence.
John W. Perrine of Hightstown has been elected assistant cashier at the First National Bank of Hightstown succeeding John West who resigned. Perrine returns to the bank after seven years away, previously leaving to join the Perrine & Priory hardware firm about two years ago, and he has served in the Army with an honorable discharge.
Frank L. MacFerran, longtime sales and service manager for Chevrolet in Hightstown, is transferred to New Haven Conn. Mrs. MacFerran resigns as church soloist. the couple hosted a farewell reception Monday as friends regret their departure from Hightstown.
The annual congregational meeting of the Second Presbyterian Church of Cranbury New Jersey will be held in the church building Thursday April 24 at o oclock to elect three trustees and to handle other business. Members urged to attend to hear reports and learn of church work. By order of the Board of Trustees Canes Groves President.
Mrs Adelia C McGill aged 78 died this morning at her Pleasant Hill home after three months illness. She was daughter of Elijah Brown and is survived by daughter Mrs C Newton Hutchingon of Robbiesville and son Frank McGill of Pleasant Hill, a brother Edward Brown, and half sister Mrs H H Gifford of Highland Park. Funeral from her Pleasant Hill residence Monday April 21 at two o'clock.
Emma Snow Hendrickson widow of Abraham H. Snow died April 15 in Cranbury at age 79. Survived by seven children, a daughter, a sister, two brothers, 14 grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Funeral held Thursday afternoon with Cranbury interment. She was active in Schultz Memorial Church and the local W C T U.
Marion Mount married Lieutenant Kenneth Applegate Tuesday at the Mount home Englishtown. Rev William Bulloch officiated in a white satin gown and veil ceremony attended by sister Evelyn Mount. Guests included Mr and Mrs Applegate and Cranbury guests. couple to reside in Hartford Conn after a furnished house is ready.
In Chicago on April 8, Khaki clad men visited a Salvation Army substitute saloon that mimicked a tavern atmosphere but swapped beer for coffee and doughnuts. The venue showcased camoufleur art, garbed nymphs, and flower pots, with Salvation Army volunteers and other young women present. The effort reflects social centers intended to replace saloons if prohibition becomes a reality, following overseas huts.
Experiments in New Zealand show pig iron can be produced from iron sands at 15 tons per day. Plans are underway to greatly enlarge the plant and scale up production.
The Rider Moore and Steward School in Trenton will host an Easter dance on Friday evening April 25 at Crescent Temple 65 N Clinton Ave. The event attracts students and parents with a spacious dance floor seating and welcoming atmosphere. Barlow's Jazz Band provides music and the reception committee includes A L Smith J R Summerfeldt O A Miller and Miss Alice Foster with teachers and wives acting as chaperons.
A London Nation editorial warns that failing to fund the Victory Loan would collapse the allied war effort, disrupt economies, and unleash global chaos. It argues taxes cannot substitute for the loan and condemns aLeague autocracy as a threat to democracy.
Opinion piece from the Los Angeles Times criticizing the 65th Congress and Treasury management. It argues the United States faces heavy debt, high gold reserves, and a mismatch between receipts and expenditures. It condemns the Democratic majority for a harbor bill and mocks Ways and Means chairmen for poor financial judgment.
The largest private telephone branch in the world serves the war department. On July 1 it handled 3178 extensions and by August 1 3626. It requires 126 trunk lines for incoming calls 76 for outgoing calls local and submarine toll 17 private toll lines to New York Philadelphia Baltimore via Cleveland Hoboken and Newport News and 105 tie lines to other government stations in Washington.
Invitation to visit Stolls to hear records on sale with attendants ready to demonstrate machines in stock. Guests may listen in large or small rooms, take time, and buy with flexible terms while enjoying the records.
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