Church Services And Local Social Notes
Sunday School at ten at First Presbyterian with Rev W J B Edgar of Jamesburg. Second Presbyterian preaches Rev Harry Evan Owings of Hightstown. Schultz Memorial M E holds prayer meeting Friday eight P M with Rev N W Webb of Windsor. Cranbury educators enjoy trip to Asbury Park Red Bank and more. Marriage announced Harvey Nelson Petty and Gertrude Wray to wed August eleventh in Elizabeth New Jersey.
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First Presbyterian
W. J. B. Edgar
Jamesburg
Second Presbyterian
Harry Evan Owings
Hightstown
Cranbury Board of Education
Asbury Park
Red Bank
H. J. Butcher
H. Pettine
LeRoy Scott
Harvey Nelson Petty
Gertrude Wray
Elizabeth
New Jersey
Petty
Nelson Petty
Cranbury
Birthday joy and wedding notices from the community
The Perrine family celebrated Rosella's tenth birthday with a party for seventeen girls. A Cobblers versus Giants game is planned for August 27 at 3 PM on Charles Symmes' diamond with ice cream available. Invitations extend for the marriage of Rachel A Hobbs to Rev Clark Alexander on August 31 at Parkers Methodist Church Carnpeake North Carolina, with home reception after September 15 in Dutch Neck New Jersey.
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Clarence Perrine
Rosella
Cobblers
Giants
Charles Symmes
Diamond
Andrew Jackson Hobbs
Rachel A
Clark
Alexander
Parkers Methodist Church
Carnpeake
North Carolina
Dutch Neck
N. J
Barn Destroyed by Lightning at Rhode Hall Farm
A large barn on the William Van Dyke farm at Rhode Hall, occupied by Robert Solover, burned Sunday afternoon when struck by lightning. Neighbors saved the horses, mules and machinery. grain未 moved. Jamesburg Fire Department prevented spread to nearby buildings. This is the third fire in Rhode Hall recently, both at Solover properties.
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William van Dyke
Rhode Hall
Robert Solover
Jamesburg
Solover
Tragic drowning of 22 month old near Englishtown
John Vesey a 22 month old child of Mr and Mrs Frank Vesey of Gordon's Corner near Englishtown was drowned while wading into a swollen creek on his family property. The swift current carried him about 100 yards to where his body became caught in a fallen tree.
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John Vesey
Frank Vesey
Gordon’s Corner
Englishtown
Bank Building Contract Awarded in Hightstown
Wills Bill and Company of Philadelphia have been awarded the contract for the new bank building for the First National Bank of Hightstown. The contract price exceeds $58,000, not including a vault costing an additional $10,000 to $12,000. The Smith property on Main Street, 62 by 200 feet, was purchased for $15,000 to locate the bank. Upon completion the bank will invest about $100,000 in ground, building, vault, and fixtures.
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Wills, Bill and Company
Philadelphia
Bank
First National Bank of
Hightstown
Smith
Main Street
Surge surrogate race consolidation shifts from Morrison Lyons
New Brunswick August 18 announcement that Mayor John J Morrison and Assemblyman C Raymond Lyons withdraw from the surrogate race in favor of Freeholder Robert R Vandenbergh of Prospect Plains The move aims to unite GOP support and preserve harmony ahead of the primary Lyons is expected to run again for state assembly and some other announced candidates may withdraw to support the surrogate bid
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New Brunswick
John J. Morrison
Assembly
C. Raymond Lyons
Robert R. Vandenbergh
Prospect Plains
Lyons
State Assembly
Morrison
Vandenbergh
Board of Freeholders
Freeholder
Divorce Granted in Equity Ruling Over Marital Fraud
Ruhamah M Strang of Hightstown obtained a decree nisi of nullity from the Court of Chancery against Walter S Dix. Married in Camden in December 1918, Dix served in the U S Navy. Special Master Charles F Roberta found fraud in the marriage contract and the court voided the pretended marriage under general equity powers.
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Court of Chancery
Ruhamah M. Strang
Hightstown
Walters
Camden
Dis
Naval Service of
United States
Charles F. Roberta
Prohibition Linked to Fewer Heat Prostrations Says Doctors
Doctors across cities report unusually few heat prostrations amid a prolonged heat spell. They credit prohibition for reducing alcohol-related weakness and deaths, noting hospitals see fewer cases as saloons close.
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Daily Press
Albert S. Hyman
Sinai Hospital
Philadelphia
W. L. Dick
Columbus
Ohio
Jennie L. Tuttle
District Nursing Association
Pretty Summer Wedding Unites Emens and Chapman in Jamesburg
Misa Laura G. Emens became the bride of Christopher Chapman at a Sunday ceremony in the Emens home Jamesburg. Rev J R Shaw officiated in the parlor with Warren Emens as escort and Raymond Chapman as best man. Bridesmaids Lillian Baker and Gulie Emens wore blue and pink and carried pink roses. The bride wore white georgette and satin with veil and a shower bouquet. A reception and wedding dinner followed, with flowers and American colors dominating the decor.
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Frank W. Emens
Jamesburg
Misa
Laura G. Emens
Christopher §. Chapman
Bound Brook
J. R. Shaw
Sanford Memorial Church
Englishtown
Elizabeth Ford
Bordentown
Rider College Opens Its 57th Year in New Building
Rider College starts its 57th year in a new four story 50 000 square foot building at East State and Carroll Streets three blocks from Pennsylvania Station in Trenton. The structure features glazed terra cotta brick facades high ceilings wide halls abundant light ventilation cool rooms filtered drinking fountains and modern facilities including cloakrooms restrooms a recreation floor an auditorium and a dry heating system.
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Rider College
United States
East State and
Carroll Streets
Pennsylvania Station
Trenton
Columbus Farmer Mauled by Mad Bull in Barnyard
Harvey Comp, a Columbus area farmhand, was killed Sunday by a ferocious bull at Samuel Pew's farm. The animal charged him as he prepared for Sunday work, mangling his body and causing fatal rib punctures before fellow workers could intervene with guns and hay forks.
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Samuel Pew
Columbus
Harvey Comp
Comp
Plainsboro Woman Wounded in Apparent Self Inflicted Shooting
Middlesex County authorities search for John Schancz of Plainsboro after he vanishes following a shooting that wounded his wife Susie Schancz in St Francis hospital. Detectives found a rifle under the bed, a still and liquor, with cash destroyed. Budie the farm hand heard the shot and says Schancz fled into nearby woods. Mrs. Schancz claims she accidentally fired the weapon while making the bed.
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Middlesex County
John Schancz
Plainsboro
Susie Schancz
St. Francis Hospital
David
New Brunswick
Schancz
Budie
Jersey Justice Scores in Punishing Poachers
New Jersey's Fish and Game Commission reports 749 defendants prosecuted in the year ending June 30, the highest in state history. Only 24 acquittals reflect wardens' evidence. penalties included fines, imprisonment, license revocations, and 62 guns confiscated from aliens.
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New Jersey
James H. Stratton
State Fish and Game Commission
Fall Exhibit Planned by County Board and Pioneer Grange
Arrangements are made for a fall exhibit under the County Board of Agriculture and the Pioneer Grange. Potatoes are invited from growers with 15 pounds per exhibit, selecting from a half bushel or bushel of uniform potatoes. Four classes Giants Cobblers Green Mountains and miscellaneous offer first and second prizes. A committee including T M Applegate Le Roy Scott and John Bennet was appointed to plan county wide arrangements and a chairman will be chosen. The committee met on Monday evening August 15 and more announcements will follow.
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County Board of Agriculture
Pioneer Grange
T. M. Applegate
le Roy Scott
John Bennet
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Petty Wray
Surrogate
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Chapman-Emens
Jersey Justice
East State St
Trenton, N. J
The
First National Bank
Cranbury, N. J
Daniel Block
South Broad St
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