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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1913
Page
1
First Presbyterian Church Pastor N T Brown from Dutch Neck preached at First Church last Sunday morning. Next Sunday morning Rev George Swain formerly of Allentown Presbyterian Church will occupy the pulpit.
Goodwins Band left early Thursday morning to provide music for the carnival at New Egypt this afternoon and evening.
Sixteen pickerel averaging about a pound each were caught in Brainerd Lake on the morning of the 19th. The catch was made by Howard Snow of New York, with John VanDerveer as pilot.
Mrs. Margaret Bergen and Misa Eiva Chamberlin returned Monday evening from a six weeks trip to the west. They found the journey more than anticipated and kept in good health throughout.
Mr and Mrs H N Scott and son Harold plan to spend the remainder of the summer at their bungalow in Manasquan New Jersey.
Choir master Lemuel Stults of the Second church prepares a sacred music concert selection for the evening service on the first Sunday in September.
Ernest L. Stults lost a valuable young mule last Friday when it dropped dead along the road while being driven loaded with potatoes. A hired man managed the mule before it suddenly leaped and fell beside the road near D. C. Mershon’s residence. Visitors from Minetola, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Conners and son Kenneth, called on John S. Bergen’s family. Sr. Conners begins his sixth year as Minetola schools principal this fall.
There is no game tomorrow for the Cranbury club but next Saturday they will face the New Egypt club at New Egypt.
Rev and Mrs J E Curry are spending two weeks at Craig Hall in Atlantic City. During their absence Mrs John Davis will preside over the household. Miss Celeste Curry and Miss Margaret Curry have returned from the Summer School at Cape May.
The J. F. F. Club traveled by boat up the Hudson River on Friday. Attendees included LeRoy Scott and wife John Bennett and wife G. A. Bennett and wife Mrs. Jane Dey Miss Elizabeth Petty Johnes Dey and wife Mrs. Harriett Blackwell Miss Martha Perrine and Elmer Edsall.
Dr and Mrs E H Bergen of Prineton invite the marriage of their daughter Marion to William Gordon of Cranbury at their home on Wednesday September tenth at 6:30 PM.
The President of the Village Improvement Society appoints a permanent committee to supervise and control the swan on the lake, with H. N. Scott as Chairman and members George Porschner Cicero Lewis Clifford Chamberlin J. Silvers Mrs. Samuel Perrine President.
About fifty people from Cranbury and nearby areas joined the Democracy of Middlesex County excursion to Donnelly's Grove College Point on Tuesday for the annual field day and clambake. The trip aboard the steamer Point Comfort carried about 1,400 passengers, with many Republicans in the party.
John B Perrine Jr son of Mr and Mrs Spencer W Perrine died after cerebral meningitis. Funeral held at First Presbyterian Church with Rev J E Curry officiating and interment in Brainerd Cemetery. Survived by parents and four pallbearers list.
Report notes 1700 plus suppers sold and coffee constraints at Tennent harvest home on July 23. Officials say coffee limits of thirty cups per pound and water usage risk ruining coffee quality and reputation. More than fifty pounds of Number Seven were used at the event.
Mrs. Emma Snow entertained on Saturday with a large family group including Mr and Mrs Howard Snow of New York, Mr and Mrs John Mickle of Point Pleasant, Chester Snow, Mr and Mrs Lewis Appleger, Prosecutor Harry Newman and wife of Lakewood, Joyce and John Newman, and Millicent Snow of Hackensack.
The State Legislature appropriated $100,000 for a Colonial design Agricultural Building on the College Farm. Gustave De Kempe of Hoboken secured the contract with a bid of $75,000 and work is expected to start around September 1.
H N Scott chairman Swan Committee notes Daniel Croshaw was the first to respond for a bushel of wheat for the swan in a brief acknowledgment.
Hightstown hosts fast Hopewell at home with Kike Applegate of Cranbury to pitch for Hightstown in the game set for tomorrow afternoon.
Addison J. Perrine of Hightstown was sentenced in Mercer Criminal Court at Trenton to 18 months in the County Work Farm.
A. C. Beekman, a prominent local farmer, is selling many baskets of luscious peaches in town. He raised the fruit on his Dayton road farm. The peaches are unusually large with average diameters around three inches and circumference near nine inches. The orchard will yield over 800 baskets.
The firm formed last Saturday as Wilson & Ely dissolved on Tuesday. Mr Ely bought Wilsons share in the Hightstown garage. Wilson and Ely had purchased the Hightstown garage from Addison J Perrine at public sale for 4625 dollars.
Walter Lanning, a farm laborer, was jailed by Recorder Paxton on Wednesday morning in Jamesburg. He faces charges of forging the name Franklin Hauser of South Brunswick township to a $25 check drawn on the Cranbury National Bank.
Miss Pauline Goldberg nearly panicked while bathing at Helm etta Lake when a water snake approached. Swallowing water during her struggle, she cried out, drawing Romeo Pagnotti and others who rescued her from the lake shore. Goldberg, a Philadelphia native, is described as a standout blonde in the Outcast colony.
At the first board of trustees meeting after harvest home in Cranbury New Jersey the donors were thanked for their generous coffee donation. Secretary W Denise Herbert notes the gift saves this year and enhances future reputation. August 11 1918.
Cranbury led 3 0 in the first inning but Hopewell rallied to win 8 6 in the final game of a three game series. Wells and E Johnson powered the offense while Masterson and Nolan contributed strong fielding and hitting. The line score shows Cranbury 300101010 6 Hopewell 10202111 x 8.
The Presbyterian North announces record membership and funding gains. Members total 1,415,800, up 39,000 in the past year, with Baptisms near 70,000 and Sunday School children up 83,000. Presbyterian schools reach 1,265,400, a 100,000 rise in five years.
The path to virtue is not as daunting as some claim. It is narrow in places but opens to satisfy nightly desires and high ambitions.
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