Cranbury Notes from December 1905 Society and Trolley Talks
Cranbury residents attend services and gatherings as parlors, churches, and clubs plan events. Invitations announce Martha Bennett and Franklin Bennett nuptials while residents discuss library plans, a trolley franchise study, and a busy schedule of socials, concerts, and lectures across Cranbury, Hightstown, and nearby towns.
M E Church Committees and Cranbury Fire Company Event
The Fourth Quarterly Conference of the M E Church appoints committees for Missionary Education Church Extension Tracta and more on December 6 1905. The Cranbury Fire Company plans a high class entertainment December 9 at Odd Fellows Hall featuring The Thespian Dramatic Company to support equipment costs with $200 still needed. Seats 35 cents at N F Clayton’s Drug Store. Some local residents attend and other community notices follow.
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M. E. Church
Daniel WN. Appleget
Charles Carlson
Roselle E. Appleget
Elwood
van Dosen
Blaine Daviada
Lucey Adams
William M. Cox
Joseph R. Reynolds
Ellen Humphreys
Sunday School Union
Edward MN. i. Humphreys
John Thompson
BIA
E. ‘R. van Dusen
Cranbury Fire Company
Odd Fellowa Hall
Thespian” Dramatic Company
Lyceum
Cranbury
N. F. Clayton’s
Conta
Theapian Dramatic Company
Daytown church organist resigns. new appointment made
Miss Jennie Griggs resigns after fifteen years as church organist in Dayton. Miss Henrietta Osborn takes the post with Miss Stella Van Derveer as assistant organist. The Missionary Society reports growing membership, while social events and family updates fill the community page. Night prowlers prompt residents to stay vigilant and protect homes against fire.
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Jennie Griggs
Henrietta Osborn
Stella van Derveer
Hetty Shreve
Washington, D.C
Florence Manson
Peddie Institute
J. Toohill
J. Turtler
Luther
Westgrove
N. J
Jans
J. B. Clark
Missionary Society
Wesley Appleger
Joseph Reynolds
John D. Bennett
Washington, D. C
Pleasing Entertainment and Community Notices in Cranbury
A local entertainment by Pleasing Entertainment and The Willing Workers featured musical numbers, recitations, and duets, with proceeds about twenty dollars. Fire at E D Voorhees home caused repairs. Masonic reception at Wm F Burk’s home drew about one hundred. Cranbury Fire Company fundraiser on December 2 asks public support for fire equipment. public sale of horses and cows scheduled December 9 at White Hall Hotel stables. First National Bank of Cranbury annual stockholders meeting set for January 1906 to elect directors. doors open at eleven.
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Deane
Norton Morris
Standard Oil Company
Miss Morris
Mis
George Gilliland
Misses Webber
Wendel Dipplehorn
F._A. Brown
Cranbury
Susan Boice
New Bruna
Wick
Ice Company
Wm. H. Miller
Mason
Everitt
D.O Loewis
Silvera
N.F. Clayton
J. J. Bradley
Raymond Sitwell
Wm. F. Burk
Third Masonic District
Chestnut Avenue
Trenton
C. W. Winders
White Hall
Albany
Pence Streets
New Brunswick
Carly
First National Bank of Cranbury
Firat National Bank of
Jamesburg
N. J
Ats P. Motoeleet
Artiele A
Asan
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