Church notices from Cranbury include services and clubs
First Presbyterian holds Sunday service Faith’s Adventurer with Gen 14 15. Sunday School at 10. Prayer meeting Friday 7 30. Second Presbyterian services led by Rev Schweitzer and Rev Lennox. Junior C E Society meets Sunday 3 with Psalms to learn led by Virginia Pullen. C E Society meets Sunday 6 30 with Wise sayings led by Mrs Martin Welsh. J F F Club meets Monday at Mrs Bennett. Woman’s Club Guest Day Wednesday December 15 with Mrs Perrine. Christmas Carols and Legends program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Presbyterian
J. E. Curry
Christian Endeavor Society
The
Second Presbyterian Church
Virginia Pullen
C. E. Society of the Second Church
Mra Martin Welsh
Woman’s Club of
Cranbury
S. H. Perrine
Play to Be Reproduced at Dutch Neck Church
By request members of the Second Church E. Society who staged The EpOpement of Ellen will present the same play at the Presbyterian Church of Dutch Neck on Saturday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen
Presbyterian Church of
Dutch Neck
Evans elected state master at Atlantic City Grange meeting
David H Evans of Three Bridges was chosen state master to replace the late Walter H Havens at the State Grange gathering in Atlantic City Also elected were Mrs Mabel Hoxie Craryburg Pomona and Mrs Eudora Rue Windsor state lecturer Christmas events at the First Church December 24 feature a Mother Goose cantata Santa Claus characters and a Stitch and Chatter Quilting party planned for December 16 with a social lunch and church talks by Margaret Peck Hill WCNJ Temperance Union organizer to speak December 15 at the Methodist Church
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
David H Evans
Three Bridges
Walter H. Havens
Mabel Hoxie
Crarbury
Pomona
Eudora H. Rue
Windsor
Mother Goose
Santa Claus
Boy Blue
Peter Pumpkin Eater
Old Woman In the Shoe
Jack Sprat
Nanny Etticote
Punch and Judy
Mrs. Santa Claus
Brownies
Fairies
Starz
Band
Margaret Peck Hill
National Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Hill
Cows Sold in Mercerville Auction Realize High Prices
Auctioneer F F Grove conducts sale for James M Anderson near Mercerville on December 7. Twenty five head sold with top price of 375 dollars and others ranging to 75 dollars for a young calf.
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F. F. Grove
James M Anderson
Mercerville
Santa Claus Visits Steinbachs Asbury Park Store Party
Santa Claus comes to Steinbach’s Asbury Park store on Saturday at 8 PM and will greet children each afternoon until Christmas from 8 AM to 4 30 PM at Steinbach Company Asbury Park N J.
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Steinbach’s
Asbury Park
Steibach Company
N. J
Wedding Rites for Groendyke Wicoff Pair in Plainsboro
Miss Luella Groendyke and John Mount Wicoff united in marriage at the bride’s home in Plainsboro with close family present. Rev G Ashworth Burslem officiated, Elsie Vanderhoef and Elmer Wicoff attended, wedding march by Mabel Holmes, couple to reside near Hightstown. Eva Ely and Harold Applegate wed at First Presbyterian manse with small gathering. couple to reside in Trenton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luella Groendyke
William B. Groendyke
Plainsboro
John Mount Wicoff
Anna M. Wicoff
Hightstown
G. Ashworth Burslem
Plainsboro Presbyterian Church
Eva Ely
George Ely
Harold Applegate
Clark Applegate
Cranbury
Joseph E. Curry
First Presbyterian Manse
Mire
Willard Applegate
Mme Schumann-Heink to Perform in Newark Fuerstman Series
Mme Schumann-Heink heads the Fuerstman Series at the Newark Armory on Wednesday December 15. She appears with pianist Katherine Hoffman and baritone George Morgan, performing Rossi and other works. It is her only New Jersey appearance before an Orient trip and marks a German repertoire return for the season. Tickets available at 828 Broad Street office.
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Fuerstman
Newark Armory
Mme
Schumann—Heink
New Jersey
Orient
Katherine Hoffman
George Morgan
Rossi
Sir “ Ah Rendimi
Mme Schumann-Heink
Newark
Open House at Trenton Clothing Company
The Trenton Clothing Company at 18 and 20 North Broad Street invites suburban shoppers to visit during Christmas season. Leave packages there for free check and care while they tour four floors of gifts for men youths and boys from socks to caps and all clothing in between.
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Trenton Clothing Company
North Broad Street
Trenton
N. J
Giant Potato Association Meeting In Grange Hall
The Giant Potato Association holds its annual meeting at Grange Hall on Tuesday afternoon December 14 1920 at 130 o clock. Officers to be elected and topics include grading and marketing the potato crop and whether current marketing methods suffice or need a new model. Discussion led by H W Jeffers A Gertzel C L Dey with Leroy Scott and Frank Powell guiding questions on selling a grade that stays sold.
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Giant Potato Association
Grange Hall
H. W. Jeffers
A. Gertzel
C. L. Dey
Leroy Scott
Frank Powell
State appoints Leroy Fales as Division Fire Warden North Jersey
State Firewarden C P Wilber announces Leroy B Fales has been named Division Fire Warden for the North Jersey division. Fales, a World War II veteran and former Cedar Pond Lookout Station employee, passed the Civil Service exam with high marks and began December 1 supervising the territory north of the Raritan River.
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C. P. Wilber
Leroy 8. Fales
North Jersey
Fales
State Forest Fire Service
Cedar Pond
Newark
Civil Service
Raritan River
Detective Richard A. Peltier Dies After Sudden Trolley Ride
Richard A. Peltier chief of Middlesex county detective staff, under Prosecutor Joseph E. Stricker, died suddenly on a Middlesex trolley car. He had fought liquor crimes, aided notable Middlesex cases, and served as county detective since 1909 after earlier roles and a private agency.
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Richard A. Peltier
Middlesex County
Joseph E. Stricker
Middlesex
Peltier
Fords Corner
Fords
Metuchen
Perth Amboy
William Fitzpatrick
Hillpot
New Jersey
Roman Smith
South River
Richard von Krebs
Voorhees
Theodore Booraem
State Highway Route No 1 opening to traffic December 17 1920
State Highway Commission reports Route No 1 between Bightstown and Cranbury will open to traffic December 17 1920. H. Lewis Schenck of Cranbury wins state championship for dark Brahmas and multiple prizes at the New Jersey State Poultry Show in Trenton November 30 to December 4, earning $28 cash and several ribbons.
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Trenton
N.J
D. W. Clayton
Cranbury
N. J
State Highway Commission
Wasser
Bightstown
A. Lee Grover
H. Lewis Schenck
N. J.State_Poultry Association
Mr._Schesek
Inspector Mount Brutally Beaten Near Hightstown
John S. Mount an accounting inspector for the State Board of Education was attacked on a Mercer county road near Hightstown by a soldier he had given a ride to. The assailant used a blackjack, causing Mount to lose consciousness before fleeing on foot. Mount proceeded to Newark for treatment after receiving care in Hightstown. the soldier’s identity remains unknown.
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John S. Mount
State Board of Education
State House
Trenton
Hightstown
Mercer County
Mount
Town Folk Visit and Family News in Hightstown
Hightstown residents share social visits with neighbors and relatives. Mr and Mrs Martin Wolfe and Elsie of Windsor visited Morrison avenue with the Perrines. Mrs Catharine Brearley and Florence went to Trenton. Mrs Mary Gaskill of Bordentown stayed with her sister.
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Martin Wolfe
Elsie
Windsor
Geo. B. Perrine
Morrison Avenue
Harry Field
Catharine Brearley
Florence
Trenton
Mary Gaskill
Bordentown
E. W. Caine
George Miller
Lizzie Ely
Allie Wilson
Barbara Wolfe
Philadelphia
Thomas Kester
Jacobstown
C. B. Field
Whispering after larynx removal through tracheal tube
Dr T Hoshino of Nagate Japan explains a procedure for cancer patients in which the larynx is removed and a rubber tube is placed from the trachea to the mouth. Breath and mouth muscles form speech enabling whispering understood by listeners. Artificial larynges exist but are less preferred.
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T. Horshino
Nagate
Japan
St. Louis
Hoshino
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Second Presbyterian
Frederick Schweitzer
L. E. Lennox
E. Society
Second Church Co
E. 8 Society
J. F. F. Club
John D. Bennett
Woman’s Club
David H. Evans
Wicoff-Groendyke
Applegate-Ely
Mme. Schumann-Heink
New Firewarden
Board of Trade of
Cranbury Township
Cranbury—Hightstown Road
N. J. State Poultry Association
Bolivia
East State St
Trenton, N. J
Daniel Block
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