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Newspaper

Cranbury Press

Location

Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America

Date

Dec 25, 1914

Page

4

Cranbury Man Wins $17,191 Contract for Shark Station Road

The Cranbury area is in the news as the Board of Freeholders awaits a $17,191 contract with H. N. Scott Contracting Co. for the Shark Station road in South Brunswick. Mosquito extermi nation costs are outlined with a projected 1915 budget of about $15,500, covering inspection labor oil and wagon administration and travel.

Board of Freeholders Shark Station South Brunswick Township H. N. Scott Contracting Co Aranbury Middlesex Mosquito

Mayor-elect selects staff for city departments

Bert D. Thomas, taking office January 1, plans to appoint J. Franklin Donnell as water department superintendent and street overseer. Charles Weller may become sewer inspector after passing the state exam. Thomas will appoint six health commissioners and several on the Board of Education and name his successor on the Council. He advocates a business administration and aims to reward Democrats on health and education boards.

Bert D. Thomas J. Franklin Donnell Water Department Charles Weller Thomas Board of Education Board of Health and

Hightstown Church Plans two story Sunday School building

May enlargement plans for Hightstown Baptist Church proposing a brick structure 100 by 40 feet with basement for Sunday School. Jackson & Rosencrans of New York prepared the plans. Building committee includes W. G. Riley R. W. Swetland Rev BR Swetland Rev W A Stanton John B Mount Albert Chamberlin Forman A Upkie James I Hutchinson William J Hutchinson Charles Mason Bert D Thomas D Hart Cunningham.

Hightstown

Friday Club of Hightstown Hosts Christmas Program

The Friday Club held a Hightstown meeting with Mrs. Thomas Field hosting. A holiday program led by Mrs. W A Stanton, Mrs. Elmer Chamberlin, and Miss Luella Dey featured Christmas customs, carols sung by a Peddie Institute glee club, and readings. Refreshments followed as guests received holly sprigs.

Hightstown Thomas Field Ward Street W. A. Stanton Elmer Chamberlin Luella Dey

PlainsboroSocials Note Christmas Gatherings and Visits

Misses Rose and Elizabeth Byrnes visit relatives in Jersey City. R A Barnard holiday with Harrisburg friends and Gettysburg. Perrines host Scott and Harold Cranbury for Christmas. Mather family in Princeton for Xmas. Lémon welcome new son Edward William. Letson now at Clarence Mackay plant Roslyn. 35 youths host Elbert Everett Dutch Neck party. Groves and related families celebrate Xmas with multiple relatives. Wilsons attend 50th anniversary in Kingston. Stults family spends Christmas with Amos Waters in Trenton.

Rose Elizabeth Byrnes Jersey City R. A. Barnard Harrisburg Gettysburg T. C. Perrine H. N. Scott Harold Cranbury Herbert Mather Hazel Isaac Mather Princeton Peter J. Lémon Edward William Letson Walker-Gordon Clarence Mackay Roslyn Long Island Plainsboro Elbert Everett Dutch Neck Chas Groves Somerville John Dey Rhode Hall Andrew Everett G. A. Burslem

Sunday school program draws large chapel crowd

The Sunday school entertainment in the chapel last Tuesday evening drew a large attendance with all scholars present. The Home Department and Cradle Roll were well represented as solos recitations primary songs and dialogues were performed. The chapel was nicely decorated for the event.

Rutgers student among Mechanics Home Council hits two hundred members

G Leslie Shults, Rutgers College student, becomes the 200th member of Mechanics Home Council No. 71 Junior Order United American Mechanics in Jamesburg. Ray mond Petty reports enlistment in the marine corps. Mr and Mrs Edward S Hammell visit Asbury Park friends. Hammell a former Jamesburg Record editor for 22 years.

Mechanics’ Home Council United American Mechanics G. Leslie Shults Rutgers College Raymond Petty Marine Corps of the Navy Edward S. Hammell Asbury Park Thomas HE. Perrine Church Street Hammell

Mrs. McClain Endorses Croup Remedy

Mrs W R B McClain of Blairsville Pennsylvania reports her son Ray suffered croup often but Chamberlains Cough Remedy relieved him quickly and she keeps it on hand as a positive cure for croup sold by all dealers.

Ray Chamberlain Croup Koehler

Cure for sick headache linked to stomach disorders

Mrs. John Bishop of Roseville Ohio reports indigestion and two to three day sick headaches were relieved after taking Chamberlains Tablets a friend recommended. The ad claims the remedy fixes the stomach to end headaches and notes for sale by all dealers.

Chamberlain's A. Keller Elida Ohio John Bishop Roseville Chamberlain

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