Church Services and Meetings at Local Congregations
First Presbyterian notes Sacrament of the Lord's Supper at morning worship with a Saturday preparatory service at 8 and a session meeting Saturday at 2 15. Sunday School at 10 Christian Endeavor at 680 Community Service at 7 30. A stereopticon lecture on The New Era and the New Needs. Second Presbyterian and Schultz Memorial M E list Sunday preaching by their pastors. Junior C E Society plans a February 6 meeting at 8 with the topic What It Means to Belong to Christ icor 3 21 23 and a decision day consecration led by Edward Wicoft.
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First Presbyterian
Christian Endeavor
Second Presbyterian
Frederick Schweitzer
Christian Endeavor Society
Second Presbyterian Church
Christ
Icor
Edward Wicoft
Second Church C E Society Meeting
The C E Society of the Second Church will meet in the chapel next Sunday evening at 6 30. Subject A surrendered and victorious life. Leader Miss Mary Hughes.
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Second Church
C. E. Society
C. E. Society of the
Mary Hughes
Missionary Society Meeting Date Change at First Church
The Helping Hand Missionary Society of the First Church will meet with Mrs. John Dorrance of Hightstown on Thursday February 10 instead of Friday February 11. Miss Carlotta Davieon will discuss her recent trip to Japan at the gathering.
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Helping Hand Missionary Society of the First Church
John Dorrance
Hightstown
Carlotta Davieon
Japan
Light Bearers Mission Band Meet Friday at Four
The Light Bearers mission band of First Presbyterian will meet in the chapel Friday afternoon February 11 at a quarter to four. Members are asked to bring their mite boxes. Leaders for the afternoon are Mary Perrine and Alice Brown.
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First Presbyterian Church
Mary Perrine
Alice Brown
Woman's Club to Host Open Meeting February 9
The Woman's Club announces an open meeting on Wednesday afternoon February 9 with Mrs D W Clayton as hostess. Rev J E Carry will lecture on unrest in Ireland and Irish songs will be performed. Pioneer Grange meets February 8 at Amzi Duncan home with a Valentine party and a prize for the cleverest valentine.
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Woman’s Club
D. W. Clayton
J. EB
Ireland
Pioneer Grange
Amzi Duncan
To Hold Ladies Night at Apollo Lodge No 156
Apollo Lodge No. 156 F and A M will hold ladies night on Thursday evening February 24 with entertainment refreshments and dance.
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Apollo Lodge
Miss Olive Lennox Sails to Liverpool for Dublin Marriage
Miss Olive B Lennox daughter of Rev L B Lennox and noted musician sails Saturday noon February 5 from New York on the Cedric bound for Liverpool She will be married upon arrival in London and then proceed to an estate about twenty miles from Dublin Ireland to establish her home
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Olive B. Lennox
L. B. Lennox
New York
Cedric
Liverpool
London
Ireland
Dublin
Ladies Aid Supper at Jamesburg Presbyterian Church
The Ladies Aid Society will serve a supper in the chapel on February 22 starting at 6 PM. Adults pay 1.00, children under 12 pay 0.60. Fancy articles, candy and ice cream will be for sale. Ladies in colonial costumes will be present.
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Ladies Aid Society
Jamesburg Presbyterian Church
Cranbury Township School Election Set for February 8
The annual Cranbury Township school election will be held at the school on Tuesday February 8 to elect three members to the board of education for eight years. Appropriations include 1200 dollars for building and repairing, 1500 dollars for current expenses, 250 dollars for manual training, and 8000 dollars for a deficit in the current expense fund for 1920 and 1921.
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Cranbury Township
Board of Education
Enjoyable shower for Gladys Barlow Lewis at Kingston
A Saturday evening shower at Mr and Mrs John Barlow home near Kingston celebrated Gladys Barlow's marriage to Albert Lewis of Rocky Hill. About a hundred guests from Kingston Rocky Hill Monmouth Junction Plainsboro Princeton Trenton Brooklyn Beverly Philadelphia and Cranbury attended and presented silver glass linen and checks. The couple will live at Rocky Hill.
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John Barlow
Kingston
Gladys
Albert Lewis
Rocky Bill
Rocky Hill
Monmouth Junction
Plainsboro
Princeton
Trenton
Brooklyn
Beverly
Philadelphia
Cranbury
Lewis
Cranbury Vigilant Society Elects Officers At 20th Meeting
The Cranbury Vigilant Society held its twentieth annual meeting on a lively Saturday afternoon with 157 members present and no losses reported in the past year. An inquiry into automobiles was deferred. Elected for the new year were President Daniel W. Clayton and others including Vice President Harry N. Scott Secretary Howard J. Butcher and Treasurer Lemuel Stults with a slate of directors and pursuers named.
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Cranbury Vigilant Society
Daniel W. Clayton
Harry N. Scott
Howard J. Butcher
Lemuel Stults
D. W Clayton
M M Griggs
Dey Estate Left to Immediate Family in Will
The will of Edmund Dey late of Cranbury admits probate. The Cranbury house passes to grand-niece Ada May Dey. The rest of the estate divides equally among nephews William Harvey M. and Edmund Voorhees and niece Sarah E Varian. Edmund Voorhees named executor. Will dated April 10 1920 and witnessed by Sam Billock and Harvey C Voorhees.
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Edmund Dey
Cranbury
Ada May Dey
Clayton
William
Harvey M
Edmund Voorhees
Sarah E Varian
Sam Billock
Harvey C. Voorhees
Appelget and Letch Wed at Baltimore Presbyterian Church
Adrian S. Appelget aged 80 and Mrs. Mary A. Letch of Trenton married Monday in the manse of the Aisquith Street Presbyterian church Baltimore by Rev. James M. Wallace the ceremony conducted in the church manse.
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Adrian S. Appelget
Mary A. Letch
Trenton
Aisquith Street Presbyterian Church
Baltimore
James M. Wallace
Surrogate Grants Letters of Administration in Mercer County
Surrogate Madden granted letters of administration to Lucy A. McGill of Cranbury for the estate of her mother Anna E. Cox of Hightstown who died December 10 1920. Personal property valued about $5 000.
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Madden
Mercer County
Lucy A. McGill
Cranbury
Anna E. Cox
Hightstown
February Furniture Sale at Steinbachs World’s Largest Resort Store
Prices rebound after a long postwar downturn. Steinbach Company ASbury Park bought in volume during the low, offering twenty carloads of furniture at prices far below market in a February sale. Compare with big-city deals to confirm value and act to buy now.
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Steinbach
Asbury Park
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Favored by Mothers
The remedy is popular with mothers of young children for colds croup and whooping cough. Its pleasant taste and rapid relief win strong approval. It contains no opium or narcotics and can be given safely to babies as well as adults.
Prominent Dayton Figures Attend Cranbury Benefit for Church
Residents of Cranbury and surrounding towns heard Miss Elizabeth Lennox sing despite a cold. J Swinford with his baritone joined, and Olive Lennox accompanied. Rev. Mr. Lennox’s pride in his daughters shone as the concert sold about 300 tickets, boosting the Ladies Aid Society treasury. carnations were given to the Lennox sisters.
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Cranbury
Dayton
Hightstown
Elizabeth Lennox
Lennox
J. Swinford
Olive Lennox
Mr. Lennox
Ladies Aid Society of the Church
Death of Hon John Mount Smith in Hightstown
Hon John Mount Smith died at Hightstown on Thursday morning in the eighty first year after a lingering illness. Funeral services will be from his late residence Stockton street on Monday afternoon. Interment at Vedar Hill cemetery under J. S. Rogers & Son. He is survived by daughter Miss Sarah Smith of Hightstown two sons J Mount Smith Jr and William G Smith of Philadelphia a brother R M J Smith and sister Miss Hannah Smith of Hightstown.
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John Mount Smith
Hightstown
Stockton Street
Vedar Hill Cemetery
J. 5. Rogers & Son
Mr. Smith
Sarah Smith
J. Mount Smith, Jr
William G. Smith
Philadelphia
R. M. J. Smith
Hannah Smith
Dey Infant Vera Wilberta Dies at Hightstown
Vera Wilberta Dey, young daughter of Mr and Mrs Harvey H Dey of near Hightstown, died Wednesday evening after a brief illness from convulsions. Funeral services Sunday at 2 PM from the parental home, with interment at Cedar Hill Cemetery Hightstown under Cole Son Co direction.
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Harvey H. Dey
Hightstown
Vera
Cedar Hill Cemetery
Cole, Son & Co
Funeral for Randolph Chamberlin Held in Hightstown
Randolph Chamberlin died at his home in Hightstown after a long heart illness. The 69 year old was buried at Cedar Hill Cemetery with interment directed by Cole, Son & Co. of Cranbury. Survived by a widow, five brothers Albert Henry Frank Abijah Lewis and two sisters Mrs Anthony Wilson and Mrs William Gibson. Services were conducted by Rev Harry Owings of Hightstown Baptist Church assisted by Rev Thomas Tyack of the Presbyterian Church.
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Randolph Chamberlin
Hightstown
Harry Owings
Hightstown Baptist Church
Mr. Chamberlin
Thomas Tyack
Presbyterian Church
Albert
Henry
Frank
Highlatown
Abijah Chamberlin
Jamesburg
Lewis Chamberlin
Cranbury
Anthony Wilson
William Gibson
Cranbury Station
Cedar Hill
Cole, Son & Co
Hightstown Man Charles H. Wilson Ends Life in Barn
Charles H. Wilson of Hightstown died by hanging in G A Bennetts barn around noon on Thursday. Family said his mind seemed deranged in days prior. Funeral set for Saturday at 10 30 from North Main Street home with Rev Whitten officiating. Burial in Brainerd Cemetery Cranbury, Cole Son Co directing.
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Charles H. Wilson
Hightstown
Wilson
G. A. Bennett
North Main Street
Mr. Whitten
Brainerd Cemetery
Cranbury
Cole, Son & Co
Township secures stone to repair Cransbury detour
The Cransbury Township Committee has secured a promise of 20 cars of stone to be delivered by the State soon for road repairs on the detour to Hightstown.
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Cransbury Township
Hightstown
Literary Club Round About Book Club January Meeting
The Round About Book Club of Jamesburg held its January meeting at Mrs. William H. Brooks’s home. Hostesses were Mrs. H Courtney Brown and Mrs. Brooks, with participants including President Frank H. Pownall and members Mary Ewing Louise Brose and Franklin Marryott. The February 28 meeting will be led by Mrs. W. E. Paxton and Mrs. George A. Schultz.
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Round About! Book Club
Jamesburg
William H. Brooks
H Courtney Brown
Frank H.pownall
Herbert Smith
Mary Ewing
Franklin Marryott
Louise Brose
W. E. Paxton
George A. Schultz
Friday Club Meeting Highlights Federation Plans
The Friday Club of Hightstown met at Miss Carlotta Davison's home on North Main Street. Misa Mann of Trenton, fourth vice president of the New Jersey State Federation of Women's Clubs, outlined the federation's upcoming year. Mrs J. B Arnold sang four songs, and Miss Davison shared a travel report from Japan China and Korea with Japanese tea and souvenirs from the trip.
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Hightstown
Carlotta Davison
North Main Street
Misa Mann
Trenton
New Jersey
Japan
China
Korea
Tokio
Miss Davison
Citizens Building and Loan Associa tion elects directors and officers
At the annual meeting in Hightstown last week Citizens Building and Loan Association elected three new directors A V Dawa James C Norris and Joseph H Johnes. New officers include President John G Scheible Vice President John W Early Secretary C Stanley Stults Treasurer Raymond C Stonaker Solicitor A V Daws.
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Citizens’ Building and Loan Association
Hightstown
A V. Dawa
James C. Norris
Joseph H. Johnes
John G. Scheible
John W. Early
C. Stanley Stults
Raymond C. Stonaker
A. V. Daws
D. B. Dey
William N. Cunningham
John W. Perrine
William Kirby
James ©. Norris
Forman A. Updike
E. R E. Embley
Tobacco a Growing Menace to Young America
An overview report notes U S cigarette production rose from 5 76 billion in 1908 to 46 68 billion in 1918 a rise of over eightfold while other tobacco forms stayed under 10 growth It argues cigarettes deliver nicotine efficiently harm youths in schools colleges sports and business and urges readers to learn the facts and avoid bad habits
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United States
America
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Light Bearers Mission Band
Miss Lennox
Vigilant Society
Dey
Appelget-Letch
Chamberlain
Vera Wilberta Dey
Citizens Building and Loan Association of
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East State St
N. J
R. A. Donnelly
State Street
Broad
Trenton, N
Daniel Block
Gotting
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