New Year News From Petty and Area Families
Local society column lists New Year visits and gatherings across families in Bristol Elizabeth Hightstown Cranbury and adjoining towns. Notable items include Annie Petty and Aurbrose Petty visiting, dinner parties by John Hutchinson and Wa F Perrine family, Florence Gibson returning home, and Flora Willis Hullfish engagement to Robert Warren Hutton scheduled January sixth in Hightstown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Petty
Aurbrose Petty
Bristol
John Hutchinson
Misa Minnie Thompson
Slater
Manalapan
A. O. Rus
Philadelphia
Harold G. Appleger
W. N. Hughes
Rutherford
Henry Engle
Flora Willis Hullfish
Robert Warren Hutton
Hightatown
N. J
Amelia Graham
Swedesboro
Christmas Socials and Local Gatherings Across Town
Local families hosted Christmas get togethers with neighbors and relatives including Mr. and Mrs. Gulick, Mr. and Mrs. Davison, and Mrs. Bergen. Visits span Brooklyn Delaware and New Brunswick as friends share meals, gifts, and music while a hockey injury and church events punctuate the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Brown
Brooklyn
A. W. Totten
A. G. Hagaman
Bordentown
Helen
Harvey
Dey
Misa Bessie Bergen
Viola Yerkes
Hightatown
Yerkes
Bessia
Cisra Bergen
C. B. Baker
George McDowell
New Brunswick
J.D. Chamberlain
Misa Madge Britton
George Appleger
Estelle Heddon
Jersey City
Adolps Alles
J. Bergen
David Hagaman
Clifford Conover
Helr
Stanley
Electric Light Company improves line between Rocky Hill and Kingston
J B Silvers reports after a visit with Colonel Dowd that poles cross arms and wires were purchased and some poles placed to relieve the Rocky Hill Kingston line. Dowd expects weather permitting better service in about 80 days with no outlay of about eight thousand dollars and overall improvement once the line is completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Electric Light Company
New York
Dowd
Rocky Hill
Kingston
J.B. Silvers
First National Bank of Cranbury Directors Mourn Daniel Voorhees
At a December 26 1908 meeting of the Bond of Directors of First National Bank of Cranbury a committee prepared a resolution on the death of Daniel McLean Voorhees who died December 23 1908 The resolution notes faithful service and asks sympathy for his family. The entry was ordered in the minutes and to be published in the Cranbury Press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Varian
Liscombe
Reed
Penns Neck
First Presbyterian Church of
Cranbury
Varian
Slater
Mary Amanda Stults
W. Irving Stults
Henry I. Varian
First National Bank of Cranbury
Daniel McLean Voorhees
Death of John R. Conover Near Iselin
John R. Conover of near Iselin drowned December 21 while driving between Woodbridge and Seawaren. His body recovered December 24 and buried at Tennent. He was the son of Dey Conover and married the daughter of Frederick Farry of Scotts Corner. Many local families were related to him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. Conover
Iselin
Woodbridge
Seawaren
Tennent
Mr. Conover
Dey Conover
Frederick Farry
Scotts Corner
Dividend Declared by First National Bank of Cranbury
The directors voted a 6 percent dividend to be paid from bank earnings for the last six months. Earlier, Sunday school pupils at First Presbyterian were asked to bring ten 10 cent pieces for missions, with a reported total of $66.30 on the prior Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Presbyterian Sunday School
H. Perrine
J E. Curry
Methodist Sunday School
Lewis Appleger
First National Bank of Cranbury
Carringa
First National Bank Cranbury stockholders meet elect directors
The annual meeting of the stockholders of the First National Bank of Cranbury New Jersey will be held at the banking house on Tuesday January 12 1909 to elect nine directors for the ensuing year. Dolls open at eleven o clock in and remain open one hour George B Merson cashier dated Cranbury New Jersey December 1th 1903
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey State Horticultural Society
State House
Trenton
First National Bank of Cranbury
N. J
Gro. B
Merson
Cranbury, N. J
First National Bank Stockholders Meet Elect Directors
The annual meeting of The First National Bank of Jamesburg New Jemey will be held at the banking house on Tuesday January 12 1909 to elect five directors for the ensuing year. Polls open at three oclock and remain open for one hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First National Bank of
Jamesburg
New Jemey
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J. H. Conover
John Gulick
Albany Medical College
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Florence Gibson
Elizabeth
F. A. Brown
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Lena Boeger
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Stella Thompson
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Loella
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Matthew Reynolds
Gertrude Davison
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A. M. Davison
Samuel Bunker
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Nicholas Vreeland, Jr
Mommouth Junction
Nicholas Vreeland
J. D. Chamberlin
T. Lewis
Emelyn Lewis
David Lewis
Edward Mack
New Bromwick
Grace McDowell
David Petty
Jeremiah Murphy
William F. Perrine
Julia Boudderla
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Jenole Everett
Willard
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Fannie VanDoeveer
Georgia Nott
Richard Glick
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Ada Inside Cole
Peter Applegate
Lewis Chamberlin
McLean Voorhees
Cora
H.I. Varian
H. J. Butcher
Harvey Petty
Nelson Petty
Edward Wagner
Princeton University
Frank Perrice
Maggie Hanning
Nell Eldridge
Ralph Farr
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R. J. Gulick
Joseph Gordon
William Gordon
Mrs. J. Gulick
Lydia Davison
Russell Silvera
Lewis Nichols
Delaware
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Aparly
Mira Ella Chamberlin
J. M. Chamberlin
Joseph G. Chamberlin
H. J. Groves
Harvey Wicoff
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Missy Anna Hoagland
Robbina and
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H. C. Symmes
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Clarence Conover
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Myra Egoor
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Waldo Perrine
Dolly
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Elva Chamberlain
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Wilbur VanTussel
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Frank A. Brown
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James Parker
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R. A. Donnelly
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Apollo Lodge
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Trolley
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