Churches and societies in Hightstown schedule events
Sunday services at four churches are listed with sermons by Warren Ebing and Rev Curry. Union service closes the Week of Prayer. Various society meetings follow including Christian Endeavor at Second Presbyterian, Women’s Missionary Society, and Willing Light Bearers. A Charity club, Guild entertainment and other local notices are recorded along with property purchase and obituaries for Dr. Geo E Titus and Mrs Caroline Applegate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Society
The
Christian Endeavor Society of
Second’Presbyterian
Merion Campbell
Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society of the Second Church
China
Second Presbyterian
Hightstown Union
Plesse
Griggs and Baumann Obituaries and Local School Board
Mrs Sarah E Griggs 78 passed away Thursday funeral Monday at one oclock at son Clarence Griggs home Survivors include five sons Matthew David William Elmer Clarence and daughters Mia Ella and Cornelia Griggs Gebhardt Baumann Monmouth Junction prominent lumber businessman died Tuesday after lengthy illness He was respected with many friends Burial handled by A B Cole Son Co Vocational School will be opened at Cranbury Public School Courses include Agriculture potato culture dressmaking millinery Lights wired in for electric service Evening class to begin after line connection Clifford E Parais New Brunswick director met committee to organize J WB Wicoff member of County Vocational School Board
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Hightstown
Geo. E Titus
Mias Katie
Titus
Amos Titua
Brooklyn
Lawrenson Correll
Tommorrow
Allentown
Cole, Bor, & Co
Titan
Ivanhoe Commandery
Crescent Temple
Caroline Applegate
Lewis J. Applegate
Murray Place
Princeton
W. Beach
First Presbyterian Church
Sarah E. Griggs
Clarence
Gebhardt Baumann
Monmouth Junction
Baumann
Cole, Son & Co
Cranbury
County Vocational School Board
Clifford E. Parais
New Brunswick
J. WB. Wicoff
Honor Roll Pupils Named for Cranbury School December
Cranbury School announces December honor roll lists across grades. Eighth graders include Leelie Perrine Hughes Newell Davis Isaiah Wilson. seventh graders James Collins Edna Nolan Lawrence Malan Helen. sixth graders Gertrude Harder Mary Hart Marion Hughes Lizzie Schnell Nellie Titus. fifth Mary Lyma Ruth Campbell Katherine Barlow. fourth Banks Stahl Basale Wilson Augoes Benson Bailie Schnell. third Redfort Bradley Carollyn Applegate Ethel Lodine. beyond grade Charles Grover Grace Albright Grover Benet Helen Finit. Eisha Benneth Maggie Scott Mildred Albright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cranbury Pupiry
Leelie Perrine
John’ Hughes
Newell Davis
Isaiah Wilson
James, Collins
Edna Nolan
Lawrence Malan
Helen’ ‘Preasoft
Frieda Schnell
Maris Witte
Gertrude Harder
Mary Hart
Marion Hughes
Lizzie
Schnell
Nellie ‘Titus
Mary Lyma
Ruth Campbell
Katherine Coutha
Katherine
E ‘Barlow
Banks Stahl
Basale Wilson
Augoes Benson
Bailie Schnell
Redfort
Bradley
Carollyn Applegate
Ethel Lodine
Charlea Grover
Grace Albright
Grover Benet
Helen Finit
Eisha Ben Benneth
Magy [Scott
Mildred’ Albright
Hightstown Presbyterians Plan Anniversary Celebrations
Hightstown Presbyterian Church marks 29 years under Rev. Robert Tyack and its 59th anniversary since organization. Jubilant events will be held next May with special exercises and planned spring repairs including interior redecorating and new flooring. The church, organized in 1867 with 18 members, began building in 1858 and was dedicated in 1859.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Tyack
Hightstown Presbyterian Church
Thomas Tyack
Social notes and local gatherings span Cranbury to Jersey City
Sunday visits tie families from Cranbury to Jackson and Byrnes in Jersey City. Students Emily Jeffers returns to Wyoming Seminary Pa while Miss Minnie Schenck resumes work in Bordentown. A C B S Club doggie roast at Walker Gordon Lake ends with skating and bonfire. attendees listed. Also reports on three aeroplanes crashing near Monmouth Junction and a Virginia prohibition law taking effect October 31, closing many saloons and signaling a dry South trend with enforcement measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Byrnes
Jersey City
Minnie Schenck
Bordentown
Walker-Gordon Lake
Frankfarters
Julia Bolles
Emily Jeffers
Helen
Irene Barlow
May Jackson
Luella Hults
Olive Bolles
John Hamilton
Clifford
Leonard
Lionel Jackson
Harold Ross
Hahn
Carl Schumacher
Henry Jeffers
Edward Barlow
Eugene Potts
H. H. Grover
van’ Arsdale
Newark
Frank Perrine
Virginia
Old Dominion
Washington
Jacksonville
New Orleans
Richmond
Norfolk
Newport News
Lynchburg
Petersburg
Roanoke
Bristol
Bacchus
Congress
New Year Watch Meeting Opens 1917 at Jamesburg First Baptist
In Jamesburg 1917 began with a watch meeting at the First Baptist church. Rev. John Efrenstine Rev. Henry Johnson and Rev. W. J. B. Edgar led diverse congregations in orations songs and testimonials as the year was welcomed with doxology and social hour afterward. Local residents Mr and Mrs David Richmond visited from Burlington while Miss Rosa Staub of Overbrook Pa spent the holidays in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
John Efrenstine
Henry Johnson
Methodist, Church
W. J. B. Edgar
Presbyterian Church
H. D. Zandt
Harold Bennett
First Baptist
Overbrook
Mary
Jamesburg
1917 Diaries and Line-a-day Books in All Sizes
An advertisement touts 1917 diaries and line-a-day books in a splendid assortment with various sizes and calendar options. It highlights blank books, loose-leaf styles, and stock for many uses with appealing designs and reasonable prices.
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Mission Band
Hazél Hutchinson
Hmily Walker
Corona Club
Misses Clara
Beasie Bergen
Reading Circle
Ladies Reading Circle
George W. Burroughs
Burroughs
Frank 8. Davis
First Church Entertainment
First Church Guild
Miss Applegate
Margaret Applegate
Cecelia Errickson
Dayton
Jennie Probasco
Elsie Wetherell
Lillian Ely
Sara Applegate
James Bleloch
Glenside
Benjamin Disbrow
Alva Probasco
Herbert West
Emmerson Harris
Russell Grover
Grovers Mills
Addison Stalts
Prospect Plains
Martin Nolan
Monmouth Street
Grange
Pioneer Grange No. 1
Regul m
E. Clarence Conover
Monmouth Grange
D. C. Mershon
G. B. Mershon
M.L. Mungon
Atlantic City
Geo. E. Titus, M. D
Caroline
Applegate
Sarah & Griggs
County Vocational School
Plainsboro
Reed
Fred Lautz
Emily Jeffera
Wyoming Seminary
Mineola
League Island Navy Yard
Philadelphia
Noyes
United States Military Corps
Deans
Stoll's
E. State St
Trenton
N. J
Bightstown
Macelet “A Watches
East State Street
Trenton, N, Je
New Jersey
R. A. Donnelly
State Street
Broad
Trenton, N. J
J. Frank Dowdin
Cranbury, New Jersey
Daniel Block
Washington Market Building
Broad St
Tren
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