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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1913
Page
1
Local church groups schedule January events including a reading circle on January 15, a Willing Workers mission gathering in the First Presbyterian chapel, and a reception on January 23 for Cranbury School board and teachers hosted by the Woman's Christian Temperance Union.
Miss Ethel Cole entertained the Triangle Club Saturday evening at Maplewood Ave home. Music games and refreshments followed a jolly social hour with several Misses and Mesars named among the attendees.
Joseph K. Chamberlin died at his Cranbury Station home at 78 after months of ill health. Former Perrineville resident, he lived near Cranbury 17 years and was a First Presbyterian elder. Survived by wife, three children Edward Anna Clara, two brothers Julia and Abjab, a sister Miss Jane. Funeral Thursday at 1 p.m. from home and 2 p.m. at church. Interment Brainera cemetery. A. S. Cole, Son & Co. directed.
Obituaries report the death of Anthony Hornue of Cranbury Station at 70 after thirty years with the Brown family. He emigrated from Germany and was found dead after returning from Sunday school. Funeral from his home led by Rev. N. E. Webb. interment at Bram ferd Cemetery Cranbury. Also death of Mrs. Thomas Hickey of Plainsboro from typhoid pneumonia after giving birth to a son on New Year’s Day. Survived by husband and two children, sister Miss Lillian Teft. funeral at Catholic Church Princeton. Elizabeth Croshaw of Hightstown dies at 61, formerly Miss Rue, leaving three daughters and four sons. funeral at First Presbyterian Church Hightstown. Cedar Hill Cemetery. Undertakers J. S. Rogers & Son.
A special missionary meeting was held in the First Presbyterian chapel with the Second Presbyterian Society as guests. The program featured devotional exercises, solos by Miss Helen Murray, poems by Mrs. H Johnea Berger and Mrs. J J Bradley, talks on China campaigns and China’s break with the past, and magazine notes. Tea followed, with Miss R Ella Chamberlin and Mrs. Perrine among participants. The Home Missionary Society of the Second Presbyterian Church met Sunday afternoon in the chapel with Mrs. Ella Stulta presiding.
A fire starting about five o'clock Tuesday morning in a cow barn on George Davison’s farm near here destroyed outbuildings hay feed and machinery as well as five cows and two calves. The house garage and auto escaped. Neighbors arrived too late to stop the blaze. Insurance covered the loss estimated near ten thousand dollars. Davison’s farm was noted as up to date with modern improvements. Five horses were rescued.
Mrs Wesley Applegate suffers a severe cold. Hoboken visitor LeRoy Van Derveer convalescent. Public School opens January 6 after holidays. Home and Foreign Missionary meeting at H R Dey on January 10. Mrs Harry Cook to visit Bloomfield and Washington. Peter Barcley slowly recovering. Elva Chamberlin of Cranbury visiting Celia Everett. W K E C Thomson visits Mary Osborn family. Charles R Wines ill at home under Dr Edgar Carroll. De Witt Turner visits sister J B Clark. Austin Snedeker in town. Week of Prayer observed at Presbyterian chapel. Chamberlains Cough Remedy recommended. For sale by all dealers.
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