Church notices sweep Sunday services and events
First Presbyterian holds 11 o'clock sermon by Rev J B Curry on The New Hea Rev 21:5 with 10 o'clock Sunday School. Second Presbyterian hosts Rev Joseph Howell from Easton PA for morning and evening services. Schultz Memorial M E lists 11 o'clock sermon by Rev H Floran, Reading Circle reception February 5 hosted by Mrs G B Mershon. Community Brotherhood meets Sunday at 3 with Rev Dr Charles W Hellyer lecture on The Russian Revolution and present effects. open to all men and boys.
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First Presbyterian
J. B Curry
Second Presbyterian
Joseph Howell
Easton
Community Brotherhood
Chas. W. Hellyer
New York
Sarnowich Cohen wed in Brooklyn on January 12
Mrs D Sarnowich announces the marriage of her daughter Hilda to Emil Cohen son of Mr and Mrs B Cohen The ceremony was performed by Rev Solomon in the presence of about sixty guests The couple honeymoon in New York and Washington D C Both are high school graduates The Cranbury Vigilant Society to hold its eighteenth annual meeting January 25 1919 at 1 30 P M in Odd Fellows Hall Cranbury for election of officers and business with a 100 fine for non attendance Directors meet at 1 P M new members to be received H J Butcher Sec
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D Sarnowich
Hilda
Emil Cohen
B Cohen
Brooklyn
Solomon
New York
Washington, D. C
Cranbury Vigilant Society
Odd Fellows Hall
Cranbury
H. J. Butcher
Y M C A Work in the Front-Line Trenches Talk
Methodist Church announces Thursday January 28 at eight o clock a talk by Harry C White recently returned from France. White, one of fifty seven Y M C A secretaries aboard a torpedoed ship, endured gas exposure and risked his life to warn others. He was recommended for citation but did not receive the honor. Croix de Guerre papered on its way home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry C. White
France
Y. M.C A
Trish
Armenian and Syrian Relief Drive reaches Cranbury
The Armenian and Syrian Relief Drive aims to raise thirty million dollars to prevent starvation of Eastern Christians. Cranbury will conduct a house to house canvass next week as part of a nationwide effort, with local volunteers urged to respond generously. Chairman H F Doran appeals to the community, citing Morgenthau’s warning that American generosity can save the Armenian race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastern Christiana
Cranbury
Christendom
Morgenthau
H. F. Doran
First National Bank Elects Directors and Officers for New Year
The annual stockholders meeting elected nine directors including William J. Rowland Walter B Grover George B Mershon Andrew Ely Lewis H Chamberlin Harry N Scott Daniel W Clayton Samuel E Bennett and E Barclay. E S Barclay was named President and Walter B Grover Vice President with George B Mershon as Cashier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First National Bank
William J. Rowland
Walter
Grover
George B. Mershon
Andrew Ely
Lewis
Chamberlin
Harry N. Scott
Daniel W. Clayton
Samuel E Bennett
E. Barclay
E.S. Barclay
W. S. Stults
Wm F. Perrine
Jeremiah Murphy
Arthur E. Perrine
Anna Spaulding
Mesara
Stults
Clayton
Murphy
Mershon
Barclay
George Puerschner
John Embley
John R Hunt
John 8. Davison
D. C. Lewis
J.B. Tallman
J. M. Cubberly
Joseph H. Grover
D. McLean Voorhees
J. ,Chamberlin
James H. Goodwin
Wm. J. Rowland
John
Chas. J. Applegate
Johnn
Silvera
Silvers
Walter B. Grover
Bardlay
Deaths and funerals in Cranbury and surrounding towns
Aaron Berkman MacKenzie infant son of Mr and Mrs Le Roy Mackenzie formerly of Cranbury died of pneumonia at his Palmyra home. Funeral held at Palmyra 10 30 am. Interment in Second Presbyterian Cemetery Cranbury. Mary Ellen Hagerty wife of Isaac Barlow Sr Plainsboro died Sunday survived by husband four sons and five children including Mrs Frank Perrine and Mrs Frank Jason. Four Hagerty brothers Peter Richard James Charles and a sister Mia Henry McDougall Newark.
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Aaron Berkman MacKenzie
le Roy MacKenzie
Cranbury
Palmyra
Palmyra I
Second Presbyterian Cemetery
Mary Ellen Hagerty
Isaac Barlow
Plainsboro
Frank Perrine
Frank Jason
Philadelphia
Isaac
John
Edward
Harry Barlow
Peter
Richard
James
Charles Hagerty
Mia
Henry McDougall
Newark
Samuel J Cox Dies. Noted Hightsown Farmer
Samuel J. Cox a respected farmer near Hights town died suddenly Monday morning of heart failure. He is survived by his widow Anna Cortelyou of Franklin Park three daughters Mrs Ray Early Mrs James A Taylor of Hightstown and Mrs Frank McGill of Cranbury two sisters Mrs Elizabeth Britton of Plainsboro and Mrs Emma Van Dyke of Trenton. He belonged to the First Methodist Episcopal church of Hightstown for thirty years and was a charter member of Hightstown Council No 70 Jr O U A M.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel J. Cox
Hightstown
Anna Cortelyou
Franklin Park
Ray
James A. Taylor
Frank McGill
Cranbury
Elizabeth Britton
Plainsboro
Emma van Dyke
Trenton
First Methodist Episcopal Church of
First National Bank of Jamesburg Reels in Prosperity
The First National Bank of Jamesburg reports its deposits exceed 800000 as stockholders re elect the board of directors Abijab Applegate W W Emens Condit M Davison William H Clemons Joseph M Perrine Milton I Voorhees and officers Joseph M Perrine as president Milton Voorhees cashier William H Brooks assistant cashier in a Tuesday meeting.
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First National Bank
Abijab Applegate
Prospect Plaine
W. W. Emens
Monmouth Junction
Condit M Davison
William H. Clemons
Joseph M. Perrine
Milton I. Voorhees
Milton Voorhees
William H .Brooks
Dry New Year in New York as Salons Close
After New Year's Eve the city was bone dry as saloonkeepers closed doors voluntarily. Long lines of men wandered Broadway Park Row and the Bowery but found no service. Hotels and restaurant bars were dark as the Retail Liquor Dealers Association acted to keep liquor from soldiers and sailors in city by the tens of thousands.
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New York
Broadway
Park Row
Bowery
Retail Liquor Dealers’ Association
Giant Potato Growers Association Meeting and Report
The Giant Potato Growers Association schedules a two session meeting in Hightstown with programs for men and women including talks on crop economics and cooperative selling. A Farmers and Merchants session features seed orders, financial questions, and marketing problems. The Citizens Building and Loan Association of Hightstown reports a 6.5 percent net earning, loans totaling $114,580, $2,000 in Liberty Bonds, and assets of $126,369.12 with 2,171 shares outstanding and plans for a new stock series.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
J. W. Chandler
Exmore
J. G. Lipman
State Experiment Station
Frep Horriys
Stuben County Potato Growers’ Association
Wallace
N. Y
A. L. Clare
Bureau of Markets
State Department of Agriculture
Citizens Building and Loan Association
Hightstown
Elmer E. Anderson
J. P. Johnson
Geo. E. Titus
M. P. Chamberlin
John G. Scheible
John E. Allen
Charles E. Stairs
C. Stanley Stults
John W. West
Bordentown
Trenton
Liberty
D. B Dey
W. N. Cunningham
A. V. Dawes
J. W. Perrine
F. A. Updike
R. E Embley
Wm. Kirby
J. C. Norris
J. H Johnes
J. G. Scheible
J. W. Earley
Philadeliphia
Jersey City
Also Mentioned on This Page
Reading Circle
Ladies Reading Circle
G. B. Mershon
Cohen-Sarnowich
the Reading Circle
W. H. Johnson
Brown
Miss Chamberlin
Bergen
Samuel Perrine
Chamberlin Josiah Allen
Spaulding
Vigilant Society
Methodist Episcopal Church
E. S. Barclay
First National Bank of Cranbury
Aaron B. MacKenzie
Isaac Barlow Sr
First National Bank of
Jamesburg
W.c. T
Giant Potato Growers Association
Hightatown
Opera House
Grange Hall
Sagad B.askew
State Library Commission
Lauretta P. James
Miss Lucy Oppen
Rural Health Organization
Wa. Buchanan
Rose Morgan
New York City
Citizens Building and Loan Association of
Blauvelt & Everett
Hightstown, N. J
Chesterfield
B. F.gunson
Clothier and Haberdasher
E. State Street
Hotel Windsor
Trenton, N. J
R. A. Donnelly
Broad
Daniel Block Clothing CO
Washington Market Building
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