Churches and Community Activities Include Services and Meetings
Local churches announce preaching by Rev. J B Carry at First Presbyterian and by Prof. R W Bwelland of Peddie Institute at Second Presbyterian. The Christian Endeavor Society meets in the chapel with leaders Graham Campbell and Milton Lawrence. Community groups host Stitch and Chatter Club, a Corona Club gathering at the Conovers, and a Reading Circle session. The United States District Court opens its January term in Trenton with jurors named. A Parents Teachers Association is organized at the school with officers elected, inviting all parents and others to participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Society
Christian Endeavor Society
The
Second Presbyterian Church
Graham Campbell
Milton Lawrence
Parent-Teachers’ Association
J. D. Chamberlin
W.J. Campbell
Laura Scudder
H. Lewis Schenck
Surprise party at Cham berlin home with friends
Lewis Cham berlin hosted a Saturday afternoon gathering for young friends with games and refreshments. Attendees included Gladys Snedeker Mary Symmes Marion Hammond Elizabeth Campbell and others. Cranbury Water Company stockholders met January 16 reporting earnings of 2325.02 and net 916.12 with directors reelected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Chamberlin
Gladys Snedeker
Mary Symmesr
Marion Hammond
Elizabeth Campbell
Edrea Applegate
Melvina Clayton
Frances Stout
Nellie Titus
Hewlett Nostrand
James O'Neil
John Hughes
Harold Scott
Isaiah Barclay
Graham Campbell
Leslie Perrine
Alex Mason
Elmer Everett
Earl Butcher
Milton van Derveer
Clarence Conover
Emerson Barcalow
Renney Dey
Cranbury Water Company
E. 8. Barclay
G. A Bennett
J. E. Bennett
W H. Johnson J. Murphy
H. Perrine
Geo. B. Mershon
Mothers' Club Meeting Highlights Work in Florida
An Hightstown Mothers' Club gathering in the High School Auditorium featured Mrs Dickinson of Jacksonville Fla as speaker. She outlined how the Mothers' Club started in Jacksonville and expanded to 15 clubs tied to white schools, detailing the community nurse program and a school savings fund aiding local children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mothers’ Club of
Hightstown
Mia Rivenburg
Dickinson
Jacksonville
Fla
Mothers’ Club
Wine is a Mocker admonition on drink and ambition
A speaker from the W. C. T. U. laments how alcohol destroys careers and doors to power. He recalls a man raised in Christian influence who prospered yet fell after embracing drink, missing the U S Senate and the governor's office, as he warns America and New Jersey against the deceptive power of liquor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Senate
America
New Jersey
The Man I Might Have Been Poem Reflections
The verse by Thomas S. Jones laments youth’s lost ideals and the gap between youthful courage and adult compromises. A boy returning from play speaks in memory as the speaker wonders about the man he could have become.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas S. Jones
Obituary Notices for Hutchinson and Dey Families
Mrs Mary B Hutchinson widow of John Hutchinson of Cranbury died Monday at her daughter Mrs James B Griffiths home in New York City She is survived by her son Harvey Hutchinson and daughter Mrs James B Griffith and four grandchildren Also three brothers David New Paltz and William H and Anson Nelson of Cranbury Funeral held Thursday at the home of her son with interment in Cranbury Early Thursday sees Ancil G Dey die at 75 in Riverton Survived by wife Margaret Anderton two sons Augustus and Bertram and a granddaughter Margaret Dey Funeral by Rev J E Curry at the First Church Cranbury with interment at Manalapan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary B. Hutchinson
John Hutchinson
Cranbury
James B. Griffith
West 65Th St
New York City
David
New Paltz
N. Y
Wm. H. Annt
Nelson
Hutchinson
Ancil G. Dey
Augustus Dey
Riverton
Dey
Mr. Dey
Frederick Dey
Misa Margaret Anderton
Augustus
Bertram
Elizabeth
Margaret Dey
J. E. Curry
Manalapan
South America topics and bearded women noted in Hightstown
The report lists social visits in Hightstown including Mrs. Milton Craig and Mrs. E W Caine. It describes a Friday Club program on South America with papers on Chile's aims and industries. A historical note recounts William Rufus death, burial, and later desecration, followed by examples of bearded women from Poltava to Geneva.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Y. Jemison
South Street
South America
John S. Mount
Chile
Harvey Rue
H. D. Winters
R. W. Swetland
Clum
Ferris Waite
Booth Tarkington
Steinsteck
Philadelphia
William Rufus
New ‘Forest
Winchester
Will Hold Social by The C BE Society of the Second Church
The C BE Society of the Second Church will host a social in the chapel Saturday evening at 7 30. All members urged to attend and enjoy. An intercollegiate track meet will take place at the social.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yeo Village
C. BE. Society of the Second Church
Local Social items and club notes from the week
Mr and Mrs Russell Britton welcome a son born Tuesday. Grange officer installation postponed to January 29 due to a storm. Prof G A Billings of Washington DC visited Walker Gordon Farm. Mrs Annie Schenck and family recover from grip and colds. H W Jeffers and daughter Louise visited Kingsley PA with Emily Jeffers from Wyoming Seminary. Mrs Fred Groves and daughter Mary visited Trenton. Christian Endeavor Society elects 1917 officers led by R A Barnard and J C Hamilton. Ladies Aid plans a chicken supper February 22 in the town hall. Congregational meeting set after Sunday services. Scene from Puck dialogue and a joke about love.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. A. Billings
Washington, D. C
Walker- Gordon Farma
Annie Schenck
Herbert Mather
Norman Mather
H. W. Jeffers
Louise
Kingsley
Emily Jeffers
Wyoming Seminary
Kingston
Fred Groves
Mary
Trenton
Christian Endeavor Society
R. A. Barnard
J. C. Hamilton
J.C. Major
Russell Britton
A. 8. Reed
Also Mentioned on This Page
First Presbyterian
J. BE. Carry
Second Presbyterian
R. W. Bwelland
Peddie Institute
Corona Club
Mrs. Stanley Conover
Stitch and Chatter Club
Wm. Gordon
A. S. Jury
United States District Court
Hiram A. Cook
Thomas Peppler
Clarence Grover
Hightatown
Reading Circle
Z. W. Wells
Clarence Perrine
Stanley Conover
Bermuda
Symmes Perrine
Cuba
Misa
Anna Chamberlin
Fowlers
St. Kilda
Brown
Capri
Bradley
West Indies
Islands
J. B. Perrine
Robinson Crusoe Island
G. B. Mershon
E. S. Barclay
Stanley
Mr. Barclay
Palace Theatre
Bedford Bradley
James Dey
Clifford Laird
Harvey Wicotf
Donald Campbell
Eddie Schnell
Karl Puerschner
Ora Bennett
Grover Bennett
Banks Stahl
Albert
Stanley Barclay
L. A. Society
Ladies Aid Society
Mange
Mra
G. A. Burslem
J. E. White
Isaac Barlow Jr
Harry Barlow
Frank Perrine
Gertrude Barnard
Wm. Bolles
Olive Bolles
Mary Dey
Parent-Teachers Association
Cranbury Water Co
Hightstown Club of Work
Florida
Mary Hutchinson
Milton Craig
Allentown
Charles, Craig
E. W. Caine
Joseph’Schenck
Addison Perrine
Grip
Walter McDougall
John Taylor
Lemuel Beedle
Jamesburg
Geo. Peppler
Russell Rockhill
New Brunswick
E. Garwood
Bordentown
Poltava
Margaret
Netherlands
Mile
Boes de Chene
Geneva
London
Plainsboro
Cholly
Ethel
Puck
Hyver
Strand Theatre
Hightstown, New Jersey
Stoll's
E. State St
Trenton, N. J
H. Bard
Dennis Garage
N. Main St
N. J
Fred’k W. Donnelly CO
Donnelly
Benjamin & Donnelly
Taylor Opera House
A. F. Williams
Williams
East State Street
R. A. Donnelly
State Street
Broad
Trenton, N. Jd
Old Man Winter
Daniel Block Clothing CO
Washington Market Building
Broad St
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