First Presbyterian Church Sunday Services Agenda
Rev J E Curry preaches in the morning on The Best Anchorage from Hebrews 13 9 and in the evening Not Judgment but Repentance from Luke 18 1 4 A town rally service with Billy Sunday hymns is planned for the evening An N J Anti Saloon League staff member Dr C Rockey will preach in place of Rev Warren Elsing who hopes to return February 4 The C B E Society meets next Sunday evening with the Fruits of the Christian Endeavor Tree led by Miss Laura Scudder
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Presbyterian
J. E Curry
Anchorage
Worning
C. Rockey
N. J. Anti-Saloon League
Rockey
Warren Elsing
C. B E. Society of the First Church
Fruits of the Christian Endeavor Tree
Laura Scudder
Missionary Society meetings announced at two churches
The Woman's Home Missionary Society of the First church meets next Friday afternoon February 2 with program led by Mrs. Clifford Conover on Native Americana. The Second church society meets next Friday at 3 pm to elect officers and discuss American Indians. Reading Circle hosts a Thursday February first session with a Book Review by Mr. Curry and Mrs. Silvers and Mrs. Bradley.
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Woman’s Home Missionary Society of the First Church
Clifford Conover
Woman’s Home Missionary Society of the Second Church
D. W. Clayton
Reading Circle
Curry
W. R. Silvers
Bradley
Sixteenth Cranbury Vigilant Society to Elect Officers
The Cranbury Vigilant Society holds its sixteenth annual meeting in Odd Fellows Hall on Saturday January 27 to elect officers and handle other business. The automobile insurance topic will be discussed and all members are urged to attend. Friends of Peddie Guests at Dinner features Col. Austen Colgate and D G Garabrant honored by Dr. R W Swetland at the Railroad Hotel with Cranbury attendees listed. A Village School of long ago performance drew a large audience at the First Church chapel, aided church fundraising, and netted about 140 dollars.
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The
Cranbury Vigilant Society
Odd Fellows Hall
R. W. Swetland
Peddie Institute
Hightstown
Col. Austen Colgate
D. G. Garabrant
Railroad Hotel
Cranbury
Gvo
B. Mershon
E S. Barclay
Cole
D. C. Mershon
H. N. Scott
G. A. Bennett
Stanley Conover
Infant Jeanette Davison Dies After Brief Illness
After a brief illness Jeanette Davison infant daughter of Mr and Mrs R Glenn Davison of Jamesburg died at home. Funeral set for Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clock. Next Sunday evening a First church service will include a choir reading with members urged to bring Sunday books for the singing portion.
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Jeanette
R. Glenn Davison
Jamesburg
Choira
Trenton Tabernacle
Licensing and dispatches from Monmouth Presbytery and Kingston fire loss
Rev J E Curry attended the midwinter Monmouth Presbytery meeting at Manasquan where Rudolph Stier was licensed to preach and soon to be ordained. Stier and his wife plan to go to Japan as Y M C A workers in Tokyo. The Stitch and Chatter Club meets February 8 with Miss Emma Merahon. A Kingston fire at the Princeton Nurseries on the Kingston Aqueduct road destroyed the barn and horses, with Paul Craig saving five of seven horses. two horses perished. The barn, only a year old, housed stores, hay, harness, wagons, and equipment across 400 acres planted by Flemer & Flemer.
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J. E. Curry
Monmouth Presbytery
Managquan
Rudolph Stier
Sayreville
Mr. Stier
Japan
Tokyo
Kingston
Princeton
Flemer & Flemer
Kingston-Aqueduct
Paul Craig
Flemer
Founder of New Jersey Republicans Dead
Morristown N J Jan 22 Alanson A Vanes veteran New Jersey newspaper editor and last survivor of the fourteen men who founded the Republican party in New Jersey in 1856 died today at his home He was 91 and for 43 years prior to 1895 was publisher and editor of The Jerseyman of Morristown He organized the New Jersey Editorial association His widow a daughter and two sons survive
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Morristown
N. J
Alanson A. Vanes
New Jersey
Republican Party
Jerseyman
Vance
New Jersey Editorial Association
Thrift Day marks a yearly national effort to teach thrift
The piece proclaims February 31, 1916 as Uncle Sam’s first Thrift Day and forecasts an annual observance. It urges practical thrift: saving, reducing waste, starting or boosting bank accounts, joining savings groups, and sensible spending to improve personal and national welfare. It emphasizes that thrift includes both saving and prudent spending.
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Sam
Samuel
Waters Left by the Deluge on Mont Puy de Prigue
The Desert de Carlitte in the Pyrenees towers 106000 feet above sea level and holds sixty lakes said to be remnants of the flood. Local tradition claims Noah and his family landed on Puy de Prigue, with peasants pointing to an iron ring they say moored the ark.
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Desert de Carlitte
Pyrenees
Noah
Puy de Prigue
Peddie Alumni Campaign Expands Funds and Plans
Peddie School launches two fund raising efforts for a dormitory and an infirmary with donations targets of 35000 and 15000 dollars. Alumni men and women organize sections and captains while luncheons with ministers from Philadelphia and New York conferences are planned for February. The campus celebrates donor recognition and a church vacancy follows the resignation of Rev. H A Markley due to ill health. Officers include William H. Thomas president and Mrs Mary McKay Peppler clerk.
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Peddie
Coleman House
Alice W. Vose
Baptist
Philadelphia
Southern Jersey
New York
Swetland
Railroad Hotel
Board of Corporators
Col. Austen Colgate
Jersey City
James McGraw
McGraw Publishing Company
New York City
H. A. Markley
Universalist Church of
Hightstown
Maine
Markley
Tll
Universalist
Prosperous Months Show Hotel Imposter J B
J W Atkinson president of the Rocky Mountain Hotel Men's Association told the Denver convention that Colorado hotel men view Prohibition as harmful to business. He praised 1916 as boozeless a year with record tourist trade and urged renaming the Denver Tourist Bureau to Colorado Tourist Bureau to include statewide membership.
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J. B
J. W. Atkinson
Rocky Mountain Hotel Men’s Association
Denver
John Barleycorn
Colorado
Atkinson
Tourist Bureau of
Colorado Tourist Bureau
Hightstown May Have New Station
Rail officials report the Pennsylvania Railroad will move the passenger station to the old freight yard site opposite the tracks. A brick modern structure with a larger waiting room and center ticket office is planned, replacing the old station and improving baggage quarters.
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Hightstown
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Ben Hur witnesses and local notices from Plainsboro area
The play Ben Hur was seen in Trenton by Mr and Mrs H H Grover and Miss Mary Grove. J D Van Doren owns a new Ford Sedan and shifted his old car to a delivery. Ada Barlow, recently ill, returns to duty as stenographer at Walker Gordon Farm. Minnie Schenck joined Rug Factory in Hightstown. Anna Breese of Hightstown visits her sons William and Elmer. Mr and Mrs George Davison hosted Mr and Mrs H N Grover and family, Mr and Mrs Fred Grover and daughter, and Mr and Mrs Albert Hulick and family.
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Trenton
H. H. Grover
Mary Grove
J. D. van Doren
Ada Barlow
Walker-Gordon
Minnie Schenck
Hightstown
George Davison
H. N. Grover
Fred Grover
Albert Hulick
1917 Diaries and Line a Day Books in Various Sizes and Shapes
A listing highlights diaries for 1917 in assorted sizes and line a day formats. Blank books and loose leaf styles are offered in bulk with calendars and prices described as favorable for buyers.
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Second Presbyterian
C. E. Society
Missionary Societies
Jeanette Davison
Stitch and Chatter Club
Emma Merahon
Dr. Markley
T. U
Plainsboro
Anna Breese
Sons
William and
Elmer Breese
E. State St
Trenton, N. J
H. Bard
Dennis Garage
N. Main St
Hightstown, N. J
Fred’ W. Donnelly
Benjamin
Donnelly
Freda Avec
Taylor Opera House
A. F. Williams
East State Street
R. A. Donnelly
State Street
Broad
Daniel Block Clothing CO
Washington Market Building
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