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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1919
Page
1
First Presbyterian Church invites worshipers to Sunday service at 11 o clock with Rev. J B Curry preaching on The Church Officer His Qualification and Opportunities. An 8 pm Community Service will discuss Character Foundation featuring the Shaleys and the Sure.
Preaching Sunday morning at 11 by the Rev. Fred Schweitzer. Sunday School at 10.
About seventy five friends gathered at the Bennett home for a surprise party honoring Mr Bennett with music games and dancing. Refreshments followed and the evening was lively and festive.
Around four this morning John 3 Bradley John C Barlow William Barlow Joseph C Wicoff OC Raymond Wicoff and Fred Phares departed for Forked River with ample bait and gear for a large fishing expedition.
A silk umbrella with a silver plate on the handle was taken by mistake from the First Church chapel prayer meeting three weeks ago. It is valued as a gift from the Sunday school and should be returned to Wa. H. DeBow.
Rev Fred Schweitzer of Philadelphia took the pastorate at Second Presbyterian Church and was wed to Miss Dora Page of Frankford. A reception followed at the bride’s home. The couple reside in a newly furnished Cranbury manse.
The Middlesex County Potato Growers Association will hold a meeting at John Bennett’s home tonight. Mr Douglass of Freehold will address the gathering.
A Cranbury group including E. Barclay, G. B. Mershon, A. Burroughs, Fred Hoffman, Harold Scott, Isaiah Barclay, Albert Barclay, Stanley Barclay, and Albert Priory of Hightstown sailed ten miles at sea off Barnegat coast on Monday and caught 150 pounds of fish with Chick Hoffman taking top honors by landing forty four fish.
Middlesex County Poultry Association holds a July 19 1919 field meeting and basket picnic at Forsgate Farm near Jamesburg. Program includes culling demonstration lighting and farm labor topics, a tour of the Forsgate Poultry Department, and transport from Forsgate to Dayton rail stops. Open to all interested in poultry.
SternBach Co seeks salesmen and saleswomen in Asbury Park with good salaries and special accommodations. Permanent and summer positions available. Open one evening per week for interviews.
The Atlantic Division of the American Red Cross reports a surge in hospital and relief activities after Armistice Day. More than 6,000,000 finished articles were received for European refugees and convalescent soldiers, with 282,482 refugee garments in February and 1,285,915 individual garments sent overseas from November to April. The division, including New York, New Jersey and Connecticut chapters, also produced 174,037 new garments in April and distributed 86,647 comfort items to service members.
Members of the Fort Russell Arizona Tank Corps detachment praised Red Cross services on their return home and donated their entire detach ment allowances to the organization.
New Jersey poultrymen plan an auto tour to Connecticut visiting leading poultry farms and the Connecticut Agricultural College. Fifteen cars have entered with over 25 expected. leaves New Brunswick August 2 at 10 a.m. under Prof. Harry R. Lewis, with a $2 per car entrance fee and itinerary by July 15. Returning from Storrs, participants travel home by chosen routes.
The Farmers Co-Operative Association of Mercer County held a Grange Hall meeting in Hightstown to discuss selling potato and fruit crops through the North American Fruit Exchange of New York. Speakers described bid system, loading by local dealers, and the goal of centralized selling to stabilize prices and improve farmer returns.
Help wanted for salespositions at a leading state business institution in Asbury Park. Open to men and women both experienced and beginners. Apply at once to the superintendent.
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