Sunday Service at First Presbyterian Church
Sunday morning preaching by Rev. J. B. Curry on Prov. 4 28. Sunday School at 10 o clock.
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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1921
Page
1
Sunday morning preaching by Rev. J. B. Curry on Prov. 4 28. Sunday School at 10 o clock.
Pastor Rev Frederick Schweitzer announces Sunday School at 10 o clock on the lawn of Mrs J Silvera at 645 PM with rain plan for chapel. Echoes from the World Convention held in New York City. All young people invited. Prayer Meeting Friday at 8 PM.
Sunday morning Preaching by Rev. L. E. Lennox on the subject Pauls Far Off Policy. Prayer meeting Thursday at 7 45 PM. Members of the colored Sunday school held a picnic at White City Park with several bus loads attending.
Mr and Mrs S H Perrine entertained eight young guests over the weekend for their son Leslie a Blair Academy student at Blairstown The attendees included Miss Connie Griffith Frances Curran Norris town Betty Osborne Langhorn Lucile Chamberlin Cranbury Mesars Tom Griffith Norristown Harold Scott Hari Butcher and Leslie Perrine Cranbury The event was a cheerful house party with a merry time for all involved.
Thomas Hiland a longtime farmer and recent Hightstown resident died suddenly at 121 Centre Street in the early hours after a heart trouble struck him while he dressed. He had been in good health prior to the incident.
Thomas M. Pierson died Tuesday at his Rhode Hall home. He leaves two daughters Mrs. David Hulfish of Deans and Mrs. Forst Davison of Hightstown. Funeral services by Rev. W. J. B. Edgar Friday at 2 30 p.m. Interment Cranbury under Cole Son & Co. direction.
Catherine A Culver widow of Beek man Culver died Wednesday at her Kingston area home after long illness She leaves two daughters Mrs Alice Suydam of Cranbury and Mrs Carrie Griggs of Monmouth Junction Funeral services will be conducted at Kingston Methodist Church by Rev Latham Saturday at 2 30 PM Interment at Kingston under direction of Cole Son & Co
W E Grove of Cranbury sues Morris Henn of New Brunswick for 100 damages from a Cranbury Station collision on June 4. District Court at New Brunswick ruled against Henn, Grove awarded 54. Notably, A B Apperger of the town marks his 50th year in that court.
The Rev. W. J. B. Edgar, pastor of the Jamesburg Presbyterian Church for seven years, resigns effective the first Sunday in September to enter the evangelical field of the Presbyterian Church. He was brought from Philadelphia and the church has seen declining Sunday evening interest with no successor named.
Fifty members of the Ladies Stitch and Chatter Club of the Second Church spent an afternoon at Manasquan Beach hosted by Mrs E G Barclay. They gathered in the Shack enjoying chatter and sewing, rode in ten cars, had ice cream and cake, posed for a photographer, and ended with a beach supper and moonlit return.
The Schultz Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church Cranbury invites the Protestant Methodist Church of Union Valley to a joint picnic at Clark's Landing on Friday July 29 at 9:30 AM. Transportation committees seek volunteers to transport Sunday school members, with lunch arranged by Mrs Griggs and others.
In Princeton on July 20 a lightning strike at about 9:30 PM set the frame Rosedale chapel on the Rosedale Pike ablaze, destroying the building and a large barn on Archibald Gulick’s Kingston Road farm. Water was unavailable, hindering efforts. estimated losses reach $5,000. The Princeton Fire Company arrived too late to save the barn.
Raritan July 18 United States Senator Joseph S Frelinghuysen was unanimously re elected president of the state board of agriculture at the annual session of that body here All other officers including executive secretary Alva Agee of New Brunswick were re elected Henry C Wallace and Senator Arthur Capper of Kansas spoke to about 2000 attendees at a field meeting on agricultural conditions nationwide
The Boy Scouts return from a week at Delaware Water Gap with mountain climbing, hiking, deer viewing, swimming and boating. They faced food theft attempts, a guard duty scare, and a minor sprain, but the trip built camaraderie and new equipment with help from parents and local supporters.
Rutiu J. McPherson, 56, a farmer on Hopewell Lambertville Road a mile and a half west of Hopewell, was burned to death Tuesday night when lightning struck his barn. He was tending cattle at the time, his body found charred after the barn was destroyed. He lived alone. it is believed he was stunned by the strike and burned before reviving consciousness. Two cows perished in the flames, two horses were saved by a neighbor.
The piece argues that a so called false economy misleads on public spending. It notes that individuals and businesses cap expenditures to income, and that President Harding deserves subordinate cooperation to advance his fiscal program, with public praise tied to its success.
The piece notes the new Republican National Committee chair once worked for his current employer at eight dollars weekly. It argues that his rise was due to diligence and initiative, not the wage, highlighting his readiness to take on responsibility and avoid shirking duties.
A powerful thunderstorm drenched the region Tuesday evening with torrential rain and lightning. Fires ignited by strikes burned barns and a church steeple, while streets flooded and a pumping station flooded. one operator was injured and the dammed ponds rose, threatening wider damage.
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