Churches News and Local Notices Highlight Summer Activities
Parish announcements list pulpit supplies during pastor absence, Sunday services at Second and Hebraic Presbyterian churches, organist Miss Kathryn Burch, and soprano soloist. Community events include picnics at Cadwalder Park, Stitch and Chatter Club meetings, sewing club outings, and a big bass catch by Nelson Schoen near Beach Haven. Also noted are engagements, automobilist accidents, and Goodwin’s Band engagements across several towns through September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N.C. Schlottman
Hightstown
Second Presbyterian Church
Kathryn Burch
Nelson Schoen
Frederick Schoen
Jersey
New Iolet
Beach Haven
Mr. Schoen
T. Herman Berenger
J. Otto Phome
Asbury Park
Three Drowned at Keansburg and Fire Hurts Viewers
Three men and a woman from the same Keansburg cottage drowned after stepping into a sandhole in Raritan Bay on Saturday night. A pulmotor battery exploded during resuscitation, injuring a dozen bystanders with acid. The dead were John Noble of Orange and Mr and Mrs M F Linderroth of Newark, with Uno Bergkvist of Newark present. The Rev Lester L Lewis, previously at Ludlow Vermont, is named pastor of the Hightstown Universalist Church. his family will join in fall after a Vermont summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keansburg
Raritan Bay
John Noble
Orange
M. F. Linderroth
Newark
Uno Bergkvist
Lester L. Lewis
Universalist Church
Ludlow
Hightstown
Providence
R. L
Tufts College
Hopewell Committee Plans Labor Day Event After Fourth Glory
A Hopewell committee will meet Cranbury's Fourth of July group to gain pointers from their successful celebrations. Cranbury residents believe their town has not been forgotten and hope to inspire even bigger next year with a Labor Day event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hopewell
Cranbury
Second Matinee Race at Princeton
Arrangements are completed for Princeton's second racing meet to be held Saturday afternoon at 1:30. President Lloyd W. Grover and racing committee chair Thomas J. Lynch announce a large program with former rivals returning for revenge and new blood in the lineup. The Bayard Land track is in good condition after Clara Walker broke the previous record. The Princeton Driving Association, a leading town group of about 150 business members, promotes clean sport for horse and track fans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
Lloyd W. Grover
Thomas J. Lynch
Racing Committee
Bayard Land
Clara Walker
T. J. Lynch
Princeton Driving Association
Field Day at New Jersey Agricultural College
The annual Field Day at the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station and State Agricultural College is set for Thursday September 6. An appealing program is being arranged and attendees are urged to plan to be present. A closing note reminds patrons that the office of Dr William Buchanan will be closed on Saturday afternoons from July through the first two weeks of September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station
State Agricultural College
William Buchanan
Death of Charles R. Chamberlain prominent Hightstown merchant
Charles R. Chamberlain, noted Hightstown merchant and citizen, died after a two week illness. He chaired a shoe and mens furnishings business. member of Trenton Elks Lodge and Hightstown Fire Company. Survived by wife Ida O'Hara, mother Mrs. John Chamberlain, and brother Elmer B. Chamberlain. Funeral at Stockton and Academy Streets with Rev. Laurensen Correll and Rev. W. A. Stanton officiating. Cedar Hill Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles R. Chamberlain
Hightstown
Trenton Lodge of Elks
Ida O'Hara
O'Hara
Mercer County
Mis
John Chamberlain
Elmer B. Chamberlain
Stockton
Academy Streets
Laurensen Correll
Methodist Church
W. A. Stanton
The
Baptist Church
Cedar Hill Cemetery
James W. Vandenburgh
D.C. Wilcop
Joseph, J. Johnson
Fort Riley Camp Reports No Drunkenness In Training
Capper's Weekly notes 7 000 soldiers in training at Fort Riley Kansas and predicts 48 000 soon. It highlights a strict bone dry policy preventing alcohol access and cites War Department penalties for liquor sales to soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Riley
Kansas
Capper
United States
War Department
Tragic double suicide shocks Dunham’s Corner
In Dunham’s Corner, John G Hoffman’s home became a scene of mourning as his wife Margaret 51 and son Jacob 29 were found dead by hanging in the barn and an outhouse. Coroner Hubbard authorized burial after the deaths, attributed to a shared plan tied to fear of war drafting. The article notes the family’s devotion and the father’s absence during the events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John G. Hoffman
Standard Oil Company of
New Brunswick
Hoffman
Hubbard
Closing Dates for Entries in Fair Department
Poultry entries close Tuesday September 11. Dairy Show and Horses for Show close Saturday September 15. Horses for Speed closes Wednesday September 19. Sheep and Swine close Saturday September 15. Agricultural and Horticultural Products close Thursday September 20 at 4 PM. Art and Ladies Fancy Work appeal Saturday September 22. Home and Dairy Products close Saturday September 22 at 2 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enpeal
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J. E. Curry
WH. Jackson
Oster Bay
L. I
A. L. Mershon
Brooklyn
Second Presbyterian
Warren Elsing
H. F. Doran
W. H. Jackson
Oyster Bay
L. L
First Presbyterian
Cadwalder Park
Tretton
Stitch and Chatter Club
Mary Spaulding
Sewing Club
Manasquan Beach
Emma Mershon
Florence Perrine
Sara Perrine
Helen Butcher
Hattie Lewis
Marion Campbell
Philadelphia
Cranbury-Hightstown
Manalapan
Augusta Grover
T. W. Anderson, Jr
New York
Grover
Spring Lake
St. Mary’s School
Garden City
Anderson
Princeton University
Arthur Perrine
Bound Brook
Emma Mershon Hattie Lewis
Bertha Applegate
Helen Forman
Della Bergen
Charles Symmes
Russell Johnson
Catherine Barlow
Windsor
Goodwin
Hightatown Baptist
Dayton
Rocky Hill
Perrineville
Hamilton Square
Red Bank Fair
New Blood
Agricultural College
Calvary
Charles &. Chamberlain
Raymond A. Snedeker
C. G. Snedeker
St. Peter’s Hospital
James B. Clark
Dayton Presbyterian Church
E. H. Keator
Reformed Church
Franklin Park
Jesus
Clark
Washington Camp No
A. Fosters
America
South Brunswick Township
W. Grant Schoenly
William Grover Jr
Adrai G. Snedeker
Austin C. Snedeker
Trenton
Wetheral Grover
John Everett
J. W. Errickson
A. O. Beekman
Addison van Derveer
Harold Parent
Second Presbyterian Cemetery
A. 8. Cole
T.U
Fort Riley Camp
Henry Ninth
Samuel Merwin
Cosmopolitan
Merwin
Howard Chandler Christy
Cosmopollitan
Atlanta Constitution
Jobbles
Birmingham Age-Herald
House of Donnelly
Benjamin
Donnelly
A . Ray Sea
Trenton, N. J
Williams
Rogers
Community Plate
A. F. Williams
East State Street
Bloch’s
Daniel Block Clothing CO
Washington Market Building
109 S. Broad Sr
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