Sunday Morning Sermon and Vacation Supply Plans
The article notes a Sunday morning sermon by Rev. J. E. Curry on The Sword and the Trowel Neh 4 1 28 with Sunday School at 10. It lists Vacation Supply Committee members Samuel Perrine and Wm DeBow and a schedule of future sermons by Revs Weaver Eubank Everitt Edgar at Jamesburg Belmar and more. It also covers Dr Curry receiving a Doctor of Divinity from Colorado Centennial University, church improvements and missions, plus an outing of the J F F Club at Lawrence Harbor with a long guest list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Curry
Samuel Perrine
Wm. DeBow
Weaver
Eubank
Yardville
Chas. Everitt
D. D . Belmar
W. J. B. Edgar
Jamesburg
Missionary Society
Woman’s Home Missionary &Society
A. H. Symmes
J. D. Chamberlin
Henry Brown
Clifford Conover
Joseph E. Curry
First Presbyterian Church of
Curry
Second Church Notes and Local Farm News
The Second Church notes list meetings led by Rev. Frederick Schweitzer, a Missionary Society gathering August 8 at Mrs. John D. Bennett, and a Schultz Memorial M H E report with Rev. L. E. Lennox. District Deputy to visit Middlesex Lodge No. 90 of I O O F on Monday August 1 at 8 pm. A Cranbury barn on the Dey road struck by lightning destroyed it and a wagon house. four horses saved. Local workers improved the Cranbury ball ground, and a First Presbyterian Sunday school class outing to Belmar included members Franklin Scott and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society of the Second Church
John D. Bennett
China
Mia
E. C. Wilson
Spaulding
Middlesex Lodge
No. 90
Clinton Hoffman
Dey Road
Cranbury
Doctor Schiff
New York City
Cranbury Fire Company
Raymond Griggs
Franklin Bennett
Lewis Schenck
Russell Mershon
First Presbyterian
Belmar
Shark River
Franklin Scott
Gordon Coward
Irving Bennett
Francis Swinkie
Howard Hoagland
Harold Stilwell
Prospect Plains Cobblers Face Cranbury Neck Giants In Open Game
Tomorrow at 8 o clock on Charles Symmes diamond the Prospect Plains Cobblers and Cranbury Neck Giants will play a free admission ball game. Lineups list Herdzick Farr Mershon Davison Allen Stults Campbell Spratford Reynolds and more for the Cobblers while Brown Symmes Scott Dey Carlson Widerstrom Phillips Stults Grover and others for the Giants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prospect Plains
Cranbury Neck
Cobblers
Giants
Charles Symmes
Charles Herdzick
Alex Farr
Russell Mershon
Will Davison
Local Social Items From Hightstown And Nearby
Residents and guests are noted in a sequence of weekend visits and day trips. W. A. Robbing and Mrs Cruger spent Sunday at Holmdel while G. C. Peppler and daughter Edythe visited Long Branch with the Wohlen family. Edythe’s aunt Miss Lillian Caine spent Thursday in New Brunswick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Robbing
Cruger
Holmdel
G. C. Peppler
Edythe
Long Branch
Wesley Hoffman
Lillian Caine
New Brunswick
Four New Colors in Fashion Rosewood Aztec Hummingbird
A fashion note announces four new popular colors for the season: rosewood, chow, aztec and hummingbird. Rosewood appears familiar from objects like pianos and desks while aztec evokes bright shawls and beads. hummingbird invites imaginative interpretation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humming Bird
Walter Applegate Dies Suddenly on Farm Near Hightstown
Walter Applegate, aged local farmer and oldest child of Mr. and Mrs. Gideon Applegate, died Tuesday evening after sudden illness on his farm near Hightstown. He collapsed after visiting his brother-in-law William Davison. Dr. Wilbur could not help him. He is survived by his wife Emma Davison and four brothers and three sisters. Funeral set for today at 3 p.m. with ministers H E Owings and J E Curry. interment Brainerd Cemetery under A S Cole Son & Co. supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gideon Applegate
Walter Applegate
Hightstown
Mr. Applegate
William Davison
Applegate
Wo L Wilbur
Emma Davison
George
Trenton
Elmer
Willard
Russell
Bertha
Marion
Carolyn Applegate
H. E. Owings
J. E. Curry
Cranbury
Brainerd Cemetery
A. 8. Cole
Mrs George W Hamilton Obituary Notice
Mrs George W Hamilton died Tuesday after a long illness and a move to Plainsboro to stay with her daughter Mrs LaMonte Robbins. She was 64, survived by husband a brother George Whay of Rahway a daughter Mrs Robbins and a son John H formerly with Walker Gordon Laboratory. Funeral was held Thursday at three with burial at Runway Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Hamilton
John H
Walker—Gordon Laboratory Company
Rahway
G. A. Burslem
Dover
Del
Runway
Death of Anna Rowe in Arlington
Anna Rowe a young girl employed in the Perrine home died suddenly Monday from heart trouble after a long heart condition. Dr Vann Dyke tried to help but she died at eight. Burial followed in Arlington with services at her father George Rowe’s home in north Arlington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Rowe
Spencer Perrine
B S. Vann Dyke
Arlington
George Rowe
North Arlington
Old Agricultural Implement and Early Hoes
The article traces hoe origins to sharpened tree limbs used by primitive peoples to prepare corn fields. It notes minimal weed cutting and little chilling work, with hoeing finishing early and children later scaring birds as ears filled. It reflects on blackbird damage and historical farming practices.
Indignant Brother Carried to Sunday School
A boy named Melvin was taken to Sunday school by his two older brothers. After the session he disappeared, was found by a neighbor, and returned home where his reaction to his brothers was loud and memorable. He protested that he was misguided and chastised, stamping his foot in frustration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin
Phi Beta Kappa Society Founded at William and Mary
The first Greek letter society Phi Beta Kappa formed December 6, 1776 at William and Mary as a secret club and literary group. It grew into an honorary fraternity for scholars, open to men and women elected for scholarship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Famous
Phi Beta Kappa
William and Mary College
Plainsboro social notes record weddings and summer outings
The Plainsboro column lists numerous local visits and travels including Hyland and Witte families visiting Atlantic City and Rahway, a July wedding of Minnie Schenck to Andrew Porter in Rocky Hill, and community summer events. It notes farm care, church duties by Rev W H Wolverton, and trips to Baltimore, Montreal, and Delaware Bay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Schenck
Andrew Porter
H. H. Mather
Rocky Hill
Annie Schenck
Plainsboro
Baltimore
Walker-Gordon Falls
Mrs. Porter
W. H. Wolverton
D. D
Stockton, N. J
Theological Seminary of
Princeton
Also Mentioned on This Page
A. C. Grover
Lawrence Harbor
Clifford Stults
Harry Perrine
Leroy Scott
Henry Conover
Charles Conover
R. Griggs
Mason
Walter R. Dye
Gordon Clayton
Florence Griggs
Mildred Perrine
Eleanor Conover
Masters Franklin Scott
Walter Dey
Grover
Ora Bennett
Alvin Dey
Willie Voorhees
John Perrine
Marvin Bennett
Charles
Clarence Grover
Stanley Griggs
Frederick Schweitzer
M. HE
Rev
L. E. Lennox
Hursday
Walter Davison
Helen Ely
Gladys Ely
Elizabeth
Helen Jamison
Perrine Holman
A.W. Gertzel
Peter Ives
Frank Wolfe
John Wolfe
Philadelphia
Frank Kenner
Bordentown
Alan Caine
Leon Hyland
Hyland
James Hyland
Atlantic City
Ella Barlow
New York State
Richard Witte
Marion ‘Mount
Witte
F. A. McNamee
Canada
J. W. B. Wicoff
John and
Douglass
H. W. Jeffers
Alvah Agee
D. M. Flynn
E. C. Hutchinson
T. Achley
Delaware Bay
F. F. Grove
L. T. Grove
H.E. Jones
Charles Grove
Somerville
Kenneth Grove
Mrs Jones
Mrs. H. B. Jones
Plainsboro Township
Walker-Gordon Grove
Warren Jones
Jeffers
Kingsley
Henry
Emily
Louise
Howard Benning
Jeffers’ Farm
Wm. Major
William and
John
Ella Johnson
Montreal
William Johnson
North Jersey Coast
Asbury Park
Ocean Grove
Belmar Spring Lake
Sea Girt
Granbury
Pennsylvania
Victoria and Logan
Noble
East State St
Trenton, N. J
Palm Beach
All Boys
Daniel Block Clothing CO
South Broad
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