Children’s Day Observances At Local Churches
The churches announce Children’s Day services with Sunday school roll call at 10 A M and a 10 45 A M program in the chapel. Activities include cornet duets by Jos M Owens and Schuyler Mygrant, a sermon on A Four Square Christianity, and a Junior and Senior C E program led by Dorothy Hatton. Men’s Brotherhood meets at the manse Monday at 8 PM. Fifty two Peddie Institute graduates are noted including Harold Scott and Earl Butcher.
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General Assembly
Christ
Dorothy Hatton
Men’s Brotherhood
Peddie Institute
Cranbury Boys
Harold Scott
Dass
Earl Butcher
Contract Awarded for Building Fire House
The township committees met to receive bids for a new fire house. Bids from Geo M Perrine 9390 40 Geo M Davison 11598 20 A W Forman 8000 00 were tabulated Forman the lowest bidder was awarded the contract and sublets to Geo M Perrine who will begin once materials arrive.
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Geo. M. Perrine
Geo. M. Davison
A. W. Forman
Mr. Forman
Rev. Doran Going Abroad
Rev and Mrs Doran of Grovelville plan a two month trip abroad leaving next Tuesday. Mrs Doran's Sidcup Kent friends and Mr Doran's Bexleyheath London relatives will host. upon return his parents will accompany them home. Entertainment at Jamesburg for Presbyterian Sunday school.
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H. F. Doran
Groveville
Sea
Jamesburg
Mr. Brown
Star Theatre
Presbyterian Sunday School
Mrs. Lillie Vreeland Rites Held for Monmouth Junction Woman
Mrs. Lillie F. Vreeland wife of Nicholas Vreeland Jr of Monmouth Junction died after a year of illness at age 47. She leaves husband son Henry daughter Adelia and two sisters Mrs Wm Cola and Miss Georgie Nutt. Funeral Friday by Rev Jos E Curry with Cranbury burial under A B Cole Son & Co. direction.
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Mis
Lillie F. Vreeland
Nicholas Vreeland, Jr
Monmouth Junction
William Nutt
Wm. S Cola
Ourtown
Georgie F. Nutt
Philadelphia
Henry
Adelia
Jos. E. Curry
Cranbury
A. 8. Cole
Weekend Visitors Reported Around Hightstown and Cranbury
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Runyon were weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. Seward Perrine of Cranbury. Mrs. John Peppler visited Trenton on Monday. Mrs. B. Feistal of Trenton socialized locally Friday. Mrs. Charles Wilson spent the past week at Asbury Park. Mr. and Mrs. Henry McDowell and family joined William and Mrs. McDowell on Center Street. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Heidinger of Union Valley visited Dayton neighbors Fred and Mrs. Luttman on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Runyon
J. Seward Perrine
Cranbury
John Peppler
Trenton
B. Feistal
Charles Wilson
Asbury Park
Henry McDowell
William McDowell
Center Street
Jacob Heidinger
Union Valley
Fred Luttman
Dayton
Block Dance at Cranbury by Fire Company This July
The Fire Company of Cranbury to hold a block dance on Saturday July 2 and Monday July 4 at 8 PM Standard Time. Music by Goodwins Band. Space for dancing and parking available with a portion set aside for colored people. Committee members listed with duties and organizers. Publicity by S. E. Bennett. Don’t miss it.
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Fire Company of
Cranbury
Goodwin
Band of Cranbury
E. C. Wilson
Charles Symmes
T. B Woolston
Joseph Wicoff
Peter Urban
Norman Appleger
Lewis Schenck
Winfield Stahl
M. A. Rue
Wm. T. Denison
S. E. Bennett
William Smith
Gertrude Bell Noted as an Authority on Mesopotamia Host
Miss Gertrude Bell compiler of the inner history of Mesopotamia and author of a British government white paper is praised as a leading authority on the Host with unusual knowledge of Syria Asia Minor and Arabia. She served in the British secret service during the war and at times vanished for months into the desert earning the moniker Mystery Woman of the War.
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Gertrude Bell
Mesopotamia
Syria
Asia Minor
Arabia
County Poultrymen to Hear Pooling Plan in Middlesex
Middlesex County Poultrymen are called to a June 14 meeting at the County Court House to hear a pooling plan proposed by the New Jersey Poultry Producers Association. Over 200,000 birds have already been pledged statewide to enable implementation. the New Brunswick session will feature W. S&S Hundertmark and others.
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Middlesex County
County Court House
New Jersey Poultry Producers’ Association
New Brunswick
W. S&s
Hundertmark
Prohibition Spurs Music Trade Growth After Dry Era
The first anniversary of national prohibition shows demand for musical instruments and accessories rising. Carloads ship to rural and mining areas as families replace liquor with in home music. Community choruses bands and phonographs gain prominence and music in homes takes precedence over public venues.
Firehouse bids trimmed by local citizens pressure
Influence of liberal and up-to-date citizens reduced fire station construction bids from 15000 dollars to 8000 dollars. Townspeople discuss the men who take action and push for progress.
Middlesex County Farmers Picnic Planned at Buccleuch Park
A county wide plan by the County Board of Agriculture and grange representatives calls for a Middlesex County Farmers Picnic at Buccleuch Park New Brunswick on July 20. The event features sports music and games with Hon Dave Agans invited as principal speaker and a county wide baseball game under active committee oversight.
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Middlesex County
Buccleuch Park
New Brunswick
Grange
County Board of Agriculture
Dave Agans
State
Representative Grange
County ’ Board
County Farm Demonstration Office
W. A. Buechner
Franklin Park
Fascination in Air Flight and Motives for Flying
Miami aviators describe why passengers take 20 minute sight seeing flights at 15 dollars. About 60 percent are women while motives vary from wealthy businessmen seeking aviation insight to sport flyers seeking excitement and average individuals chasing a thrill at low cost.
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Miami
Nike
Fla
Secret pet care tips in street gossip at Portland
Two well dressed women discuss their pampered dogs and secret beauty tricks on a Portland street. They mention Togo the Japanese spaniel dislikes castile soap but likes lilac talcum and lilac spray while Snowball the Spitz is kept white using bluing after baths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Togo
Castile
Snowball
Snowy
Hit
Portland
Oregonian
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First Presbyterian
Methodist Episcopal Church
Rev. Doran
Second Presbyterian
Second Church
Mr. Schweitzer
Thelma Berry
Margaret Forman
Olive Jones
Evelyn ‘Nixon
Katherine Sulovski
Hilda Van8ise
James Dey
Curtis Forman
Paul Sulovski, Jr
H. L. Garretson
Harvey Phares
James Phares
James Vreeland
George L. Stille
Schanck-Ellis
Harry Lewis Schanck
Lillian Perrine Ellis
H F. Doran
Groveville Methodist Church
Emma Mount
Fred Carlson
Nicholas Vreeland
Hightstown
State Department of Weights and Measures
New Jersey
Wanser
Spitz
Washwoman
East State St
Trenton, N. J
S. On
Richelieu
the Williams
A. F. Williams
Palm Beach
Daniel Block Ote
South Broad St
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