Churches and community notices from Cranbury area 1917
Local church announcements list services at First and Second Presbyterian churches with sermons by Rev. Corry and Rev. Elsing, plus Mother's Day events and youth sessions. Community notes cover Red Cross drives, Grange meetings, a Cranbury mill lease to National Musical String Company, May Day festivities, and local marriages and social happenings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. F Doran
Cranbury
National Musical String Company of
New Brunswick
Cranbury Mill
Palace Theatre
National Red Cross
County Teams to Spell at Perth Amboy High School
The spelling contest between Monmouth and Middlesex counties is set for Saturday June 2 at Perth Amboy High School. Ten winners from Middlesex will join ten Monmouth contestants plus five alternates. a 200 word written test at 10 am and an oral test at 2 pm will determine the team. Monmouth contestants and alternates are listed, with names and towns. Mrs Henry Petty and Mrs Miriam A Petty, wife of Henry Petty, died after a brief illness in Perth Amboy. funeral held with interment at German cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mor-mouth County
Middlesex County
Perth Amboy High School
Monmouth County
Aoton Bjornstad
Bradley Bench
Clara Mae Walker
Upper Freehold
Mary Carroll
Middletown
Guasie Daneloff
Long Branch
Clara Maxson
Highland
Beatrice Vandeprift
Red Bank
Ella Britton
Keyport
Fiord Cook
Farmingdale
Leonard Irwin
Atlantic Highland
Kenneth North
Belfar
Agnes Gardell
Oceanic
Leony Arrington
Asbury Park
Luella Jeffrey
Rumson
Geraldine Fowjer
Red Bunh
Eilis Munyonu
Hatontown
Henry Petty
Miriam A. Petty
Perth Amboy
Jace
Fennent
Miss Ella Norton Dies At 64 In Hightstown
Miss Ella T Norton daughter of Daniel and Elmira Norton died Wednesday at her Main Street home after a brief illness. She lived in Hightstown most of her life aside from two years in California and was a known music instructor and store operator. A lifelong Universal Church member, she will be buried privately Friday at East Windsor Cemetery under Allen & Stults.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella ‘T. Norton
Daniel
Elmira
Nortono
Main Street
Hightstown
California
Norton
Wu. c
Universal Church
Mary Norton
L. L Lewis Wiih
East Windsor Cemetery
Allen & Stults
James H Field Dies After Car Crash at Langhorne
James H Field prominent Hightsown horseman died in Fiwithforth Hospital Philadelphia from a fractured skull after a collision near Langhorne. Funeral at his East Ward Street home in Hightstown Sunday at 2 PM officiated by Rev. W A Stanton. Survived by wife three daughters and father George Field New Sharon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H. Field
Hightstown
Fiwithforth Hospital
Philadelphia
Langhorne
Hightstow
East Ward Street
W. A. Stanton
Mr. Field
Mia
Alexander Brkalow
Eleanor
Isabelle Fi
George Field
New Sharon
Field
Clifford Shangle
David Cole
Stedman Bent
Shangle
Cole
Horsey
Man Dies After Being Struck by Pennsylvania Railroad Train
Edmund R. Dey of Jamesburg 26 employed by the railroad died at St. Peter's Hospital New Brunswick after being struck by a construction train he was on. He stepped in front of the approaching train and lost his life a few hours later. Survived by parents William and (unnamed) Dey three brothers William Joseph Herbert and a sister Charlotte. Funeral held Tuesday at 2 pm from his parents home with services at Jamesburg Presbyterian Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Railroad
Edmund R. Dey
Jamcsburg
St. Peter's Hospital
New Brunswick
William Dey
Sow Time
William
Joseph
Herbetet
Charlotte Dey
Jamesburg
Mechanics Home Council, Jr . . A. OL
Foresters of America
Mrs. Mary Ely Dayton’s oldest resident remembered
Dayton elder Mary A. Ely recalls early village life from the Cross Roads era to present. She notes Four mile treks to First Presbyterian Church in Cranbury, Civil War memories of Mathias Anderson’s sons, and the town’s evolution from a crossroads to a busier community with a South Brunswick post office designation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
Mary A. Ely
Richard
Abbie McDowell
William Ely Herson
Andrew By
First Presbyterian Church
Cranbury
Ely
John Anderson
Abe
Edward
Garret
Mathias Anderson
Equire Higgins
South Brunswick
Jamesburg Resident David H. Kirkpatrick Dies in Connecticut
David H. Kirkpatrick a well known Jamesburg resident and brother of John P. Kirkpatrick died late Monday night at a New Canaan Connecticut health sanatorium after a three week treatment for general debility He had been in Atlantic City prior and was moved to the Connecticut resort for relief Funeral plans were not yet completed He was married to Jessie Paxton daughter of Postmaster Charles E Paxton and had no children He lived at Brooklawn and was active in the Jamesburg Presbyterian church and local music circles He belonged to Fidelity Lodge Odd Fellows and served as councilman in town
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David H. Kirkpatrick
Jamesburg
John P. Kirkpatrick
New Caauan
Conn
Atlantic City
Connecticut
Kirkpatrick
Jessie Paxton
Charles E Paxton
Brooklawn
Stoll's Developing and Printing Offers 24 Hour Mail Service
Stoll's Developing and Printing guarantees the utmost from exposures with no charges for failures. Quick work with a 24 hour service, appealing for out of town folks mailing films. Wrap film securely and include name and address. professionals in their own building handle the rest and know the how. Also offers materials.
Also Mentioned on This Page
First Presbyterian
J. E Corry
Second Presbyterian
Warren Elsing
Schatz Memorial Church
Missionary Societies
Woman's Home Missionary Society of the First Church
Alaska
A. G. Dey
Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society of the Second Church
U.S
Stitch and Chatter Club
Mary Woolston
John Hughes
Freda Sehnel
Marion Hughes
Cranbury Township
Bightetown Grange Hall
Department of Agriculture
Freehold
Goodwin Bach
Hell
Boy Scouts Band
Central Local Union
Union of Christian Endeavor
Presbyterian Church
Monmouth Junction
N. J
George Ashworth Burslem
Floyd L. Evans
Dayioe
England
Hubert F. Doran
Thos, Tyack
D. D
Edus Emmons
Granbury
Floyd L Evans
Margareth B.curry
Russell Britton
Plaineboro
Community Red Cross
RED Cross
Gertrude Harder
William Hughes
J. B. Perrine
W. H. Havens
J Kent Henry
Gertrude Henry
Carleton Kent
Highistown
Juzzie Wilson
J. Curry
Mr. Lewis
Red Croce
Bhen
B.C
Ella T. Norton
U.S District Court
J. Warren Davis
Trenton
Piddie Institute Field
Paddie Barn
West Grove
Peddie
Ezra Avenue
C. BM. Marshall
W. L. Wilbur
Peddie Institute
Mary Ely
Stoll’s
E. State St. Trenton, N. J
Trenton, N. J
A.F. Williams
Williams
East State Street
KK. A. Donnelly
State Street
Broad
Block’s
Pal
Block
BIG Opportunitie S
Daniel Block Clothing CO
Washington Market Building
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