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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1913
Page
1
The First Presbyterian Church will administer the Lord's Supper on Sabbath morning with a preparatory service Saturday at 3 o clock. The Second Presbyterian Church will also observe the sacrament on Sabbath morning with a preparatory service this evening at 7 30 o'clock, signaling similar worship plans.
The morning subject is The Living Water and the evening subject is God’s Love for the Sinner. The regular monthly meeting of the board of stewards will follow the morning service.
The Young People's Christian Association will meet Sunday evening at the Second Presbyterian chapel with the topic The Ideal Christian His Bible study. The reader will be Raymond Lawrence.
The First church Woman's Home Missionary Society meets Friday at 4 in the chapel to discuss Cuba and Porto Rico with Miss R Ella Chamberlin leading Study Class. The Second Church Woman's Foreign Missionary Society meets Friday, June 6, with Mrs. J. S. Silvers. Harvest home is planned for Wednesday, July 23. A strawberry festival takes place at Union Valley church lawn on Thursday, June 5 with ice cream and cake. Village Improvement Society meets Monday at 7 45 in the Library. Circle met Wednesday with Mrs. W H Johnson on Canada. June 11 gathering moved to Mrs. Davison's home. Social Circle closes Thursday evening with Mr. and Mrs. S S H Perrine.
The Corona Club will hold its closing meeting next Wednesday evening June 4 with Miss Rhoda Defrance. The Hightstown Fire Company plans a grand fair and bazaar on June 9 at Chamberlin's Opera House in Hightstown offering a full range of foods and entertainment.
The village movement prohibits riding on sidewalks but is being ignored. Notice requires all riders to keep off the sidewalk while riding. Village Improvement Society announces enforcement.
Mrs. George Perrine entertained about fifteen boys Saturday afternoon for Ernest Perrine ninth birthday with games and a supper. Attendees included Enos Hutchin Newell Davis Douglass Chamberlin Lewis Chamberlin Emerson Barkalow Fred Strang Addison McDougall Clifford Scott Clarence Conover Alfred Bennett Ernest Perrine Elmer Thomas Harold Polhemus James Wilson Rudolph Perrine.
A May 28 event at Second Presbyterian Church featured Miss Rosser and Miss Moore with vocal and elocution performances. Miss Ditmars and Mr. Burroughs also impressed with violin and organ solos, praised for their talent and teaching ties to Rutherford and Belmar.
A surprise birthday gathering at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Gulick featured eight royal reception guests. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Croshaw with daughters Helen and Isabel, and Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Bradley with daughter Frances and son Redford.
On Sunday David C. Lewis Sr. became seriously ill and has remained in a critical condition for several days but is now improving. On Monday H Johnson Groves suffered a serious illness with a trained nurse in charge and is said to be recovering nicely.
Chas J Keeler and Bro promote an advertising scheme by giving away a Claxton Parlor Grand Piano valued at 400.00. Customers receiving a coupon for 100 votes per dollar spent compete until December 1 1918 when the largest vote total wins the piano free. The plan aims to boost trade and showcase values while promising fair treatment.
The New Jersey State Normal and Mode Schools Alumni Association schedules its twenty fifth annual meeting for Saturday June 14 1913 at noon in Trenton with a reception and business session in the Auditorium followed by a luncheon and music. A Plainsboro entertainment Tuesday night featured an instrumental trio Danvers and cast with a well received Farce Polly in Politics and a profitable fundraiser for Plainsboro Church despite bad weather.
Cranbury and Hightstown opened the baseball season with Cranbury losing 3 to 1 on the local diamond. Moraldo drove in Cranbury’s lone run in the third after a single steal and error. Hightstown scored three in the seventh aided by three hits. Appleget and Masterson pitched well for Cranbury and Hightstown respectively.
Darius Downey of Newberg Junction New Brunswick reports his wife uses Chamberlains Tablets and finds them very effective and beneficial. The ad urges stomach and bowel trouble sufferers to try the remedy and notes it is for sale by all dealers. An additional note promises rubber restoration tips using a ammonia and water mixture to revive elastic rubber parts.
Yard’s features fresh ribbon stock including Satin Ribbons from 4 to 64 inches in many shades priced 3c to 1d per yard. Taffeta and Moire ribbons in assorted widths and leading shades from 3c to 44c per yard. Also satin tafetas for sashes 6 to 9 inches wide at 10c per yard. Plus Messalines, Wash ribbons, Shoe Tie ribbons, Velvet ribbons and 5 yard bundles at low prices.
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