Church Notices and Community Happenings in Cranbury
Sunday church services announced with sermons at First and Second Presbyterian churches led by Rev. J. Curry and Rev. Warren Elsing. Union service at 7 30 p m. Schultz Memorial topic The Folly of Inorgine. Christian Endeavor Manliness and Womanliness. Stitch and Chatter Club meets next Tuesday. Cranbury School opens with staff listed. Union Sunday School anniversary held at First Presbyterian with Dr Carolyn Geisel speaker. Mershon anniversary surprise party noted with attendees listed. City installs water at sexton’s house.
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Second Presbyterian
Warren Elsing
Kingdom
C. E. Society
Christian Endeavor Society
The
First Presbyterian Church
J. E. Curry
Sexton
Second Presbyterian Church
Grace Dey
Dayton
Carolyn E. Geisel
Battle Creek
Mich
Rye Rye Stacks Burn At Hightstown
Fire discovered about one o'clock Monday morning consumed eleven rye stacks totaling about forty five tons at Dawes and Dilatush. Firefighters saved the press building and prevented spread to two ignited loads by unloading them and hosing until flames were subdued.
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Dawes & Dilatush
Hightstown
Community Expert for Hightstown Seeks Local Visit
Barry N. Scott will succeed Armstrong Bennett in Hightstown with half interest in Bennett & Bennett hay press firm. Q. Armstrong Bennett buys Maxwell residence and plans a large warehouse on a five acre tract. A community expert under Chautauqua will visit towns with five year contracts to discuss health and sanitation and local concerns.
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Barry N. Scott
Armstrong Bennett
Harry N. Scott
Hay Press
Bennett & Bennett
Prospect Plains
Hoffman Station
Q. Armstrong Bennett
Mra
James M. Maxwell
North Main Street
Hightstown
Cranbury
Mr. Bennett
Dey
Chautauqua Association
Chautauqua
Central Local Union session elected officers and welcomed Cranbury Second
The semi annual session of Central Local Union of C. E. at the Reform church in Jamesburg drew nearly 100 attendees. Retiring president Rev John Ehrenstine presided. Ten societies were represented with Cranbury Second joining. Officers chosen for six months: President Rev Warren Elsing Cranbury, Vice President F L Evans Dayton, Secretary Miss Margaret Curry Cranbury, Treasurer John Russell Brittain Plainsboro. Next meeting at Monmouth Junction on the second Saturday in May 1917.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Elsing
Central Local Union of
C. E
Jamesburg
John Ehrenstine
Monmouth Junction
Cranbury Second
Cranbury First
Cranbury
Dayton
Presbyterian
Englishtown
Hightstown
Spotswood
Reformed
F. L. Evans
Margaret Curry
Mrs Brown Hosts 40th Anniversary Luncheon at Cranbury Home
Mrs William P Brown of Cranbury Station entertains a luncheon with many ladies to honor her and her husband’s fortieth wedding anniversary. The event features potted plants pink and white carnations and a night of sale items, ice cream cake and music with admission worth 10 cents redeemable for sale items, and hints at Halloween activities on Tuesday October 31.
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Mrs. Brown
William P. Brown
Cranbury Station
Hallowe'en
Stitch and Chatter Club
Brainerd Cemetery Entrance Marked By Granite Posts
Four massive granite posts mark the Brainerd Cemetery entrance bearing the inscription Brainerd Cemetery 1858 1916. The Brainerd Cemetery Association formed in 1858 and remains a favored burial place for locals and relatives, with a well kept grounds and a caretaker named Frank Jemison. A new gateway enhances the appearance.
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Brainerd Cemetery
Brainerd
Frank Jemison
Republican Rally at Mechanics Hall Monmouth Junction
A Republican rally is planned at Mechanics Hall in Monmouth Junction on Wednesday evening October 25. Senator Gaunt will discuss rural and agricultural issues in New Jersey a campaign highlight. Congressional candidate Robert Carson will also speak and a musical program will be presented. Everyone is welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mechanics Hall
Monmouth Junction
Gaunt
New Jersey
Robert Carson
Congress
Surprised Guests Honor Mr and Mrs Fred Phares
A genuine surprise party was held at the Phares home on Thursday evening with about twenty attendees. Guests enjoyed games and refreshments as the event provided a memorable gesture for the couple.
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Fred Phares
Death of Lemuel Bedle and area church news
Lemuel Bedle longtime Jamesburg resident died from tetanus after finger injury at work on Thursday. He leaves a widow and eight children listed with residences in Cranbury Jamesburg Hightstown Jamesburg Dayton Jersey City Englishtown and was buried in Fernwood cemetery. Also York Pa church news reports Dr Andrew Todd Taylor offered 3000 salary to lead First Presbyterian Church there following a successful tenure in Philadelphia and Toronto. Lanning Joslin marriage in Hights Town Union Valley witnessed by Mae Bastede and Harry Gorrell.
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Lemuel Bedle
Jamesburg
John Ervin
Cranbury
Edwin Rockhill
Walter McDougal
Hightstown
John Taylor
Albert Smith
David H. Bedle
Dayton
Andrew J. Bedle
Jersey City
Charles A. Bedle
Englishtown
Fernwood Cemetery
Andrew Todd Taylor
Third Presbyterian Church
Trenton
First Presbyterian Church of
York
York Dispatch
Taylor
Synod of Pennsylvania
Interchurch Federation
United States
Canada
Lanning-Joslin
Warren Elsing
Main Street
Frederick A. Lanning
Elsie
Joslin
Union Valley
Mae Bastede
Harry Gorrell
Murphy-Nolan. Allentown Engagement Prepares for October Wedding
Nolan Murphy and Moses H. Murphy of Allentown announce the engagement of Mayme A. Murphy to Joseph M. Nolan of Allentown. The ceremony will be at St John’s Church Allentown on Monday October 30 at 10 30 Rev John H Sheedy officiates. Mary Magee cousin of the bride elect is bridesmaid Nelson Nolan brother of the groom is best man. Mr Nolan is in the meat business son of Martin Nolan of Hightstown and is a noted baseball player who has played for several semi professional and professional teams.
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Nolan Murphy
Moses H. Murphy
Allentown
Mayme A. Murphy
Joseph M. Nolan
St. John's R. C. Church
John H Sheedy
Misa Mary Magee
Nelson Nolan
Mr. Nolan
Martin Nolan
Hightstown
Community urged to preserve mid day mails
Notice urges residents to protest the withdrawal of mid day mails by writing immediately to United States Senators James E. Martine and Wm. E. Hughes and to Congressman Thomas J. Scully. Postmaster E. W. Walker cautions that without vigorous local action the conveniences may be lost.
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United States
James E. Martine
Wm. EB. Hughes
Thomas J. Scully
E. W. Walker
Palace Theatre thrills Cranbury with popular shows
The Palace Theatre draws strong audiences twice weekly with well chosen and well presented plays praised by local patrons. Cranbury merchants advertise weekly productions in the Cranbury Press while Mrs Harder offers a range of ginghams crepes lawns and hosiery for ladies and children.
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Palace Theatre
Cranbury
Robert M Shepherd funeral planned for October twenty first
Robert M Shepherd died at his home aged 78 after a long illness leaving a widow and daughter Dora Harder. A painter and engraver formerly with the P R R he served as secretary of General Morgan Lodge I D O F South Amboy. Funeral from his home at 2 PM Saturday October 21 conducted by Rev J E Curry with burial at Brainerd cemetery.
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Robert M. Shepherd
Dora Harder
Shepherd
Morgan Lodge
I D. O F
South Amboy
Death of William P White after brief illness
After a short illness William P White died Sunday at St Peters Hospital at about twenty three. The cause was rupture of miniature blood vessels leading to exhaustion. Funeral services were held Tuesday at his half brother Nelson Vandenburgs home in Rhode Hall with interment in Second Church cemetery. He was a son of the late Horatio and Eila White and was born at Applegarth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph A. Morse
Newark
Farmingdale
George Morse
Frederick Farr Morse
Second Presbyterian Church
Warren E'sing
William P White
St. Peter's Hospital
Mr. White
Nelson Vandenburg
Rhode Hall
Second Church
A. 8
Cole, Son & Co
Horatio
Eila White
Applegarth
Steinbach Company Autumn Opening Sale Ad
Steinbach Company invites shoppers to a two week Autumn Opening Sale from October 21 to 28 with prices lower than expected. The ad promises a sixteen page booklet for more details and urges visiting the store to learn about opening opportunities. It also promotes Chamberlain's Tablets for a Muddy Complexion with diet and exercise tips.
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First Presbyterian
Curry
E. C. Wilson
J. D. Chamberlin
Subject
Mexico
Misa Clara Chamberlin
D. W. Clayton
Cranbury School
Cranbury Public School
Laura Scudder
Emma L. Mershon
Sara S. Perrine
Bertha Applegate
Anna Ervin
Florence Perrine
Della Bergen
John B. Perrine
Samuel Perrine
Anna Spaulding
Clifford Conover
N. McDowell
Isaac Cubberley
J. Edgar Bennett
Charles T. Hoffman
George W. Burroughs
J. E. Carry
Margaret E. Bergen
John D. Chamberlin
Joseph C. Chamberlin
Gideon Applegate
George Thomas
J. D. Buckelew
William Bishop
Carrie Buckelew
George Ely
Eva Ely
Ancil G. Dey
William P. Gibson
Willard Grove
Ancil Davison
Clifford Chamberlin
George Conover
John Whittick
James Maxwell
William H. Thomas
George Vandenbergh
Hallowe’en
First Presbyterian Church of York
Dr. Taylor
Mra. E. Harder’n
William P. White
Steinbach Company
Republican Rally
Odd Fellows Hall
N. J
Frederick A. Pope
Somerville, N. J
William A. Spencer
George Applegate
Frederick Schneider
James A. Edgar
Middlesex County Republican Club
A. R. Lewis
William Fox
DR. Rameau
Frederick Perry
Stuart Holmes
George Alison
Dorothy Bernard
Jean Sothern
Claire Whitney
Fred'k W. Donnelly
A. F. Williams
Williams Jewelry Store
East State Street
Trenton, N. J
First National Bank
Mackinaws
Daniel Block Clothing CO
Washington Market Building
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