Church services and society meetings announced
First Presbyterian ministers Rev. J. E. Curry and Rev. Warren Elsing preach on Sunday with topics Three essentials in Christian life Believing in the Light John 12 36 Good Conservation The C E Society of Second church plans a Sunday evening meeting Ministering to Christ led by Walter J Griggs The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of First church meets Friday afternoon November 2 at Mrs H N Scott Study Class Syria and Persia committee Mrs S J Bergen and Miss Mary Edsall The Woman's Home Missionary Society of Second church meets at Mrs I B Everett home led by president Mrs Elis Stults
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Curry
John
C. E. Society of the Second Church
Christ
Walter J. Griggs
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the First Church
H. N. Scott
Syria
Persia
8. J. Bergen
Mary Edsall
Woman’s Home Missionary Society of the Second Church
I. 8. Everett
Elis Stults
Perrine Announces Engagement of Elizabeth Boyd Perrine
Mr and Mrs Matthias M Perrine announce the engagement of their youngest daughter Elizabeth Boyd Perrine to Albert Franklin Disborough of Hightstown. The notice urges Liberty Bond purchases before the sale closes tomorrow. First National Bank of Cranbury will open for bond sales from 9 AM to 6 PM and 8 PM to 9 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matthias M. Perrine
Elizabeth Boyd ' Perrine
Albert Franklin Disborough
Hightstown
First National Bank of Cranbury
Wholesale Stealing During Concert at First Presbyterian
Several thefts occurred Thursday evening during a concert at the First Presbyterian chapel. Items taken include a fur coat and fur robe from Harvey R Dey of Dayton, a fur coat from Floyd L Evans, a public schools supervisor, and a new automobile tire and inner tube from Richard S Mason.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Presbyterian Chapel
Harvey R Dey
Dayton
Floyd L. Evans
Richard S. Mason
Bazaar and Supper at Second Church Anchor Chapels
The Stitch and Chatter Club of the Second Church plans a bazaar and supper next Tuesday evening October 30. Doors open 4.45, supper at 5, price 50 cents. Attractions include a gentleman's booth fancy articles aprons candy popcorn ice cream cake a Fish Pond and Witches Grab bag. Proceeds aid the affair’s success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stitch and Chatter Club
Mission Band Meeting at Second Church Chapel
The Light Beaters of the Second Church will meet in the chapel Sabbath afternoon October 28 at 3 o clock led by Isaiah D Barclay. Program includes Singing No 65 Vision of the Trees and Leaves Dan 4 10 18, Leader Vision Interpreted Dan 4 24 28, Milton Lawrence Singing No 9, Prayer, Story A Bulu Girl Enid Walker, Piano Solo Anna Harris, Reading Theodore Davison, Reading Harold O Neil, Vocal Solo Anna Shock, Reading Norman Applegate, Reading Bergen Petty, Offering Mizpah. All members urged to attend and receive An Autumn Souvenir Program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaiah D. Barclay
Milton Lawrence
Bulu
Enid Walker
Anna Harris
Theodore Davison
Harold O'Neil
Anna Shock
Norman Applegate
Bergen Petty
Mizpah
Anniversary of Cranbury Sunday schools praised for fine program
The Cranbury Sunday schools celebration last Sunday featured a strong program led by Chorister Lemuel Stults with notable solos by Miss Hattie Lewis W R Silvers and guests from Peddie College. Dr Elaing impressed many with a genial talk and the autumnal decorations added to the occasion. Engagements announced Miss Margaret E Applegate to Alvah Probasco were revealed at a Rose Bud luncheon with guests listed. A pet dog Matt owned by E C Wilson was killed by a car, joining a recent similar incident with the Stahl family, as concerns rise over fast town driving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cranbury
Lemuel Stults
Hattie Lewis
W. R. Silvers
Peddie
Rogers
Bent
Burroughs
Margaret E. Applegate
Willis C. Applegate
Alvah Probasco
Mra J. Holmes Probasco
Allentown
N. J
Little Earl Applegate
Marion Pierson
Lawrenceville
Marion van Dewaté
Rosedale
Jennie Probasco
Clara M. Walker
Allestown
Cecelia Errickson
Dayton
Margaret Mason
Grace Norton
Lillian Perrine
Lillian Ely
Matilda McDougall
Hightstown
Miegel Edna Walker
Imlay O
Matt
E. C Wilson
Universalists Present Thanksgiving Play at Opera House
The Universalists of Hightstown will stage their annual Thanksgiving play in the Opera House. This year’s production is A Pair of Green Stockings by Mrs. Mason, with leads Miss Hazel Roszel Mrs. C. J. Keeler E J Thompson and William Bardel. Supporting players include Miss Nettie M. Black Edna Romweber Irma Reese W H Thompson Linwood Roszel C Stanley Stults and Reggie J. Thompson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Universalists of
Hightstown
Mason
Hazel Roszel
C. J. Keeler
E. J. Thompson
William Bardel
Nettie M. Black
Edna Romweber
Irma Reese
W. H. Thompson
Linwood Roszel
C. Stanley Stults
Reggie J. Thompson
Des Moines Study Links Saloons to Poverty Decline
W C T U H HouLinesworth, General Secretary Associated Charities, notes a 60 percent drop in liquor related poverty after Des Moines closed its 86 saloons. He cites a 1916 follow up showing less than ten percent of 1915 impoverished families due to drink, versus twenty six percent earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HouLinesworth
Associated Charities
Des Moines
Iowa
Hoffman-Perring wedding at 580 o'clock vows in Cranbury home
Miss Sara Isabel Perrine and William Cole Hoffman wed in a ceremony led by Rev. Joseph E. Curry and Rev. A. G. Hagaman. The couple will reside at 1033 Greenwood Avenue Trenton after a wedding tour. guests from multiple cities attended. gifts included china and silver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur L. Burroughs
Margaret H. B. Perrine
Mies
Caroline Lynch
Helen Murray
Clifton
Fred Hoffman
Beer Mall
Harold Applegate
Trenton
Charles Butcher
Fes Cranbury
Hightstown
New York
East Orange
Moosic
Palisades Park
Stanhope
N. J
Harrisburg
Woodbury
Burlington
Shackelford
Greenwood Avenue
No Station Now for Hightstown
Residents petitioned the Pennsylvania Railroad for a new passenger station at Hightstown on the vacated freight-site ground. The company may delay construction until postwar conditions improve, keeping improvements to the station to attractively present but not building anew. Dana Gatlin is praised as a romantic American writer and his story Flower of Courte is highlighted for its youthful romance amid wartime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Hightstown
Dana Gatlin
America
Mr. Gatlin
Haben
Man Chosen President by N. J. Baptists at Atlantic City
The New Jersey Baptist Association marked its 85th anniversary in Atlantic City with F Wayland Ayer of Camden presiding. He gave an annual address urging a war work plan costing about 30 thousand dollars. Officers elected Dr. W A Stanton of Hightstown as president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey Baptist Association
Atlantic City
F. Wayland Ayer
Camden
New Jersey
W. A. Stanton
Hightstown
Indian Wampum Description and Value
Wampum used by Indians for trading formed as small disks or cylinders of shell perforated through the center and strung on deersinew. Colors included white and purple or black, with black commanding twice the value of white due to rarity.
Send the Soldier Pictures of Home Kodak
The ad promotes West Pocket Kodak for soldiers, claiming the small cost and $6 price fit easily in a pocket. It touts 8 pictures per roll at 20 cents and low running costs, suggesting the camera as a source of home-murnished pictures for those in the army or navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
Kodak
Army
Navy
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First Presbyterian
Second Presbyterian
Warren Elsing
Cc. E
Society
Missionary Societies
the Reading Circle
J S. Silvers
American National Red Cross
Harper
Davis
Princeton
Halsey Reed
Donizetti
Lucia di Lammermoor
Mission Band
S— Universalists
Pueblo
Colorado Springs
Brightstown
N. J. Baptists
Stoll's
E. State St
Trenton, N. J
Fred'k-W DonneLly Co
Aylor Oper House
First National Bank
Granbury, N. J
R.A. Donnelly
R. A. Donnelly
State Street
Broad
Block’s
Daniel Block Clothing CO
Washington Market Building
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