First Presbyterian Church Sunday schedule and meetings
The First Presbyterian Church announces Sunday School at 10 oclock and morning worship at 11 A M with Rev John H Canning D D of New York preaching. A prayer meeting is set for Friday at 7 30 P M and the Woman and Foreign Missionary Society will meet with Mrs H C Symmes Friday afternoon November 4 at three o'clock.
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First Presbyterian
John
Canning
D. D
New York
Foreign Missionary Society of the First Church
H. C. Symmes
Sunday School and Church Activities Schedule
A Sunday schedule lists services at 10 A M and 3 P M with sermons by Rev Fred erick Schweitzer and Gladys Stuke leading missions teaching. Evening prayer Friday. Campaigns aim to boost attendance with a goal of 100 for the Men's Bible Class and a masquerade Halloween social for youth. Upcoming events include a reception, Christmas box for Siam missionary, and a Thanksgiving service with a new Study Book on The Kingdom and the Nations.
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Second Church
Stitch and Chatter Club
C. E
Hallowe
McConnell
Siam
Earl Wilson
Woman's Home Missionary Society of the Second Church
Geo. B. Mershon
Schultz Memorial M. E. Sunday Services and Campaign
The Schultz Memorial M E church announces Sunday morning preaching by Rev L B Lennox on The Ascending Lord the Descending Spirit and urges church members to attend. November is evangelistic month with community service at 7 80 o'clock and a vigilante warning theme. Special services run November 13 to 20 with nightly preaching except Saturday led by conference leaders. Roll Call Day Friday the 18th.
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L. B. Lennox
Methodist Church
Mrs Fannie VanderVeer Dies After Long Illness
Mrs Fannie VanderVeer wife of Wm S Cole died Friday after a long illness. She is survived by her husband and one son Milton VanderVeer one sister Miss Georgia Nutt of Philadelphia. Funeral services were conducted at her late home by Rev L E Lennox on Tuesday interment was in Brainerd cemetery. The Stitch and Chatter Club meets Wednesday November 2 with Mrs B C Wilson. Milton VanderVeer will leave Sunday to join his father Thaddeus VanderVeer in Miami Florida where a position awaits him.
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Fannie VanderVeer
Wm. S. Cole
Milton VanderVeer
Georgia Nutt
Philadelphia
L. E. Lennox
Brainerd
Thaddeus VanderVeer
Miami
Florida
Hallowe'en Social and Election Night Supper
The Ladies Aid Society of Plainsboro hosts a Hallowe'en Social in the old school building on Monday October 31 with admission 15 and 25 cents and 10 cents extra for unmasked attendees. On Tuesday November 8 the First Presbyterian Church in Cranbury serves a chapel supper, an annual event famed for its menus and open to church members and the public.
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Ladies Aid Society of
Plainsboro
the First Presbyterian Church
Cranbury
Fire destroys hay barrack at Warren Petty's farm
A Thursday evening blaze swept through the hay barrack at Warren Petty's near Cranbury. The fire consumed farm machinery and a large stock of hay while the Cranbury Fire Company saved the remaining buildings. Petty was away, so the total loss could not be learned.
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Warren Petty
Cranbury
Cranbury Fire Company
Petty
Pioneer Grange Special Meeting to Discuss Farm Bureau Program
A special Pioneer Grange meeting is set for Tuesday November 1 to discuss adoption or rejection of the legislative program issued by the Farm Bureau Federation and the State Grange. The open meeting replaces the regular November 8 session.
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Pioneer Grange
Farm Bureau Federation
State Grange
Community Home For Rhode Hall Proposal Advances
Residents of the Rhode Hall area meet in the school house to form a committee led by Miss Gwendolyn Brown and John Wohman to plan a Community House. Suggestions were turned into concrete plans and will be finalized at the next meeting on Thursday evening with final details to be announced.
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Rhode Hall
Gwendolyn Brown
John Wohman
Plana
Peddie Emphasizes Public Speaking In Curriculum
Public speaking holds a key place at Peddie this year with every student required to study the art of oratory. Courses cover theory and delivery, and upperclassmen present prepared remarks to the full school at Saturday chapel. Prof. J Walter Reeves leads the public speech department organizing the program.
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Peddie
J. Walter Reeves
Department of
Public Speech
Hallowe'en Party Planned at Hightstown Baptist Chapel
Preparations are well underway for a large Hallowe en social at the Hightstown Baptist Chapel next Monday evening under church auspices. Hundreds are expected to attend as the chapel is decorated for the season with a varied program. Fortune telling booths and other features will be on display, but the highlight is a play by the Sunday School children after weeks of practice.
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Baptist Chapel
Fire at Gravel Hill Destroys Bohn Barn and Stock
John Bohn of Gravel Hill near Monroe township returned from market to find his barn burned with contents worth several thousand dollars. The Ford, a horse, wagons, and a full crop of corn and other crops were lost. Insurance covered part of the barn but not the contents. the cause is unknown.
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John Bohn
Gravel Hill
Monroe Township
Hhis Place
Ford Automobile
Hightstown Trust Company Elects Directors
A Grange hall meeting of Hightstown Trust Company stockholders elected nine directors to serve one year. The new Main Street building nears completion with expected opening December 1. Disappearance of Stella Ostraski sparks a large search by neighbors and Boy Scouts, with no trace found and fears of foul play.
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Hightstown ‘Trust Company
Grange Hall
C. H. Davison
Harvey Wyckoff
Harry Gross
A. G. Conover
D. I. Messier
Charles E.rue
William H. Davison
G. A. Ben ‘Nett
C. B. Probasco
Main Street
Middlesex County Farmers Ready for Big Exhibit
Middlesex County prepares for an agricultural exhibit at Cranbury on November 3 hosted by the Board of Agriculture. The event features corn, potatoes, canned goods, home crafts, and a Baby Show with age classes. Contest entries due October 31 and judging November 8, with supper served by M E church ladies.
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Middlesex County
Cranbury
Middlesex County Board of Agriculture
Wm. M. Cox
John Bennett F
State Department of Child Hygiene
Odd Fellows’ Hall
M. E. Church
W. H. Martin
State Federation
Frank App
Farm Bureau Federation
F. W. Stillman
A. Willard Totten
A. E. Perrine
John Bennett
LeRoy Scott
Leon Hyland
Plainsboro
Everett Errickson
Frank Denton
Jamesburg
Henry Cortelyou
Monmouth Junction
L. D. Walker
New Brunswick
Howard Butcher
Amzie Duncan
Wm. Cox
Geo. Banks
Plainfield
L. J. Cosgrove
Geo. Warnadorfer
South River
H. G. Hoxie
H. C. Brown
E. Boye
Frank Smalley
New Market
E.C Pierson
H. W. Jeffers
H. Dey
Dayton
H. Wilson
Princeton
Surrogate's Office Deserves Nonpartisan Respect
From the Viewpoint of Another Editor argues the surrogate's duties are sacred and directly affect widows and orphans. Daniel W. Clayton, a Democrat, has served two five year terms and seeks re election, praised for his diligent, compassionate work and broad cross party support in the southern county.
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Daniel W. Clayton
Mr. Clayton
Clayton
Perth Amboy News
Barn Fire Destroys Ezra Farm Building
A Wednesday blaze on David Raetor’s farm near Hightstown destroyed a large storehouse and its contents including farm machinery fertilizer and potatoes. Livestock were saved. Losses run to several thousand dollars, with partial insurance. Cranbury Hightstown and Englishtown fire crews fought the flames amid scarce water from a small well and sulfur stored inside hampering efforts, though the homestead and other buildings were saved.
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David Raetor
Hightstown
Cranbury
Englishtown
Taft Sworn Chief Justice as Supreme Court Reopens
William Howard Taft took the judicial oath as Chief Justice at the fall term reconvening. Justice McKenna delivered the oath supplementing the constitutional oath given by Attorney General Daugherty on July 11 after Taft succeeded the late Chief Justice White. The new chief justice urged loyal citizens to obey laws and demand enforcement regardless of views on the amendment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Howard Taft
United States
Supreme Court
McKenna
Daugherty
Mr. Taft
White
Taft
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Frederick Schweitzer
Gladys Stuke
C. BE
Carleton Campbell
Second Presbyterian Church
B. C. Wilson
Hallowe’en Social
Warren Petty’s
Pioneer Grange Meeting
Hightstown “Trust Company
Stella Ostraski
John Ostraski
Fresh Ponds
Ezra
Bolivia
Filesia
Paris
Andalusia
East State St
Trenton, N. J
The
First National Bank
Granbury, N. J
Compton
Daniel Block
South Broad St
Trenton
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