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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1919
Page
1
Preaching at 11 by the pastor back from vacation with topic A Message from the Prophets Watch Tower Hab 2 4. Sunday school at 10. Community service at 8 p m. Second Presbyterian communion Sunday Sept 7 preparatory service Sept 6 3 o clock. Members may confess faith or unite by letter after the preparatory service.
Schultz Memorial M E preaching Sunday at 11 a m with Sunday School at 10. Stitch and Chatter Club meets Thursday September 11 with Mrs W Russell Silvers. Colored Meeting held Sunday at 3 p m. Market Day by Second Presbyterian Mission Band on Saturday September 20 offering cakes pies bread puddings.
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union gathers at Mrs. Margaret Bergen's home on Thursday afternoon September 18 at 3 o'clock to elect officers for the coming year. All members urged to attend.
The Men s Service Club of the First Presbyterian Church meets September 8 at eight o clock at the manse with Rev Arthur Phillips of Beverly to address refreshments committee William Denison and Bertram Clayton Dr C A L Mason a retired Major who spoke for Red Cross campaigns will address the Mercer County Board of Agriculture Summer Meeting at Springdale Park on September 13 He once fought with Captain Archie Roosevelt and delivered bullets to Theodore Roosevelt Mason previously served as a Presbyterian minister in the West
Three workmen on the Windsor Hightstown Road identified "Shorty" Carr as one of two men who held up laborers August 9 near Hightstown, escaping with $1,800 after a revolver threat. Carr was arrested Tuesday in Philadelphia with County Detective Preston escorting the identification trip. The two suspects were former employees who had been discharged.
Rev. Frederick Schweitzer a Philadelphia native and Princeton University 1915 graduate was installed Tuesday as pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church Cranbury amid a large audience. The ceremony was led by Monmouth Presbytery with sermons and charges from Rev W J Edgar Rev Thomas Tyack and Rev Joseph E Curry. Schweitzer served as Navy chaplain in World War I and held earlier charge in New York and Philadelphia.
The Grove family marked the 100th birthday of founder Samuel L. Grove with a gathering at the Plaineboro grove. Rev. Joseph Howell chaired, officers elected include F. F. Grove president Samuel L. Grove and Luther W. Grove vice presidents and Mra. H. B. Jones secretary. A sports committee was named and dues set at 75 cents per family. over 100 members attended for games and a festive repast. The group pledged annual reunions on Labor Day, with the next meeting to be held at the same site.
F William Hilker Republican candidate for County Clerk visited Cranbury on Wednesday. A Perth Amboy native, he served two terms as Alderman and on the Finance Committee, with his efficiency described as beyond question and his qualification for the office pegged at 100 percent.
Camden September 3. State Comptroller Newton A K Bugbee spoke to Camden Rotarians on New Jersey problems arguing for an independent appraisal of utility properties to establish true investment value. He contended trolley and other rates should rest on genuine valuations rather than waterlogged stock, warning against zone systems lacking real property data.
Four Baltimoreans were seriously injured when their automobile was struck by a passenger train at the Penns Neck crossing on the Princeton Branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad. The party included Mr. and Mrs. William E. Doyle, Mrs. H. L. Dean and Margaret Doyle.
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