Baby Girl for Hancock's in Hightstown
Mr and Mrs Harry Hancock of Hightstown rejoice at the birth of a daughter on Thursday September 14. A fishing party including J Seward Perrine William K Snedeker George Stille Clarence Perrine and Samuel Perrine returned from Forked River with 60 fine fish. Rider College in Trenton opens the fifty eighth term with large freshmen enrollment and gains in higher accounting and secretarial science. Ensign Irving Buckelew nephew of Dr Edgar Carroll now stationed in Siberia attends to the seal industry and plans to return to Seattle in October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hancock's
Harry’ Hancock
J. Seward Perrine
William K. Snedeker
George Stille
Clarence Perrine
Samuel Perrine
Ensign Irving Buckelew
Edgar Carroll
Dayton
Seattle
Alaska
Siberia
Sey
Heée
Buckelew Homestead Sold by Pergola and Cheapa
A large real estate transfer finalized as Joseph Pergola of Lower Jamesburg sells the Lemuel Buckelew homestead to Benedetta Cheapa of New York City for sixty three acres of land and buildings. The price and future plans were not disclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buckelew
Joseph Pergola
Lower Jamesburg
Benedetta Cheapa
New York City
Lemuel Buckelew
Davison Heads Hightstown Church Meet as Davison Chairs
Four Perrineville Presbyterian members were received by the Hightstown Church session. C Herbert Davison was elected chairman of evangelistic meetings from November 7 to 19. B F Eby and John West were chosen to represent the session at the Presbytery and Synod in Atlantic City in October. A new piano will be donated to the church by the Christian Endeavor Society.
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Davison
The Message of Books
Professor William Avery Barras head of the English Department at the Peddie School Hightstown offers reading guidance and course suggestions to help readers. The editor commends Barras work and hopes readers will use the proposed ideas.
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William Avery Barras
Peddie School
Hightstown
Barras
Hightstown Alumnae Boost Wells College Endowment
Hightstown women alumnae of Wells College at Aurora on Cayuga New York have added over 20 to the college endowment. At a Labor Day ball game in Hightstown sandwiches and homemade root beer were sold to support the fund. Campaign organizers include Mrs Ferris C Waite Mrs C Stanley Stuits and Mrs Harry C Locke who prepared the treats and led the drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wells
Wells College
Aurora-on-Cayuga
N. Y
Hightstown
Ferris C. Waite
C. Stanley Stuits
Harry C. Locke
Social gathering honors Mrs Applegate birthday
Mr and Mrs Willis Applegate entertained guests last evening including Dr and Mrs George Williams of Trenton Mr and Mrs Carl Seaman of New Brunswick Mr and Mrs Wilton Dey and Mr and Mrs Alvah Probasco The event honored Mrs Applegate on her birthday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willis Applegate
George Williams
Trenton
Carl Seaman
New Brunswick
Wilton Dey
Alvah Probasco
Applegate
T U Has Fine Meeting
A W C T U gathering at Miss Mary Edsall’s home featured Mrs. Quint of Metuchen Union, on Character Building. She urged dry candidates in the Primary and November elections. Officers elected: President Mrs. Howard Butcher, Corresponding Secretary Mrs. Joseph Symmies, Recording Secretary Mrs. Walter Havens, Treasurer Miss Mary Edsall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. U
Mary Edsall
Quint
Metuchen Union
Howard Butcher
Joseph Symmies
Walter Havens
Cranbury Firemen Acknowledge Parade Band Support
The Cranbury Firemen thank citizens who contributed to defray expenses for hiring the band that assisted in the parade at Red Bank yesterday.
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Red Bank
The Churches Offers Sunday Services and Guild Meeting
Sunday School at 10 and Men's Bible Class at 10 also led by the pastor. Morning Worship at 11 with a sermon on The Victorious Assault of Faith. Regular prayer service canceled due to Chautauqua. Ladies' Guild meets Monday at 2 30 in the Chapel. A Tom Thumb Wedding is planned for October under the Church Improvement Committee. About seventy five children will be in the cast. Church improvements finished and first service in the church proper this Sunday. Mrs Raymond Oft of Clifton to sing solo at the morning service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Guild
Senior C. E. meeting on education topic
The Men's Bible Class is at 10 o'clock. No Prayer meeting this evening due to Miss Marian Hughes leading the Senior C. E. meeting Sunday evening on the topic Getting an Education.
Schultz Memorial M E Preaching and Irish Tragedy Topic
Rev. L E Lennox returns from Ireland and speaks on Christianity as spirituality. Sunday service at 8 PM presents “Christianity Essentially Spiritual.” Inside facts on the Irish tragedy to be discussed. Prayer meeting Thursday at 8 PM.
Stryker Terhune Wedding Ties New Brunswick and Cranbury
Miss Ethel Terhune of New Brunswick and George H. Stryker of Cranbury wed Tuesday at the bride’s home. Rev. J. C. Culp and Rev. Edward W. Hall officiated. Edith Terhune was maid of honor. George Bailey served as best man. The bride, employed at Squibb's as an assistant bacteriologist, plans to live in Cranbury after a honeymoon.
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Ethel Terhune
New Brunswick
George H. Stryker
Cranbury
J. C. Culp
Edward W. Hall
Edith Terhnne
George Bailey
Squibb’s
Stryker
Miss Hutchinson Engagement to D Hartley Sinclair
Freeholder and Mrs George B Hutchinson of Robbinsville announce the engagement of their daughter Miss Ethel May Hutchinson to D Hartley Sinclair son of Mr and Mrs George E Sinclair of Trenton. The couple plan a late autumn wedding both are music lovers with notable backgrounds in piano and violin. Miss Hutchinson is a respected instructor and performer active in politics and church circles. Mr Sinclair is a University of Michigan graduate and Trenton Star Porcelain employee with violinist credentials and teaching work in Trenton.
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Miss Hutchinson
George B. Hutchinson
Robbinsville
Ethel May Hutchinson
D. Hartley Sinclair
George E. Sinclair
Trenton
Mr. Sinclair
Promi Rs
New York
Hutchinson
Eastern Star
White Shrine
Subordinate
Pomona
State Granges
Hamilton Square
University of Michigan
Chi Psi
Sinclair
University Symphony
Harvey N. Petty Honored as Temple Recorder
Harvey N. Petty of Cranbury was chosen at Salaam Temple Newark to succeed George C. Ward as Recorder. Ward becomes Recorder Emeritus. Petty, Ward’s former assistant, will lead active temple work. The ceremony precedes a Atlantic City public demonstration for Imperial Potentate McCandless and plans for a million dollar Mosque at 1020-1024 Broad Street in Newark.
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Harvey N. Petty
Salaam Temple
Noble Petty
Edwin S. Fancher
Salaam
Atlantic Qgity
McCandless
Aloha Temple
Honolulu
Dayton Church Plans September Arenas and Fund Drive
The Presbyterian pulpit featured Sam H. Con’e chief of the Prohibition Department field force of Anti Saloon Leagues of New Jersey last Sunday. Guy Ben singer of Princeton Theological Seminary will speak September 17 and 24. A cake sale on September 2 raised 16 46 for the parsonage fund. another sale is set for September 16. Rev. Mr. Wefer returns September 29 to lead the evening service at 8 o’clock. Communion is October 1 with a 8 o’clock choir performance of The Story of the Pink Rose, a tale tied to Mrs. FE M Whittemore founder of The Door of Hope mission.
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Dayton
Presbyterian Church
Sam H. Con
Prohibition Department
New Jersey
Guy Bensinger
Princeton Theological Seminary
Wefer
FE. M. Whittemore
the Door of Hope
Dr F H Green to Lecture at Cranbury Methodist Church
Dr F H Green headmaster of Penn ington School for boys will lecture in Cranbury on October 1 at the Methodist Church. The event is a rescheduled talk moved from May 10 to avoid a Taylor lecture clash and then to October 18. Tickets are 50 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. H. Green
Pennington School For Boys
Cranbury
Green
Board of Trade
Taylor
Amherst
Harvard
Mark Sullivan
America
Europe
Hamilton Square Tops Cranbury in Three-League Play
Hamilton Square defeated Cranbury 5 to 1 as Howard Baggaley pitched well in his second game in two days. Dearolf joins the Square lineup in right field for the season and Johnny Newman allowed only two hits. Hamilton Square climbs in standings after victory and passes Allentown, while Yardville upset Allentown 9 to 1 and Hightstown edged Freehold 6 to 5.
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Hamilton Square
Cranbury
Howard Baggaley
Freehold
Dearolf
Square
Johnny Newman
Tom Barlow
Hightstown
Yardville
Allentown
Cranbury Public School Delayed Until September 25
The Cranbury Public School will not open until Monday September 25 due to the building having incomplete condition. Parents and pupils are asked to note the date. H J Butcher Clerk Board of Education.
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Cranbury
H. J. Butcher
Board of Education
Appelget Seeks Divorce on Mental Infirmity Claim
Adrain Appelget, Civil War veteran and octogenarian, files a chancery suit to annul his marriage to Mrs. Mary Leich Ap pelget claiming mental unbalance at the time of marriage. He had his wife committed to the New Jersey State Hospital last February and later learned she had been a patient there in 1915. The 80 year old, who married Mrs Leich at the Aisquith Presbyterian Church manse in Baltimore, has a history of marital disputes and earlier divorce actions dating to 1917. He is noted as a local farmer with prominence in the area.
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Senator Edge
Miss Sewall
Camill Sewall
Walter BE. Edge
New Jersey
Harold Sewall
Bath
Maine
Sewall
Arthur Sewall
Boston
Windsor School
Brookline
Mass
Paris
Dominican Convent
Nemours
Belgium
Washington
S Edge
Lady Lee Phillips
Memphis Tenn
Appelget
Mary Leich
New Jersey State Hospital
Appelger
Leich
Aisquith
William Allen White Resigns Judge Editor Post
William Allen White resigns as editor of Judge magazine over principle. He left a salary of one thousand dollars a month, citing his prohibition stance as incompatible with the magazine’s campaign to restore wine and beer. He said he would not lead a publication promoting beliefs he does not hold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Allen White
Judge
White
Kansas City Star
Keith Theatres Ban Prohibition Jokes Across Circuits
EB F Albee president of the Keith Vaudeville Circuit orders all houses under his control to strike jokes about the Volstead Act from acts whether sung or spoken. Complaints from law abiding citizens prompted the move as Orpheum officials say ridiculing prohibition harms the audience and that first class acts avoid such material.
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EB. F. Albee
Keith
Mr. Albee
United States
Orpheum
Marcus
Heiman
The
Thompson Out for Mayor In Quiet Local Primaries
In Hightstown the local primary yields no major battles with only two council seats contested. Republican William H. Thompson faces no opposition for mayor while Democrats R. D. Norton and Joseph J. Ely seek the nomination. John West and David Baird Dey file for council.
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Hightstown
R. D. Norton
Joseph J. Ely
William H. Thompson
David Baird Dey
James M. Vandenburgh
John 3R. West
West
Party of Friends
Board of Trade
Hightstown Rug Company
Thompson
Motorcyclists Killed After Meeting Durant Car Crash
William H. Bergen aged 46 died after a collision with a Durant driven by Murray Sultan near Cranbury. Sultan, arrested and held, claimed Bergen failed to light his bike and swerved into the car. Bergen, a painter and member of Goodwin's Band, died en route to hospital. funeral services were held at Second Presbyterian Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Bergen
Cranbury
Bergen
Leonard Lux
Palisaides Park
Murray Sultan
New York
Sybi Sultan
Sophia Jeneritz
Jacobs
Sultan
Perrineveille
N. J
Lux
White
Hightstown
Shinn
Jamesburg
Joseph Wicoff
New Brunswick
Black Horse
A. S. Cole, Son & Co
Charles van Horn
Goodwin
Second ‘Presbyterian Church
Frederick ‘Schweitzer
Second Presbyterian Cemetery
A. 8. Cole, Son
Installing Water Meters Changes Hightstown System October First
The Hightstown Borough moves to a meter based water fee with 400 of 500 new meters installed and 100 remaining under the direction of Public Works Superintendent C. Allen Ely. A rate study will be discussed at an adjourned meeting on September 22 to set an equitable charge. The meter system is expected to halve water consumption and improve revenue, with $8,000 meter installation expected to be recouped in years ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hightstown
C. Allen Ely
Ely
Cranbury Police News Arrests in Plainsboro Case
On complaint by Susa Nagy Constable John Martin arrested John Schenzi of Plainsboro New Jersey on charges of attempting her life obtaining money under false pretenses and assault and battery Nagy posted bail 1500 to insure his court appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cranbury Police News
Susa Nagy
John Martin
John Schenzi
Plainsboro
N. J
Nagy
Whom Shall I Support in New Jersey Senate Primary
A local political column urges Republicans to back Joseph S. Frelinghuysen in the New Jersey Senate primary. It defends his seventeen years in public service and challenges opponents to prove betrayal of public trust, declaring Frelinghuysen the sole Republican choice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George L. Record
Joseph S. Frelinghuysen
Joe
Joseph
Frelinghuysen
New Jersey
United States Senate
Washington
Oseph S. Frelinghuysen
Public doubt over bonus vote hurts incumbents
The Perth Amboy Evening News notes that Senator Frelinghuysen and Representative Appleby face voter backlash for their bonus positions. Each appeals to conscience, though opponents warn the bonus stance risks reelection.
The Message of Books Fifteenth List September 15 1922
The article urges readers to catch up on reading with short stories and poems from Hawthorne Stevenson Van Dyke and Andrews. It stresses reading for self improvement pleasure and accomplishment and encourages sharing lists with friends to promote literary art.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawthorne
Great Stone Face
Stevenson
Willo
van Dyke
Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews
Milton
Lycidas
Byron
Mazeppa
Browning
Prospice
Longfellow
Excelsior
William Avery Barras
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John Campbell
Graham Campbell
Clendon Danser
Raymond Lawrence
First Presbyterian
Second Presbyterian
Marian Hughes
C. E
Stryker-Terhune
Congress
Appleby
Irelinghuysen
Perth
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