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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1921
Page
1
Rev J E Curry preaches Sunday morning with Rally Day sermon on I Samuel 11 14. Special music and Sunday School at 10. Christian Endeavor at 6 30 with evangelist Wiggins and Mr White singing. Prayer meeting Friday 7 30. Community service canceled due to revival on Ely's lawn.
Rally Day services begin at 10 in the chapel with rolls, followed by a church procession and an offering for immigrant work. The program includes a Christ for America exercise, a girls chorus, 11 A.M. worship by Rev Frederick Schweitzer, and the Stitch and Chatter Club gift church bulletin debut. Junior C E, 3 P M on Missionary Stories, Senior C E, 6 30 P M on Missionary Results in South America. Go to Church campaign social visitation continues. Men’s Bible Close opens Oct aiming to enlist 100 men. Sunday school urged. invitation extended to nonmembers. Prayer Meeting Friday evening.
Reverend L. E. Lennox leads a sermon on The Great Physician. Vocal solo by Miss Puerachyer. Sunday School at 10 A M. Prayer meeting Thursday night at 7 45.
The Junior Endeavorers announce a cake and candy sale in the Second Presbyterian chapel on Saturday October 1. Proceeds aim to fund a wheelchair for a person with a disability.
A party of fishermen left Cranbury on Monday for Forked River and caught 82 fish. The largest weighed 9 pounds and the smallest 5. Participants included Wm. F. Perrine Samuel Perrine Edward Dolan BR L. McDowell and Fred Phares, all noted anglers.
David J. Perrine and J. Van Dyke Perrine named executors of John C. Perrine's estate at Cranbury. Court approval granted September 16. Accounting shows receipts $11,630.69, expenditures $1,206.32, remaining balance $10,424.37.
The Cranbury Fire Company No. 1 accepts invitation to participate in the Hightstown celebration parade on Saturday October 8. Committees are formed to raise funds for equipment with members including Earl C. Wilson C R Wicoff Charles Symmes George Puerschner John Stonaken Suits Jos C Wicoff Lewis Chamberlin Jr Norman Applegate for finances and A W Forman S E Bennett for the parade. Goodwin's Band will accompany them and the group is billed as a leading parade feature.
A Monday crash on a Cranbury to Plainsboro road left Mrs. Luther Grove with a broken left arm a sprained wrist and head injuries while Mr. Grove suffered minor hurts. Passersby aided and she received medical care from Dr. B. H. Van Dyke before being moved to her daughter Mrs. Grant Everett's home for rest.
Announced last week Mr Wm T Wiggins and singer Mr White will hold evangelistic services on Mr Chas Ely's lot Main Street from Sunday September 25 to October 20. First service Sunday morning at 1045 including a special service for Colored People. Additional services at 245 PM and 7 30 PM with nightly meetings except Saturdays.
Mr and Mrs LeRoy Scott hosted a six o clock dinner Saturday for their daughter Alice s tenth birthday. A large group attended including Miss Margaret Perrine Cranbury Dorothy Wicoff Ruth Grover Elizabeth Phillips Plainsboro and many others from Cranbury Dutch Neck East Orange Trenton and nearby areas.
The Second church Senior C. EB held a straw ride to Carnegie Lake last night with 44 attendees in three autos driven by Alvin Probasco Ernest Campbell and Russell Danser. Games a doggie roast and singing made the evening pleasant chaperoned by Mrs Earl Wilson Mrs Joseph Owens and Mrs Frederick Schweitzer.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank R. Adams of Dutch Neck won ten prizes at the Mount Holly Fair last week. Eight were first prizes and two were second. First prizes included canned peaches canned pineapple currant jelly sunflowers mountain peaches John Hale peaches and eggplants. Second prizes went to strawberry preserves and stalks of sunflowers.
Miss Eleanore Grover hosted a social afternoon at her home on Broad Street Hightstown on Saturday. Guests included Mrs C Stanley Blutts Mrs Franklin K Hampton Miss Isabelle C Perrine Mrs Philip M Chamberlin Mrs W Howard Beach of Rochester NY Miss Gladys Applegate Miss Evelyn Ely Miss Helen Applegate Mrs Hannah Hutchinson Miss Vera Dancer Miss Lydia Dey Miss Eleanore Mount Miss Julia Grover and Miss Eleanor Grover.
A Thursday evening celebration at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred J. Schoen in Hightstown marked their fiftieth wedding anniversary and Mr. Schoen’s seventy fifth birthday. The event featured a goldenrod decor, a bride’s cake, a seventy five candle centerpiece, gifts for the couple, a musical program, and a large guest list including relatives from Gloucester Atlantic City and Asbury Park. The Schoens’ eldest daughter Lillian and her husband also celebrated twenty fifth years of marriage with numerous gifts.
The Cranbury Inn hosts a September 23 meeting at 9 P M where James MacMaster Chief of Building and Loan Division Department of Banking and Insurance New Jersey will discuss Building and Loans of Yesterday and Today. All are invited to attend.
Mr and Mrs J Halsey Reid hosted Monmouth chapter D A R at their Cranbury area country home Halford. A large audience enjoyed a Constitution program with poems by Will Carlton and James Whitcomb Riley, piano pieces by Carlotta Davison, a Dawes constitutional exposition, and toasts by Dr William L Wilbur.
From the Louisville Courier Journal a stage dialogue questions a show's appeal in a small town. The speaker asserts the show played 300 times in New York while a local critic tempers expectations and praises a strong performance for a broader audience.
Mrs Mary Elizabeth Croshaw aged 68 died Sunday at the home of her daughter Mrs Fred Berrian on South Main Street Hightstown She was the widow of Henry P Croshaw and survived by four children and four grandchildren Funeral services were held Wednesday at the Berrian home conducted by Rev Harry E Owings of the Baptist church and interment followed in Cedar Hill Cemetery Hightstown under Cole Son & Co’s direction
Margaret D. Pullen daughter of Wm M Cox died after two years of failing health. She is survived by sisters Mrs Raymond Griggs and Charlotte Cox and brothers Charles Cox of Cranbury and Fred Cox of Princeton. Funeral services were held Thursday at her father’s home with Rev Lennox of Cranbury Methodist Church officiating. Interment was at Brainerd Cemetery Cranbury under Cole Son & Co.
Five year old Irene Gertrude Albright daughter of William and Florence Albright of Hightstown died Tuesday morning after a brief illness caused by heart trouble. She was praised as bright and beloved by her family with funeral at the Presbyterian church of Hightstown conducted by Rev. Thos Tyack and burial in Cedar Hill Cemetery under Cole Son & Co.
In Freehold Sept 19 Judge Rulif V Lawrence sentenced John Smith of Buffalo NY to not more than 15 years and not less than 10 years at hard labor for robbing the Mosaic Tile Company paymaster at Matawan of 1071 dollars. Walter Gus the accomplice fled and police expect capture soon.
The passage describes miniature jade trees in cloisonne bowls with coral and amber fruits and carved jade blossoms. It links these objects to Chinese artistry and the collector's zeal, noting their expensive price yet representing the artist's patient toil and soul.
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