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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1910
Page
6
The two story dwelling features a low sweeping roof cobblestone pierg outside chimney and oriel window. Front living and dining rooms connect by a pedestal archway with a adaptable den and a served pantry between kitchen and dining. First story finished in Washington fir second in pine. Size 28 by 28 feet. Construction cost 2210 dollars.
Mrs. Hannah E. Thompson wife of former Sheriff J J Thompson died Monday at the Old Pleasure Bay House Atlantic Highlands in her 68th year after a stroke of paralysis. She was born Oceanic New Jersey daughter of Henry J Bullinger and Mary Bullinger and had no surviving children. Her obituaries note her long service with her husband in Highlands and Atlantic Highlands and her social prominence. Died on Visit at Red Bank also reports Mrs Henrietta Heyer Waidler wife of John Waidler New York died at her daughter’s home Havenne Red Bank after a brief illness. Also William A Nowland formerly of Red Bank died Sunday at the Soldiers Home Kearny aged 72. Funeral arrangements were to be held in Red Bank.
St James Church held its annual parish meeting in the Parish Hall with large attendance. Treasurer Harry Sherman reported a successful year. Rev. BE Briggs Nash presided and outlined plans for a new church building with architect Clarence Brazer nearing plan submission. Alfred Ripley re-elected warden and three vestrymen chosen for terms. Delegates named for the diocese convention. A 25-member group attended the M E Church service at Little Silver led by Rev James H. Rogers from Trenton.
A match race between Hi Henry and Sunday Evening is scheduled for tomorrow afternoon at the Monmouth County Fair in Groonds Red Bank.
Four colored residents from Navesink near Atlantic Highlands were sent to Freehold by Justice G A Williams. The hearing revealed the house known as the House of Blazes hosted debauched practices and a local color worker couple with a teen girl. Neighbors say the nuisance is removed and the house is barred to similar tenants.
A crowded Lyceum audience greeted the final performance of Gib son Family Reunion last night with extra dash. New songs and sharper burlesque features impressed. Harry E. Davis performed in pain from burns but continued. Rev. E Briggs Nash thanked participants and noted the show will raise over three hundred dollars for a new church fund.
Pictures loaned by the Emery School Art Company of Boston will be shown at Eatontown public school this afternoon and tomorrow. The collection includes works by Sir Joshua Reynolds Rosa Bonheur and Landseer with written descriptions. Proceeds fund schoolroom decoration with 15 cent admission.
A surprise party honored Miss Ellen Sawyer at her Morford avenue home on Tuesday night for her fifteenth birthday. Guests included Ethel Fesler Cora Fesler Ruth Fesler Ruth Dengler Verna Miller Dorothy Worthley Prudence Graczyk Ellen Lane Bell Spark Ida Woolley Eva Pierce Anna Baker Norma Sawyer Ellen Sawyer Hazel Sawyer Louis Feeler William Fesler Howard Dangler Edward Baker with music games and a dainty collation.
Miss Emna Comstock and Joseph Smith wed at St James Church with witness Miss Mary Comstock. A second ceremony followed at Trinity Episcopal Church for Miss Mary Comstock and Peter Klippel. Gifts included furniture and home items from local employers and well wishers across Red Bank.
The City Board of Estimate voted at a Saturday session to hold a public meeting December 14 to decide on erecting a new high school. Consulting engineer Burdette favored H. C. Pelton plans over Walker & Hazard, with Pelton costing about $26,000 more. Local groups protested the expenditure and a protest was filed by John Lowry Jr. seeking a contract award review.
Improvements at Monmouth Memorial Hospital underway for months are rushed to finish in two weeks. Sun parlors nearly complete and machinery installation to follow, boosting comfort for convalescents. Superintendent Mrs William Db Harper, a key driver, is in Long Branch visiting through week end and expresses satisfaction with progress.
The Chattle Chat Club met at Miss Myrtle Sickles Third avenue home on Wednesday with a lively program and tempting refreshments. Attendees included Norma Stein Florence Sherman Margaret Howland Otrude Crum Helen Green Dorothy Doran Myrtie Sickles Cecile Hinger Wolcott Morris Lester Maps Langdon Morris Frederick Shield Fred Wilcox Geo Johnson Henry Green and George Little.
A public missionary meeting at the First Baptist Church, under the Woman's Missionary Society, featured Mrs. T. B. Hughes who spoke on women’s roles in missions. She recounted hardships faced by women abroad, cited Adoniram Judson and his wife, and praised women as physicians, teachers, and evangelists advancing gospel work at home and abroad.
Announcement from Long Branch notes the marriage of G Archie Kroener youngest son of Park Commissioner and Mrs Henry Kroener to Miss Evaline Peterson daughter of Mrs Ulrich Peterson of Fourth Avenue. The ceremony occurred Sunday at the groom’s parents home in Caldwell with only immediate relatives present. The couple will reside in Jersey City with Kroener serving as eastern representative of the Ohio Brass Company.
The Long Branch Daily Records are selling strongly in Eatontown where Ada Naphew postmaster and newsstand proprietor has increased orders fourfold since last May. A reporter feared a shortage but cash showed heavy sales and an extra supply will be sent tonight to prevent any reader from being left without a copy.
Former Sea Bright councilman J. B. Mount, now living in New York, visited Sea Bright on Tuesday. Mount, identified as a captain, is currently engaged in the Debing industry off the Long Island coast.
Mrs. Leon Cubberley and Mrs. Frederick K. Shield of the Long Branch Society enroll the names of over two hundred poor children for the Christmas distribution. They will verify needs, determine purchases, and seek funds later with men asked to help. Immediate cases include fittings for two boys, a girl in worn slippers, and families facing illness or death.
Mrs. Cobberley leads a new program with W. W. Ramsay county probation officer to confront neglectful fathers who fail to support families. Ramsay will monitor cases, compel responsible maintenance, and refer persistent offenders to jail if needed. Courts back the movement aims to relieve distress among the poor.
Mr and Mrs Frank J Lynch and Robert Emerson of New York visit Dr and Mrs G G Hoagland on Main Street. Mrs A L Longstreet goes south to join Capt A P Longstreet. Miss Frances Sproul departs for Trenton to join her siblings at school. Rev William E Compton fills English and German classes at the high school in Bertha Angell's absence. Miss Ruth Boyle teaches Latin to high school pupils this week.
Professional Carl Leon Cubberley, architect, advertises main office at No 1 Madison Ave New York City and branch at Record Building Long Branch New Jersey with W J attorney at law solicitor in chancery listed as associated.
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