Memorial Day Exercises At Port Monmouth And Belford Schools
Port Monmouth and Belford schools held Memorial Day programs featuring songs, recitations, and declamations led by teachers and students. Belford graduates Anna Phillips and peers received diplomas as part of the evening program with addresses by Wilbur Lankenau and others, plus a G A R tribute and Lincoln readings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Monmouth
Belford
America
Leona Carhart
Myrtle Mason
Jennie Phillips
Everett Cas
George Burlew
Belford Grammar School
Anna Phillips
Helen Phillips
Louise Willett
Hilda Johnson
Helen Morrell
Ethel Runyon
Benjamin Mills
Wilbur Lankenau
Craig Finnegan
Clarence Calmorgan
Wesley Coddington
Edward Murphy
J. A. Oakes
Voice of the Woods
Washington
McKinley
Clarence Colmorgan
John Adams
Garfield
Medley
Hilda
Local Notices From Eatontown and Nearby Areas
Miss Idella Tyler of Keyport visited Miss M. E. Higginson over the weekend. Mrs. A. L. Scobey is recovering from malaria. Mr. Rathbone of New York guests of son Charles Sotioon on Main Street. H. Robinson of New York has rented the MacIntyre house on Lewis Street. Rev. L. B. Giles to attend Adventist Convention in New Britain Conn. Mrs. Darius Van Demark of Tinton Avenue entertained Long Island relatives. Mrs. Fred Bachus of Eatontown returns after Adirondack weeks. Miss Riggleman of Sea Bright visited town Wednesday. Mrs. Elizabeth Smock of Brooklyn visiting Mr. and Mrs. F. Stanley Higginson. Mrs. John Cargill of New Haven visiting friends here. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Wolcott and Pauline spent Decoration Day in New York. Mrs. Sidney H. Throckmorton and
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idella’ Tyler
Keyport
M. E. Higginson
A. L. Scobey
Rathbone
New York
Charles Sotioon
Main Street
H. Robbinson
Macintyre House
Lewis
L. B. Giles
New Britain
Darius van Demark
Tinton Avenue
Long Island
Fred Bachus
South Eatontown
Adirondack Mountains
Riggleman
Sea Bright
Elizabeth Smock
Brooklyn
F. Stanley Higginson
John Cargill
New Haven
Conn
Albert Wolcott
Pauline
Sidney H. Throckmorton
Local Social Notes From Red Bank Area
A sequence of social updates lists visits and moves among residents including Mrs M A Hampton of Broad Street and Mrs Joseph of Riverside New York. Several young people travel to Newark and Red Bank while Mrs Hannah Hendrickson moves into Rev J D Fay’s house and families attend a funeral at West Long Branch.
Little Silver News Highlights From Asbury Park Visit
Local notes report Mr. and Mrs. George Appleget visiting Mr. and Mrs. Myron Campbell. Measles illness hits George Evans and Edna Reynolds. Mrs. Carmette hosts a birthday party for Mrs. White with several ladies attending. Public school plans commencement for June 5 to 7 with graduates Margaret Fitzmaurice Ethel Worden George Lippincott William Ward Gaynor McGonigal. Principal David Davis and teachers Cynthia Bagster Anna Davidson return for another year. American Mechanics to hold a strawberry festival in the hall on June 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Appleget
Asbury Park
Myron Campbell
George Evans
Edna Reynolds
Margaret Fitzmaurice
Ethel Worden
George Lippincott
William Ward
Gaynor McGonigal
David Davis
Cynthia Bagster
Anna Davidson
Freehold
The
American Mechanics
Penny Social and Memorial Day Observances at Oceanport
Oceanport notes detail a well attended Penny Social in the M. and Sunday School room run by the Junior League raising twelve dollars. Also Memorial Day exercises at the Oceanport public school featured songs, recitations, and a variety of programs led by students. Local residents and families are mentioned in passing as visiting and moving between homes and farms for the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsie Ferry
Mildred Anderson
Bessie Wilson
Nellie Ferry
Edna Preston
Cecil Shorter
Edward Worthley
Warren Herbert
Russell Gant
William Midgley
Alfred Cowles
Chester Conrow
Harry Higham
Eric Gordman
William Shorter
Aletha Midgley
Carolyn Patterson
Harold Rhoades
Melva Patterson
Constance Higham
Agnes Bush
Margaret Worthley
Oceanport Public School
Remarkable Lunk in Gold Hill Mine Attack
In Gold Hill on November 1 1877 mining boss Tole faced a deadly assault by three laborers in a batroom. Two men pinned him while one held a revolver to his stomach and fired repeatedly as he feared for his life. He escaped by flipping aside clothing and fleeing, then firing his own weapon at the assailants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gold Hill
Tole
Ruffran
Phalis
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Lincoln Ave
Library
West End
Elberon
Blanche Carman
Dorothy Carson
Marian Dennis
Helen Gillette
Ruth Clayton
Alice Walker
Helen Casey
Rose Phillips
Mabel Farrell
Elsie Farrell
Maggie Boyce
Lillian Hill
Leila Caster
Ethel Mason
Jessie Leddy
Jack Barrett
Leona Crosbie
Mary Phillips
Aleta
Mildred Fiordland
Ruth Borthwick
Columbia
School
Charles
Tilton
Lillian Powell
Morrell
Anchored
School Chorus
Eatontown News
Wki
Ana
Bill
MR Wise
Meta
M. A. Hampton
Broad Street
Joseph
Riverside
N. Y
Sarah M. Fay
Newark
Hannah Hendrickson
Red Bank
J. D. Fay
James Taylor
Barnegat
Edward Carlisle
Hisse Marshall
East Freehold
Aliger
Ernest Burr
Otto Applegate
Henry Mount
Nivison
Gladys Snyder
T. E. Snyder
D. Oliver Wolcott
Dorothy
Harry Dennis
Smith
Oceanport
Henry Allen
Nelson
Stephen Higginson
William R. Slocum
West Long, Branch
Little Silver News
Rs. Borden Hance
Carmette
White
John Lippincott
John Iden
Fred Borden
Kott
Qoarlisle
Ella
T. M. White
Carl Kahler
Sarah
Maggie Hoffmire
Mabel White
Mildred Moore
Charles Moore
John T. Lovell
Little Silver Station
Comma Blue Ribbon Creamery
Soacvacdar
Maple Farms Poultry Yards
Western Creamery
Broadway Long Branch
N. J
PUES
IESE
Oceanport News
Dorothy Conrow
Sanford Langwith
David Bckert
Clifford Herbert
Bronson Powers
Alice van Schoick
Monmouth Road
Wolf Hill Farm
Nellie Price
Pemberton Avenue
John Beet
Joseph Vincent, ‘Jr
Edward
William ‘Anderson
M. Agnes Tillotson
New Brunswick
Ladies’ Aid Society
Edith Aylea
Annie Ward
Edward Haviland
Douglass Riddle
Jennie Champlin
Adlem and Sutton
John. P. Hamilton, Sr
Kearney
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