Library Plan Taking Shape Joint Committee To Be Picked
A joint committee to oversee the library plan is forming, with members to be selected soon. The move signals progress toward expanding library services and facilities.
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Newspaper
Nutley Sun
Location
Nutley, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1911
Page
1
Free Public Libraries Under Municipal Control
Discussion highlights eight advantages of making public libraries municipal, including steady income, independence from subscriptions, better long term planning, local ownership, school support, necessity rather than luxury, shared burden, and permanency with broad democratic service. The article cites Bacon and Carlyle on reading and public value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Bacon
Thomas Carlyle
Nutley plans joint library committee meeting January 18
Civic groups in Nutley appoint committees to study securing a Carnegie free public library. A joint library committee will convene January 18 at the home of William J. Kinsley to select members, discuss plans, and invite the Town Council and Board of Education to participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nutley
William J. Kinsley
Prospect Street
Second Ward Association
Taylor
Mr. Kinsley
Messrs
H. B. Finn
Charles Fendrich
G. A. Eastwood
A. Snyder
New Jersey Public Library Commission
Trenton
Belleville Free Public Library
Summit Free Public Library
Belleville
Summit
Third Ward Association
Women’s Public School Auxiliary
Nutley Library
Nutley ‘Improvement Society
Board of Education
Lecture series on Dante's Divine Comedy by Dr Griggs starts next week
Edward H Griggs head of Brooklyn Institute philosophy will lecture on the Divine Comedy each Friday for six weeks at Park School Auditorium under the Woman's Public School Auxiliary. Tickets cost two dollars for the full course. lectures cover The Mediaeval World, The Inferno, The Purgatorios, and The Paradise and the Beatific Vision with fire department protection in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Howard Griggs
Department of Philosophy
Brooklyn Institute
Park School
Auxilary
Griggs
Montclair
Passaic
Belleville
Bloomfield
New York
Brooklyn
Dante
W. J. Kinsley
Henry M. Libby
H. W. Goodrich
A. B. Proal
J. C. Gothwaite
E. T. Humphrey
Bante
Vested Choir Abolished At St. Pauls Church
St. Paul’s Congregational Church votes to abolish the vesting day choir after May 1 and replace it with an adult soloist choir. Reader John Riley has declined to conduct beyond a vested boy choir, possibly severing ties. The move follows debate on expense and a return to earlier music methods. Officers and trustees were elected for the church and society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul’s Congregational Church
Church and Society
John Riley
New York
G. A. Hulbert
John E. Wallace
J. A. Meikle
Samuel F. Aregen
Thomas Clements
Donald MacMillan
J. J. Malmar
Arthur R. Carr
M. B. Hatch
James Epworth, Jr
Dinner and Bridge For Guest at the Seymour Home
Mrs. Charles Alfred Seymour entertained last night with dinner bridge and supper at their Enclosure residence for their guest Mrs. George Batchelor of New York. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Batchelor and Harold Batchelor of New York, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred V. Seaman, Mr. and Mrs. William J. Berg, Mr. and Mrs. J Bouvier Jr, Mr. and Mrs. C A Seymour, and Miss Elizabeth Prout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Alfred Seymour
George Batchelor
New York
Harold Batchelor
Alfred V. Seaman
William J. Berg
J. ¥. Bouvier, Jr
C. A. Seymour
Elizabeth Prout
Ladies Host At Home Event At St Pauls Church
The ladies of St Pauls Church held an At Home program last night entertaining friends with music and literary selections. Refreshments followed and home made articles on sale netted a good profit for the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul's Church
Somnambulant Goat Haunts Avondale Ghost Story Debunked
In Avondale aclaimed ghost tale at the Philipps quarry ends when John Hawkins Jr confronts a sleeping goat under a sheet haunting the site. The “ghost” is revealed as a laundry-draped goat, chewing a torn sheet and sleeping off the staged fright. The crowd disperses with the mystery resolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Natley
Avondale
Brooklyn
Philipps Quary
Avondale Road
Hamlet
Washington Irving
East Nutley
John Hawkins, Jr
Aloug
John
Hawkins
Jiangarelli
Man jailed for disturbance at Nutley station
Michael Lucy aged 30 of Hillside Avenue was jailed for 30 days after causing a disturbance at West Nutley station. He smashed two ticket office windows and tried to batter a door down while demanding admittance, prompting Chief Sutcliffe to arrest him. Lucy, who had been cutting ice for the Nutley Ice Company, had returned to confront Agent M. C. McEligot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Nutley Station
Michael Lucy
Hillside Avenue
Washington E. Page
Lucy
Nutley Ice Company
M. C. McEligot
McEligot
Sutcliffe
Holy Name Society Elects Officers for St Mary’s Church
The Holy Name Society of St Mary’s Church elected officers at a Thursday Lyceum meeting. John E. Smith was named president with John Walsh as vice president, Walter Stager secretary, Rev. William L. Cunningham treasurer, Francis McKenna musical director, Frank McMurray Sr and P. J. Duffy as delegates. Alternates are William Hannen and James Woodruff. Holy Communion will be received in a body at 7 am followed by eight o’clock evening services and a Franciscan Father of Patersen will give an address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holy Name Society
St. Mary's Church
Lyceum
John E. Smith
John Walsh
Walter Stager
William L. Cunningham
Francis McKenna
Federation of Holy Name Societies
Frank McMurray, Sr
P. J. Duffy
William Hannen
James Woodruff
of Patersen
Nuiley Choral Society
Town Hall
Smart
Sir Knight
Jack
Eleanor Chandler
Blanche F. Whitaker
E. J. Fitzhugh
Joseph D. Little
J. A. Watts
Bernard C. Brown
Lindsley Smith
Frederic Clements
B.C. Brown
Florence Ackley
Minnie Barr
Florence Bennett
Arthur R. Carr
Ernest ¥. Cockefair
T. K. Dykeman
Abijah
Fox
Eugene T. Guthrie
Margery Lichtenstern
Walter F. Ormsbee
Perley A. Prior
Edwin Probert
Dayton F. Searle
Louis P. Taylor
Edward L. Terhune
Elsie
William H. Clements
R. D. Donaldson
G. W. Fryhofer
H. 3B. Siifith
Albert Howe
Clarence B. Hitfe
Thomas C. King
L. B. Smith
Howard Tarhune
Basses
Wrenk
Barr
Ernest ¥. Goeckefair
Patrick J. Duifty
Edmund J. Guthrie
Joseph D. Tuttle
Harry Longstair
Harry L. Taylor
Sidney W. Wassel
I. A. Watts
William H. Arnold
John Balmer
William J. Berg
Richard W. Booth
Thomas 5
Henry M. Libby
Samuel Lobsitz
Catherine Leyser
John Lux
Royal Lanedon
M. D
Marian Lewis
Albert 3. Meredith
James N. Quackenbush
Albert Redfern
Rudolph G. Schaaf
A. Middleton Slaughter
Annie L. van Winkle
G. EB. Curtis Wiges
Board of Health Holds Annual Meeting 1911
The Nutley Board of Health met Wednesday night to re elect officers James L. Miller as president George Hawksworth as secretary and registrar of vital statistics and Ernest E Faith as health inspector. The board reported satisfactory town health and detailed vital statistics for the year: 64 deaths 96 births and 42 marriages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Health
James L. Miller
Nutley and Elizabeth Tip Off With Narrow Nutley Defeat
Nutley High School lost to Elizabeth High School 23 to 36 on the Nutley Courts on Wednesday. The Girls beat Bloomfield High 23 to 3 yesterday while the Eighth Grade edged 2 to 0. Stevens Institute Freshman fell 26 to 21 last Saturday. Jean Witbeck starred with many baskets as spectators filled the stands. This afternoon the Boys face Bloomfield at Park School Auditorium at 3 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomield High School
Stevens Institute
Jean Witbeck
Bloomfield High School
Park School
Bank of Nutley Re-Elects Officers and Directors
Bank of Nutley re elected officers and directors at the annual stockholders meeting. Re elected are President Bird W. Spencer Vice President William F. Dittig Cashier Joseph Scudder Assistant Cashier Clifford C. Kauffmann Directors Alvin Ball Jr William J Berg Thomas Clements William F Dittig Henry W Goodrich James R Hay Henry T Lefferts Thomas J O Neil and Bird W Spencer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bank of Nutley
Corming
Bird W. Spencer
William F. Dittig
Joseph Scudder
Clifford C. Kauffmann
Alvin Ball, Jr
Wiliam J. Berg
Thomas Clements
Wiliam F. Dittig
Henry W. Goodrich
James R. Hay
Henry T. Lefferts
Thomas J. O'Neil
Nutley Teacher Marries Idaho Groom at Home
Miss Margaret Prosser, formerly a Nutley Public Schools teacher, wed Elkton Bradley of Idaho at the bride’s Baldwinsville home on Monday night. The couple will reside on the groom’s large Idaho ranch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Prosser
Elkton Bradley
Idaho
Miss Prosser
Nutley Public
Baldwinsville
Syracuse
Mrs. Bradley
Mary Hassan Dies in Baltimore Pneumonia Claim
News reaches Nutley of the death in Baltimore of Miss Mary Hassan formerly of Nutley. She resided on Highfield Lane for years and died from pneumonia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Hassan
Nutley
Baltimore
Miss Jones Seemingly Altered In Evening Display
A Cleveland Leader remark notes Miss Jones appearing unrecognizable tonight and jokes she never looks the same. The alleged disguise prompts playful commentary about her appearance and demeanor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wren
Miss Jones
Cleveland
Wedding Announcement for Margaret Moffitt and Henry Likeman
The coming wedding of Miss Margaret Moffitt daughter of Mr and Mrs George Moffitt of Wayne place and Henry Likeman of Brooklyn is announced The ceremony will take place at the Moffitt home on Wayne place on Thursday night January 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Moffitt
George Moffitt
Wayne Place
Henry Likeman
Brooklyn
Moffitt
New Nutley Council Begins First Meeting With Appointments
New Nutley Town Council convened with all members present including Scorso Hallidy and Mutch. They approved appointments to the police and licenses sections and discussed dog control, town hall use, and plans for a Carnegie library gathering.
Also Mentioned on This Page
ST. Paul's
Nutley High School
Elizabeth High School
Nutley Courts
Choral
NEW Council
Chance
Thesr
Scorso
Hallidy
Mutch
Matthew J. Gallahan
Police Department
Wright
Department of Licenses
Water Clerk
Chi
Henry G. Dobson
Alfred Sutcliffe
Thomas H. Ritchie
Frank Jameson
Robert Joiner
William Johnson
Daniel DeVries
K-Ray Works
John Perkins
Police
Second Ward
Lux
Erie Railroad
Washington, Avenue
Centre Street
Hugh Hallidy
George W Scorso
Water Committee
John “Muteh
Nutley Choral Society
Louis Gehiig
John F. Clark
Franklin Hose Company
Clark
Yantacan Engine Co
Alfred H. Yost
New Jersey Water Supply Commission
Frederick C. Neu
E. Curtis Wigg
Murch
Wiliam J. Kinsley
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