New Post Office Building Opens with Reception and Banquet
About thirty five staff members and their wives attended a reception at the new Post Office Building with Frank C. Drake as toastmaster. William A. Lambert presented remarks on the building while Dr Horace spoke, and a program of entertainment followed including monologist Carrier Mason violinists and pianist Hazel Owen. The event concluded with dancing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank C. Drake
William A. Lambert
Horace Reba
Carrier Mason
Hazel Qwen
FOP'1NG YOUNG REPUBLICAN CLUB FORMING
A young Republican club is forming in the first ward. A meeting to organize and elect officers will be held at the Pignatore Building on Friday night January 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
jAée Lewis
Eatater
Leo
Pignatore
Misses Blam and friends host Hillside avenue gathering
The Misses Marjorie Blam Marion Mustoe Marie Spinning Gladys Ayers Lillian Ellis Alma Landsear and May Forrester, members of an afternoon penday by Miss Clare Windaceim of Franklin avenue, with Miss Spinning to be hostess Wednesday at her Hillside avenue home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marjorie Blam
Marion Mustoe
Marie Spinning
Gladys Ayers
Lillian Ellis
Alma Landsear
May Forrester
Clare Windaecim
Franklin Avenue
Spinning
Hillside Avenue
Eastern System Company appoints Kingsland Ray as manager
Kingsland Ray is named manager at the Eastern System Company, succeeding years of service and bringing experience from prior roles within the firm. The move marks a leadership transition as the company continues its business operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tas
System Company
Library circulation statistics for 1915 and 1914
The records show monthly circulation for 1915 from January through July with totals and averages. 1915 total is 36 107 with an 1914 total of 24 424 and a daily average around 117.
Dignitaries Visit Local Knights of Pythias Lodge
A Crystal Lodge Knights of Pythias convention Tuesday night hosted a large delegation from Benevolent Lodge No. 48 of Passaic. Local officers were installed by Deputy Grand Chancellor J. M. Vree land with D.G. V. C. John DeKeyser and other grand officers including Leroy Reeves C. W. Kievit John Fischer Peter Bomeman and Fred M. Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crystal Lodge Knights of Pythias
Wes
Benevolent Lodge No. 48
Passaic
J. M. Vreeland
John DeKeyser
D. G
Leroy 3. Reeves
W. Kievit
BR. and
John Fischer
D.G. In
Peter
Bomeman
Fred M. Smith
Walter Zimmerer Race Building Permit Record
Walter Zimmerer applies for a building permit for a dwelling on street. project cost listed as $1 100 with construction details unclear in OCR snippet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Zimmerer
Freeman Preemie Hosts Benefit Card Party at St Marys
Mr. and Mrs. Freeman hosted a charity card party for St Marys Church on Wednesday. Guests included W. P. Burley Reynolds O Reilly and many others. twenty six prizes were given as palms flags and Japanese lanterns adorned the house. Assistants were Florence and Katherine Freeman, Mrs Connoly and Emma Jansen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mya
Joseph C “Preemie
St. _ Mary! 2 Church
Mra
W. P. Burley
John ‘H. Reynolds
Frank O'Reilly
Ernest Weischedel
M. J. Freeman
Katherine McMurray
Edyth
Mildred Poole
William Perse
Henry J. Hannen
F. X. O'Reilly
John Lynch
Catherine Smith
Cand
Nicholas J. Hickey
Charles E
Misses Florence
Katherine Freeman
Connoly
Emma Jansen
Professor Seizes Hotel Room At Teachers Convention
An Indiana University professor arrives at a hotel crowded with teachers and, after a bold approach to the clerk, secures a room while others are turned away. The scene unfolds as the professor taunts the crowd and signs the register.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana University
Register
Indianapolis News
Mrs Fred Miller Hosts Birthday Luncheon With Whist Prizes
Mrs Fred Miller of Union Avenue entertained at a birthday luncheon with pink sweet pea decorations. Three tables of whist produced prizes for Mrs Henry Burk Mrs Minns Senner Miss Kate Limner and Mrs Elizabeth Limer. Other guests included Mrs Charles Burk Mrs Emma Nixon Mrs John Bureharit Miss Emma Batt Mrs E J Miller and Miss Olive C Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Miller
Union Avenue
Henry Burk
Minns Senner
Kate Limner
Elizabeth Limer
Orange
Charles Burk
Emma Nixon
John Bureharit
Emma Batt
E. J. Miller
Olive C. Miller
Natley
Town Struggles With Grippe as Cold Snap Expected
Town faces a gripp epidemic with 70 hours of cold weather seen as key to check spread. A local doctor notes the germ thrives in moderate temperatures and warns of several forms of grippe. School attendance falls and teachers miss days while Public Service Railway issues health tips to workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grippe
Plea for Bat and Scarf Sent from Elsie Ciccone
A Christmas missive from Elsie Ciccone of 142 Chestnut Street asks D. E. B. to send a bat and a scarf, stating any color is acceptable and signing the informal correspondence with her name and address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsie Ciccone
Boy Scout Court of Honor to Meet in Nutley
The Nutley Council Boy Scouts of America Court of Honor gathers January 19 at 8 p m in Town Hall to review merit badge applicants. The Executive Committee meets afterward. Troop 3 earns January colors with 107 points for December, ahead of Troop 4 with 63 and Troop 5 with 71. Senior and Junior Patrol Leaders are Pool and Francis Crabtree. Frank Fitting becomes Troop 4 bugler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court of Honor
Nutley Council
Boy Scouts of
Pool
Francis Crabtree
Douglas Matthews
Frank
Fitting
Turkey Supper Planned by Vincent Methodist Aid
The Ladies Aid Society of Vincent Methodist Episcopal Church set February 5 for a turkey supper under the society. Committee members include Mrs. George Symonds chair, Mrs. Arthur Dick Toson, Mrs. Joseph Motch, Mrs. Perley A. Prior, Mrs. Chester J Hoyt, Mrs. John J. Robertson, Mrs. R. M. Scott, Mrs. Edwin Probert and Mrs. James Vreeland. Forty six members attended the meeting. The annual meeting and officer election will be held February 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Aid Society of Vincent Methodist
Episcopal Church
George Symonds
Arthur Dick- Toson
Joseph Motch
Perley A. Prior
Chester J. “Hoyt
John J. Robertson
R. M. Scott
Edwin Probert
James Vreeland
Masonic Realty Officers Elected at Nutley Lodge
Nutley Lodge No.167 F. and A. M. Realty Company elected officers Tuesday night with Charles E. Armstrong as president B R Colwell as vice president Walter F. Ormsbee as treasurer and Thomas H. Ritchie as secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nutley Lodge
F. & A. M. Realty Company
Charles E. Armstrong
B.r.colwell
Walter F. Ormsbee
Thomas H. Ritchie
Unclaimed Letters At Local Post Office
The local Post Office reports unclaimed letters for Ethel Christian Paul Fuller Jr Miriam Gerdine Ethel Storms care of Mrs C Dunn Mrs Ella Ulman F G Wal gatt and Wiley. Frank C Drake superintendent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Christian
Paul Fuller, Jr
Miriam Gerdine
Ethel Storms
Cdunn
Ella Ulman
F. G.walgatt
Wiley
Frank C. Drake
Divorce and wisdom mix in an dialogue on marriage
A fragmentary exchange quotes Dr Aunty Boward Shaw on divorce and love as a base for marriage. The speaker argues common sense tempers passion and selfishness, with a sharp retort about widowhood and fate in a humorous, era voice.
Mutual love tested in a home bargain row
A husband and wife exchange terse lines about love and money. The wife notes his cheerful customer-smiles in the store while at home there is little warmth. The husband has not yet found an adequate reply to the critique.
High School Notes and Upcoming Events at Park School
The Brooklyn College meet at the Fourteenth Regiment Armory in New York is on today for the track team. Zeta Phi sorority members hear Mrs Irene Phillips tell folk stories. Englewood and Nutley teams meet on the local court this afternoon with Sophomore night scheduled for January 21. officers and committees for the Senior Yearbook and events are listed along with pin designs and ring details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn College
Fourteenth Regiment Armory
New York
Irene Phillips
Zeta Phi
Jennie Moxley
Robert Shaw
Addie Carter
Thorston Woodford
William Mutch
Englewood
Nutley
Lpcal
Park School
Constance Little
Beatrice Kaufmann
Richard
Ronald Kirk
Dorothy Holt
Fannie Ryan
Little
Mabel Wilkes
Eliza Frobose
Clark Carter
Richard Murray
John Bauchmeyer
David Smith
Audrey Speer
Milton Armstrong
Vocational Classes Begin at County Park School
County vocational schools start evening programs at Park School with schedules for millinery eight lessons on Monday and Wednesday, sawing eight sessions on Monday Tuesday Wednesday and Friday nights, cooking Tuesdays and Fridays, and home nursing Tuesday nights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S¢énogt
Anc
Had Done Her Part On The Express Train
A vivid Pittsburgh Press snippet tells of an old Indy woman in a train compartment near a railway bridge over a deep river. As the locomotive crossed the span she fearfully held her breath while another passenger jokes about being lighter without her weight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indy
Pittsburgh Press
Waterfall in Hawaii Blown Away by Highland Wind
A fragment describes a waterfall on the road to the Pall from Honolulu Hawaii that never reaches land. A thread of water leaps from a cliff a thousand feet high but the wind in the pass hurls and scatters it before it can reach the bottom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
Hawaii
Realty Firm Plans Nutley Street Sign Network
The Nutley Realty Company announced plans to erect a large number of street signs around Nutley. Signs will display street names and directions to nearby towns including routes to Natley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nutley Realty Company
Nutley
Natley
Newark Auto Show Plans Promising Big Space and 250th Celebration
Newark announces its eighth annual auto show to run the week of February 1926 at the First Regiment Armory on Sussex Avenue. The venue will exceed 50 000 square feet, with dealers seeking up to eight spaces. The event marks Newark’s 250th anniversary with gold and purple decorations and posters featuring Robert Treat in an ox cart and a 1936 model car. Committees cover space, press, decoration, finance, and entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
First.Regiment
Sussex Avenue
New York
Chicago
FitzGerald
Armory
Robert Treat
W. H. Ellis
J. W. Mason
George Paddock
George E. Biskeslee
Joseph C. Bell
Clarence E Fisher
George D. Thayer
Horace A. Bonnell
Edward J. Forey
W. E. Dusenbury
Charles M. Embleton
C. Louis FitzGerald
H. A. Bonnell
Leonard B. Zusi
E. A
Mount Vernon History Ties to Washington Family
Mount Vernon, begun in 1743 for Lawrence Washington and named for Admiral Edward Vernon, passed to George Washington in 1752. After Mrs. Washington’s 1802 death the estate went to Bushrod Washington, then John Augustine Washington, then a Mount Vernon heir before the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association purchased it in 1858.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mount Vernon
Lawrence Washington
George
Edward Vernon
BR. N
Cartagena
Lawrence
Bushrod Washington
John Augustine Washington
Trolleys under review by Nutley Board of Trade
Nutley Board of Trade on Tuesday night started annual trolley service review with a ten day count of passing cars. A recorder will log car numbers condition crowding and timing to present to Public Service Railway Company. If no relief is found the board will file with the public utility commissioners. The board also seeks through service to extend Broad cars Nutley Glendale loop and adjust Belleville and Paterson car times to aid Natley riders. A nominating committee was appointed to pick candidates for February election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foss
the Board of Trade
Tus
Emil Diebitsen
Public Service Railway Company
Natley
Public Service
Public Utility Commissioners
Broad
Nutley
Glendale Loop
Belleville
Paterson
Big Tree
J. Harry Hull
A. G. Calkins
August de Villeroy
Arthur M. Kaizer
Arthur Wellman
Bank re-elects officers at annual stockholders meeting
The Bank of Notley held its annual stockholders meeting on Tuesday. The entire board of directors was re-elected: Thomas J. O’Neil, Albert B. E. Howe, Henry W. Goodrich, Peter B. Fox, William A. Lambert, Henry T. Lefferts, Thomas Clements, Louis E. Carman, and John E. Eisele. O’Neil was re-elected president, Berg and Howe as vice presidents, and Joseph Scudder as cashier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bank of Notley
Thmas J. O'Neil
Albert BE. Howe
Henry W. Goodrich
Petr B. Fox
William A. Lambert
Henry T. Lefferts
Thomas Clements
Louis E. Carman
John E. Eisele
Mr. O’ Neil
Mr. Berg
Mr Howe
Joseph Scudder
Thursday Luncheon and Bridge at Mrs G B Douglas
The Thursday Luncheon and Bridge met at Mrs G B Douglas home this week with substitutions for two members. High score was achieved by Mrs L E Carman. Next meeting will be at Mrs Fuller’s home in Colonial Terrace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G.B. Douglas
L. Rbhosdes
A.H. Merriam
M. L. Lewis
M. B.hatch
L. E. Carman
H. W. St. John
Also Mentioned on This Page
P.C
NEW Branch
FOP
Young Republican Club
Sewisg
Kingsland
Ray
Library. Statistics
K. OF P. Lodge
MR. and
Mrs. Freeman
Chestnut Street
BOY Scout
Masonic Realty Officers
Trade Board
Sun
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