Crowds Flock to Closing of the Schools
Large crowds filled Park School Auditorium for grammar and high school graduations held Tuesday and Thursday evenings. Despite crowded rooms and blocked exits, programs progressed with prizes and awards for Toynie Kalvie and Edward Assmus, Elsie Ryan honored for perfect attendance, and a plaster frieze gift to the high school. Dr J Lewis Hari featured in the closing week along with displays of manual training sewing domestic science and drawing across three buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park School
Tillinghest
Toynie Kalvie
Edward Assmus
Elsie Ryan
Board of Education
Alexander
Howard Ferrin
Jonathan Force
J. Lewis Hari
Abolition Sought for Gold Fish Pond Near Bloomfield
July 15 deadline set as Board of Health orders removal of the gold fish pond at Hillside Park near Bloomfield Avenue Beech Street. Owners W E Thaller Thomas W Crowley oppose. residents had petitioned for action amid health concerns and dampened dam proposal. Committee of Langdon Fleming and Lincoln condemned the pond. Mrs Van Winkle urged dam repair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Health
Bloomfield Avenue
Beech Street
W. E. & Thaller
Thomas W. Crowley
Hillside Park
Thaller
Dr. Langdon
Andrew Fleming
W. C. Lincoln
Masons Secure Site for Temple in Nutley
Nutley Lodge No. 167 F and A M reports a certificate of incorporation for Realty Company to purchase a 94 by 150 foot tract on the north side of Franklin Avenue just south of Vreeland. The plan is to erect a Masonic Temple in the future with land title to be taken soon and stock at 25 000 capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nutley Lodge
F. & A. M. Realty Company
Lodge of ‘Masons
new _corporation
Franklin Avenue
Vreeland
Masonic Temple
Fwell
E—Armstrong
Beck L Rusby
W. C. Slavik
W. F. Ormsbee
Hugh Halliday
A_C_Rhoades
T. H. Ritchie
Armstrong
Colwell
Ormsbee
Ritchie
Building Permits Issued by Inspector Calvin Sargeant
A list of building permits approved includes L M Thatcher for a tennis clubhouse on Prospect Street, costs ranging from 15 to 3,500 dollars for various structures. Other permit recipients include Charles E Armstrong on Franklin Avenue, J C Wilson on Oak Ridge Avenue, H A Connolly on Highfield Lane, and several residents for garages, chicken houses, dwellings, and a wagon shed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calvin _D. Sargeant
L. M. Thatcher
Prospect Street
Charles E. Armstrong
Franklin, Avenue
J. C. Wilson
Oak Ridge Avenue
H. A. Connolly
Highfield Lane
Me C. Dacey
Centre Street
Washington Avenue
Notley Manor Land Company
Union Avenue
Ds ‘Burrat
Willow Place
C. Judels
Kingsland Road
Mrs. Gimminger
Locust Place
William A. Lambert
High Street
A. Pallen
Hopper Avenue
D. A. Whitehead
Yantacaw Place
Lily
Thompson
H. _ Hoffmeister
Park Avenue
Hillside Avenue
Samuel.Clark
Hampton
Walter Zimmerer
Race Street
George Baptiste
M. Ackerman
Bloomfield Avenue
J. Zimmerer
Stager Street
John Lux
Karl Meister
Alexander Avenue
Camp Fire Girls to Lake Hopatcong with Merrill chaperones
Twelve Camp Fire Girls from St. Paul's Congregational Church will travel to Lake Hopatcong today. They will stay at the Fredericks camp with Mr. and Mrs. George Fredericks on Lake Hopatcong until July 5, under the supervision of Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Merrill of Lake Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul’s Congregational Church
L. L. Merrill
Lake Street
Lake Hopatcong
George Fredericks
Perfect Attendance Records Highlight Long School Careers
Local attendance records show Elsie Ryan of the High School graduating class was never absent or tardy over fourteen years. Also noted are Joseph Hochstrasser, Howard Sargent, and Francis Crabtree with eight years of perfect attendance, plus multiple pupils achieving perfect years from one to seven across several grades and classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsie Ryan
Joseph Hochstrasser
Howard Sargent
Francis Crabtree
Park Grammer
Percy Pariah
William Davis
William Herbert
Alita Frobose
Ruth Halliday
Mabel Wilks
Edward Assmas
Howard Ferris
John de Vriesse-Searle
Walles
Win Masten
Walter Sutcliffe
William & Match
Fannie Ryan
Elsie Assmus
Anti-Saloon League Meeting By Vincent Church
A mass meeting organized by the Anti-Saloon League will be held tomorrow afternoon at Vincent Church. Local churches join for the event with speaker J. B. Rutledge of Ohio addressing the gathering as state and national leagues conduct sessions elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anti-Saloon League
Vincent Church
Anti- Saloon League
J. 8. Rutledge
Ohio
National League
Atlantic City
Lincoln School Progress In Harrison Street Site
Construction of the new Lincoln School on Harrison Street near Bloomfield Avenue advances with plumbers fitting basement pipes and a mortar elevator hoisting brickwork for the upper story. Peter Lordy handles stump clearing by dynamite, reshaping the campus from a wood lot with numerous young oak trees to a more accessible ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln School
Harrison Street
Bloomfield Avenue
Peter Lordy
Mr and Mrs Dubois Host Luncheon in Washington
Mr and Mrs Guy Dubois of the Enclosure entertained at a luncheon in Washington Newark on Wednesday. Their guests included Mrs I Brewster Hoexelton Miss Helen Keyes Edward Dillon and Stuart Young of Newark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy . Dubois
Washington, Newark
I. Brewster Hoexelton
Misa Helen “Keyes
Edward Dillon
Stuart Young
Newark
Principal to Meet Pupils About Summer Work
Principal Charles C. Tillinghast of the High School will be at Park School Monday and Tuesday mornings to confer with students who plan to take up special summer work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles C. Tillinghast
Park School
Country Fair Planned by Field Club Entertainment Committee
A Field Club entertainment committee plans a Fourth of July country fair on club grounds. The old fashioned event will feature traditional attractions such as barkers fortune tellers card sharps bearded ladies dog faced boys Siamese twins snake charmers and a sea serpent attraction.
Six Club Hosts Ladies at Franklin Ave Home
Mrs H N Rodman of Franklin avenue entertained the Six Club Thursday afternoon. Guests included Miss Emma Beatus and Mrs Howard Carstens Mrs Edward J Hayden Mrs John D DeWitt and Mrs Thomas Nichols.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. N. Rodman
Franklin Avenue
Six Club
Emma Beatus
Howard Carstens
Edward J. Hayden
John D. DeWitt
Thomas Nichols
Field Club Fourth of July Tennis Finalists Set
The only finals so far were in the Ladies Doubles where Miss Dorr and Miss Staste defeated Mrs. Alexander Carleton and Mrs. Gay Carleton 6 2, 6 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Field Club
Miss Dorr
Miss Staste
Alexander Carleton
Gay Carleton
Thursday Night Police Wrap Up a Busy Crime Spree
Police report multiple incidents on Thursday night. Four men with two claimed Jersey City addresses faced fines. a white officer noted a separate candy-store break at Park Theatre with minimal loot. Newark huckster Pirie was fined after driving without a license. West Nutley station break‑in yielded little evidence of theft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delavasts
Maliza
Stephen Amrock
Lexington Avenue
Herbert Decker
Grant Avenue
Jersey
City
John Jones
Amsterdam
Avaota Naw
Charles Greets
Carl Webb
Essex
Falls
George ‘Chisim
Amrock’ and Decker
Recorder Post
Jones
Park Theatre
Jameson
Charles Pirie
Broome Street
Newark
West Nutley
Sane Fourth Plans Outlined By Local Committee
Mrs. Dean Welsh chairs the joint women’s committee for the Fourth. Plans call for 10 am on the Park School Campus with patriotic songs by children, reading of the Declaration by Rev. Douglas Matthews, and a local speaker. Afternoon offers automobile rides for kids. volunteers should notify Mr. Welch. Evening may include music and a Town Hall dance. Committee members include Mrs. Williams Mrs. Philhower Mrs. Weischedel Mrs. Pratt Miss Hay Mrs. Ryan and Mrs. Slaughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welch
Williams
Philhower
Weischedel
Pratt
Hay
Ryan
Slaughter
Signal Corps Camping Trip Planned From Vincent Church
Seven members of the Signal Corps led by Matthew Sattler plan a four day camping trip starting Thursday at Mountainview. The group will travel by canal route to reach the site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Signal Corps of Vincent Church
Matthew Sattler
Thureday
Mountainview
Canal
Library seeks extra funds to avoid impairing usefulness
The Public Library board urged the Board of Commissioners for an additional one sixth of a mill on town ratables next year, plus the likely grant of a one third mill, to prevent loss of books and service. They noted four thousand volumes in use and wear-out from heavy use. The Monday night meeting also awarded demolition bids on Chestnut street sites, with Callahan shop sold for 70 dollars to John Van Riper and Nutley Planing Mill for 25 dollars to Bertram Yearance, plus sidewalk work planned on Ernest street. A. J. Cook of East Jersey Water Company announced reassignment of the water contract from Montclair Water Company, referred to the town attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Trustees
The
Public Library
Board of Commissioner
Blam
Messrs, Kinsley and Arnold
Chestnut Street
Nutley Planing Mill
Callahan Shop
John van Riper
Bloomfield
Callahan
Bertram Yearance
Nutley
Ernest Street
A. J. Cook
East Jersey Water Company
Montclair Water Company
Board bars Johnson Heating link for new Park School plant
At a special meeting the Board of Education required engineer John H. Textorius to prove no ties to Johnson Heating Co of New York or risk losing the bid. A petition signed by 160 residents raised concerns of a potential conflict. The board also approved eleven thousand dollar bonds to fund the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Textorius
Park School
Board of Education
Textorius
Miss Emmons to Wed Newark Man Next Week
Miss Mabel Emmons of Chestnut street will marry Frank Schopfer of Newark next Wednesday evening at the bride’s home. Miss Jesse Lox of Prospect street serves as maid of honor and Louis Hambrich of Newark is best man. Rev. Douglas Matthews of Grace Church will perform the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Emmons
Chestnut Street
Frank Schopfer
Newark
Jesle Lox
Prospect Street
Louis Hambrich
Douglas Matthews
Grace Church
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Thomas Clemente
Mise
Lillian Clements
Medrid, N. Y
Masons
Lake
Halsey Stillwell
Ronald Thompson
Henrietta Wood
Willard. Germeck
Helen‘Journey
Harry Crabtree
Sylvester “McVeigh
Anns Petersen
Madeline Atchison
Emmet Heinz
Edward ‘Lee
Chester Searles
Isabelle Moore
Fred Moran
Margaret Kierstead
Bronson Niedzinski
Joseph Zverenz
Harriet Austin
Roy Kievit
Henrry Ackerman
Henry Boehmer
John Speary
Frank Fell
Sophia Smith
Joseph Ciccone
Joseph Day
George Ackerman
Gertrude Crawford
Worts' Power
Gertrude Kinsley
Jennie Cueman
Walter Crab
Yantecan School
Melville Jackman
Walter Beyer
Hastings B. Pratt
Stanley Gardner
Jane Wellman
Edwin Ziegler
William Janney Hull
Edith L. Wood
Philip Redmond
Catherine McEligot
Ruth Wellman
B. Austin Bennett
Carol Denny
Muriel Hiffe
Joseph McEligot
Mildred Klotz
William Postlethwaite
Rose Jackman
Miriam Wallace
Robert Zoerner
Joh Bird
Clara Herbert
Arthur Caldwell
George Cockefair
Viola Herbert
Raymond de Vries
John Ritacco
Mamie Grandinetti
Nico Cafoni
Lizzie Grandinetti
Cafone
Sam Viols
James Baldiso
Grandimelater
Russell “Perkins
Loris Drysi
Pater —Deskowitz
Margaret Carlough
Charles Benz
Marjorie Freeman
Beatrice Pollard
Niels Hansen
Louis Rossi
James Ferraro
Vincent McCabe
Francis Miller
Helen “Schroeder
Minnie Marino
Gladys Wosseler
Ogden Schureman
Angelo Paccio
William Matt
Katherine Gardner
James Cafone
James Napier
Ida Murphy
Carmen Melenzi
Thomas McEligot
Mamie Cafoni
Dorothy Calkins
Elmer Johns
Nicols Cafoni
Frances de Jockam
John Mutch
Lulu Bell Golden
Helen Philip
Helen Gardner
Richard Beuchmeyer
Ralph Jane
Raffael Cafoni
Helene Matt
Mary DeGiacomo
Peter Benz
William Johns
Jessica Poole
Maurice McEligot
Irwin Moffit
Marjorie Moffit
William Cueman
Elmer Wilson
Park
Ngs
Yantacaw
Washington
Saas
Park Oval
Dean Welsh
Joint Committee of Women
Intea
Miss Emmons
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