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Newspaper

Plainfield Record

Location

Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America

Date

Jun 15, 1917

Page

5

Graduation Ceremony Marks Oakwood School Class

The Oakwood school annual business meeting featured the graduating class of twelve students receiving certificates. Auditors presented the stage program with student performers and a play titled The Man Who Married a. Cast included Margaret Jeery Carlisle Judith Marian Drake Betty Fen Hartridge Katherine rude Joy Rebekah Lips line Power Carey Helen Thomas and others, with Dorothy Jewett as presenter and Anatole Frances guiding the event.

Todmed Te Academe Department Ular Wo Eiris Margaret Jeery Carlisle Judith Marian Drake Betty Fen- Hartridge Katherine Rude Joy Rebekah Lipsline Power Ne Carey Helen Thomas Auditors of Annual Anatole Frances Stace Petting

Amateurs Stage Rural Comedy in South Plainfield

A rural comedy drama Shadows Before the Teen was presented by Sacred Heart Club in Waabit Hall South Plainfield Monday night. The cast featured Emile Dal May Har Margaret Hamilton with Migs Saverd providing scenes as the hired girl from Sweden and the audience enjoyed a lively performance despite crowding and imperfect enunciation.

Sacred Heart the Club Waabit Hall Plainfield Sacred Heart Church Eluders

Art in the Hillside Event Prompts Community Woes

Local coverage notes disorder around a hillside art event titled Art in the Hillside. Participation faces issues with safety, logistics, and public turnout as organizers seek a resolution to ongoing challenges. Community groups urge coordinated planning with officials to resume the event.

StMartz CAMP 1D OPES Event Tomorrow

Joral branch drive at the Y on StMartz CAMP 1D OPES will be held tomorrow. Participants are expected to attend and take part in the planned activities at the facility.

StMartz Joral

Bosch Concern May Leave Here

The Buch Maga Company plans to concentrate all energy on magneto production in Springfield Mass and this city as US entry into the war places German owned assets under scrutiny. Executives note a move toward centralizing magneto work while many German subjects connected with the company hold German properties. The government has ordered alien enemies to stay beyond a half mile of government installations, affecting operations as magnetos relate to munitions.

Buch Maga Company Springfield Mass Otto Hein Germany Bosch Pany United States Bosch Opig Pany

Bonnie Barn to Aid Children of County Plan

Bonnie Barn aims to support county children through a new sanatorium project led by Dr. John E Derintemfent of Runnells. The two story facility will house wards, classrooms, and an assembly hall to treat and prevent childhood diseases with supervised care. Completion is unlikely before October, with open-air care continuing in the interim.

Agers John E Derintemfent Runnells Board of Managers Rangot Ra

Jersey’s New Laws Spark Runaway Marriage Concerns

Hasty winds of change raise alarm as couples flee to wed before new laws take effect. Report notes a surge in disrupted ceremonies and court actions delaying marriages amid recent legislative shifts.

Froh-Helms Hosts Seminar With Toy Collection Display

Twenty nine P. A. 8. toys are now located at Froh-Helms in Bernardaville for the seminar. A minstrel show is planned for June 20 to follow the event.

Frow-Rem Froh-Helms Bernardaville

South Plainfield to See Big Boom as Plant Expands

The story notes South Plainfield will gain a major plant expansion with Iron Brooklyn acquiring adjoining land and capacity growth. The Spicer Company partners support the project, promising thousands of homes in the area while the factory hires about 1,000 workers. Occupancy for new homes is planned in batches, starting this summer as production scales up.

Dad Iron Brooklyn Spleee Com Pany South Plainford Charles F Spicer Company Souland Manaofi

Van Arsdale's Belling Dough Shoes and Local Notices

The article lists Van Arsdale's limited shoes, Elks' Flag Day remarks by W T Phillipe, and a public hearing on Ore insurance rates. It notes a plan for a ceremony at a household and mentions a local hospital move and a daughter’s wedding plans.

van Arsdale ELKS W. T. Phillipe New York Lodge No. B Feld High School Sere Lipe A. Aldrich

Shakespearean Readings for Blind Home Benefit

Dr Edgar C Abbott of Boston brings a trio of Shakespeare readings to Summit for the Arthur Home for the Blind. The schedule opens with Julius Caesar, June 20 features The Merchant of Venice, and June 22 presents King Lear, hosted at Mrs Carvalho’s gallery and private homes in the Summit area.

Arthur Home For Summit Edgar C. Abbott Boston Mra. 3 Carvalho West Eighth Street Max. David Ht.Rowland Seventh Street Carvalho Agai

Plain Country Golf Club Spring Match Set to Open

Tenorrow afternoon at Hyd Clam Course the spring golf activity features a medal play handicap event. A team from Class Beam competes across holes with selection of score cip and a feature event at the plain country club.

Troop D Officers Ordered Into Camp For Training

Following orders from the Adjutant General Barber, all officers and non commissioned officers of Troop D Plainfield’s cavalry unit will report at Sea Girt before noon tomorrow for a camp of instruction lasting until June 30. Led by Captain Runkle, the corps will receive intensive training in trench digging, barbed wire entanglement cutting, rifle practice and field drills to prepare for mobilization on July 25. Major Marcus J. Stokes will lead the instruction with assistance from U.S. Army and State Guard officers and General Bird W. Spencer will furnish rifle supplies and ammunition. Regular war camp equipment will be provided and infantry commanders are to oversee entrenching tools for two squads per company.

Barber Trop BD Plainfield Sea Girt Runkle Camp Edge Pirot Sq Marcus J. Stokes United States Army New Jersey State Guard Bird W. Spencer Pasaale Addiion

Citizens Urged to Help Police in Slacker Registration Drive

A bulletin from Adjutant General Barber via Sheriff Otto urges Citizens to aid law enforcement in locating and arresting those who have not registered under the selective service act. It calls for community reports, cross checking district returns with census data, and swift registration of non-reservists upon conviction.

Barber Sherif Otto Belletin Bureau of the Census Selective Service Department of Justice

United Hebrew Charity Organisation builds charity in Plainfield

The third annual meeting of the United Hebrew Charity Organisation of Plainfield elected officers led by President William Newborn and Benjamin Kline as president. The group reports £800 spent on Jewish charity in the city during the year and notes the care of many. In Jersey City a Flag Day reception honored William G. Besler, guest of honor, with a ceremonial emblem and a bound book of donors.

United Hebrew Charity Organisation of Plainfield Fallow William Newborn Benjamin Kline Morris Abrams Jaco Sacher Hyman Adelberg Elizabeth Rosenson VG. Berl N. J Jersey City William G. Besler Newers Bem Hm, Stein

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