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Newspaper
Washington Star
Location
Washington, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1920
Page
15
Numerous names from Newark to Lebanon visit friends in town over the weekend. A Clinton High School junior prom occurs with a Washington orchestra, while local residents prepare trips to Mount Holyoke College and nearby towns.
Summerfield notes show J Campbell praising a Sunday sermon and Nicholas Harris delivering an address on The Country Church. Events include Ladles Aid Society meeting, Sunday school growth, and social gatherings. Mountain Lake reports visitors, illness, farm life, and church activities with assorted names and places.
A long list of social items recounts visits, family events, and church notices from Union, Bowlingville, Columbia, and Cornishville. People attend missionary meetings, attend memorials, and host relatives. May Day plans are noted along with confirmations of church services and dedications.
Sunday visits and weekend travels mark social life. Anthony and Mrs A Shade spent the day with friends as Russelle Meta and others enjoyed time together. Charles Tree moved to a Newark firm home while Lawrence Lyne returned to High Bridge after a two week visit with Fens family. Anne Buchanan of Union hosted a daughter Ethel, with Brooklyn relatives arriving for the summer.
A series of property transfers are recorded from Hackettstown to Knowlton Belvidere and Alpha, with dates ranging 1915 to 1929. Transactions involve Isaac Barker, Julia Lenort, Ammonia TV Eckhardt, Osear Smith, Anthony Becker, Mary Seifert, George H Meyer, and Georges Froyer among others, with varied consideration amounts.
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