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Newspaper
Woodbridge Leader
Location
Woodbridge, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1929
Page
4
The Woodbridge Leader prints weekly on Fridays from 104 Main Street Woodbridge NJ. It is entered as second class mail at Woodbridge NJ and republication of news and edits is permitted with credit. Correspondence from readers is invited but anonymous letters are not published.
Improperly paved grade crossings at Iselin and Main Street create hazards for motorists and trains. Broken and unfinished work by a track gang leads to stalled cars, panic, and potential casualties as authorities demand safer grade crossing elimination and better maintenance.
A dispatch reports Prof I S Falk of the University of Chicago has isolated the germ causing epidemic influenza after testing over 3000 microbes. Fourteen biology department members aided, with findings suggesting the germ can agglutinate blood and destroy tissue, potentially guiding serum or antitoxin development.
The piece discusses Christmas as a yearly reaffirmation of faith in Jesus Christ, emphasizing his humble life and simple teachings as a model for all people. It notes human inconsistency in following Christian values and calls for renewed hope and moral renewal during the holiday season.
Mra u Asher FitzRandolph chair man reports about 400 received from Christmas Seals sales to date. Middlesex County Tuberculosis League runs six clinics and nursing service aiding over twenty eight hundred patients. Woodbridge last year raised 1 000 and a 1929 quota aim is set. Newark Automobile Show opens January 11 at the 113th Regiment Armory, running to January 13 with daily hours and 10 30 P M close.
The Ladies Auxiliary held the last meeting of the year at Mrs B B Walling’s High street home. On December 1 the regular missionary meeting will be in the Sunday School room at 2730 PM Mrs Von Bremen will preside. Members should bring contributions for the Christmas basket.
The annual Court Mercedes Catholic Daughters of America Christmas party will be held Thursday evening December 19 at eight o clock. A special musical program by Miss Margaret Gerity accompanies the event with a gift exchange. Reservations must be made by Monday December 16 with chairman Mrs. Fred Witheridge.
Funeral services for the late Patrick J Congle of Main Street were held Tuesday morning at 10 o clock in St James church. Rev Fr Vion celebrated a requiem high mass with assistants. Pallbearers included James Kirby Captain James Walsh Mayor William A Ryan Martin Kelley and Patrick Callanane. Burial followed in St James cemetery. Read The Reader Regularly.
A Lions Club meeting featured a mock trial with Peter Peterson as defense lawyer, Mark McLain as prosecutor, and Stephen H Wyld as judge. After a brief business session led by J D Dunne, plans were set to erect a Christmas tree at the railroad station. Peter Peterson, Nathan Duff, and George McLaughlin were elected to the board of directors for six months.
The Breckenridge Guild of the Presbyterian church will host its annual Christmas party on Thursday December 19 at the home of Miss Grace Huber on Green Street. A Christmas tree and gift exchange will be featured.
The Hungarian American Citizens' Club held its annual election of officers Sunday evening at the Hungarian Reform auditorium on School Street. Elected were President John Almassy Vice President Nicholas Fitos Recording and Financial Secretary Nicholas Kleinert Treasurer Jozeph Bicro Trustees George Ruzmak Bernard Nussbaum and John Vereb Sr.
A critical note comments on low quality reading produced by printers and contrasts it with high grade works. The writer cites Edmund Pears and his Dive Novela from Bittle Brown, praising illustrations from the nineties while lamenting public taste. The piece hints at social behavior and moral policing by prohibition agents amid urban life observations.
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