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Newspaper
Woodbridge Leader
Location
Woodbridge, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1929
Page
3
Pastor Rev R J O Farrell leads services at 7 40 9 00 and 10 00 oclock Holy Day Masses and weekday Masses listed with first Friday devotion times Confession Saturday afternoons evenings and eve of holy days Parish societies meet monthly with Communion dates noted Rosary Holy Name Sodality and Girls of the Parish are listed with their respective communion Sundays
Presbyterian Rev. Benest Abbot leads a Christmas service with opening worship at 9:45 a.m. followed by lessons at 10:00 a.m. and a 10:30 a.m. closing assembly. The program includes carols, a children's play, a sermon What Gifts Shall We Bring, and a 10:45 a.m. dismissal for beginners and primary departments. A Bethlehem carol and scripture lesson precede the offering and benediction. Evening events list a Bethlehem program at 7:45 p.m. and a Monday Christmas entertainment at 8 p.m. Troop 31 Boy Scouts meet Friday at 8 o'clock.
Rev A Boylan presides with Sunday School at 0 48 A M and regular sermon at 11 00 A M on The topic He Grea Name. Epworth League gathers at 6 45 P M for Christmas sermon He Is Here.
The Congregational Church lists Rev William W D Strong as pastor with services at 9 46 AM Sunday School 11 AM Morning Worship and a 7 PM Christian Endeavor and 7 45 PM Evening Worship for Christmas. A Christmas morning service is planned at 7 o'clock with a cordial invitation to all. Wednesday 6 PM is a weekly Bible study.
Rev J B Myers pastor. Celebration of Holy Eucharist at 10 A M Church School 11 A M First and third Sundays Holy Eucharist and sermon second and fourth Sundays morning prayer and sermon fifth Sunday prayer hymn and sermon Evensong 4 P M Vestry meeting Monday night Fleur de Lis meeting Christmas Eve midnight Choral celebration Holy Eucharist 6 A M Christmas Day Holy Eucharist Thursday choir practice 9 P M St Stephen s Day December 26 Celebration 9 A M Friday St John s Day December 27 Eucharist 9 A M Troop 33 Boy Scouts Parish House Friday 7 15 P M Saturday Holy Innocents Day 9 00 A M Cele
Maas will lead worship at 9 A M Sunday morning at the Public School with St Andrew's AVENEL conducting services. The event marks a temporary church gathering location for parish members.
Parish notes report Mass at St Cecilia's Church on Oak Tree Road Masa at 164 M Sunday morning with Griffen as pastor and church leadership at St Cecilia's.
Rev. 0. A. Morrow, pastor, leads Sunday School at 9 00 A M and worship at 11 30 A M at the Avenel Schoolhouse Kennepies Growds. Evening Christian Endeavor at 7 16 P M and a special Christmas serving at 8 00 P M noted on page eight.
The American Home Magazine outlines the Greek revival era from 1810 to 1850, noting its prevalence in the East, especially New York and Ohio. It details features such as heavy porch columns, pilasters, frieze windows, white walls, green shutters, and brown roof shingles, with a sample plan by Theodore Whitehead Davis and a projected cost around 910,058 in New York.
Peter and Biffer travel on toward dinner with Sexton Beetle. A humming sound draws attention as a dark flyer appears in the sky. The Gun Beetle cousin lands, greeting the pair and inviting them to dine at his house on the ground.
A column discusses the pain and fairness in love triangles among teens Virginia Lee offers advice. Readers submit two letters about love competing with friendship and how to handle choosing between a beloved and a best friend with grace. The response urges fair play and prioritizing lasting friendships over rivalry.
The Ladies' Missionary Society of the Presbyterian church hosted a Wednesday afternoon party in the Sunday School rooms. Mrs. William Gardner and Mrs. A F Randolph sang carols as members filled a large gift basket with food and clothing for a needy family. A decorated Christmas tree displayed each member's gift while carols closed the event.
A sedate black ensemble dominates with seven-eighths coat in Wimmold sable, matching frock and dipped hem. A close fitting felt hat and coordinated shoes complete the harmonious look in this Paris fashion feature.
A compact menu note mentions dishes such as Crean of fire, soup, roast veal, spinach, and salad. The wording suggests a dining context with multiple course items referenced in a brief list.
This text provides a cookery recipe for a luncheon dish featuring carrot wafers coffee and a cream of rice soup. It lists ingredients and steps including rice simmering, chopping celery, sieving pulp, blending flour and butter, then combining mixtures and simmering briefly before serving.
A vintage recipe roundup details Sav oid Tomato Cocktail with bay leaf horseradish and peppercorn simmering to release tomato juice. Sauerkraut Juice Cocktail and Nauerkraut and Tomato Cocktail combine juice from canned kraut and tomatoes, spiced and chilled. Also includes Lenin Nut Cookies with lemon rind almonds and nutmeg baked in a 350 degree oven yielding about six dozen.
Keashey School earned a near perfect attendance rating for November with an official 99.6 percent. The Woodbridge Township school district lists attendance rankings across several schools from Rosey a Hospitals to Sewaren, highlighting Woodbridge No 1 at 92.9 and Megaman Haga at 97.2.
A humorous mix of quick quips and quips on law, drink, and courtship. A young lawyer in a railroad hogs case aims to wow a jury by citing 24 hogs and the crowd, then a suitor's tale to a farmer about $2,000 in the bank ends with a loan twist. Charlea Rickards visits Delmarva Airport and returns home.
The Bushman Guild of the Presbyterian church Meadey organized a Christmas party at Mrs. B Abbott's home. They packed a box of clothing and toys for a mother in Woodbridge with eight children. After wrapping, music and carols filled the evening.
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