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Newspaper

Woodbridge Leader

Location

Woodbridge, New Jersey, United States of America

Date

Jun 17, 1927

Page

2

Our Neighbors to the South Speech at Woodbridge High

Benjamin Neuss delivers the Commencement address at Woodbridge High School urging neighborliness as a path to world peace. He critiques Mexico and Central American politics, stresses the Monroe Doctrine, US stakes, and the need for education to explain American policy to South America.

B. Neuss Benjamin Neuss Woodbridge High School America South South American United States Mexico Central and South America Porfirio Diaz Merion Swain Rio Grande Wenr Latin America Central Nicaragua Western Hemisphere Cuba Hawaii Costa Rica Salvador Panama

Primary Election Next Tuesday in Woodbridge Township

Primary elections will be held at regular polling places in Woodbridge Township next Tuesday to select party candidates for Township County and State offices and for County Committeeman. Polls open from eight in the morning until ten in the evening.

Woodbridge Township

St James Event Showcases dances and play performances

Parents and friends attend the St James program featuring dances the Dance of the Nations with Irish Russian Italian and Dutch groups led by names such as Mary Peer Jeanne Dunne Anna Ryan Margaret Romond and Helen Grausam A staged play By Command of the King closes the program Those involved include Andrew Paulson John Behaney and Edward Kath A 75 year old Prairie Hills resident Amanda Conrad sets what is believed to be a world quilting record finishing a scrap quilt of 16460 pieces over four months using nine spools of thread.

Edward Ruth Terrence Smith Andrew Gall Mary Peer Jeanne Dunne Anna Ryan Margaret Romond Margaret Ryan Helen Grausam Irene Simon Anna Zilai Grate Conlin Mary Remak Margaret Krewinkle Catherine O'Neill Anna Smith Rena Snyder Clara Slebic Helen Nemeth Irene O'Neill Elizabeth Henilon Francis Ryan Doris Kath Mary Finn Jean Dunn Julia Kish Anna Kish Doris Hinhorn Marion Hoffman Katherine Doyesak Elizabeth Gregus Sarah Barcellona Rose Toth Irene Merrill Andrew Paulson John Behaney Jooseph Olvacs William Powers Edward Kath Stephen Zick Leroy Jordan John Fitzpatrick Edward Cosgrove Stephen’ Gregus Walter Gurka Joseph Kish Leon Gerity Amanda Conrad Prairie Hills, Mo

St Jacobs Oil Promises Fast Back Pain Relief

An old advertisement touts St Jacobs Oil as a quick fix for backache lumbago and sciatica. It claims rubbing the back provides instant relief it is harmless and does not burn the skin and urges readers to buy a trial bottle from any drug store.

St. Jacobs Oil St. Jacobs

Graduates and Names of 1927 Woodbridge Area Class

A long list of graduates from the class of 1927 in the Woodbridge area includes Milton Agreen Woodbridge Billings Colonia Charles Bohrke High Street Woodbridge Guido Brigiani Fulton Street Wood Bridge Herbert Christenson Woodbridge Norman Coleman Woodbridge Raymond Demarest Grove Avenue Woodbridge Horace Deter Green Street Woodbridge and numerous others from Iselin Avenel Rahway Sewaren Fords Port Reading and surrounding towns. The notice catalogs each graduate with street addresses and associated towns.

Milton Agreen Woodbridge Beatrice Billings Colonia Charles Bohrke High Street Guido Brigiani Fulton Street Herbert Christenson Norman Coleman Raymond Demarest Grove Avenue Horace Deter Green Street Jack Edgar Vicetor Goley Wesley Heiselberg Joseph, Jelicks Wedgewood Avenue George la Forge Linden Avenue Bred ‘Turner East Avenue Sewaren Lillian Anderson Fords Ruth Augustine Ridgedale Avenue Florence Baldwin Rahway Avenue Florence Bernstein Main Street Helen Christopherson Ruth Coley Mildred Dalton Mina Danner St. George Avenue Violet Drummond Mary Duff Jane A. Dunnigan Barron Avenue Madelyn Ford Mapie Avenue Marjory Fullerton Albert Street Viola Fulletton Ruth Jaeger Crampton Avenue Margaret Jellyman Elizabeth Kaus Susan Leimpester Port Reading Dorothy Leonard Eleanor Moran Margaret Morganson Fannie Morrison Sylvia Mucciarello Port. Reading Ingrid Nelson Dorothea Nelson Bertha Chiott Freeman Street Pearl Peterson Valentine Place Grace Rankin Josephine Rodner Alphon

Tax Meeting Sparks Clash Over Valuation In Woodbridge

Residents and officials sparred over tax increases and assessment practices at a Woodbridge meeting. Anger focused on the Ryan administration and alleged inequities in Perth Amboy’s influence while critics urged fairer valuation and lower burdens for working taxpayers.

James Gerity Grausam Allen Tam Ryan Mr. Allen William Brown Mr. Brown Mr. de Russey Perth Amboy Michael Trainer Woodbridge Trainer Mr. McKeown

Struggle for Truth and Progress in School Address

Miss Violet Drum delivers a commencement speech urging labor as the price of progress. The oration weaves a legend of Truth, the Mountain of Mystery, and a call to work for the common good, citing Ruskin and Kipling to urge collective effort and universal responsibility.

Violet Drum John Ruskin

L. U. S. Girls Dance at Raritan Yacht Club Tonight

The L. U. S. Girls hold their first annual dance at the Raritan Yacht Club tonight with Tangaard's Orchestra. Committee members include Misses Pegey Burke, Catherine Hennessery, Madeline Walsh, and Madeline LaPenia.

Raritan Yacht Club Tangaard Pegey Burke Catherine Hennessery Madeline Walsh Madeline LaPenia

Dinner Stories Told By a Restful Boy

A Scottish minister, on his way to the kirk, meets a tousled boy with a fishing rod and bent pin. He asks if this is the day of rest. The boy replies, Aye, but I'r ne tired, implying weariness yet curiosity.

the Kirk

Mentho Sulphur Promises Quick Skin Relief

A skin specialist touts Mentho Sulphur for eruptions and blotches on face neck and body. The preparation claims germ destroying properties and says healing begins the moment it is applied with noticeable improvement by the next day.

One Hundred Forty Promoted from Fourth Grade

One hundred forty seven students received certificates at the Fourth Grade promotion exercises for Schools 1 and 11 held in School No. 11’s auditorium. The program featured a Mendelssohn march, flag salute, songs, plays, and an Aida march orchestrated by the school orchestra. Certificates were presented by Roy Anderson and lists include many named students with perfect attendance and those who were neither absent nor tardy across grades two through seven.

Dix Mendelssohn Rubenstein Irene Palko Dhe Mr. Anderson Alex Merce Frank Nagy John Pristas Kalman Salagi Frank Zambo John Toth Clarence Wetzel Frank Zehar Joseph Csanyi Leonard Campbell Stephen Dorko Louis de Nuyse Jack Docksiader Andrew Gadek John Gnewcenski Richard Janni Joseph Jenssen Isadore Kahme Joseph Kormondi John Kourtz George Krumm Joseph Moll Josep Molnar John Pinter Julius Reisman John Varshany Jerome Vogel Louis Weygand Dorothy Goupland Virginia Everett Christiana Hansen Ethel Hunt Helen Kara Mary Kovacs Margaret Kozen Evelyn McLeod Irene Nebel Kueille Pateman Virginia Raison Elizabeth Ruskai Blanche Schoenbrun Mary Tilisak Mary Koza Grace Robinson Anna Boka Bertha Schultz Emma Balog Dorothy Brown Helen Montgomery Barbara Moore Rose Caracausi Anna Cheek Helen Czmyr Irene Feterek Marion Gunderson Helen Gyurics Pearl Harris Kathryn Holland Elizabeth Lazar Emily Lee Veronica Punko Michaliena Revutszki Concetta Scafidi John Csubak Helen Elek Stephen Ruskai Helen

Money Spent Out of Town Never Comes Back

A community appeal urges residents to support local merchants and keep spending in Woodbridge. It argues real estate booms raise costs for retailers and that buying locally sustains jobs, stocks, and services, with banks playing a key role through public service and advertising.

Woodbridge Ity Ward

Thousands Flocked to Hadley Field in Lindbergh Landing Watch

A stampede of Middlesex County residents rushed to Hadley Field after rumors Lindbergh might land there. Cars clogged Stelton Road as crowds gathered in hope, peering at the hangar and awaiting a possible arrival, while police managed traffic and reassured locals.

Hadley Flying Field Lindy Mail Lindbergh Hadley Air Mail Stelton Stelton Highway Middlesex County Hadley Field Flyng Dunellen

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