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Newspaper
Woodbridge Leader
Location
Woodbridge, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1932
Page
4
Advertisement notes republication and editorial matter repackaged in Æneac columns with credit to The Woodbridge Leader. It requests readers’ correspondence on topics of interest but states anonymous letters will not be published and lists a Friday June 17 1932 deadline.
A recounting of the 157 year old Battle of Bunker Hill highlights its impact on the American Revolution. The piece notes Patriot losses, British retreat, and how Howe’s later tactics may reflect lessons from the siege, with historians crediting Bunker Hill as a turning point in the war.
A public auction of the high grade stock from Samuel Saltman’s store at 111 Smith, Perth Amboy, kicks off this morning with daily sessions at 10 AM 2:30 PM and 7 PM. Brill and Brill of New York conduct the sale. a free set of six teaspoons goes to the first 100 visitors.
Commuter six room bungalow with garage for rent at 10 West Scott Avenue on Business Lane. Monthly rent listed as 40 dollars. Contact Rahway 17-4333 via Senseniz 89 West Milton Avenue for inquiries.
Avenel Dramatic Society stages Pink Pajamas at Av enel Sahodl auditorium on Saturday June 26 rehearsals underway. Cast carefully chosen to fit each role. Tickets available from society members. Dancing after the show featuring LeRoy Howard and Parody Boys providing music.
The Woodbridge Post No. 87 junior baseball team will play Carteret post juniors at Carteret High School on Saturday at 8 pm. This first game kicks off the Middlesex County elimination to reach the State American Legion League finals. Carteret was runner up in last year’s state finals. If needed, another game will be at Woodbridge with a deciding neutral-site game if each side wins once.
Mrs J H Thayer Martin of Rahway avenue Woodbridge convalesces at home after surgery at Presbyterian hospital Newark. Martin Newcomer returns from University of Michigan Ann Arbor to spend summer with parents in Woodbridge. Mrs G S Willits back in Wilmington Del after visit with daughter Mrs H W Von Brenen. Sunshine class of First Presbyterian to meet at Mrs Albert Therwesen Prospect avenue Monday night June seven. Mina Margret Walker from Sewaren home from Skidmore college for summer. Charles Grohmann back from Deland after months away visiting daughter Mrs Peter Ohlett Freeman street. Julius Blake of Main street took a few days auto trip to Toronto Canada.
Public sale notices outline mortgaged property foreclosures in New Jersey towns including Woodbridge and Perth Amboy. Listings specify defendants, dates of sale on July 13 1932, the described parcels with street bounds and appurtenances, and the sheriff and solicitor handling each case.
Announcement by Hugh Tompkins of Municipal Service Station Firestone dealers says tire prices will stay low until midnight June 20 when a new excise tax of to percent on tires and tubes becomes effective. He urges customers to buy Firestone tires now to save 10 to 16 percent before the tax hike and notes the bill will raise many retail prices.
A new Woodbridge drugstore named Woodbridge Cut Rate Drug Store opens at 76 Main Street in the old Frankel location. It offers low prices, a prescription department run by a registered pharmacist, a cosmetics department with a lady cosmetician, and a newly installed fountain serving Mogna’s ice cream.
The St James Rosary Society starts a summer card party series Tuesday evening June 28 with prizes in usual games. Co chairmen are Mrs J Barron Levi and Mrs Maurice P Dunigan.
Legal advertisement invites sealed proposals from contractors for a one story frame school building behind Barron Avenue High School Woodbridge New Jersey. Bids must be on forms provided and delivered to the Clerk of the Board by June 27 192. Plans available June 17 1933 with a $10 deposit.
Multiple legal ads detail sheriff sales and chancery actions in New Jersey. Listings involve Complainants and Defendants across Middlesex County with property foreclosures, deeds, and dated court decrees, including estates and divorces notices, and schedules for sale in Perth Amboy and Woodbridge.
Public sale to satisfy a writ against LOUIS CRIPO INC and CORP OF NEW JERSEY and defendants for property in Middlesex County. Lots 9 10 11 and block 262 on Rechijn Terrace in Woodbridge Township bounded by Columbus Avenue Sherry Street and adjacent parcels with appurtenances. Abraham Wolpiansepay solicitor. 6M-$10-17-24
Between Improved Aetna Building and Loan Association of Newark and SAR AH FASSMAN et al Defendants a mortgage sale is set for Wednesday June 29 in Iselin Township Raritan County New Jersey. The parcel Lot 32 33 Block 646 B on the revised Radio Reprieve map is described with its deeds and survey details. The sale runs by sheriff and includes all related rights privileges and appurtenances.
Sealed bids will be received by the Board of Education of the Township of Woodbridge at the High School on June 20 1932 for coal to be delivered to Woodbridge Schools during the 1932 33 school year. Bids request 300 net tons No 1 Buckwheat for Woodbridge High School 100 net tons Nut White Ash for High School Manual Training Building 210 net tons No 1 Buckwheat for Woodbridge School No 4 Avenel 60 net tons No 1 Buckwheat for Iselin Portables 2028 tons Hard White Ash for Iselin Portables.
A 1942 legal sale notice lists net tonnages of Hard White Ash and Buckwheat allocated to numerous New Jersey schools from Port Reading to Iselin. The document includes an auction date of June 2 and 17 plus a chancery sale in New Brunswick under Sheriff M. Gannon, with solicitor Bernard Edmund A. Hayes, detailing parcel boundaries and minimum bids.
Between Joseph Lanni and Aleck Fohrtenbocker et al defendants a fi fa sale of real estate is set for Wednesday July 6 at 2 PM in the sheriff's office city of New Des 7. The property lies in Bridge Town Of Midas Weoforidge New Jersey bounded by Valentine Mulford and roadway terms 2372 sq ft 23 US acres described metes and bounds together with appurtenances. Bernard M Gannon sheriff W Vogel solicitor. 17 4.
An old advertisement touts Carter's Little Liver Pills as a safe remedy for sluggish digestion and foul breath. It claims the product uses vegetable extracts to cleanse the liver and improve overall health, urging readers to look for the red label on the bottle. The copy cites a brand name and the maker, dated 1981.
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