The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-09-19
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.


Eney Grupelli has been appointed
local agent for the Italo-American Ex-
press Co.
The work of excavating for the new
addition to Memorial Hospital has
been started.
Marinaro & Tremallo have the con-
tract for the mason work for the Cap
stick mill at Montyille.
A successful fair for the benefit Of
ST. Margaret's Church was held on
Wednesday and Thursday evenings.
Evans G. Sorenson has opened a
school of physical culture for ladies
and gentlemen at 16 Ridgedale avenue.
The local employees of the United
States Express Co. will hold their an
nual ball in Washington Hall on Oc-
tOber 18th.
The annual reunion Of the Alumni
Association Of the MorristOWn High
School will be held at Days on Friday,
October 9Th.
The Morristown High School he's
one hundred and seventy-fye pupils
enrolled, the largest enrolment in the
history Of the school.
A locomotive was derailed at the
Morris Plains gravel pit on Wednes-
day afternoon, requiring the services OF
the wrecker to replace it.
Work on the new automobile garage
for the w. H. Dutton Co. has bee
started 1t fronts on the lane leading
from Washington street 10 Ann street..
What is probably the longest sheet
of plate glass in MOrristoWn was set 10
one Of the windows Of the Trust Com
pany on Saturday. 1t is 7Sxl92 inches
in size.
The Eighth Grade Football Team
of the Maple avenue school WIS organ
lied Thursday afternoon with David
Owen as captain and Harry Arson rs
manager.
Some of the Morristown prize win
ners at the Bernardsville Horse Show
were Thomas Dickens Baby Wilkes,
Benjamin Nicoll's Arab and j W. Og-
den's Algonquin.
United States detectives we're in
Morristown on Wednesday. 1t is re-
ported that they came to investigate
the Canadian lat 5rerS at the Arm
strong brick plant.
The Morris Township Committee
has macadamized Washington avenue
from the Morristown line to Norman
die parkway to the great improvement
of the thOroughfare.
Graders have again been put at work
on the Ridgedale avenue end OF Ever
green Cemetery and it is expected that
the rough work will be finished this
week. Then drives and plots will then
be laid out.
A special meeting of the Woman's
Home Missionary Society Of the M. e.
Church will be held in the ladies par
lor on Wednesday, September 10th, at
3 b. m. "A full attendance is desired
as business of Importance is to be con
Sidered.
The young ladies of Mrs. A. NJ
Guerin'S Sunday school class will hole
sale of homemade cake, candy anc
ruSk in the primary class room Of The
M. e. Church on Friday, September
22nd, from two until six. Pre- leeds fol
annual missionary offering.
The summer shelter closed a very
successful season on Tuesday, Sept. II
There were three hundred and fifty
children entertained at the Shelter
during the season, larger number
than had ever been entertained in 9
single season before. Another salts
factory feature was that there was NJ
sickness during the season.
Vincent Azzara, the italian inter
prefer of 10 Washington street. il
making successful collection among
the Italians of this city in behalf Of
the Red Gross association of Rome
Italy, which in cooperation with the
Italian government is taking care Of
the thousands of survivors who were
left homeless and completely destitute
by the recent disastrous earthquakes