The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-04-30
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

Edward Thatcher, Jr., addressed the
National Society Of Craftmen in New
York on Thursday evening on !" Metal
Work.
The Tompkins store on South
street has been rented to the Laiblin
Company, OF Newark, cleaners and
,dyeTs.
Evergreen Cemetery Association has
had the main drive through the ceme-
terry given top coating OF crushed
stone.
An " old folks singing school will
be given in the Morris Plains Presby-
terrain Church on May 10th, at eight
O'Clock.
The new Mills street public school
was staked out on Thursday and work
will probable be started the first OF
tia week.
Al choir of men and boys is to be
formed at Grace Church, Madison, I'M
der the instruction of j.. Sebastian
Matthews.
The county board of elections sat
all day on Saturday, but did not nave
a single individual appear to nave ms
name added to the lists.
John w. Hays has sold his former
residence on Western avenue IN Nor
ris township to George R. N. Crater.
The,tract contains seven acres.
A meeting of the Morristown branch
of the State Charities Aid Association
will be held in Association parlors on
Wednesday, May 1st. at 30 p. M.
Orange Lodge, No. 135 B. P. o. E.,
has purchased sixteen room house
with lot 40 K $50 on Main street, Or
Ange, for a meeting room and club
house.
Lusardi Bros. have given up the
fruit business on the corner OF Park
place and Market street Harry Lu-
Sardi the resident partner, has remov-
ed to Pennsylvania.
B. o. Chisolm plans to make some
changes id the service road on his
Whippany road tract, erecting a wall
of concrete blocks on each side. Eney
Grupeili has the contract.
Frank Tiger has rented his house,
corner of Linden and Liberty street,
to William Meeker, a former resident
of MorriStoWn. and will remove with
his family to Greenwich, Conn.,, next
week.
Two automobile loads of Dover Elks
passed through town Thursday no
Z their way to Somerville where "a new
lodge of that order was instituted. A
number of Morristown Elks were also
present.
DR.. G.. L. Wilson will remove the
modern barn on his property to new
site near where the old Kennedy house
stood in the rear of South street, OPP
posite Woodland avenue and remodel
it for dwelling house.
A return chess match will be played
Friday evening between. the Z. Nj. Y.
A and Tapkaow Chess Clubs at the
Tapkaow Club rooms. A similar
match was played last Thursday even
ing, the Y. M. G. A. being defeated.
BookerT. Washington will meet the
State Board of Education at the In
dustrial School for Colored Youth, at
Bordentown, on Friday, May 3rd, to
confer with them in regard to further
development of the work at that lnsti-
tuition.
Rev. e. D. Webster closes his en-
gagement as assistant pastor OF the
First Presbyterian Church on the hrst
of June. As has been announced he
will officiate at the Memorial Presby-
terrain Church at Dover during the
summer
Plans are out for new stable build
ing to be erected by the Ballantine es-
tate at the Mansion House. The plans
call for brick or concrete construction,
the building being ell shaped and con-
tanning office and with large wagon
shed attached.
The Woman's Union prayer-meet-
ing will be held through the month of
May in the chapel of the Baptist
Church every Thursday morning at
half-past ten O'Clock. The women OF
all the churches are cordially invited
to attend this meeting.
Stanley MeSlar, the little blind son
of Charles MeSlar, fell down the out
side cellar steps OF his home on COBB
place on Saturday and cut his head so
badly that several stitches had to be
taken. The doors had carelesSly been
left open by one of his brothers.
Miss Gay Zenola McClaren gave a
reading of the Sign of the Cross in
the High School Friday evening, I'M
der auspices of the Senior Glass. Miss
McClaren's reading was excellent and
was enjoyed by good sized audience,
despite the inclement weather.
The United ElectricC Co. has had the
boiler tested which was recently erect
ed in the rear of the Shelley ice plant.
Several leaks we're discovered and boil
er makers have since been at work.
Nothing has been done as yet toward
building house over the boiler.
The Architectural Record for
My contains an interesting article,
<.Ambition of Three Cities" and an
other on Civic Improvements, y
which although telling OF the larger
cities is of interest now at this time OF
the civic awakening in Morristown.
The Dorcas Society of the Methodist
Church has elected the following Off
GERS: President, Mrs. William Estler
vice-president, Mrs. William Quimby +;
secretary, Mrs John Mills; treasurer,
Miss Jennie Mills, Visiting commit
tee-Mrs w. N. Beach, Mrs. N. O.
Toms and Mrs, f. B. Baldwin,
George A. Mills, George e. Reeve,
II. T.. Dempsey, j. ID. Collins, l.. f..
SturgiS. Geo. It. Dickinson. Jr., Fred