The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-06-23
r. P. McHepry. who has been super

II. Il. McHeDry, VINO mas DeeH super
vising principal Of the oxford town
ship schools during the past year, has
been elected to position in the Boon
ton High School. He will succeed
Miss Alice L. Norris, who has taught
in the school for twenty-six consecu-
tive years.
1t was announced at the graduation
exercises of the Bernardsyille High
School. that a scholarship fund has
been established by William III. Page,
Rev. Il. Al. Conoyer, Rev. John y.
Reeve and VanCleve Meeker, Of the
board OF trustees. The scholarship
win consist of SIC J, to be awarded each
year to the graduate of the school who
has maintained the highest standing
Throughout the senior year.
The issue Of $1,000 four per cent.
fOurteen-year bonds authorized at a
public meeting of the School District
Of E7Tex FEELS on March II has been
sold to a local investor at par. A sink
ing fund of $500 per annum provides
for the payment Of the bonds at ma
.turity. The proceeds Of the sale will
be used TO purchase the present school
building with about one acre of land
and to make necessary alterations.
The graduating exercises of the
Drake College, Orange, will be held in
Orange Theatre, Friday evening, June
26, when class of one hundred and fif-
teen will receive diplomas. This is
the largest class ever graduated from
an Orange institution. Rev. j. A.
Cole, Of the Orange Methodist Church,
corner Park avenue and Day street,
will deliver a special sermon to the
class on Sunday evening, June q.
The Scranton papers are authority
for the statement that Phoebe Snow is
about to desert the Lackawanna as
the company is having its new engines
equipped for burning bituminouS coal
and will change old engines for soft
fuel. The change is made to save
money the anthracite coal formerly re-
quired for engines being added to the
amount of merchantable coal to be
sold to private consumers.
The Dover Gas Company wants tc
light partAof the streets of Dover at
the rate of S1S so per year for twenty
candle power and $27 so for sixty candle
power agreeing to reduce the price fifty
CCubo pei IdAlp IL a. llulldlOu die GoCu'
The company also suggests that the
town use it's sixty horse gas engine at
the pumping station to generate cleo
tricity to light the streets. The Elec-
trio Company has raised the price OF
lamps about IS per year.
The Hackettstown Gazette" says
A. e. May, who has been in charge
of the business department. at G. G. l.,
holding the most confidential rela-
tions with the head of the school, will
continue in that relation with DIR
| Meeker. Mr.. May has been most eff
cient in his business relations, popular
with the student body, and his bust
ness and social connections in the
town are most satisfactory. DR.. Meek
er will assume charge on July 1st."
Madison will have twelve fire alarm:
boxes located as follows: /, MAR
street and Central avenue; 2, Contra
and Fairyiew avenues; 3, Ridgedalt
and Myrtle avenues; 4, Park avenue
and Elm street; 5, Park avenue ant
North street; 6, Madison avenue OPP
! posite j. M. Youngs; Z. Woodland an(
Green Village roads; s, Prospect anC
| High streets; 8, Belmont avenue anC
Prospect street; 10, Greene avenue anC
Vinton road; IL, Gross and MAR
streets; II, Greenwood avenue anC
Brittin street.
Trains over the Greenwood Lake Di
vision of the Erie will commence oper
ating over a portion Of the new lin,
from Arlington to Jersey City on Au
gust first when the air line section
over the new drawbridge and meadow
as far as the Boonton Branch of tn,
Lackawanna will be put in service
making an estimated saving in run
ming ten minutes. Inside of yea
the trains will run under the Boontor
Branch and on over the hill on the
line being graded to the new termina
which is to be constructed at tota
cost of about 81 100000.
Bishop Spellmeyer has appointed
Rev. DR.. George w. Smith superinten
dent OF presiding elder, as the office
was formerly called, of the Newark
District of the Newark M. e. Confer
ence. DIR. Smith succeeds Rev. iona
than M. Meeker, of East Orange, who
resigned to accept the presidency Of
Centenary Collegiate Institute, al
Hackettstown. DR.. Smith war form
erly presiding elder of the Elizabeth
District, to which he was appointed ir
1896, serving for the full time limit Of
six years. He was serving as pastor o.
the Simpson Church, of Jersey City.