The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-09
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

Patrolman Arthur Meeker, who ran
a nail in one of his feet recently, is
able to be about again.
A meeting Of the board of ushers of
the Methodist church will be held
this evening at W. r Days store
DR.. Henry N. Dodge is repairing his
house on South street, erecting new
piazza and making other improve
mentS.
The Dorcas society of the Methodist
church will meet on Wedne Sday after
noon at the residence of Miss Dora
MoSedale on Mt Kemble avenue.
Sturgis Brothers have the contract
for laying concrete sidewalk in front
Of the Cutler estate and the d. S.
Brink property on Washington street.
Mayor Theodore Ayers has received
a courteous note of cOngratulation
over b is reelection from his democratic
opponent for the Office, John N. Conk-
ing.
DR.. Henry A. Henriques has re-
moved the piazza from the front OF
his house on South street and has re-
placed it with a small porch after the
colonial style.
d. M. Claghorn, formerly of Norris
town, but now director Of the social
work at Boston, writes that the asso-
citation has raised 1914 900 in fifteen
days for Associational work.
Joseph f. Randolph has prepared a
small pamphlet emitted 1.-THE Lord S
Death gathering together in a help
full and suggestive way the words of
the New Testament on this theme.
At a communication of Morristown
lodge, No. 1888, of Free Masons, Thurs
day evening, the fellowcraft degree
was conferred upon Harvey L. Mills,
Louis deV. Day, Fred L.. Armstrong
and John ]. A. Owens.
The annual meeting of the Morris
County Branch of the State Charities
Aid association will be held in the
parlor of the Market St. Missieslpon
Thursday afternoon, November 18th,
at $50 o'clock.
Members OF the local chapter of
Knights of St. Paul have organized a.
basket ball team with the following
committee to look after it's affairs :
William Damitz, Norman Simpson
and Raymond Karn.
The Prohibition alliance has elected
officers as follows -PresidenU, Benja-
min Shekerjian; vice president, DIR.
Harry Vaughan; secretary, Hubert
Nixon; treasurer, Jacob G. VanGilder:
marshall Miss Nettie Smith.
Percy Richard Buttenheim, of Mad
ison, has posted in County Clerk e.
BerUram Motifs Office notice of his in
tention to apply to the February term
OF the Supreme court for admission to
the bar of the state as an attorney
The senior class of the Morristown
High school has selected its class pin.
relief surrounded by the class motto
and numerals The numerals are
green and the remainder of the pin
gold.
A play entitled Miss Civilization"
has been selected by the play commit
tee of the Morristown High School
Athletic association and will be pre-
sented in the near future, the proceeds
being for the benefit of the associa-
tiOn.s 49, s@Fs a %
e. LeClerc Vogt, editor of the ''True
Democratic Banner" while sitting in
the rooms of the Tapkaow club Thurs
day morning was taken with an at
tack of vertigo. He was removed to
his home on Prospect street in All am
bulance.
"The Hermit Nation" is the sub
ject of the November meeting of The
Women's Foreign Missionary society
of the Methodist church which will
be held at the home of the Misses
Dobbins, No. % Franklin place on
Friday.
The next meeting of the Mems as.
ISOLATION of the South Street Presby-
terrain church will he held on Tuesday
evening, November 10Th, when it will
be addressed by DR.. Thomas s. Ded-
rick, of Washington, who spent four
years with Peary in the Arctic.
The annual meeting of the Needle
Work Guild will be held at the Y NJ.
g. A. hall on Wednesday afternoon,
November 18th at $50 O'Clock. The
public is cordially invited to be pres
emit. Directors will find blanks and
postalS at the Woman's Exchange. 81
Mrs. Anna Maria Purdy, widow of
the late Jonathan Upson Purdy, died
dU LIOL AOAlC Ol1 uAdpAC dNCAuC VOQuCS-
day morning. She had been i'll with
heart trouble since August. Funeral
services will be held at her late home
on Friday afternoon at three O'Clock.
The managers of the Morristown
Free kindergarten will hold a Christi
mas sale in Washington hall, Friday,
November 10Th, from 1870 a. M, to 7
p. m. 1t is earnestly hoped that there
will be very general attendance at
this sale, and that the public will
show its interest in this charity. 81
In preparation for the December
communion the Rev. Alexander Mac
Coll, pastor of the South Street
church, will begin two classes for the
religious instruction OF young people. |
One class will meet in the church par
lOr on Wednesday afternoon at four
and the other Wednesday evening at
seyen-thirty.
The march Of public improvement |
in Morristown has struck the Metho- |
dist church. The fence has been re-
moved from in front of the property |
and the grass plots, flag paving and |
coping which was formerly between |
the sidwalk and the church doors, has
been removed and concrete pave
pent will replace it,
The ate Thomas McCarroIl, 10 his
viii pr0bated Thursday by Surrogate
David Young, bequeaths all his real
and personal property TO his wife,
Laura Z. McCarroll, Including $4,000