The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-04-06
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.


Miss Mildred and Robert Linder, OF
Park place, have been visiting rela-
tives in Bloomfield.
Thirteen persons united with the
First Presbyterian church at the
Sun day morning service.
Miss Cramer and Miss Jensen have
removed from the Record building to
an apartment in the Becker building.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Fred Runyon and
Davis q. Stilwell spent Sunday at Mr..
Runyon's cottage at Lake Hopatcong.
Rev. DIR. and Mrs Erdman have re-
turned from the south and are now at
st. Cloud, Orange, with Mrs. Newell.
Patrick Welsh, the Morris street
horseshoer, has sold his shop to Will
liam Morrison and retired from BUSH
ness.
On Sunday at the South Street
Presbyterian church a special Easter
offering will be taken for church sup
port.
The Rev. Charles S. Kemble, of
Plainfield, Nj, occupied the pulpit
of the Methodist church on Sunday
morning.
Raymond Broadwell has secured a
position with the Wanamaker store in
New York as salesman in its boys
clothing department..
T.. K. Hawkins, State secretary of
The Young Mems Christian associa-
tion, visited General Secretary Henry
P. VOORHEES, of the local association
on Thursday.
T. Holden, jr., of this town will
Judge bull terriers and Manchester
terriers at the dog show to be given
on April Both and May 1st in.the Col
osSeum, Newark.
A special meeting of the Dorcas So
ciety, an organization connected with
the Methodist church, will be held
at the residence sof Mrs. Clifford Mills
on DeHart street on Wednesday after
noon.
One of the weeks pleasant gather
ingS was at the residence of Mrs.
Clayton P. Chew on Ridgedale avenue.
Mrs. Chew entertained party of
friends at social tea. Table decora-
tions were ilies-of-the-valiey.
Offerings for March at the South
Street Presbyterian church amounted
to S43O.79 of which $129.55 was for
church support, S254.08 for the Mar
ket Street mission and S47 l6 for the
German Theological seminary.
f. A. Galloway has been transferred
to other duties by the New York and
New Jersey Telephone Co., and his
filed by the appointment of Addison
NocOnlinc fnrfn10rlu nf On m if
The Woman's Union prayer meeting
will be held through the month of
April in the chapel of the First Pres
byterian church every Monday after
noon at $50 O'Clock. The women of
all the churches are cordially invited
to attend this meeting.
While driving down South street
Thursday night G. Raymond Carson
was thrown out of the vehicle and
sustained Sprained ankle. His horse
SHE'D at a passing automobile. Carson
was taken to his home.
Thomas Dempsey, while driving
down MendEam avenue last evening,
had his rig broken by collision with
an automobile of the Mendham line in
charge of Chauffeur Coughlan. The
damage was small and no one was in-
jured.
DR.. ]. B. Griswold entertained the
Morristown Medical club at his resi-
dence on South street, Wednesday
evening. DIR. Griswold read an inter-
eSting paper on "Articular Rheuma-
tism," after which the physicians
present discussed the subject.
Dominick Fitzpatrick, against who
there are two indictments in this
county for stealing chickens, and who
is suspected of horse stealing here,
has been arrested in Perth Amboy for
horse stealing and will be taken to
Somerset county for Indictment.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd Tredway, who
have been in Porto Rico for the win
ter, will return to Morristown on Mon
day. Mr.. Tredway has had charge of
an amusement park on the island, but
after being i'll with the fever twice has
decided that he cannot become accli-
mated.
At parish meeting of the First
Baptist church held Thursday even
ing George r.. Gordon, @. Franklin
Wilson and Frederick w. Smart we're
elected to the board of trustees of the
church, and Joseph f. r. Boniface
was elected treasurer of the benego-
lent funds.
Mrs. O. w. Vernon entertained a
number of ladies with tea at her,
home on Ridgedale avenue last We'd
neSday afternoon. This was the sec
ond of a series of informal affairs of
like character, the first Of which was
given by Mrs. H. A. VanGllder, of
DeHart street, the previous week.
e. B. Thomas has purchased thirty
acres of land from Mrs. S. S.DFord on
Spring Valley road, near Robert D.
Foote'S place. Eney Grupelli has the
contract for cleaning the brush from
the property and relocating the brook
that runs through it, doing away with
many breeding places for mosquitoes.
Christian endeavorers of the First
Presbyterian church have elected the
following officers Of their society: f.
Edward Whitehead, president Fred
erick Wilkie, vice president; Miss
Anna Blanchard, recording secretary !;
Mrs. Charles E. Smith, corresponding
secretary; Charles Briants treasurer.
The Junior Christian Endeavor So
ciety of the First Baptist church paid
visit to the New Vernon Presbyter-
ian junior society Saturday afternoon
; driving down and back in stage.
They were entertained with games
and refreshments. A Bible verse con-
test was won by Clarence Egbert of
the Baptist society
The Young Woman's Missionary so