The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-10-04
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

ing.
Five persons were received into mem
bership by the First Presbyterian
church. on Sunday.
The Epworth league will have charge
,of the meeting at the Market Street
mission this evening.
The Morristownp policemen laid away
their summer helmetspn Saturday and
are now wearing their winter caps
The woman's union prayer meeting
will be held Thursday mornings dur
ing October in the Methodist Episco-
pal church.
The Kings Daughters OF the Meth
sodist church enjoyed a picnic at MEND
ham Thursday, being entertained by
Miss Babbitt at 9 Hilltop.
The Morris County Road Drivers
association has arranged q big race
meeting at, the Morristown driving
park for Saturday, October 18th
The opening reception of Miss Mil
sdred a. Logan's dancing class for the
fall season will be held in Miller hall,
on Wednesday evening, October 18th.
Hilner Anderson and Joseph Meek
or are the committee of arrangements
for the dance of the Imperial orches-
ira to be given in Miller hall on Thurs
day evening.
William r. Hartenstine, of TIL S
town, is coaching the members or the
Alert Social club, of Madison, for their
minstrelshow, to be given some time
IN November.
The Young Women's Missionary So
ciety will hold it's first meeting OF the
season on Wednesday afternoon in the
South Street Presbyterian church. 1t
will be a rally service.
The Morristown Prohibition allia nee
will meet on Tuesday evening az the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Baldwin.
of Atno avenue. Inc alilance VIII
elect officers at this meeting.
The Mystery club will give dance
in Miller hall ON Thursday evening,
October 10th. The committee of ar
ranpements includes Thomas Harmon,
Clifford S. Logan and Jared Little.
Mrs. Frank e. Plerson has been APP
pointed chairman of the committee OF
ARRANGEMENTS for the fair and supper
10 be given on November both by the
Ladies' Aid society Of the Methodist
church.
The street department. has COM
pleted the erection of a railing on
each side of the sewer bridge over tne
Whippany river at Ridgedale avenue
and the bridge is now in use as foot
bridge.
The Rev. Minot O. Morgan, of Sum-
NIT. addressed the quarterly meeting
of the Sunday School Missionary SO
ciety of the South Street Presbyterian
church, Sunday afternoon. His topic
was the Edinburgh conference.
The Christian Endeavor society of
the First Baptist church will hold a
rally service in the church on Wednes-
day evening. There will be an address
by the Rev. G. n. Panels, of Brook
lyn. The junior society will also take
part.
At the Thursday evening prayer
meeting of the First Presbyterian
church the Rev. Norman @. White
more will deliver an address on Korea.
The congregation of the South Street
PRESBYTERIAN church will unite with
that Of the First church for this SER
vice.
A chimney fire at the residence OF
Deputy Surrogate Joseph P. Lukeman
on Speedwell avenue Thursday noon
required the attention of the firemen,
the Independent Hose company re-
spending to an alarm with che auto
mobile chemical engine.
The monthly meetings of the Wo-
mans Union Prayer circle will be re-
Sumed next week. The first one will
be held Thursday morning, October
9th, at ten thirty, in the parlor OF the
Methodist church. The women of all
the churches are cordially invited to
attend theses meetings.
The Christian Endeavor society OF
the First Baptist church has elected
officers as follows: President, Miss
Mabel Sturgis; vice president, Theo-
dore Fredericks; recording secretary,
Miss Genevieve Jones; treasurer, Miss
Josephine t. Lane corresponding Sec
Rotary, Miss Mary Boniface.
A party of officials of the Morris
County Traction Co., headed by Secre-
tary and Treasurer Otto G. Schultz
and General Manager Harvey Archer
with their wives and friends, enjoyed
picnic at Lake Hopatcong on Satur-
day, making the trip from this town
Sunday afternoon the Sunday school
of the First Baptist church held a
rally service. There we're special ex-
ercises by the primary and other de-
partments and the pastor, the Rev.
William W. Barker, delivered an adj
dress. Mr.. Barker, who has just re-
turned from trip to Europe, pre-
Sented each teacher and scholar with
a souvenir card brought over by him
from abroad.
The many friends OF Ira Durling,
formerly manager of the local office OF
the Postal Telegraph Co., will be
pleased to learn of mis- return to Nor
Iistown. Mr.. Durling, who has been
night operator in the Dover office of
the Western Union, has been trans
ferred to night duty at the Morris
town office, AM the former night
operator here, Joseph Brennan, takes
Mr.. Durling's place at Dover.
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