Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1912-06-10

School children will take part in to-
days celebration of the one hun
dredth anniversary of the birth OF
Bloomfield, which began yesterday
and will continue to Thursday. Sew
eral thousand children will march
through the streets this afternoon
followed by historical floats The line
of march will be from the junction
of Montgomery and Franklin streets
to Washington avenue. to Broad
street, to Belleville avenue, to Elm
street, to Beech street, thence to Park
place, to Liberty street. Oakland ave-
nue., and to the Common. where they
will be massed and sing patriotic airs.
A historic meeting will be held in
the old First Presbyterian Church to-
night, when addresses will be made
by II. s. Demarest, president of Rut-
gers College, and Rev. Joseph f. Fol
som, recording secretary of the New
Jersey Historical Society. William
P. Sutphen will preside and a chorus
of seventy voices from the various
churches under the leadership OF
Arthur Ellor will furnish the musical
program.
The streets, draped in red, white
and blue bunting, throbbed with lie
Yesterday, when thousands of Sunday
visitors paid their respects to the
town. Services in the churches in the
evening marked the beginning of the
celebration.
Old First Presbyterian Church at
the head of the Common, and which
is directly associated with the memo
ry of Governor Joseph Bloomfield,
after whom the town was named,
was filled to overflowing. The Rev.
DR.. George Louis Curtis officiated
and the Rev. DR.. Henry w. Ballan-
tine, of East Orange, former pastor
of the church, gave an interesting
| talk on "Recollections of Bloomfield
| A Generation Ago" He mentioned
many incidents which occurred dur
| ing his long term as pastor and re-
marked upon the many changes and
| improvements in the town since he
| left there.
At the First Baptist Church In the
morning the Rev. DIR. Henry Sterling
Potter spoke on "A Citizen of No
Mean City" In the evening there
was a prayer service of fifteen min
utes and DIR. Potter delivered SER
mon on 1.-THE New Patriotism"
In the Westminster Presbyterian
Church the Rev DIR. William T. Will
cox had for his subject THE Founda
ton of the City" The organist, John
V. Pearsall, played a prelude, 1.-THE
Star Spangled Banner" and an
offertory anthem, God OF Our
Fathers" was offered after which
the choir sang Bloomfield" to the
tune of Creation
The Rev. Joseph M. Nardiello, pas
tor of the Church of the Sacred
Heart, spoke glowingly of the future
prospects of Bloomfield and predicted
success for the centennial celebration.
| The Rev. John Ogden Winner, pastor
of the Park Avenue Methodist
Church, spoke of the early history
Of Bloomfield, the great development
of the churches and schools and OF
sthe struggles of the earlier settlers
of the town.
Centennial sermons were preached
by the Rev. r. j. Buttinghausen, Of
the Park Avenue Presbyterian
Church; the Rev. B. H. Mccoy, of
the Watsessing Methodist Episcopal
Church; the Rev. William Thomas
Upton, of the Episcopal Church of
the Ascension, and the Rev. Charles
Fl. F'rancke, of ST. Johns Lutheran
Church.
AS result of report that the
grandstand erected at the soldiers
and sailors monument was not strong
senough an inspection was made by
Councilman Frank N. Unangst, chair
man of the building committee Of the
Town Council, and George M. Cad
mus, building inspector. AS a pre-
cautionary measure the structure
was ordered to be reinforced, though
1t was believed already to be safe.