Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-13
Morristown Notes

/ Sheriff Whitfield b. Gillen, ac-
companied by DR.. Samuel S. john
ston, of Dover. is on fishing trip to
Sullivan county, n. Y.
The Sunday school of the South
Street Presbyterian Church will picnic
at Verona Lake on July 81. The COM
mittee of arrangements include Will
lard w. Cutler, chairman; Miss Lucy
Morris, Miss Effie Douglas, Miss
Mary milford and James Rennick.
The Market Street Mission Troop of
Boy Scouts went to Budd Lake to-
day for a weeks camping.
Mrs. S. A. Ramsey is visiting her
sister, Mrs, Howard Vanover, in
Washington, N. j.
Three automobile trucks have been
sent to Morristown by the Adams
Express Company and local men are
being Broken In
Rev. Thomas T. Crawford, pastor
of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
will spend next Sunday at Camp
Wawayanda, where fourteen boys of
the church are camped. The pulpit
will be occupied by Rev. Arthur H.
Brown, of Jersey City, a son of Rev,
Oliver X. Brown, former pastor OF
the local church.
Tuesday, August 4. is the date for
the excursion TO Asbury Park of the
Methodist Episcopal Church. The
trip will be by trolley to Summit and
train over the Railway Valley and
Central roads to the shore.
Oscar B. Smith removes this week
fro mthe Reed house on Morris street.
This property is part of the postoffice
site and its vacation had been or
dered by the government prepara-
tory to starting the work of the post
office building. C. Franklin Wilson
will move the Reed house to a new
location on Dumont place.
Mrs. Hockenbury and Miss Ruth
Hockenbury, of South Orange. have
been visiting Miss Effie Ironside, of
Ann street
Miss Sadie Wulff is visiting friends
In New York for week.
Morristown A. A. won a holly con-
tested game yesterday with the Jer-
sey F. c., of Boonton. Bonnie Ross,
of Overlook hospital, pitched for
Morristown and allowed seven hits.
ALEC" Lewis, the Boonton pitcher,
was bombarded to such an extent
that he withdrew and the pitching
burden was taken up by ZAP Kiser.
The Collinsville fire department
will hold its third annual carnival on
its grounds August l to 8.
The auto chemical engine was
called to the residence of Livingston
| Whitney on Madison avenue Satur-
day afternoon on a still alarm. AL
| though there was a smell of smoke
about the house the fremen were
unable to locate the blaze.
| The beef house of Swift & Company
which has been undergoing extern
sive improvements was finished last
week and was thrown open for pub
| lie inspection Saturday.
The Rev Samuel z. Batten, of
| LansdoWne, Pa, former pastor OF
| the First Baptist Church, was one
preacher at that church on Sunday.
| He was greeted by many of his old
friends Thursday evening Mrs. Bat
ten will lead meeting under the aus
pices of the missionary society in the
| church.
While riding along Madison ave-
nue. yesterday, Walter f. Hent-
schell, of Jersey City. had the mis-
fortune to have his automobile catch
! fire. Aid was telephoned for and As
sistant Chief Fred j. Sharrette dis
patched the warden's patrol wagon
bearing several men and extinguish-
ers. The blaze was extinguished be-
fore it had done serious damage tc
the auto.
w. M Field, of Jersey City, presi-
dent of the Methodist Brotherhood OF
the Newark Conference, will speak
at the Thursday evening meeting In
the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Mrs. John ]. Roman Is sojournine
at Asbury Park.