Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-06
Summit Notes

At meeting of the local branch of
the Patrolmen's Benevolent Assoeia-
ton yesterday afternoon Patrolmen
Frederick Sigler, Michael Sullivan
and Daniel Mcnamara were chosen
as delegates to attend the convention
of the State association in Atlantic
City September "a.
Plans are being made for the ex-
hibition of the crops grown by the
children in the children's garden
plots on the property between Rail-
road and Park avenues. west of
Maple street The exhibition 1t is
expected will be held Saturday. Au-
gust Is, at which time prizes will be
awarded for the best garden by a
committee of the Ladies' Town Inn
provement Association, under whose
auspices the gardens and children's
playground are being conducted.
Some time during Tuesday night
somebody destroyed a large number
of the vegetables. The police were
notified of the work of the vandals,
who will be severely dealt with If
caught.
On complaint of Policeman Herbert
Smith, George Martin, a neighbor of
Smiths, who resides at 73 Ashwood
avenue East Summit, has been sum-
moned to appear before Police Jus
tice Arthur w. Hicks tomorrow
morning to answer to a charge of
having discharged firearms on his
in violation of a recently
enacted city ordinance. Martin, VINO
is a track foreman gor the Morris
County Traction Company, admits
having killed a large rate which was
after his chickens and exhibited the
dead rodent to Sergeant John P.Mur-
ply. The complaint is the first to be
made since the ordinance prohibiting
the discharge of firearms within the
city was adopted at the behest of
Mayor Francis H. Bergen after a
fight over the measure in the Com
mon Council. Martin alleges the po-
liceman's complaint is the result of
spite work.
At meeting of the L. III. Nature
Lovers League, held yesterday the
committee was appointed to
award prizes at the Springfield Chill
dren's Home garden show, to be held
at Springfield in September: Rev. DR..
Light, Rev. T. Stuart Molyneux and
Mrs. N. Doeries, of Springfield; Mrs.
j. w. Cromwell and Mrs. Benjamin
P. Holmes, of Summit. There are to
be five garden shows this year-at
Chatham. Berkeley Heights, New
Summit and Springfield.
Donations for cash prizes are being
solicited for four of these events,
Chatha being already provided with
its prize fund Gifts for the purpose
may be sent to Mrs. j. w. Cromwell
or to Mrs. B. p. Molmes, Summit.
Mr.. and Mrs. George L. Duffy of
Beauvoir avenue, will go to Asbury
Park Saturday for a stay of ten
days.
Miss Mamie Kenny and Mrs. ]. c.
Brennan will leave Saturday for
weeks visit to friends in Hampstead,
l.. 1.
The second baseball game between
the married and single men of the
Elks' Lodge will be played on st.
Teresa's athletic field Saturday aft
ernoon. Bill" McCut and "BilP Nc
Nab will do the battery work for the
while John O'Hara and
Doc Long will perform in the points
for the bachelors.
Harry Kronfield. son of Mr.. and
Mrs. J. N Kronf1eld, of Shadyside,
who for several years has been con-
nected with the local commercial de-
partment of the New York Telephone
Company in Springfield avenue, has
been transferred to the position of
cashier in the company's Elizabeth
department. Mr. Kron-
field will assume the duties of his
new position Monday.
The Society of the Children OF
Mary, of st. Teresa's Church, is ar
ranging for a Southern feast" to
be held in the afternoon and eve
ming of Thursday. August IS, on the
lawn of st. Teresa's Church and in
the parochial school hall
Rev Robert Chapman Hull. pastor
Of the First Baptist Church, left
Tuesday to join his family at Ma
pie Springs, on Lake Chautauqua,
n. Y.
Mrs. o. e. Lakeland, of SO Beau
voir avenue has purchased the home
Of Mrs. r. T. Belts at 20 Summit
avenue.
Three local young men have re-
Gently passed the New York State
bar examination They are Gerard
Kent, Edward Twombly and Lemuel
Skidmore, jr.. Mr.. Kent is a grad
uate of Williams College: Mr.. Twom-
bly,, of Yale and Mr. slSidmore, of
Princeton The two last named are
at present connected with the law
firm of II. b. Twombly. Putney.
Twombly and Putney, of New York.
Allan A. Pott, Wilbur Vail and
Guglielmo Cuervo left today for
Camp Wawayanda-