Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-06-01
MOrrist0wn Notes

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Asked for aid by John Hoosier, of
| Denville, because his house on the
| Yawger place was burning, Chief Day
| yesterday morning dispatched Assist
| ant Chief Sharrette and the First
| Ward Hose Company's auto hose
| wagon to Denville when told there
was a pump on the place and the fire.
men could use hose. Chief Sharrette
/ found the Rockaway department at
| the fire, working with chemical
| streams and no pump In evidence, so
he ordered the Morristown apparatus
back to quarters, as the local men
could do nothing,
Children's day will be observed by
the Morristown Sunday schools on the
second Sunday in June.
Morristown A. A defeated the Al
lentown Professionals, of Newark,
to 8, yesterday afternoon. The bat
terry for Morristown was Barry and
Collins and for the Newarkers Hunt
ley and Freeman.
| While in Washington Engine Com
| pany's quarters, on Market street,
yesterday morning, Silas Grace,
| stoker of the company, discovered a
| fire in the companys steam fire en-
| CINE. 1t was hastily hooked to the
| auto hose wagon tractor and pulled
| from the house, but not before the
floor under the boiler had been
scorched. The fire was pulled from
| under the boiler into the street. 1t
| is thought that the bottle of acid used
to ignite the kindlings under the
boiler had broken, allowing the acid
to get in Its work.
Rev. Louis Conant, of Cleveland,
o., preached In the First Baptist
Church yesterday and will again oc-
cupy the pulpit next Sunday.
Mrs. John ]. Cattaneh and children,
of Roseville; Mr.. and Mrs. James
Sturgis, Miss Kate Curry and Charles
F. Gitrons, of New York, spent the
o&-end as the guests of Mr.. and
lfrs. John B. Sturges, of Norris street.
While driving his car along Morris
street Saturday afternoon, John Dea-
sey was thrown from the machine
when it skidded and turned turtle.
He was unhurt, but the car suffered
a broken steering rod and mud guard.
Girls Friendly Societies of st.
Peters and the Church of the Re-
deemer will hold a garden party on
the lawn of the latter church Thurs
day afternoon, the proceeds for the
Girls Friendly Society holiday house
at Island Heights.
Leland H. Ross has purchased
three polo ponies for use at the Whip
pany River Club. Richard II. Will
Jams, jr., has also purchased a new
pony.
A suffrage" social will be held
Tuesday evening by the Christian En-
deavor Society of the First Presbyte-
rian Church.
,, Mr.. and Mrs Charles NJ. Fleisch-
mann gave a luncheon at their home
on Saturday.
The junior choir recently formed In
; the Methodist Episcopal Church will
make its first public appearance next
Sunday morning.
General and Mrs. Edward P. Meany
and Shannon Lord Meany sail for Eu-
rope on June 10.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Van Ness,
of Speedwel place, are receiving con-
gratulationS over the birth to them
of baby boy. 1t arrived Sunday
morning.
Harold Blackford, of the Brooklyn
Daily Eagle staff, is spending a
weeks vacation with his parents Mr..
and Mrs. Isaac Blackford of Mills
| street.
The annual visitation of the
parishioners of the Church of the
Assumption TO Holy Rood Cemetery
took place on Sunday afternoon. A
service was conducted by Rev. Ed
ward ]. Ellard, who delivered an ad-
dress.
The Morris County Bible Society
holds it's ninety seventh annual meet
ing on Tuesday, June 8, In the First
Methodist Church at Dover. The SER
mon will be preached by Rev. Chris
topher Won Claim, pastor of the
church, and addresses will be de-
livered by Rev. d. A. Craig, of Par
sippany, and others.
President ]. Burton Wiley, of the
Friday Evening Club, has arranged
for a meeting of that organization to
be held on Tuesday evening, June 8,
in the Methodist Episcopal Church,
which will be addressed by Hon.
Thomas Mott Osborne on Prison Re-
form"
I.oantaka Council No. 9SS, Royal
/ Arcanum, will hold its last pro-
gressive of the season on Tuesday
evening in the lodgeroom. Members
and their wives will attend.
: Miss Ida Knight has been visiting
Miss Lucy Holmes at Pleasant Grove
Mr.. and Mrs. John j. Kennedy We're
recent guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Ihomas
Maloney at Dover.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Morse and Mr..
: and Mrs. E. Allen Carpenter motored
to Atlantic City for the weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry r. Shupe have
been spending a few days at Lake
: Hopatcong.
DR.. James B. Griswold won first
prize and Palmer Letchford second
prize in the handicap against par
played at the Morris County Golf
Club on Decoration Day.
Special exercises in connection with
: the regular chapel service were held
at the Morristown School Saturday
J afternoon in honor of Decoration Day
Rev. Walter w. Hammond. of Morris
/ Plains, who is a veteran of the Civil
War, was present in uniform, and
gave the boys very stirring talk or
incidents of that war. The schoo
was in session during the morning
closing at noon.
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