The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1914-11-24
NEWSY NOTES FROM
SUBURBAN TOWNS
Items Of Interest Concerning
Our MeighhOrs' DOings.

The committee arranging Tor the
special services in connection with
Community Sunday at Dover, which
will be observed November 20 in the
various churches, has announced the
following speakers and places of meet
ing: The mems meeting, Arcanum
Hall. John T. Sproull; woman's meet
ing, First Methodist Church, Profess
or William F. Overman; boys meet
ing, Grace Methodist Church, Charles
R. Scott; girls meeting, Baptist
church, George Hardy Payne. These
meetings will be held at o'clock.
The early morning devotional meeting
for men will be held at o'clock in
the Baptist Church and will be ad-
dressed by Mr.. Sproull
Marked by special ceremonies,
Chatham Lodge No. 245, Independent
Order of Odd Fellows, celebrated last
week the twentieth anniversary of the
organization. Addresses were made
by officers from outside lodges and
the Chatham local lodge. They out
lined the work that had been achieved
during the twenty years and the
steady growth of the order. Music
with solos by Samuel Tyson of Chat
ham and humorous stories by Herbert
Lum of Madison, formed part of the
program. Refreshments were served
Charles Mitscher and DIR. William j.
Wolfe, the only charter members of
the lodge living, received gifts from a
special committee.
A touring car In which were Char
lesEstler and Henry Olsen, of Boon
ton, while turning out for another car
going in the opposite direction in
Main street, Rockaway, collided with
the automobile of Edward Lynch,
which was standing at the curb. Both
cars were damaged, and the Boonton
car could not be operated after the
collision and was left in garage. Oh
sen, Mr.. Estler's chauffeur, while try
ing to start up the Lynch car, sustain
ed fractures of both bones in his right
forearm when the crank struck him.
He was sent to his home in Boonton
on train.
That it was necessary to show q CO.
operative spirit if the merchants Of
the city expect to benefit by the BUY
In Summit" campaign inaugurated by
the Board of Trade, was set forth at q
meeting of Summit business men held
In the Y. M. c. A. George ", Much.
more said that the average business
man In Summit was afraid to cooper
ate with his fellow-merchant, fear
ing he may lose business" It was re-
ported that partial canvass of the
city had been made and that 1920 had
been pledged by sixteen subscribers.
This does not include the appropria-
tion that will be made by the Board
of Trade.
Mrs. James A. Webb gave dinner
Wednesday night in the gymnasium
of the Madison Y. M. G. A. to the
thirty-five members of the Madison
employed boys department and sew
eral special guests. Horace Philhow-
er was toastmaster. Eli Gordon Part
ridge responded to the toast, 1.-The
Employed Boy and His job" Profes-
sor Charles F. Sitterly talked on "The
Improvement of the Employed Boys
Mind" A. B. Wegener on "The EN-
ployed Boy at Play" and Rev. Edwin
A. McAlpin Jr., ON "The Employed
Boys Friends and His Companions"
The Rockaway Township Board of
Education subject to approval by the
state authorities has accepted five
sets of plans and specifications for
new school. They were altered by
Engineer ]. j. Vreeland, who drew the
originals, in accordance with the
wishes of the board and the require
ments of the school laws. The new
schoolhouse will be of frame with
slate roof and contain two classrooms
each 23x32 feet and inches in
size, with seating capacity of forty
pupils. The foundations will be of
stone.
So great has been the registration
in the domestic science department
that the authorities of the College of
st. Elizabeth have engaged Miss Anne
MacGregor Payne as supervisor of do
mestic arts. Miss Payne has been for
five years in charge of domestic
science and art work in the public
schools of Charleston, S. C. Her in
stallation at the college will be sup
plemented by additions to the work.
ing equipment of the department.
Despite the objections of certain
residents Of West Summit to the es-
tablishment of oil tanks by the Stan
dard Oil Company in that part of Sum-
nit, the authorities say they are pow
erless to take action. The company
is negotiating for the purchase of four
and a half acres of land in Passaic
avenue, between the two railroad
tracks on which to build two storage
tanks.
The Woman's Auxiliary of the
Young Mems Christian association,
Madison, is arranging its annual fair.
Mrs. William Webb Davis, as chair
man of the sale, which will be called
"a Christmas Fair" reports that COM
mittees are being named and the fair
will be given December 2 in the asso-
citation building. Supper will be sery-
ed, as last year, from $3.50 to O'Clock
and will be made one of the main fea-
lures.
1t was only after a long discussion
In which opposition was expressed to
the establishment of oil tanks in the
western section of Summit by the
Standard Oil company. that Secretary
H. Donald Holmes of the West End
Association Of Summit read letter
from the company saying it had de-
cided not to establish them because
Of the opposition.
The Rev. DR.. John Macnaughton, of
the Presbyterian church, Chatham,
will be aided by an assistant hereaft-
or, the position being filled at present