Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-02
Summit Notes

OF the army of commuters who
journey to and from business in New
York daily over the Morris and Essex
division of the Lackawanna railroad,
this city's quota averages monthly
700 In addition to these there are
about 100 commuters monthly be-
tween this city, the Oranges and
Newark. During the summer months
the number of commuters is con-
siderably larger between this city and
tn Metropolitan city and many of the
travellers purchase their tickets in
Hoboken.
A committee of arrangements com
posed of City Clerk Frederick c..
| Kentz, James r. Marshall and Lloyd
| Watterson, Is perfecting plans for a
reception~and dance to be given I'M
der the auspices of the Holy Name
! Society of st. Teresa's Church, in the
parochial school hall, Wednesday eve
ming, April 90
The last of the series of meetings
which are being held nightly this
week for men in the Y NJ. c. A., will
be held Sunday afternoon. Rev. r.
| A. McAlpin, of Madison, will be the
speaker at this meeting, which will
be marked by special musical
| features.
Hospital Sunday will be observed
in all of the churches Sunday.
Envelopes in which contributions TO
the hospital fund may be enclosed
were distributed in the churches last
| Sunday. During 1913 the Hospital
Association met the expense for the
| treatment of 106 patients in Over
brook Hospital at an average cost of
! $3S per patient 1t Is estimated that
| the demands for the present year of
the association will require an aver
age expenditure of $500 monthly.
The board of fire wardeus will hold
a dinner in the Elks' Club. in Maple
street, tonight,
| The annual election of officers of
| Chemical Engine Company will be
| held this evening.
The members of the Y. NJ. c. a.
! basketball team, who closed their
/ basketball season last Saturday night,
and the members of the Senior Attn
| letic Association, will attend New
| York theatre and banquet in that
| city Saturday night.
The household goods of Alexander
| A. Taylor, who Is one of this city's
earliest settlers, and who established
| the first drug store here more than
forty years ago, will be disposed of
| at auction at the Taylor homestead,
at Elm street and Morris avenue, Fri
day afternoon. Mr.. Taylor now re-
sides with his son-in-law and daugh-
ter, former Police Court Judge Walter
C. and Mrs. Sampson.
Rev. ]. C. Westlund. who has been
pastor of the Swedish Lutheran
Church in Morris avenue during the
past four years, and who was recentlS
extended a call to assume the pastor
ate of the Swedish Lutheran Church
in Forty-sixth street, Brooklyn, the
largest field in this synod, has de-
cided TO remain with the local church
The pastor was recently presented
with a purse containing $5S by his
parishioners,
The nightly meetings arranged for
men for this week by the Young
Mems Christian Association are being
largely attended. Tuesday the speak
er was Charles r. Scott, of New
ark, whose topic was The Ques
of Youth, which was Illustrated
This evening and tomorrow night the
speaker will be Alfred C. Estes, OF
Newark.
Miss Gertrude III. Bedell, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. William Il, Bedell, OF
Walnut street, who has been spending
the spring vacation withs her parents
left yesterday for a visit of few