The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1919-12-26
Hunterdon County and Nearby

irons of Husbandry, has reorganized
for the ensuing year by the election
of the following officers: Master, P.
Davis Reed; overseer, Theodore c..
Vilect; lecturer, Mrs. Charles p Oil
yer; steward, John Stone; assistant
steward, Harry S. Burdette; chaplain,
W. A. Drinkwater; treasurer, H. M.
Messler; secretary, Miss Ethel Bur-
dette; gate keeper, Howard Burdette;
pomona, Mrs. Ella M. Reed; ceres,
Mrs. Pearl Van Fleet; flora, Mrs.
James Gulick; lady assistant steward,
Miss Minnie Luhr. These officers will
be installed in January. The grange
which recently purchased the old
school house in Whitehouse, will
move to it's new quarters the first of
the year,
Mrs. Mary j. Potter, widow of Nell
son Potter, died last Friday from
pneumonia, at her home in Mountain
VILE. She was born in Tewksbury
Township lightweight years ago and
always lived there. Her husband,
farmer, died one year ago, at the age
of ninety-one years. Mrs. Potter
leaves these sons and daughters:
Charles Potter of Glen Gardner, Laird
Potter of New York, George Potter
of Middle Valley, Mrs. John L. Apgar
of Woodglen, Mrs. o A Farley of
Lebanon, Mrs John Shurts of Kearny,
Mrs. Gussie Runyon of Newark and
Miss Elizabeth Potter at home.
A business change in Glen Gardner
of some Importance has just been con-
summated, by which the Clinton Silk
Mill is taken over by Thompkins-
Mains Corporation. The new owners
will dispose of all the machinery now
in the building and replace it with
new Lehigh silk-throwing machinery.
The Glen Gardner plant will be one
of chain of mills now under way
and will throw large quantity of
tram silk to be used by the Thomkins
Company in further manufacture.
At recent meeting of the French
town Red Cross Society the following
officers were elected: President, Mrs.
E. w. Bloom; vice president, Mrs.
John Kline; secretary, Mrs. Cornelius
Hoff; treasurer, Mrs. Chester A.
Niece.
By order of the court the realty be-
longing to the estate of Winfield S.
Hoffman of Crestmoor will be sold at
public sale. 1t consists of three large
farms in the heart of the valley. Sam
uel H. Sliker is administrator of the
estate.
Mrs. Sigmund Apgar is teaching
the fifth grade in the High Bridge
public school, succeeding Miss Iantha
Lindabury, who resigned to accept a
school at Haskell, where she taught
before coming here.
The Clinton Democrat says that coal
conservation reached its climax last
Thursday afternoon on the Clinton
branch when the fire in the engine
went out and passengers from Easton
were compelled to wait at Landsdown
forty-five minutes while the trainmen
brought in several rail fences and
fresh supply of steam was made.
Mrs. Anna Hall of Newton has been
engaged as principal of the Mt. Lee
banon public school by the Lebanon
township board of education. The
school has been without a teacher
since last September.
Oldwick Camp, Modern Woodmen
of America at Oldwick has elected
the following officers: Consul, John
w. Vroom; adviser, Russell Neff;
clerk, John X. Rinehart; banker,
Charles P. Vroom; escort, Russell
Jaquish; manager, Roy Miller.
Locktown Grange has elected these
officers: Master, William Eike; over
seer, John Carroll; stewart, Thomas
Smith; assistant, ]. Dorman Barrick;
lady assistant, Mrs. Mae Kirkland;
chaplain, Rev. R. Lee Kirkland; gate
keeper, George w. Taylor; pomona,
Mrs. George Robbins; ceres, Mrs. Will
liam Adds; flora, Mrs. Robert Heath;
secretary, Mrs. William Wagner;
treasurer, Joseph Barrick.
Lucas Voorhees, has bought the
Lewis farm just south of the railroad
at Lebanon, which has been occupied
several years by Francis Bonser, who
will move to the Radley farm which
he bought year ago, and Frank
Voorhees, will occupy the farm vacat-
ed by Bonser.
The proceeds Of the dance held Fri
day night under the auspices of the
Califon improvement Associations a.
mounted to $55. The next dance will
be held December 26 in the Borough
Hall.
His conscience troubling him, Will
lam Guam, half breed, of Cumber-