The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1919-05-23
Throughout Hunterdon County.

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; Thursday awarded contract to the
Headly Good Roads Company to oil
/ the macadam roads from Pennington
to Lambertville and from Ringoes to
| Woodsville. A contract for beam
bridge across Mud Run, Kingwood
| township, was awarded to the Dover
Boiler Works for $948. The concern
was also given contract to erect
steel truss bridge across the Capoo-
long Creek at Kingtown, for $2,087.
1t will also build beam bridge across
the Spruce Run at Apgar's mill, Leba-
non township, at cost Of 1886.
A Civil Service examination will be
held at High Bridge on Saturday to
fill vacancy for rural carrier at
Whitehouse Station and Glen Gardner
| and other vacancies that may occur
on the rural routes in Hunterdon
| county.
Ringoes went over it's quota of
$21, 900 for the Fifth Liberty Loan.
The sum of $26,700 was raised.
The annual Spring festival of the
Clinton Township schools will be held
May 10Th at the Lebanon public
! school, Among the features will be
Civil War tableau, by the pupils, at
tired in costumes appropriate to those
dark days.
| Levi Case Civil War veteran, who
was admitted to the Home for, Dis
abled Soldiers, Kearney, last January
from Hampton, died in the institution
He was seventy-nine years old and
served in Company E, Thirty-first
New Jersey Volunteer Infantry, from
September 8, 1862, to June "a, 1868.
Charles Smith, of Billings, Mont,
who has been visiting his sister, Mrs.
Stewart Smith, and other relatives in
Clinton vicinity for some little time,
left this morning for Virginia. Com
ing East with view of buying
farm in his home State, he has been
unable to come to terms with the
owners of any that suited him and is
going to try Virginia.
At a recent test of the fire n.y.
drants, in Clinton, by a State in
spector, pressure of 131 pounds was
obtained from one hydranS, which,
combined with the fact that it is the
best water in the State, is an asset
not to be overlooked in setting forth
the many advantages Clinton has, says
the Clinton Democrat.
Miss Bessie Melick, who has been
the successful teacher at Hamden
school for the past five years, has re-
signed, and will accept the principal
ship of the Flagtown school for an
other year.
The body of Harry Dayton Steven
son, whose death was reported last
week to his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Lewis Stevenson, is expected to be
brought to his home in Pittstown.
| Stevenson, who was thirty-six years
old, disappeared from home about six
teen years ago while the family lived
at Landsdown, and never returned.
Up to a short time ago his parents
did not know his whereabouts. He
died at Panama in the service of the
United States Army.
The funeral of George w. Daggett,
seventy mine years old, was held Tues
day afternoon from the home of John
Dilts, near Whitehouse Station. He
had been a lifelong resident of this
section. He leaves a sister, Miss
Eta Daggett, and two brothers,
Samuel apd Elijah Daggett.
Clarence Small, aged 16, son Of Mr.
and Mrs. John Small, of 80 Branch
street, Pennington, is in serious con-
dition at Somerset Hospital as a result
of an accident about 5:29 Saturday
afternoon.
Following are the county chairmen
for the Salvation Army Home Service
drive being conducted this week:
Pennington, William ]. Case; Milford,
| David B. Hawke; Pattenburg, C. W..
Bonnell; Clinton, Leroy Duckworth;
High Bridge, w. R. Latimer; Ringoes,
Rev. W. J. Lowden; Califon, Elston
Beatty; Hampton, j. P. Moran; Old
wick w. W. Van Derbeek; Sergeants-
vile, F. J. Eppele; publicity agent,
c. S. Alvater.
J. w. Lare, who owns farm near
Stanton Station, which the L. V. R. R..
runs through, met with heavy loss
on saturday afternoon when he was
driving his herd of cattle across the
railroad track from one pasture to
/ another. Five of his most valuable
cows were killed and. others injured
more or less.
Charles G. Wyckoff, who recently
returned from overseas, has resumed
his duties as agent for the N. ]. c.
r. R. Co. at Whitehouse Station, and
John H. Kelley, who was agent while
he was away, has taken his former
position as assistant,
James E. Ramsey, of Bissell, a local
preacher, is OCCUPYING the pulpit of the
Methodist Church at Oldwick. 1t is
expected that in about three weeks a
student from Drew Theological Semi
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