The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1919-11-28
Hunterdon County and Nearby

Frenchtown has Joined the towns
with Parent teachers Associatiors.
Its officers are: President, Mrs. Z.
Dale Opdyke; vice president, Mrs.
Ray Ham; secretary, Mrs. Theodore
X. Stryker; treasurer, Mrs. Cornelius
S. Hoff.
When A. J. Apgar of Califon carted
in some corn-stalks one day last week,
he found SIS bill in one of the shocks.
The bill had been partly chewed by
mice. AS Mr.. Apgar and his hired
man had cut and husked the corn and
neither had lost any money, they
cannot figure where the money came
from.
The Califon Improvement Associa-
ton is considering the purchase of
motion picture machine to be placed
in Borough Hall when the building
is remodeled The association will
also conduct series of dances and
entertainments, the proceeds to be
used for public improvements.
The Woman's Progressive Club has
been organized at Whitehouse Station
with eleven charter members for the
purpose of making village improve
ments. The first to be undertaken
will be to have sidewalk built from
that town to the Central School. The
officers are: President, Mrs. William
Shafer; vice president, Mrs. Peter S.
LaTourette; secretary, Miss Emma
E. Moore; treasurer, Miss Ethel
Reed.
Finding fundamental defects in the
ordinance of the borough of Blooms
bury authorizing the Commercial Pow
err Company to operate in that NUM-
cipality, the Public Utilities Commits
sion has refused to sanction an issue
of securities by the company under
the ordinances.
There is no school at Pittstown.
1t seems as though the Board cannot
find anyone to teach the children.
About twenty boys and girls go from
here on the early train either to Gin
ton or Pennington High School.
Miss Anna Ottolander of Elizabeth
who succeeds Sherman Tharp as
teacher of the Everitstown school,
took charge on Monday a week. Mr..
Tharp resigned to accept a position
as mail carrier on one of the Milford
routes.
Announcement has been made of
the engagement of Miss Ada Katha
rine Rinehart of Oldwick, to William
Hackett Noone of Tomas, w. Va.
Miss Rinehart is a sister of Mrs.
Harry C. Wanveer of East Whitehouse
and Mr.. Noone is superintendent of
the mines of the Davis Coal and Coke
Comany The wedding will take
place in April.
The farm belonging to the estate of
Jacob Philhower of Mountainville was
not sold Saturday at public sale. The
highest bidder was Jacob B. Linda
bury, who bid $4,000. All the person
al property was sold.
Rabbits are worth forty cents each
at the Califon markets. Large guam
titles are being shipped to the city
markets.
Word has been received at French
town by friends of Mrs. J. S. Manners
that there is no place like Florida.
Mrs. Manners writes that they have
a cocoanut tree in their yard contain
ing over 60 cocoanuts besides several
trees of grape fruits.
The Phillipsburg Board of Trade
intends to see that something is done
toward the building of concrete
road between Phillipsburg and Port
Golden. Members of the Board init
mated at the annual meeting Thurs
day evening that there appears moth
ing left to do but to get into politics,
unless the Freeholders take some ac-
ton on the road.
Elmer Livingston Wood, son of the
late Charles and Anna F. Wood, of
Three bridges, passed away at St.
Joes Sanitarium, Albuquerque, New
Mexico, on November IA. Deceased
had been a patient at the sanitarium
for the last sixteen months. He was
born at Three Bridges January 10,
1898, and had always resided, until
about four or five years ago since
when, on account of i'll health, he has
been to Glen Gardner, Tuscon, Oregon
and Albuquerque, New Mexico. He
was buried at Three Bridges last
Thursday.
The next meeting of the Hunterdon
County Union of the Jr. o. U. A. M.
will be held at Lebanon next ..drs-
day evening, as the guests of Lebanon
Council No. 1913. A number of the
state officers will be present and ad-
dress the meeting.