The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1919-08-08
Throughout Hunterdon County.


day afternoon. He swan across tn.
river and sank in midstream when h,
was returning. Harry Snyder, a cous
IN, was nearly drowned when he at
tempted to rescue him. Harry sue
ceeded in getting Clarence within 8
few feet of the shore when he became
exhausted and was pulled out of thu
water by the wives of the two men
who witnessed the accident. The body
of the drowned man was recovered
He is survived by his wife ana -four
children.
The Clinton Township Board Of
Education has appointed Miss Rather.
inc Tine as teacher of the Round Val.
ley school, making the township staff
OF teachers for the term 1919-192C
complete, except the principalship al
Lebanon, and teacher for the public
school at Cokesbury. Miss Ruth
Reeves, of Succasunna, will remain
as primary teacher at Lebanon. Miss
Katherine Rutan, of Clinton, will
teach the intermediate department of
the same school. Miss jeanette Crater
of High Bridge, and Miss Mary Terri
berry, of Glen Gardener, have been
re-engaged as principal and primary
teacher, respectively, of the AMMAN
dale school, and George Henry, of
Lebanon, will teach the Hamden
school.
| Cornelius T. Voorhees,, who was SO
severely injured about three weeks a.
go when a motor hand car left the
tracks on the Central Railroad and
landed on him, has recovered suffi-
GENTLY to return from the Somerville
Hospital to his home at Whitehouse.
The Locktown creamery started
taking in milk here on Monday morn
ing. 1t is hoped that it will be sue
cessful, as it will mean much to this
farming community.
Trees have been removed from the
rear of the Main street theatre Elem
ington and work begun upon the build
ing, which when completed is to seat
1,500 people, SO posted notice states.
The present picture room will be made
into store room, with an entrance
leading to the theatre in the rear.
Vaudeville and pictures will be fur
nished.
A five-ton motor truck owned by
E. L. Van Doren, of Somerville, and
lioaded with six tons of crack stone
went through the bridge over the N
Branch River near the home of Simon
P. Nevius, near Burnt Mills, last
Wednesday. The bridge buckled in the
middle, and the truck sank in the mud
Edgar Slower, of Whitehouse, bad
the misfortune to have his left arm
broken few days ago. He was
sitting upon horse at his home when
a brother struck the horse with a
whip. When the animal lunged Edgar
was thrown off, falling in such man.
ner that the member was broken.
Whitehouse Grange, No. 1859, P. OF
H., some time ago appointed H. Mar
tin Messler, W. A. Drinkwater and
Theodore C. Vilet as committee to
secure a plot of land for the erection
of a hall. They have purchased the
lot lust east of the former East
Whitehouse schoolhouse from the es-
tate of the late John II. Burdette, and
] work will soon be started to erect a
two-story hall building there, which
will be up-to-date and suitably adapt
ed to the work of the Grange.
The Kingwood M. E. Church Will
hold their annual harvest home on
August 21st, near the church.
Atbig automobile truck loaded with
five tons of lime in barrels and con-
signed to Milford, burned at Drea-
hook. near Whitehouse Station, on
Thursday. The car belonged to the
Cook Transportation Company OF
Bound Brook, and the fire started
from backfire of the carburetor.
Thieves entered the home of FEM
more C. Goode, at Clinton Wednesday
night. and stole about $40 in cash
Entrance was effected by removing
a screen from window on the ground
floor. The search of desk and the
drawers of the sideboard proving
| fruitIess, the yeggmen went into the
room in which Mr.. and Mrs. Goode
were sleeping, and took the money
from Mr.. Goodies clothing.
The new switch and telegraph
tower of the New Jersey Central Rail
road at Whitehouse has been placed
lin use. 1t is fine new structure
lust built there for this purpose since
the third and fourth tracks were
placed between here and North Brancf
Depot.
The mail airplane which landed
near Clover Hill six weeks ago, after
some repairs, flew away Tuesday
July 29th. 1t was visited by large
number of people.
Rev. E. S. Greenbaum and family
of Newark, are occupying the Presby
terrain manse for few weeks while
Rev. and Mrs. A. w. Some of Elem
ington are enjoying their vacation.
The following pupils of the Read
ling public school at Rosemont were