The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1919-06-27
Throughout HunterdOn County.

/ This new concern is a branch of a
large fur and leather novelty manu-
facturers of New York City, and the
Pennington Branch will be devoted,
at least at first, to making sealskin
sacques. The company is known as
the Crescent Company, and they have
abundant capital.
! A wedding was solemnized at the
Trinity Methodist Episcopal parson-
age, Trenton, on Saturday. Rev.
Lawrence Cornell officiating, when
Miss Martha Kane, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. George Kane, of Reaville,
N. j., became the bride of Mr.. Van
Doren Shoemaker, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. John W. Shoemaker, of Ringoes.
Glen Gardener borough is promised
a silk mill, the Stoddard mill property
having been leased, and on which re-
pairs will be started at once.
Jacob Johnson, about twenty-five
years old, of Barley Sheaf, while rid
ing to Whitehouse Station Friday
evening on his motorcycle, sustained
severe cuts and bruises, when the
machine struck a hole in the road
near Dreahook and he lost his hold
on it and was hurled several yards.
He was attended by DIR. F. G. Clark
and later removed to his home The
machine was considerably damaged.
The Fulper Pottery truck broke
out in flames last Friday morning
just as driver Anderson was ap-
preaching the pottery on Mine street
Pennington. With help of the pottery
employees who hustled sand and water
to the scene, the truck was saved.
William Y. Holt is replacing the
foundation for the new barn near
Pennington, to be erected on the site
of the one destroyed by fire some
weeks ago, on the farm he recently
sold to DR.. Dietrich, of New York.
The new barn will be little larger
than the old one.
| Inc OJdbe, WHICH 10 DullulilS IilS
road from West Portal to Brick Tav-
ern, now has two steam shovels in
| operation there, and the first mile of
road will be graded by the first of the
month. There are about four and a
quarter miles to be built, which will
make a shorter route from Easton to
Somerville and Newark by about eight
miles.
4 There is talk now of building up
the old creamery at Locktown as a
milk station. Since the one at Bap-
tisttown has been closed the patrons
have been carting milk to Sergeants-
vile. The re-starting of the creamery
there will add much to the interest of
the community.
Something which is not often seen
in these days in little village like
Little York, was the sitting of four
men, no longer young, on store
porch in our village, telling one an
other of persons and events of the
past. They were Henry Kinney, aged
"a, of Little York; William Housed,
aged 81, of Bloomsbury; John Flem-
ing, aged 80, of Milford; William
v. Bloom, aged 70, of Little York.
The freight house of the Central
Railroad at Whitehouse, is being
moved to position about 200 feet
west of the present location. The
present location of the building does
not give the desired space on the
south side of the tracks for the fourth
track and the necessary switches. The
railorad company has considerable
yard space at the new location.
The Cemetery Association of Old
wick has elected joni M. Van Doren,
Frederick B. Sutton and Charles M.
Apgar as trustees. After the election
the association organized with the fol-
lowing officers: President, John M.
Van Doren; vice president, Frederick
D. Sutton; secretary, W. w. Van
Derbeek; treasurer, Alvah l.. Alpaugh
The Board of Chosen F'reeholders
has purchased a Ford car for the use
of County Road Supervisor Warren R.
Thompson, for his use upon the county
roads. Many days during the week
Mr.. Thompson is called from one
end of the county to the other.
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The Supper held by the Ladies Aid
of the Frenchtown M. E. Church on
Thursday evening of last week was
we'll attended and over $7S was taken
in.
William ]. Kelsey has sold his farm
at Jutland (the Stout FARM to Miss
Adelaide Youngman and Mrs. Florence
Auten Carroll.
The Peter Hulsiszer estate has dis
posed of it's holdings in the Sidney vi
cinity. Carlyle Garrison having pur-
chased the little place by the Sidney
school, where he has been OCCUPYING as
summer home. He contemplates
many improvements to the place now
that he is the owner. Nicholas c..
Krautwurst of Newark has purchased
the farm at present occupied by Will
liam Milligan.
A quiet June wedding was solemn
lied at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
James Hockenbury at Clinton Farms
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