The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-08-13
Many Real Estate Transfers in
Stockton.

Stockton like other places has of
late been stirred by the home owning
impulse, and within the past few
months, there has been more transfers
of real estate than in as many years
previously. Seven families have
bought the houses in which they live,
and there have been quite a number
moved into the town to occupy houses
they have purchased. Rev. 7. A. Phil
lips, pastor of the Baptist Church,
who came formerly from Philadelphia
each week to preach, has bought the
house owned by Lavinia Dalrymple;
Andrew Scuren, son of Mrs. VIM.
Scuren, has become the owner of the
house and lot of Santo Pirillo and has
moved from Lambertville to be close
neighbor of his mother and brothers.
| Raymond Parent has purchased the
house, long owned by the late Penn
broke Hunt. Leroy Brink with his
parents, who were occupying this
house have moved to the place owned
by Antoio Madonna. This has been
bought by Leroy Brink
Two families have come from Tren-
ton to establish homes in Stockton,
E. Gum and WILDER A. Vanderbilt.
One of the landmarks on the river
road at the lower end of the town,
is the house built by Hiram beats,
father of H. E. beats, of Pennington.
This will soon change hands. 1t was
the birthplace and childhood home of
Mr.. H. E. beats. Several years ago
Edward Redfield the famous Ameri-
can landscape painter, who lives at
Center Bridge, painted picture of
it, which he calls "The White House"
1t was much admired in the Phila-
delphia Academy exhibit of that year
and afterward shown in other cities.
This property, including the farm
and the ruins by the brook which
furnished power for the beats manu-
featuring plant, afterward moved to
Pittstown, has been owned for some
years by Miss Edith Palmer, who has
now sold it to Robert G. Barber and
family, western people who come here
after living for several years in Rich
mond, Va.
In this connection it may be of in
terest to speak of the rather unusual
circumstances which led to Miss
Palmer's purchase of the place. A
| teacher deeply interested in educa-
tional and social progress, she had
gone at the time of it's foundation to
| organize and take charge of depart
| ment in the school founded for the
benefit of the poor boys and girls OF
that section, by the millionaire bank
err. Jacob Tones of Port Deposit
Mr.. Tones death before the work
as fully established on the bread
mes Of 3raet;. al edu .at;, i he de-
sired was followed by changes of the
charter, which hamperea the work.
gave it an academic tendency and de-
barred the G 'rls from its full benefit
Knowing of the beats place and its
Unusual features, which would adapt
it we'll for an agricultural and other
vocational training center, Miss Pal
mer bought the property in order TO
make a study of the conditions and
needs of rural life, by sharing The
difficulties of the struggling farmers
She hoped eventually to make the
place a center for helpful work and
planned to give it to the citizens of
the locality. Since the war and the
aroused interest in rural life, Miss
Palmer has sought the cooperation
of the public school officials of the
State, the State Board of Health, Red
Cross, Rockafellow Foundation, Co.
lumbia University and others. While
all are in sympathy with the aim none
can go outside of the established
methods of their work. State and
Federal help can only reach towns
where there is pronounced general
effort to have the new work estab-
lished, and money in hand to meet
half the expense, besides providing
ground and buildings.
Miss Palmer says that now she
plans to devote her efforts to rousing
thoughtful people to the need of
change in the existing laws govern
ing the use of State and Federal
funds, in order that the people in the
poorer, small towns, and sparcely
settled localities, where the need of
help is great may share in the bene-
fits of the work they are taxed to