The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1921-04-15
HUNTERDON COUNTY

For the month of February the
Ringoes Cow Testing Association had
nine cows producing from 1900 lbs.
to a ton of milk and at least 40 lbs.
of fat. Theo. Dilts having 2, ]. T.
Lambert 5, VIM. McCandless l, j. T.
Haines l and ten others well distri-
buted among the rest of the circle
which would have reached the high
mark if some daylight saver had
added a couple of days to the month.
The Ingham and Tirrell Silk
Throwing Company's plant at Mil
ford has been forced to close down
for short period owing to the COM
pany being unable to secure sup
ply of raw silk promptly when their
supply became exhausted.
Samuel Sinclair of Milford has a
Black Minorca hen that can claim
justly the prize in hendom on hen
fruit. One of his flock produced a
three-yolker, its size being Is
inches in circumference and around,
oblongly, it measured Is inches. 1t
1921, and was the largest egg he had
ever seen.
Rev. Claude ]. Fingar who resign
ed the pastorate of the Reformed
Church at Lebanon a little over a
year ago to become the pastor of the
First Reformed Church at Little
Falls, has been granted an increase
in salary of $500 at the beginning of
his second year there in appreciation
of his services.
The Eighth Hunterdon County An
nual Convention of the Y. NJ. c. A.
will be held in Pennington Thursday
evening, May 18th. Senator VIM. N.
Runyon, of Plainfield, N. j., will be
the main speaker.
L. T. Schenck. of Centerville, re-
elected, and Charles Huff of County
Line and Grant Davis of Whitehouse
Station, newly-elected, were sworn
in as members of the Readington
Township Board of Education at
Lare's store at Whitehouse Station,
following which the new board met
for organization.
The statement of the finances of
the Readington Township Board of
Education to April / is ready for
publication. The bond and not in
debtedness is S42, 300. This is due
chiefly to the budget not being voted
last year in time to be included in
the taxes. 1t has been certified and
will be included in the taxes this
year. The receipts the past year
amounted to $50, 1895 and the dis
bursements $50, 72219, leaving a bal
ance on hand of $3,07757.
Work is progressing with a full
force of men at the Califon-C Crest
moor macadam road. The Morris
County Freeholders will get busy on
the Crestmoor-Long Valley stretch
soon.
George N. Clark, of Lebanon, has
purchased the creamery at White
house Station from the Pidcock Land
& Improvement Company. This
plant had been closed for over a
week and has now been put in opera
ton by the new proprietor. Mr..
Clark also. owns and operates the
Cushetunk Mountain creamery at
Lebanon and creameries elsewhere.
John Coyle has recently purchased
an auto hack for transportation of
the high school children from Ever
ittstown and vicinity, to Frenchtown
school.
M. A. Mulligan, superintendent of
this division of the Lehigh Valley
Railroad. accompanied by Charles o.
Smith, trainmaster, of Easton, paid
Clinton a visit last Friday, parking
their private car in the local yard.
They made several friendly calls on
patrons of the road and are working
for better understanding between
the officials and the patrons.
The old Annandale Hotel is being
remodeled into an ice cream parlor,
confectionery store and pool room of
the first-class. Alvah Lindabury, the
present proprietor and owner of the
property, is having installed therein
a soda fountain, is just finishing
many improvements, and renovated
his house from top to bottom.
Ira Filter. residing on a farm near
Frenchtown, is minus three fingers,
by reason of catching his right hand
in cornsheller and having them am
putated at Mercer Hospital.
Miss Cornelia Apgar, daughter of
Rev. and Mrs. A. c. Apgar, of Flem-
ington. has resigned her position as
assistant in the Clinton postoffice, and
Miss Hazel Slockbower, Of that town,
will take her place. Miss Apgar will
come to Pennington, where she will
help her father in his duties as super
intendent of the New Jersey Chill
dren's Home Society.
Coal is now "down" 81 a ton in
Clinton, Lehigh selling for $3.50
and Jeddo for $3.50. Local dealers
do not give much encouragement of
it's going any lower.
Miss Rachael Hoffman, 81 years
old, died last Friday at the home of
her sister, Mrs. Charles Miller, in
Church Street. Miss Hoffman was
an invalid for many years, She never
married.