The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-10-23
NEW JERSEY
STATE NE WIS

! of a memorial Of the late Rev.
Matthew L. Lavey, pastor of st. Law
rence's church, Laurel Springs. The
tablet will be dedicated in the school
building on January "a, just one year
after his death.
Rev. and Mrs. N. j. Wright cele-
brated their fiftieth wedding anniver-
sary at Bridgeton at a dinner given
them by their daughter and son-in-
law, Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph c. Miller.
Now residing in Hickory N. c., Mr..
! Wright's first charge was in Roads
town, near Bridgeton, so years ago.
The same year the couple were mar
ried in the nearby village.
Charged with defrauding Vineland
merchants of sums totaling about
$4,000 through the issuing of bogus
checks. R. Bogitch of Vineland is in
the borough Jail awaiting hearing
after his arrest in Brooklyn by Chief
of Police Hudson, who has trailed him
through three states and arrested him
in the New York city. No date has
been set for the hearing.
Henry Tishert, ninety years old,
/ Civil War veteran, died at the home
of Lewis Fisher, 223 Somerset street,
| Gloucester City, where he had re-
sided for years. He was member
of the William B. Hatch post, G. A. R.,
of Camden
Death has visited the home of Alloy
sius Lingelbach of Egg Harbor three
times in slightly more than year.
Last fall Lingelbach, section foreman
on the Reading railway died from
pneumonia. On the anniversary of
his death in September his fifteen
year-old daughter, Caroline, one of the
honor pupils of the local Catholic
school, died after a weeks illness
from throat trouble. Last week Mrs.
Afra Lingelbach the widowed mother,
succumbed to a heart attack. Four
children survive.
Herbert F. Stetser, recently elected
great chief of records of the Great
Council of the United States, was ten
dered a reception by Standing Elk
Tribe of Red Men and Running Deer
Council, Degree of Pocahontas. at the
Gloucester city hall State officers
and members of other tribes were in
attendance.
William Fennimore, thirty-seven
years old, died in Bridgeton Hospital
from injuries sustained in an acct
dent on the State highway. Fenni-
more, who lived in Millville, was driv-
ing with his wife and their three-year-
old child from Philadelphia. Nearing
the Central railroad tunnel" at
Bridgeton city line, another car dart
ed out of line in front of him, and to
avoid collision Fennimore drove into
the concrete base of the railroad over
| head crossing. The entire party,
which also included John Corson Of
Millyille, were badly hurt. The rest
are recovering.
The tenth anniversary Of the Glou-
cester County Firemen's Association,
oldest of the county organizations of
fire fighters in the state, was cele-
brated with an elaborate program in
the auditorium of the State Normal
School, Glassboro. Firemen, their
wives and other guests to the number
of 900 attended They represented
every fire company in the county and
the county associations of Salem,
Cumberland, Atlantic, Cape May and
Camden, all of which the Gloucester
county association was instrumental
in getting started.
Newark was seventh among the
large postoffices of the country in
percentage increase of September
postal receipts over the corresponding
month last year.
Winkler's Band of Trenton, in addi-
ton to the Hightstown and Peddie
bands, will furnish the music for the
big celebration to be held in Nights
town, Armistice Day, when the Me-
mortal Park will be dedicated
Because of the lack of water flow
some weeks ago in the West Boonton
section, the insurance rate adjusters
placed that section in the non-pro-
tected classification, despite the pro-
tests of residents.
With additions to the No. 1 and No.
5 school buildings nearing completion,
Florence residents are inquiring as to
when Junior High School will be
constructed.
Four Mercer County cases are list
ed in the 64S appeals to the State
OodIu VI taxes anu ASS6SSHeuC De-
cause of 1924 tax assessments. Hear
ings on the local cases will be held
at the State House by the board.
Benjamin Hamlin, a negro, was so
seriously injured when he fell from a
Pennsylvania railroad freight car that
he died in the Warren Hospital in
Phillipsburg. 1t was bought he was
resident of Newton.
Charges that many bus line pro-
rioters are exploiting the public and
Shaking down" electric railways were
made in report drawn by electric !
railway executives and read to the
American Electric Railway Associa-
ton convention by G. A. Richardson
general manager Of the Chicago sur
face lines.
The Public Utilities Commission has