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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1924-06-12

received rating of B-plus or better.
twenty-five certificates will be
awarded stenographic students, and
30 certificates will be awarded for
typewriting speed and accuracy. Let
ters will also be awarded athletic
students who have qualified on the
different teams.
The class numbers 81 as follows:
Wilbur Agnew, Eugene Beckner,
Nady Berkowitz, Margaret Burns,
Harry Callan, Florence Dawson,
Ruth Decker, Alice Dempsey, Eme-
line Dilts, Viola de Roach, Erma
Eddy, Dominiek Errico, Robert
Feucht Anna Fluck, Clarence Fril-
ling, Catharine Friling, Anna Cos
field, Elizabeth Helms, Van Horn
llellyer, Hannah Hoppock, Mildred
Hoffman, Carl Habighorst, Harold
Holcombe, Verda Hurley, Olive Join
er, Dorothy Rays, Kathryn Kra-
mer, Howard Kerr, Raymond Le-
quear, Edna Lerch, Clinton Lerch,
Grace Ledger, Ruth Mason, Helen
Mongon, Edith Matthews, Eleanor
Moonan, Viola 0pdyke, Anna Pesa-
chowitz, Grace Pilley, John Pilley,
Alma Pittori, Anna Reilly, Francis
Riordan, Almena Rhan, Charles
Sharpe, George Sharpe, Edgar
Smith, Elizabeth Swallow, Edwin
Strong, Luella Trimmer, Grace IN
mer.
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FIFTY-0NE GRADUATES FOR
LAMBERTVILLE COMMENCEMENT

Iambertville-Commencement ex-
ere SEES will be held tomorrow. (Fri-
day) night in st. Johns Hall at 8
O'Clock, daylight time. In order to
2ceom date friends and relatives of
the graduating class, tickets of adj
mission have been issued with in
Wit" tons sent out by the school off
Gals and members of the class.
Announcements have been made of
prizes awarded students for quail
ticatious during the school year. Eu-
gene Reckner. of Stockton, and Dora
Dudhridpe. of Lambertville. were
each awarded prizes of S25. in gold
for outstanding athletic prowess. Ed
gar Smith, of Stockton, won the XII
wants prize Of $25. as the best all
round member Of the senior class.
Beatrice Wetherill was awarded
the spelling prize of $40 for the
high school students. In the grade
chools Eleanor Fluke, First Ward.
and Natalie Holeombe, Third Ward,
tied for the So. prize, and it was
divided between them. Elizabeth
Gilbert and Florence Stout tied for
the S.. prize in the 9th and 9th
grades. Florence Reading and Gladys
Ford tied for the SIS. prize in the
9TH and 9Th grades.
Scholarship certificates are to be
awarded AZ high school students who
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1924-06-12
Nee Electric Lighting
Rates EGective

The first bills for lighting under
the reduced rates were received by
consumers of the New Jersey Power
and Light Company on Saturday.
This reduction in rates on the part
Of the company means a saving
Of two cents per kilowatt hour to
each residential customer on the first
one hundred kilowatt hour and n
saving of four to eight cents per
kilowatt hour for all consumption
in excess of one hundred kilowatt
hours. 1t is estimated the new rate
viii save the consumers in Lam
bertville over 100000 each year
This is the second reduction in rates
for Lambertville since the New Jer-
sey Power & Light Company pur-
chased the local Company in 1921.
The Company has also filed new Pow
er Rates which will apply to Lam
bertville.
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Improved Flooring For
Lamberfville-
Hope Bridge

Users of the Delaware River
bridge between Lambertville and
New Hope will be gratifd to learn
that a new and improved flooring is
to be placed on the structure this
summer. Complete repairs are to be
made, not only to the floor decking,
but to the piers and steel superstruc-
ture as well. Bids are advertised for
in this issue.
The present flooring of the bridge
is of three inch oak planking. The
new flooring will be of four inch
oak planking, and overlaid with iron
plates along the track of vehicles.
At least this is the plan of Com
missioner Louis Focht, engineer for
the Joint Free Bridge Commission
of Pennsylvania-New Jersey. Rein
forcements are to be added to the
structure, especially along the beams
supporting the trolley tracks.
The traffic over this bridge has
doubled since the structure was freed
in 1920, and the repairs this summer
will adequately answer the demands
of the increased traffic.
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FORMER MAYOR
BALDERST0NDIES

DIR. Theodore Balderston, native
of Solebury Township, and for many
years resident of Lambertville,
serving as its first mayor under
commission government, died Sat
urday morning at Derby, Conn, af-
ter five weeks illness from general
breakdown. He had gone from his
home at Pennington to visit his
son-in-law and daughter, DIR. and
Mrs. William S. Hatch, in the Con-
nectieut town, five weeks ago. He
was able to be up and about the
house until some ten days prior to
his death, when he suffered faint
ing spell, from which he never re-
covered.
The funeral was held Tuesday
afternoon at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Harry H. Swallow, 1873 North
Union street, Lambertville, with the
Rev. Theron Lee, pastor of the
First Presbyterian Church, in
charge Interment was in the Sole
bury Friends Bur. ng Ground, under
the direction Of Former. The pail
bearers were Andrew Foltz, George
r. Kline, Werner Green, Samuel
W. Kerr, and Horace G. Prall.
DIR. Balderston is survived by his
wife, and one daughter, Mrs. William
S. fetch, of Derby, Conn. He was
born in Solebury Township in 1861,
and came to this city to engage in
the practice of dentistry while still
young man. He was widely known.
on both sides of the river, and had a
large circle of friends For years he
was an active member and vice pres
ident of the Lambertville Merchants
Association, and also of the Hunter
don County Poultry Association His
participation in both these organi-
cations was due to his public spirit
ness and interest in anything that
would further the community's pro-
gress. When commission government
was adopted in the city of Lambert
vile, he was elected the first mayor,
being high man on the ticket with
Andrew Foltz and Samuel w. Coch-
ran, now deceased Following the
expiration of his term of office he
moved to Pennington, where he had
purchased a dental practice of long
standing, and remained there until
his health necessitated his ceasing
work.
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LAMBERTVILLE
PERSONALS

r. A. Pedrick, of Delevan street,
left Monday night for Atlantic City
where he was special delegate to
the Annual Field Day of the Royal
Arch Masons.
Miss Mary Stockton holds the dis
tinction of being the first girl to go
swimming this year. She went in
Tuesday. Tony Mario was the first
boy, having made the plunge last
Saturday. The canal at the Coryell
street bridge affords the best swim
ming, and now that navigation has
been closed there should be plat
form and diving board built there
Dr.. E. C. Wagg, dentist, has open
ed an office in the Broad st. Bank
Bldg, Trenton, for special practice
in orthodontia, the correction of
children's teeth. He will be there
Wednesdays and Saturdays, con-
tinuing his regular practice other
days in his office here in Lambert
vile.
Miss Helen Louise Peterman, Of
Cherry Tree, Pa, is visiting her
sister, Mrs. L. A. Hamilton, of CT
North Union street.
Mrs. Edmund J. Kulp, of Topeka,
Kans., is visiting Mrs. John f. Mas
sey, of SO North Union street. Mrs
Kulp is the wife of former min
lister at Centenary Church.
Mrs. Walter E. Ennis, formerly of
this place, but now residing in Am
bier, Pa, was visitor here last
week.
Mrs. Gordon Cooper is visiting
Mrs. w. H. Hudson, of Browns
Mills, near Baltimore, Md.
st. Johns School commencement
will be held Monday evening, June
10th, at eight o'clock.
Miss Mary MacKubbin, the For
eign Missionary of the First Pres
byterian Church of this city is to
NC III bOWu tllIS Wcth-tHu anu VIII
address the Ladies' Missionary So
ciety and speak at the Communion
Service in the Church. A Reception
is being given in her honor on Sat
urday evening in the Church that
all may have an opportunity of
meeting her who are supporters of
her work in China.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis p. Bodine, of
Englishtown, were visitors here this
week. Mr.. Bodine was formerly as
sistant cashier of Amwell Bank, and
is now cashier of the Englishtown
National Bank.
Mrs. Templeton, mother of Ross
Templeton, of Buttonwood street,
sustained painful injury to her
knee Tuesday morning by fall.
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settlers and other Indian tribes. But
in 1918 the United States made a
treaty with them at FIT. Pitt whereby
fort was to be built for their pro-
lection.
However, in 1911, when Tecum-
sch started war, they were driven
further west, until finally, but
pitiful band of what once had been
a powerful tribe, they were in 1870
removed to reservation in the
Indian Territory Later they were
absorbed by the Cherokees, and pass
ed out of existence.
But down the road where the
world PUSHES by, they have left
monument of their industry, an
ancient stone, overgrown with weeds,
unnoticed. The Indians gave corn to
the world; he taught the world how
to grind it into meal-a wholesome
food. And there beside the concrete
paving of modern engineers skill
stands this ancient relic of tragic
past-silent, but speaking eloquent
ly of the past.
Imagination pictures the swarthy
squaw sitting on her heels before
this stone, grooming a barbaric song
to the papoose strapped to her back,
the while she pounds with rhythmic
strokes the yellow corn within its
cavity. Food for the babe-food for
the warrior. And ghostly figures
take shape and the country is wild
once more. Tepees point their ragged
peaks to the sky, while lazy riffs of
smoke curl up from them, speaking
eloquently Of home; horses whinny
at Their tethers in the clump of
trees; warriors sit cross-legged be-
fore the open fires, watching the
flames with dreamy eyes, drawing
contentedly on their pipes; copper
hued children at play-women at
peace.
And the center of it all was
stone-an inanimate stone in which
he sustenance of life was prepared.
A stone that was the nucleus of
community life--and now remains
as the monument to the Indian ira
gedy. II deserves better fate than
this. The State Museum could do
worse than enthrone this relic of
historic significance where the many
might read its story.
Stop for a moment in your hurried
existence, and look at it. Grow SER
ious for moment, and read it's
story. Lay the palm of your hand
in its polished cavity and imagine
the thousands of brown hands that
have been there before yours-the
thousands of mouths il has fed.
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A RELIC OF
THE PAST
old Indian Mn Stone
AT TiuSViIIe

The rush of this age prccludcs
any possibility of close observation
along the highways OF the country.
And thus many points of interest are
overlooked by the hurried motorist.
Hundreds of autos pass daily along
the River Road between Bambertville
and Trenton, but not one in hun
bred has ever noticed the old Indian
mill stone between the road and the
canal about a hundred feet above
the lower Titusville canal bridge.
And strange to say, my attention
was called TO IL by newcomer in
the community. DIR. l.. A. Hamilton
was riding last week with DIR. Frank
w. LARSON, who pointed the stone
out to him. DIR. LARSON said that
many years ago his father had
pointed it out to him, and told him
the story of how the Indians had
laboriously ground their corn in the
circular cavity Of the stone.
The stone stands about two feet
above the ground, and is triangular
in shape. The circular cavity in which
the corn was pounded into meal is
fifteen inches in diameter. Years
of use has made the opening of
this cavity an almost perfect circle,
and it is as smooth inside as if it
had been ground by machine.
This is relic Of the Lenape Tribe,
chat staunch branch of the Delaware
Indians who were noted for their
wisdom and valor. The Standard En-
cyclopedia says, "The Lenni-Lenape
or Delaware Indians, occupied the
valleys of the Delaware and Schuyl-
kill Rivers during the early part
Of the 10th century. From a very
carly date they were, according to
tradition, preemnent for wisdom and
valor, exertiug a powerful influence
over the neighboring tribes from the
Hudson to the Chesapeake"
But in l771 the Lenapes were con
quered by the Iroquois, after they
had suffered great losses at the
hands of the whites And at coun-
ell Of war held in that year near
Lancaster, Pa, they were banished
TO the wilder country toward the
west, and subsequently settled along
The Susquehanna. Their defeat made
them an easy prey to the British
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GIVE RETIRING RAfLROADER
GOLD WATCH


On Monday, June 9th, when John
Kearns, former Lambertville nan,
went to draw his last regular pay
check from the Pennsylvania Rail
road in Trenton, his fellow workers
presented him with a handsome gold
watch in commemoration OF bis re-
tirement after about 46 years in the
service. The watch was engraved on
the back: Presented to John Kearns
by his Fellow Workers, common
Grating As years and months ser
vice with the Pennsylvania Railroad;
April /, 1873-May 81, 1924"
Mr.. Kearns has been retired on
half pay. He is 65 years old, and
has worked in nearly all the mech
anical branches of the service. He
was employed in firing an engine
during the first year of his service
when the so-called "Frog War" was
being waged between the old Mer-
Ger & Somerset and Delaware 4
Bound Brook Railroads. In 1872
these roads crossed at Hopewell, and
the argument over these crossing
frogs finally caused the Militia to
be stationed there. Mr.. Kearns was
firing an engine in and out Of Phila-
delphia during the Centennial Ex-
position (187e) in that city. Follow
ing that he was out Of the employ
Of the road until 1888, but serving
continuously since that time.
While living in Lambertvile Mr.
Kearns edited the now defunct
Democratic Wage Worker" which
was published in the plant of the
Lambertville Record,
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TENNIS TEAMS CLASH
SATURDAY
Lambertville And New Hope Clubs
Have Annual Match

Saturday afternoon on the Lam
bertyille Tennis Club courts a tour
nament will be played with teams
from the New Hope Tennis Club.
This is an annual event, and promi-
SEES to provide some interesting
games to local tennis fans.
The probable players for the
Lambertville Club will be Fred Mas
1ey, Bob Hoppoek, Albert Reading,
Paul Smith, and Kenneth Massey.
Massey is an Old star of the Club
aaving won permanent ownership of
the local cup. The others in the
lineup are younger players who
have developed promising abilities
Albert Reading is scheduled to
play in the doubles with Massey,
which is the first time he has won
this distinction.
Players from the New Hope Club
will be for the three singles, Moore
Price, r. S. Bredin and DR.. r. C.
Magill; for first doubles, Howard
Hooker and Taylor; second singles
Chas. Worthington and Watson Jan
ney.
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NEW HOPE HEALTH ASSo.

New Hope, June 10-By the an
nual report of the treasurer of the
New Hope Public Health Association
it is found there was balance
this year of $264.58 in the treasury.
Accounts of the treasurer show the
following receipts and expenditures.
Receipts-Balance January /, 1923,
S470.87; fees for nursing service,
$148.50; fees for nursing service
fro minsurance company, $303.90;
donations, $363.46, from woman's
club, $40; from college club, $25;
enrolment, 1914; entertainment,
$142.20; cake sale, s214.23; total,
$1761.90.
Expenditures-Salary, $1271.12;
janitor, $3.50; rent, $50; miscellan-
eous, $170.70; total, $1497.32; bal
ance on hand January /, 1924, 1884,
So.
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SPEEDWAY TO BE
SOLD AS LOTS

The curtain is about to be run up
for the final act of the Philadelphia
Motor Speedway, at Warminster,
which promised to be one of the
biggest automobile racing centers in
the East Several Lambertville and
New Hope people were stockholders
in this project which failed, and
the lots of the big tract are put up
at auction June 14th and 21st.
The event is the last of Sc
quence of interesting situations in
the past ten years since the pur-
chase of many adjoining farms for
the purpose of having a great ma
tional motor speedway. The war
stepped in to stop operations and
later the project was abandoned
With the growth of Hatboro, how
ever, the tract has grown more at
traetive for building sites into
which it has now been cut up.
There are 23O0 25 by 14O lots,
many on the York and Street roads.
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evening is given entirely to the pro-
gram of Powell, 1.-THE Dean of
American Magicians." Forty years
of service in this one sphere fit
Powell for the large work he at
tempts, the spectacular numbers in
the field of magic.
The Smith-Spring- Holmes Orches-
trail Quintet come to the platform for
the entire fourth afternoon. This
company has record running back
over nine years of phenomenal tri-
umphs in the lyceum, chautauqua
and concert fields. Following their
second appearance in the evening,
Hon. Quin 0'Brien, eminent Chica-
go lawyer, will speak to us on "a
Survey of the Living Present"
On the fifth afternoon the ladies'
will have the pleasure of hearing
Mrs. Josephine Dominick tell some
of the secrets of correct dress, her
subject "Well Dressed On Moder-
ae ncome." The evening is play
night. This year the play is "Their
Honor The Mayor" the prize play
for 1924. When the women put up
their own candidate in opposition to
the candidates own husband, you
can imagine the fun.
The last afternoon is for the child
rem, and the boys and girls, big and
little one, are to hear Frederick C.
Trappe', ventriloquist, impersonator
and dramatic entertainer. In the
evening the Russian Cathedral Sex
tet renders program of established
excellence in three parts Russian
litury, Russian folk song, operate
and concert pieces in English.
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FINE PROGRAM FOR CHAUTAUOUA
TO BE HELD in new HOPE

The thirteenth season of the Cory
ellis Ferry Chautauqua, which will
open at New Hope the last week
in August, offers the following inter-
esting program:
First afternoon-Mata's Blue and
White Marimba Band, big New York
hippodrome success, a musical fea-
ure at once melodious, quaint and
fascinating In the evening, following
the second appearance of the Marimba
Band, Noah Beilharz, Master Make
up Artist gives his pleasing and
instructive character impersonations
This is full day of entertainment.
Edward F. Miller opens the second
afternoon with his lecture, "The Di-
vine Right of Government" prac-
teal discussion of the elements of
democracy. He is followed by
musical company consisting of Mr..
and Mrs. Lauri Kenndy, the 'cellist
and pianist who have recently COM
pleted tour with John Mccormack.
and Constance Neville Johns. Austria
liam soprano, whom the Melbourne
critics rank as the best since Melba's
time. Harold r. Peat, familiarly
known as private Peat, Canada's
distinguished son, will follow the
evening program of this p,nsical com,
pany with his lecture, 1.-THE mex
cusable Lie"
The third afternoon welcomes the
Swarthmore Trio, eartoonist, sopra-
no, contralto,-a group of enter
tanners of novel versatility. They
are followed by the lecture of the
superintendent for the week. The
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1924-06-12
SCHOOL PRINCIPAL GOES TO
EAST MAUCH CHUNK

Lambertvile-Lewis N. Snyder
principal at the high school for the
past school year, has resigned to ac-
cept a position with the school at
East Mauch Chunk Pa. Mr. SNYDER
says that he will be supervising
of the East Ma'lch Chunk
school. The town has population
of something over 1000, and is To-
Gated in the coal REGIONS. The Po-
,onon Mountains around the town
are noted as a summer resort.
Mr.. Snyder has been pursuing a
curse Of study at the University of
Pennsylvania, and on next Wednes-
day will receive the Master Of Arts
degree from that institution.
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HISTORIANS in
LIVE SESSION
Letters Read OF Samuel ID. Ingham,
Pioneer Resident OF New Hope.

The Bucks County Historical So
city held its annual Spring meeting
Neshaminy Church, Warwick, last
Saturday. There were morning and
afternoon sessions, and basket lunch
es were served at noon, supplement
ted by hot coffee served by local resi-
dents. There were 126 members in
attendance. DR.. B. F. Fackenthal,
ir., the president, presided.
Among the new members adj
mitted to the Society were DR.. and
Mrs. Edw. II. Pershing, of New
Hope. DIR. Pershing recently pur-
chased the Rosen home on the tow
path at the art colony. The other
new members were John C. Holinger,
Doylestown; Palmer Watson, Phila-
delphia; Mr. and Mrs. Willis Atkin-
son, Buckingham, and Rev. j. p.
Martin, Forest Grove.
The program included the reading
of a collection of political letters
written by Samuel d. Ingham, of
York Road, New Hope. He was at
one time Secretary of the Treasury
of the United States. Other letters
were read which had been written
by Thomas G. Kennedy, former
sheriff and prothonotary of Bucks
County.
Warren S. Ely librarian of the So
ciety, read paper on the Hart
Manuscript Collection, 1777-1S77
which was presented to the Society
by Samuel Hart, of Doylestown. One
of the interesting points of this
paper was that the manuscripts
divulged the facts of historical in
eident of Nazareth where young
lrishman was supposed to have slain
Chief Tammany" who is supposed
to be buried at Spruce Hill, New
Britain Township. The manuscript
proved that it could not have been
Tammany who was slain at that
time, but an Indian named "Tat-
fanny" Mr.. Ely also gave talk
on the historical interest of Mesh
aminy Church where the meeting
was being held. Rev. d. X. Turner,
form pastor, also spoke in this
connection. Rev. Lind, the present
pastor, also spoke during the ses-
sion.
Judge Harmon Yerkes, former
president judge of the Bucks Co,
Courts, and DR.. Henry G. Mercer,
of Doylestown, read two papers on
"Tennent School" This school was
formerly located near Neshaminy
Church, and was conducted by Rev
Mahlon Long. Judge Yerkes and DR..
Mercer were students of the school
1t was discontinued in 1870. Some
interesting and humorous events
were given by the speakers.
Commander r. G.. Holcombe, u.
S. Navy Surgeon of Philadelphia,
read an interesting paper on "The
Old York Road" This was a care
fully prepared document of some 1876
pages of typewriter copy, and
was too long for full reading, but
will be printed in full in the next
volume of the proceedings of the
Society.
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SON FOR HOAGLANDS

New Hope-Mr and Mrs. Eugene
Hoagland, of Windy Bush Road, an
nounce the birth of a son last Mon
day, June 9th. DR.. X. A. Leiby
and Miss Smith, the visiting nurse,
we're in attendance.
The Editor extends all good wishes
TO the new arrival for a prosper
ous, happy and healthy life. In ac-
cordanee with a standing agree
ment of this paper, in exchange for
prompt notification Of the birth Mr..
and Mrs. Hoagland have been cred
tied for years subscription with
our compliments,