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Palisadian., 1925-09-11
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH

The G. Grant wood Congregational
Church, Columbia avenue, near An
derson avenue, which has been closed
during August will resume its morn
ing service and Sunday School on Sun
day, September 13. Morning service
at eleven o'clock. No evening service
at present but plans are under way
for various other services for this
coming season.
Congregational Ladies' Aid Society
The program for the whole season,
in the Ladies' Aid Society of the
Grantwood Congregational Church as
planned by the president and execu
tive committee is now ready and is az
follows:
1925-September Is. Hostess, Mrs.
Curtis; assistant, Mrs. Dickinson.
October. 13. Church luncheon, Mrs
Holcombe, chairman. November 10,
hostess, Mrs. Thayer; assistant, Mrs.
Cochran. December 8, hostess, Mrs.
Sears; assistant, Mrs. Voegelei. 1926
January II, hostess, Mrs. Haage;
assistant, Mrs. Bittenebender Febru
airy 8, Pillsbury pancake luncheon at
church, Mrs. Paris, chairman. March
9, hostess, Mrs Dickinson; assistant,
Palisadian., 1925-09-11

at 8:15 o'clock in the evening. The
Mems Club meets on Monday evening,
September 21.
Church services are at 11:45, Sun
day mornings, and Sunday School at
8: 80 a. m. There are no evening serv-
ices, but in October there will be
Wednesday evening service to take the
place of the former Sunday evening
service.
AS in past summers. the church and
Sunday School have been open all Sun
day for the preaching of the gospel
with an attendance of an appreciative
audience, and an increased attendance
is anticipated this fall Pastor
Schwartz has been happy to find many
of his little friends attending Sunday
School every Sunday. The churcN
buiidIng has had a new coat of paint,
presenting a fresh and attractive ap-
pearance. The pastor extends an in
vitation to all to come to the church.
Palisadian., 1925-09-11

Sept 13.-Flag Pole presentation at
Bergen Pines by Bergen County
Junior Order American Mechanics,
8 p. m.
Sept. Injecting Of the Cliffside
Park mayor and council, Borough
Hall, Jersey and Palisade avenues,
Cliffside. p. m
September 14-Meeting of Woman's
Republican Club of Palisade; home of
Mrs. James Stewart, Columbia ave-
nue. and Edgewood Lane, Palisade;
2:30 D. m. sharp.
September 16--Meeting of Cliffside
Park Republican Club; Borough Hall,
Jersey and Palisade avenues, Cliff
side; $50 p. M; election of officers
and Endorsement of candidates.
September 16 - Peach festival;
home of Mrs. James Stewart. Pal
isade; afternoon; auspices Woman's
League of the Union church.
September 16-Luncheon of Rotary
Club of Fort Lee; Cella's hotel, White
man street, Fort Lee; Senator VIII
liam B. Mackay to speak.
Sept. 16-Meeting of the Fort Lee
mayor and council, Borough Hall, 8
p. m.
September IS - Meeting of Holy
Palisadian., 1925-09-11
GOn7inG Events
All and individuals inDited send in
COMING EVENTS for publication

Name Hospital Auxiliary brentwood
branch); Grantwood School Clinic,
Eawton avenue; 2 until p. m.
September 21 - Meeting of Mems
Club; Trinity Lutheran church.
September 24-Meeting of Litera-
ture Department of Cliffside Park
Woman's Club; home of Mrs. A. T.
Simson, "a Washington avenue,
Grantwood.
Sept. 24-Card party for benefit of
Holy Name Hospital in Teaneck, home
of Mrs Broderick, 21 Edgewater road,
Grantwood
Sept 24-Meeting of the Cliffside
Park Elks' Lodge, Elks' clubhouse, 20
Grant avenue, Grantwood, s p. m.
Sept. 2S-Meeting of Cliffside Park
mayor and council, Borough Hall,
Jersey and Palisade avenues, Cliffside,
8 p. m.
Oct. 6-First meeting of Helping
Hand Society, Christian Orphans
Home. Pal'sade avenue, Fort Lee.
Sept. 15-Meeting of Ladies' Aid
Society of the Grantwood Congrega-
tional Church; Mrs. Curtis, hostess.
Oct First meeting of Cliffside
Park Parent-Teacher Association; at
the High School; reception to the new
and old teachers.
Palisadian., 1925-09-11
Bergen County Republicans
Received Silver Cup at
Whitney Rally

Grand View Park, Singac. was
crowded with enthusiastic Republic
ans who assembled to greet their
standard bearer, Arthur Whitney, can
didate for Governor, recently.
State Senator William B. Mackay
headed the Bergen county delegation
that journeyed to the Park. Address
es we're made by former Governor
Stokes. chairman of the State Com
mittee. and the Hon. Arthur Whitney.
At the conclusion of the speech maxi
ing both the Republican men and wo-
men formed parade and marched to
the spacious dancing pavilion, where
the management of the Park present
ed the different county delegations
with large silver cup.
Bergen county received the second
prize, having over $50 Republicans in
line. The cup was presented to the
Bergen county Republicans through
the County Committee. Chairman
McClave on receiving the cup made
short address.
Early in the evening dinner was
given to the Hon. Arthur Whitney at
the Alexander Hamilton Hotel in Pat
erson by Assemblyman Walter Hud-
son of Passaic County. The guests
from Bergen county included State
Senator William B. Mackay, Secre-
tary William S. Moore, Chairman 3.
Duncan McClave, Assemblyman Ralph
w. Chandless, Treasurer James w.
Mercer of the County Committee and
former Sheriff Joseph Kinzley.
Palisadian., 1925-09-11

Mrs. Moreng. April 13, church lunch
con, Mrs. Leeger, chairman. May II,
hostess, Mrs. Banta; assistant, Mrs
Fuller. June 8, church luncheon,
Mrs. Yeager, chairman.
There will be food sales in Novem-
Der and March, with Mrs. Cochran
chairman, May Mrs. Berls chairman,
and Christmas Goodie Sale with Mrs.
Thayer chairman.
In January a musicale will be held
for the return of the calendars given
to each member last season, and Mrs.
Yaeger will be hostess. In March,
Mrs Curtis and Mrs. Modess will man
age masquerade.
Mrs. Benda is chairman of the call
ing committee, and Mrs. Golde of the
kitchen committee.
The officers for the coming year are
president, Mrs. Kaelin; vice president
Mrs. Thayer; treasurer, Mrs. Braddon; !;
recording secretary, Mrs. Cochran
corresponding secretary, Mrs. Paris;
missionary chairman, Mrs. Curtis
missionary treasurer, Mrs Modess.
Palisadian., 1925-09-11
Automobile Thieves Caught
Lived in Palisade Section

County Detective Nathan Allyn
stated the past week that be believed
Andrew Duffy and Charles Maiwald,
the two auto thieves arrested in Ridge
field Park by Sergeant James Nc
Niece earlier in the week, were ring
leaders of gang of ChrysloT and
Ford thieves operating in the metro
politan district.
He also disclosed the information
that the men had been living in Pal
isade, having stored several stolen
machines near their residence there.
A woman who saw the two drive Off
in a Chrysler roadster owned by Hell
en- Hewitt, Broadway singer, has
identified pictures of Maiwald and
Duffy. She also gave complete de-
scription of the accused men, who are
being held in the Bergen County jail
without bail
The license plates of the roadster
and the owners registration card OF
Ohio state were found among the
packings of one of the suit cases IN
the Chrysler sedan recovered al
Ridgefield Park
Chief Probation Officer John J. Gas
coine of Essex county has filed war,
rant against Maiwald for violation OF
parole granted by the court OF that
county He also had been charged
with automobile thefts in Newark, ac
cording to the papers in the posses
sion of the officer.
Living in the Palisade section OF
Fort Lee, Maiwald, in whose name the
New Jersey plates for the sedan had
been taken, posed as Jack WHITE
while Duffy was known as James Ma
lone.
Palisadian., 1925-09-11

"YoU ARE GETTING TOO MUCH
POETRY IN YOUR ColYUM,"
SAYS A CORRESPONDENT. TRYING
TO KID US? THERE'S NEVER
BEEN ANY POETRY IN 1T YET.
Palisadian., 1925-09-11
AN AxE-IDENT

There was a young salesman named
Phipps,
Who married on one of his trips,
A widow named Block,
But he got quite a shock
When he found that there were six
little chips!
Palisadian., 1925-09-11
ITALIAN MISSION AND CON-
MUNITY CHURCH

The Congregational Italian Mission
of Cliffside opened it's season with
Wednesday evening prayer meeting
this week, and on Sunday, Septembe
13, the afternoon service will be re-
opened at four o'clock and the Sun
day school in the morning.
The community services, in English,
on Sunday evenings will be resumed as
soon as possible, also the evening
classes in citizenship, and the other
activities of the church.
Rev. S. c. Gozzo, the pastor, return
ed with his family from Cedar Lake or
Labor Day afternoon, after months
vacation there.
Palisadian., 1925-09-11
Miscellaneous

CHAIR CANING-All kinds of Gaming
and weaving. Albert ]. Derfus, Sec
ond street, Coytesville. Phone Fort
Lee 43O. 6-19-13t
Palisadian., 1925-09-11
In the Churches
Clifside Park
JEWISH SERVICES

The congregation Ahaves Achem of
Fort Lee will hold New Year Ser
vices, September 19 and 20 at the
Masonic Temple, Main street
Rabbi Samuel Cohn will conduct
the services. For further information
phone Fort Lee 15S.
VIM. Fox announces Jewish Ser
vices in Cliffside Park during the
coming holidays at 432 Palisade ave-,
in the new hall over the Office of
Harry Lucht, architect.
Palisadian., 1925-09-11
Palisade
UNION CHURCH

The Union Church opens on Sun
day morning for the first fall service
at II o'clock, with the new minister,
Rev. Guiles, occupying the pulpit.
Sunday School at 9:45 a. m. This
is the first fall session of the Sun
day School and Superintendent Clark
urges the parents to have all schol-
ars attend.
Palisadian., 1925-09-11
Opens Shop in Grantwood
At 7O2 Anderson Avenue

S. Silverman of New York city has
established a tailoring shop at 702
Anderson avenue in Grantwood.
In addition to doing tailoring for
ladies and gentlemen, he is equipped
to render a complete cleaning and
dyeing service.
The temporary phone number is
Cliffside 977
Palisadian., 1925-09-11
TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH

wood Lutheran Church will meet on
Tuesday, September 10, in the church
New Britain herald., 1925-12-23
Holding HEARING ON
HABEAS CORPUS WRIT
College Student Claims He
Is Being Held
Illegally

John s. r. Torell, local college
student, viii be brought before
Judge L. P. Waldo Marvin in super
ior court at 4;45 o'clock this after
noon on writ of habeas corpus In
which his counsel will contend he
was arrested in civil action on a
defective body writ.
Torell was taken, to the Hartford
county Jail yesterday afternoon by
Deputy Sheriff Harger for failure TO
satisfy a $500 Judgment rendered
against him In superior court. He
had been defendant in a civil suit
arising out of injuries sustained by
the late Charles s. Drobegg on
Plainville road two years ago. and
judgment was rendered against him.
Upon his return from college he
was arrested yesterday. Attorney
Edward A. Mag. his lawyer. arrang-
ed bond for his release from Jail,
but the young man is required to
stay within the limits OF the city Of
Hartford.
Today Judge Marvin signed writ
or habeas corpus TO bring the mat
ter into court without delay.
Attorney Mag claims the body
writ was issued month after Dro-
begg died and could not have been
his action, therefore il is illegal. The
issue will be threshed out at this
afternoons session.
New Britain herald., 1925-12-23
Chicago's Residents Spend More
Than Sixty Million Dollars In
Purchase OF Christmas Presents
Radios Popular and So Are Nah Jongg Sets Just Be-
cause They Are Bargains - COntrasted to Lavish
Gifts Are PitifuI Santa" Letters of Children of
the Poor.

waning popularity Of the once high
priced game.
A store which gave the public a
chance to obtain at $2.75 sets orig
inalIy priced at S25 was besieged by
an old fashioned bargain crowd,
which store officials said almost
battlcd for the sets.
Radios In Demand
Radio sets were pushed more ag-
gressivcly and successfully than ever.
This was foreshadowed by previous
symptoms Of the increasing popular
ity of radio. Toy and other stand
ard Christmas lines continued their
usual popularity.
Yet there were many children IN
Chicago likely to be unbenefited by
the sixty million dollar expenditure,
according to Assistant Postmaster
John T. McGrath. who opens the
letters addressed TO Santa Claus. He
has received more than $500.
we have no heavy underwear, ,"
wrote one small correspondent. I'VE
live in a basement and it is very
cold here and if you have any blan-
kets we will be very glad to have
them"
A twelve ycar old boy addressed
his engaging plea directly to the
postmaster:
Il wonder If you will come over to
our house 10 help us at Christmas.
My father is a disabled soldier and
he is out of work. We will be SC
glad II you come over to our house
and help u.s."
New Britain herald., 1925-12-23

Chicago, Dec. IS Py-Chicagos
100000 inhabitants will spend
more than s6O,Ooo,OOO for Christ
mas.
Last year it was estimated retail
stores in State street alone, where
most of the Christmas trade is con-
centratcd, took in S50,000,OoO. Con-
estimates today were for
an increase Of II per cent, making
the total for State street S5G,O0O,OOO.
One prominent State street mer-
chant said his holiday business to
date increased more than IL per
cent, hut in view of possible bad
weather before Christmas he was
whether the percentage
rate Of prosperity would be main
tanned.
Newspapers here and elsewhere
appear to have abandoned their
traditional front-page enumeration
of the number of shopping days re-
until Christmas and some
have instituted little Christmas shop
ping stories or decorative holiday
designs as reminders.
Buyers Shop Earlier
This year Christmas shopping
started much earlier than usual, per-
hapS because of wintry weather and
snow fall in November, some bus
mess observers believed.
At first II was feared that the
sale Of Nah Jong sets would be nil,
but the love of bargains appears
largely to have Offset apparently
New Britain herald., 1925-12-23
DOLLAR BUYS PLANT
Robert Qullen Now Wants To Sell
His Fountain Inn Weekly-No
Joke About 1t. He Says.

Fountain Inn, S. c.. Dec. 20 Up
Robert CULLEN, humorist and pub
Usher who recently erected mon
umcnt 10 Eve, wants to sell his
weekly newspaper the Fountain Inn
Tribune, for one dollar.
The current issue Of the paper
bears this announcement across the
front page:
THE Tribune is for sale, lock,
stock and barrel. subscription list
print shop, equipment, paper stock
land good will. The price Is one
dollar no mora, no less
This is no joke, but it is bar
gain. The FIST responsible man who
Iplanks down one dollar gets it. The
business will be turned over to him
January l."
Mr.. CULLEN began publishing the
paper on January l. 1911, sold 1t In
1922 and re-assumed editorship on
March !, 1925. He said the paper
amused ne at first" but that he
was giving 1t up IN order TO devote
more time to writing.
New Britain herald., 1925-12-23
Mercury TumbleS Thirty
Degrees in Twenty Hours

WWrrhury, Dec % A cold wave
struck this city during the night
driving the mercury down to 20 de-
Errcs at o'clock this morning. The
change started last night at II
O'Clock wEon a high northwest wind
blow in clearing the atmosphere Of
the rain and fog Obtaining for the
previous As hours. Yesterdays high
Of 80 compared with this mornings
low shows a net change of 80 de-
grccS in 20 hours.
New Britain herald., 1925-12-23
11,162,t5t IN N. Y. STATE
Population Figures Show 23i.2 Per-
sons To Every Square Mile In The
Empire State.

Albany. n. Y, Dec. 2S P(-The
population of New York state is
according to totals Of the
1925 state census. announced here
today This represents a gain of
1884 since 1920 and Is the largest
growth made by the state in any
five year period since 1910,
In the past quarter century the
states population has increased
nearly four million, the total in 1900
having been 7,26S,S94
Today there Is an average Of 2S4.2
persons to every square mile in the
state. The average In 1920 was
I217.9 while in 1900 it was 1875.
New York city has a population
for 1925 of 5,S73,S56, an increase
of 25S,S0S during the past five years,
The rate Of increase is about the
same rs that of period between 1910
and 1915. hut below the rate Of
growth in the five years preceding
1920.
New Britain herald., 1925-12-23
One of Oldest Members
Of Stock Exchange Dies

New York, Dec. 2S Pt-The death
of II. X. Pomroy Of the firm OF j.
W. Davis and company, vas an
nounced today from the rostrum of
the stock exchange, Of whose gov
erning committee he was one of the
oldest members. He died last night.
Mr., Pomeroy had been member
Of the exchange since 1878 and was
three times its president. At the
time of his death he was trustee
Of the Fulton Trust company and
director of a number of institutions,
among them the Mack Truck cor
poration and the Wabash railway.
New Britain herald., 1925-12-23
BRIGHT CHRISTMAS And
NORMAL TEMPERATURES
Sunshiny Weather Predictcd-Snow
Hardly Likely In the
Coastal States.

Washington, Dec. 2S LPl--A bright
Christmas with nearly normal tem-
peratures Is looked for by the
weather bureau for most OF the
country.
In an unofficial forecast today,
officials at the bureau said there
probably would be snow Christmas
Eve In the northeastern states but
that the sun would shine bright
Christmas Day nearly everywhere,
except along the Canadian border.
A white Christmas over all north
ern sections except near the coasts,
with blanket OF snow covering the
interior between tho Appalachians
and the Pacific was predicted, to-
gether with scasonable temperatures
except for cold weather along the
northern border and mild weather
west OF the Rockies.
New Britain herald., 1925-12-23
.Anti-Smuggling Treaty
With Mexico Is Signed

Washington, Dec. 2S LPD--An ad-
vanced step in the relations between
Mexico and the United States was
taken today with the signing by Sec
retary Kellogg and Ambassador Tel
lez of an smuggling treaty and
supplemental convention covering
the cXtradition of criminals.
The treaties which go further than
those recently signed with Canada,
provide The most advanced machin-
cry for the international cooperation
in the enforcement of the laws of
the two countries that have ever
heen negotiated by the state depart
mpnt.
New Britain herald., 1925-12-23
Vets, Drys, L a b or
Unions And Others
Would Be Given Full
Opportunity To Pre-
sent Their Arguments.
Prohibition Agents For
mally Notified to Stop
Reckless Expenditures
in Securing Evidence.

Washington, Dee. % Ex-senator
Edge, republican, Now Jersey has
abandoned the idea of seeking Joint
congressional hearings on the yari-
Gus senate and house proposals for
modification of the prohibition act.
Soon after the holidays Senator
Edge expects to request Chairman
Cummins Of the Judiciary commit
Tee TO name a subcommittee which
will hear evidence on his proposals
for 2.75 per cent beer aud removal
Of the present restrictions Of pre-
scripton Whiskey
A number Of writer's an0 ss- ltors
who have made surveys OF prohibi-
ton enforcement will be heard, as
we'll as labor union leaders and
others
The b-committee will give full
opportunity for the dry forces to
present their case.
Dry Agents Warned
Prohibition agents were warned
today that RECKLESS, unjustitiahle ex-
penditures" during their work in the
future would cause their dismissal
from the enforcement service,
In letter to prohibition adnins-
traitors. prompted by the recent
Mayflower hotel case, in which two
agents expended nearly $1,000 As
sistant Secretary Andrews OF the
lot 70
tracing down bootleggers must be
used intelligently and economically
and never used without complete
Justification"
View in Mayfower Incident
Mr. Andrews said that the May
flower incident which for several
days has furnished the subject OF
house debate, occurred in the early
days Of his occupancy Of the assist
ant secretary's office and before he
ization.
II do not feel therefore" the let
ter said, that it affords any occasion
for severe discipline of those en-
gagged under the circumstances. I do
feel that it affords telling object
lesson to the whole organization,
however, and therefore | am bring
ing it to your attention with the un-
derstanding that you will all give
this matter careful consideration and
structed and your supervision of
their work is so careful that any
thing OF this kind cannot recur in
the future; with the added under
standing that hereafter any case Of
reckless, unjustifiable expenditure
Of public funds will meet with
severe discipline, and generally
speaking. with immediate separation
from the service"
Mr.. Andrews said he regarded
under cover investigations as prob
ably the surest way to break up the
bootleg industry, but he warned the
agents that they should not conduct
themselves in a way which would
permit violators OF the law to plead
entrapment as a defense.
lie adueu lllUl RECKLESS tApellul-
lures were likely to influence the
jury against the governments case.
1t would have been better. he said,
to have handled the MayhoWer case
by disclosing how the liquor was
brought into the city. Money spent
intelligently to accomplish this pur-
post, he said, would have been
amply justified.
New Britain herald., 1925-12-23
Cowboy Tessler Gets
10 to 20 Years in Prison

New York, Dec. % P-Frank
Tessicr, IS year old head Of the
notorious cowboy gang" OF rob-
bers, was sentenced yesterday TO
from ten to twenty years in states
prison for robbery by Judge Talley
in general sessions.
Cowboy" Tessier still faces
murder indictment brought against
him in October for the alleged shoot
ing and killing Of Abraham Peska,
a downtown furricr.
Other members of the gang con-
fessed to various depredatiuns and
we're sentenced to prison for varying
terms, Tessier pleaded guilty to the
robbery charge.
New Britain herald., 1925-12-23

Logan county. they had about
given up hope OF ever gaining use
ot their eyes, and were educating
themselves in the methods Of The
blind, when kindly disposed neigh
bors interested Dr c. NJ. Halves Of
Huntington. The doctor said he was
willing 10 perform the delicate
operations necessary. without cost
The uciEhhors, anxious TO have
the girls hack home by Christmas
hurricdly subscribed a fund to de-
fray hospital expenses.