The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-06-11

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ST, Lambertville's Oldest resident, who
died recently at the home Of her only
son, Tony Rossi, on Delevan street,
were held at st. Johns R. c. Church.
The Humane Fire Company, No. 1,
| at their meeting recently elected Will
liam S. Ginglen, James M. Heron,
Samuel r. Warner, Fred Tucker and
Charles Van Brunt as delegates to
attend the annual convention. The
convention is to be held in the City
Hall in July for the purpose Of elect
ing chief, first assistant chief and
second assistant chief Of the Borden
town Fire Department
AS the result of a head-on collision
between a touring car and truck
at curve in the Pompton Turnpike
| at Pequannock, an East Orange man
is dead and two other occupants of
the touring car are in st. Joseph's
Hospital, Paterson, seriously in
/ jured.
During recent shower, lightning
/ struck the Baptist Church steeple,
Hamburg, badly damaging it. Funeral
services were being held in the church
at the time. No one was hurt.
At a sheriff's foreclosure sale at
the court house, Elizabeth, recently,
United States Commissioner Frank J.
Pfaff purchased two properties, one
bordering on Christine street and the
| other at SIP Laurel street For the
former he bid $4,000 and the latter
! $3.50. Mary e. Flynn was the COM
plainant and Salvatore Puschio the
! defendant.
Holding that the petition of former
Chief of Police John R. Snedeker, Of
Atlantic Highlands, as candidate for
| Mayor in the Republican primaries
was faulty because several words
were stricken from it after it was
signed, Supreme Court Justice Lloyd
recently decided Snedeker could not
enter the primaries of that party.
If more cattle are not killed in the
| United States this country will have
| to go into the world markets for q
large portion of its hide and leather
supply, Hiram S. Brown of New York
City. mead of large leather company.
told the. American Leather Chemists
Association meeting in the Traymore
Hotel at Atlantic City recently.
Commercial vehicles, by July 4, are
required to have the name and adj
dress OF owners on them. The new
law, adopted by the 1925 Legislature.
requires the letters to be at least
| three inches in height.
Reversing the Supreme Court decf-
AZ. In
at Trenton sustained a verdict OBJ
tanned by Antonio Flori and Vincenzo
Citro in a suit brought against John
Schmolze, driver of Jersey City fire
truck, for injuries suffered in crash.
They sued for $4,000 and $4,000 re-
spectively.
Director of Public Safety Kearney,
OF Orange, announced that all cafes,
grills, bowling alleys and bars where
drinks are sold must be operated UNI
der an anti-screen ordinance adopted
recently.
A state wide civil service examina-
ton is being prepared for the purpose
Of establishing an eligible list from
which appointments may be made to
any part Of the state to the position
of inspector of motor vehicles.
Governor and Mrs. Silzer have
opened the Little White House, their
summer cottage, on the state grounds
at Sea Girt.
The Patrolmen's Benevolent Asso-
citation of Orange has reelected Luke
Reilly president and retained Christie
pher Hamilton as recording secretary
Asserting that subtle methods are
being used to induce pupils Of the
East Orange High School to affiliate
with secret societies, Edmund H.
Walker, president of the city Board of
Education, has declared that the pu-
pills who join are placing themselves
In jeopardy.
Veterans Of all wars gathered at
the Belmont avenue headquarters of
Van Houten post, Jersey City, G. A.
R., and escorted nine of the organiza-
TONS % survivors to the Fourth Reg
iment >Armory, where memorial serv-
ices were held.
BENJAMIN Keyser Of Carlstadt, who
claims to be the Oldest man in New
Jersey, celebrated his 105th birthday
at the home Of his granddaughter,
Mrs. John Mehlin. Mr. Keyser was
born In Dublin in 1890 and is in good
health with the exception of having
been i'll with cold during the past
winter. A family reunion featured
the celebration.
The success of the campaign to
raise $35O,00O for Overlook Hospital,
Summit, seems practically assured.
Two hundred and one thousand dol
lars was pledged in two nights and
the campaign does not close until
Friday next. The workers are enthu-
siastic. No one is overlooked. The
committee has met with some re-
fusals, but on the whole the residents
In the territory served by the hospital
have been responsive.
The funeral Of Maurice d. Doughty
Of Groveville. forty-three years old,
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