In the Churches
Cliffside Park
EPIPHANY CHURCH
Remember the card party on Fri
•day evening, February 6, under th<
auspices of the Catholic Daughters o:
America in Epiphany Hall.
The social meeting of the Catholii
Daughters on Monday evening in th«
hall was unusually well attended. A
short business meeting was held, thei
the “third degree” was given to th<
class of new candidates. This was i
very humorous one, and this class
made the most of it and did everj
stunt they were asked to do, entering
into the spirit of it all the best ol
anyone yet admitted.
The new members are Mrs. M. Fox
Mrs. M. Foley, Mrs. Margaret Woods
Miss Eleanor Fragali, Miss Marie Ric
cio, Miss Grace Donahue, Miss Maj
Brandis, Mrs. Catherine Sullivan
Miss Anastasia Kane, Miss Heler
Weigar, Mrs. Stella Kartler.
TRINITY EPISCOPAL
Trinity Episcopal Church of Grant
wood is having a series of candidates
to preach sent by Bishop Hines of the
Diocese of Newark, so each Sunday a
different rector occupies the pulpit.
Woman’s Guild
The Women’s Guild will hold ite
February meeting on Wednesday, Feb
ruary 3, at 3 o’clock in the Guild Hall
The meeting will begin at an earlier
hour than usual, two o’clock being the
hour set, in order to allow time ta
hear the guest and speaker, Mrs,
Charles Brown of Englewood, who
comes from the Diocese of Newark
and who will give an account of the
recent big Episcopal convention held
In New Orleans, to which she was a
delegate.
Afternoon tea will be served at a
Bocial hour and every one is cordially
Invited to come out. In fact the
women of the church are urged to
come out to do honor to the speaker
and to their church, making it worth
■while for the guest to make the effort
to come to the Grantwood church.
The Rev. Mr. Hill of Cherry Valley,
Long Island, occupied the pulpit of
the Trinity Episcopal Church of
Grantwood on Sunday, January 10,
and the Rev. Mr. Edwards of Pleasant
Valley, N. Y., took charge of the serv
ice on Sunday, January 17.
The Women’s Guild meeting was
held last Wednesday, January 6, and
it was decided to invite Mrs. Brown
of the Newark diocese to address the
Guild in February on “The Woman’s
Auxiliary.”
Penny a Day Society
The Penny a Day Society of the
Trinity Episcopal Church met on
Tuesday, January 5, at the home of
Mrs. Sharpe in Grantwood.
A pleasant and unusual feature of
the afternoon, after the business
meeting, was the presentation of a
beautiful sofa pillow to the hostess,
whose birthday it was.
Mrs. Buschell, the president, made
the presentation. Then a game was
played, guessing advertisements, and
each one guessing wrong had to pay
_ a penny into the treasury for each
bad guess.
Delicious and abundant refresh
ments were served by the hostess
after the very enjoyable afternoon.
TRINITY LUTHERAN
In the Trinity Lutheran Church of
Grantwood Bible School is held every
Sunday at 9:30 a. m., Church service
10:45 a. m., Midweek service regularly
every Wednesday evening at 8 o’clocjc.
Boy Scouts
To band the boys together and to
keep them under the influence of the
■church a Boy Scout Troop is being
organized in the Grantwood Lutheran
Church. The boys have the hearty co
operation of all interested in their
boyhood days.
Boys twelve years and over are elig
ible for membership and the meetings
will take place every Tuesday evening
at 8 o’clock.
ITALIAN MISSION AND
COMMUNITY CHURCH
Sunday evening at the Community
Church, Cliffside, was a memorable
occasion. The result of the Reverend
S. C. Gozzo’s invitation to the Repub
lican Club to attend the evening serv
ices there brought out a congregation
which crowded the church to its capac
ity with representatives from the Re
publican Club and from the Grantwood
Congregational Church, the latter ad
journing after its social hour and re
freshments to the Cliffside Church in
ten automobile loads as a surprise to
the pastor.
Reverend Mr, Gozzo preached a
strong and timely sermon, one of the
chief points being the three kinds of
people—“mine is thine,” the unseflsh
kind, “thine is mine,” the robbers, and
“mine is mine," the selfish ones, point
ing it with the story of the Good Sa
maritan. A still stronger point was
an unexpected one, in the appearance
of a poor man who had been robbed
on the road and was brought to the
church by a member and later aided.
The story in full appears in another
column.
Pleasing musical features were the
violin solos of Miss V. De Trappini
and the solo by Mr. Guertner, accom
panied at the piano by Mrs. Guertner,
all of the Grantwood Church.
Next Sunday, February 31, The
American Crusaders of Bergen Coun
ty will attend the eight o’clock service
of the Community Church, with resi
dents from Bogota, Little Ferry, Tea
neck, Hackensack, Dumont, etc.
At the four o’clock Italian service
the communion will be administered
and new members will be received.
Special music will' be furnished by
Mr. and Mrs. Guertner.
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
Members of the Grantwood Congre
gational Church found out on Sunday
evening, when they arrived at the
church for the social evening, what
the “surprise” feature was and why
automobiles were requested, for after
the refreshments served at six o’clock,
the earlier hour allowing for a social
time, forty older and younger people
drove down to the Cliffside Mission
for its community service and proved
a real and much appreciated surprise
to its pastor.
Young People’s Forum
The Young People’s Forum plans
for Sunday evening, January 31, an
essay evening in Which the following
young people will take part: Miss
Mary Bittenbender on the subject,
“Should Girls Be Romantic?’’ S. N.
Sears, Jr., on “Is there any place for
generosity in business?” Richard
Boyle on “Laughter: What it costs U3,
What it gets us,” and Edgar Rice on
"Our mutual debt of being pleasant.”
The Junior Orchestra will assist in
the musical part of the program.
Ladies’ Aid and Missionary Meetings
The January meeting of the Ladies’
Aid and Missionary Societies of the
Grantwood Congregational Church
were held on January 6 at the home of
Mrs. Paris, who took the place of
Mrs. Haage, as the latter had taken
over the food sale,' relieving Mrs.
Paris when she was ill.
The hostess was assisted by Mrs.
Bittenbender and Mrs. Miller. Mrs.
Kaelin presided at the Ladies’ Aid
Society and opened the meeting with
prayer. Mrs. Haage gave the final
report of her food sale, which reached
the splendid sum of $78.30, and Mrs.
Thayer reported the final proceeds
from her Christmas Goodie Sale, also
a record one, $64.75.
It wa.s voted to send a letter of
thanks to Mr. W. S. Foringer, who
had inscribed the name of Mrs. Curtis
in the Bible presented to her by the
societies and also inscribed the do
nors without charge.
Mrs. Ackerly and Mrs. Terrell were
admitted as new members.
At the meeting of the Missionary
Auxiliary immediately following,,
which was without a chairman owing
to the departure of Mrs. Curtis, Mrs.
Donaldson was elected as chairman
for the rest of this term.
The society voted to send a letter
to Mrs. Best in her illness, a faithful
member of the organization.
Mrs. George Dickinson had charge
of the Home Missionary program for
the day, and she, also Mrs. Tonkin
and Mrs. Berls, read selections chos
en by the captain on the subject of
Turkey, and after some discussion of
the topic delicious refreshments were
served by the hostess.
Fort Lee
CHURCH OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD
The Episcopal Church of the Good
Shepherd, Monument Square, Port
Lee, has been chosen by Bishop
Stearly for his Whitsunday visitation
for the service of confirmation of the
class of 1926. The Feast of Whitsun
day will fall this year on May 23, the
service at the Church of the Good
Shepherd being held at the usual hour
of eleven.
Coming Minstrels
The choir this week fixed the date
of their forthcoming minstrel for
Thursday night, February 11, the eve
of Lincoln’s Birthday. An especially
attractive program is assured for this
popular annual offering of the choir:
the widest support is sought for the
event as the proceeds are to be de
voted toward the extinction of the
debt on the new pipe organ.
Palisade avenue, Rev. Douglas
Loweth rector
Church service 11 a. m. Sunday
school 9:45 a. m. every Sunday.
Holy Communion 11 a. m. on the
first Sunday of the month, 9 a. m. on
the third Sunday of .the month.
Girl Scouts
A business meeting of the Girl
Scouts was held in the parish house
of the Church of the Good Shepherd
on Wednesday evening. Miss Nancy
Smith, a teacher in the high school,
is now the troop leader. They will
hold a dance and social on Friday eve
ning, February 5, at .the parish house.
Miracle Play
The Miracle play, “Why the Chimes
Rang,” presented at St. James’
church, Ridgefield, was again especial
ly well rendered. As in the case of
the presentations at Fort Lee and
Grantwood, the good will offering will
be devoted toward the amount pledg
ed by Bishops Lines and Stearly for
the payment of the national deficit.
The service of morning prayer on
Sunday morning at 11 o’clock at the
Church of the Good Shepherd, Fort
Lee, being |geptuagesima Sunday,
marks the beginning of the pre-Lent
en season, Ash Wednesday being on
February 17. The Sunday school serv
ice with instruction will precede this,
beginning at 9:45 a. m. sharp. The
rector, Rev. Douglas H. Loweth, will
conduct the church service, while the
young people’s service will be con
ducted by Mr. William S. B. Dana, lay
reader. At the 11 o’clock service the
vested choir will sing as an anthem
the beautiful setting by Mendelssohn
of “Jerusalem . the Golden;” also,, a
new Te Deum.by Barrett. In the aft
ernoon a number of the Sunday
school teachers will drive to Newark
to. attend the great meeting at Trini
ty Cathedral, to be addressed by the
Rev. Suter, the new national secre
tary for religious education.
Last Sunday afternoon the group of
young actors from the church who
have been producing the Christmas
miracle play, “Why the . Chimes
Rang,” gave the third performance of
the play at St. James church, Ridge
field, of which the Rev. Loweth is
also rector. Many of the costumes
were loaned by the Church of the As
cension, New York, as well as by the
local high school.
Plans are being laid for a series of
presentations of the new Easter play,
“The Boy Who Discovered Easter,”
by the same author, Elizabeth Ap
thorp McFadden, to be given about
April 20.
The choir is holding rousing re
hearsals under the direction of Mr.
Frank Piantatos for its forthcoming
minstrel show, to be held at Celia’s
Hall on Thursday night, February 11,
at 8:15. Dancing will follow. Tickets
are now on sale. Among those who
will sing solos are Mrs. Weston Vo
gel, Mrs. John Giesler, the Misses
Holsworth, Messrs. Lafko, Ellsworth,
Partridge and others. The proceeds
will be applied toward the debt on the
new pipe organ.
ST. JOHN’S LUTHERAN CHURCH
Rev. B. C. Welnlader minister
Church service 10:45 a. m. Sunday
school 9:30 a. m. every Sunday.
The pastor will occupy the pulpit at
the regular morning service on Sun
day, January 31, choosing for his top
ic the Gospel lesson for the day; Sep
tuagesima Sunday, “The Laborers in
the Vineyard.”
The tenth anniversary of the La
dies’ Aid Society of Grace Lutheran
church of Palisades Park, to which
the Ladies' Aid of St. John’s has been
invited, has been postponed until
February 5.
. On Saturday evening, January 30,
•the Walther League Unit will hold a
sociable at the home of Miss Schu
mann of Center avenue.
Harold Henry Carstens, the infant
son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Carstens of
Center avenue, was christened on
Sunday by the Rev. Bernard Wein
lader. Miss Erika Wolf of Rockaway
and Julius Carstens of New York act
ed as sponsors. After the baptism
the Sunday school chorus sang “I
Was Made a Christian.”
BETHANY METHODIST CHURCH
Rev. Edward Callender pastor
Church service 8 p. m. Sunday
school 10 a. m. every Sunday.
Prayer meeting 8 p. m. every Wed
nesday, conducted by Mr. Walter Oet
tel, Sr.
The package party given by the La
dies’ Aid was a great success both
financially and socially.
Don’t forget the benefit movie, to
be given tonight at the Fort Lee The
atre under the auspices of the Parya
dyn Club.
Palisade
UNION CHURCH
Ministers: A. Philip Guiles, Cliff
side 228-J, 7 OldWood Road, Edgewa
ter, N. J.; R. Hawley Fitch. Morning
side 6100, 600 West 122nd street, New
York, N. Y.
Sunday—Church school 9:45; morn
ing service 11; Union Club 2:30.
Coytesville
THE MADONNA ROMAN
CATHOLIC CHURCH
Rev. Father Corcoran priest
Confessionals at the church, Father
Corcoran confessor, 4 to 6 p. m. and
7:30 to 9 p. m. Saturday at the school
on Lemoine avenue. Father Gerome
confessor, 7:30 to 9 p. m. Saturday.
Masses at the church 8 a. m. and
10:30 a. m. Sunday, at the school on
Lemoine avenue 9 a. m. Sunday.
On Tuesday, February 2, CandlVmas
Day, there will be the Purification of
the Candles and mass at 8 o’clock.
About 100 children of the parish at
tended the Holy Communion service
on Sunday.
A large crowd attended the motion
picture show given under the auspices
of the Holy Name Society, and al
though all the returns are not in, it is
safe to say that between $75 and $100
will be realized.
HOLY TRINITY CHURCH
Wednesday evening the card party
committee will hold another meeting
for the coming affair of the Rosary
Society. Reports thus far are very
encouraging.
The Sunday school pupils will have
their examination in catechism and
Christian doctrine on the first Sunday
of February. Father Mulligan, the
pastor, will supervise the examina
tion. The teachers will interchange
classes.
Ike Woods, the noted ■ artist of
Coytesville, has presented Holy Trini
ty Auditorium with a specimen of his
craft. The subject is “The Palisades
in Springtime.” The painting is done
in oil and will be hung in the audito
rium with befitting ceremonies.
The promoters of the League of the
Sacred Heart will hold a meeting on
Thursday night.
ST. STEPHEN’S
PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL
Coytesville, Rev. Rowland K. Gimson
rector
Church service 8 p. m. Sunday
school 10:30 a. m. every Sunday.
Holy Communion 8:30 a. m. on the
second Sunday of the month.
Young people’s service 11 a. m.
every Sunday.
The regular meeting of the Sunday
school teachers was held at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Johnson
of Irving avenue on Monday evening.
After the short business meeting a
light repast was served and a socjal
evening enjoyed. Those present were
Mrs. A. Knowles, Miss Amelia Yach,
Miss Helen Weber, Mrs. F. Wakeham
and Mr. T. Norcross. For the social
part of the evening Mr. Arthur
Knowles, Mr. A. M. Herrmann and
Mr. Johnson joined the party.
DUTCH REFORMED CHURCH
Sunday school 10 a. m. Church
services 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. The reg
ular monthly consistory will be held
Thursday evening at the parsonage.
The Bible class for young women is
held every Thursday evening in the
Sunday school room.
The Orion Club will hold its regu
lar meeting on Monday, February 1,
in the Sunday school room.
The Girls’ Club meet on Friday, Jan
uary 29, at the home of Mrs. Leland
Shaffer on Lemoine avenue.
Orion Club Dance
The Orion Club of the Dutch Re
formed church of Coytesville gave its
sixth dance last Friday evening at
Madonna Hall in Fort Lee. The hall
was beautifully decorated In dark
blue and white, with the large banner
sf the Orion Club hung over the plat
form. A large number of guests at
tended the dance and voted it a huge
success.
The judges were Mr. William Keep
er, Mr. Edward Packer and Mr. Rob
ert King, and prizes were awarded to
Miss Lillian Witzman, representing a
Russian dancer, and Adam Dopf, who
:ame dressed as a Southern mammy,
rhe prizes were $2.50 gold pieces.
The music, furnished by Stewart’s
Orchestra of Fort Lee, was greatly
appreciated by all who attended the
dance. It was the orchestra’s first
appearance in Fort Lee, being hither
to usually engaged in making things
merry for frequenters of fashionable
New York clubs, and Fort Lee dan
cers were very proud of their home
talent.
Raise Salaries
An ordinance wras introduced at
Monday night’s meeting of Cliffside
Park’s Mayor and Council increasing
the salary of the borough clerk to
$1,500 per year and that of the build
ing inspector to $1,800 per annum and
will come up for final passage at the
next meeting of the board.
A compensation of $300 a year was
voted the poormaster, Rev. Salvatore
Gozzo, in recognition of his excellent
service in behalf of the needy of the
borough. On the recommendation of
the Mayor, Mr. Gozzo was reappointed
overseer for a term of five years,
which is the new law regarding the
poormaster’s term of office. In the
budget an appropriation of $1,000 was
allotted the poor fund, an increase of
Public Service Announces
New Issue of No Par
Value Common Stock
At a meeting held in Newark on
Tuesday the Board of Directors of
Public Service Corporation of New
Jersey authorized an issue of the cor
poration’s no par value common stock
at the rate of one share for each
ten shares of either common or pre
ferred stock outstanding on February
5, 1926. The new issue will on this
basis be in excess of 153,815 shares.
Holders of common and .preferred
stock of record as of February 5, 1926,
were given the right to subscribe at
the ratio of one share of the new issue
for each ten shares of either common
or preferred stock owned on that date.
The subscription price as fixed at $80
per share. Rights expire and stock
is to be paid for in full on or before
March 31, 1926.
Capital derived from the sale will
be used to finance in .part the exten
sive construction budget of Public
Service operating companies for the
year 1926.
Freeholds’ Meeting
When he declared that the county
audit for the year 1924 which should
have been filed with the department
! of Municipal Accounts at Trenton on
| May 1 last had neither reached that
place nor as yet been submitted to
the Board of Freeholders, Chairman
of the Finance Committee Freeholder |
Carl Wright created a mild sensation
at the regular meeting of the Bergen I
County Board of Freeholders- held at
the county court house yesterday aft
ernoon. Just where the missing doc
ument is no one seemed to know, and
the clerk was instructed to seek
some light on the subject from the
county auditor.
John C. Rockes of Tenafly, who rep
resents the boroughs of Fort Lee, Al
pine and Englewood Cliffs in the mat
ter of securing legislation permitting
of the taxing of lands in those bor
oughs held in the name of the Pali
sade Interstate Park Commission—
the same as is permitted in Rockland
county, New York state—wrote that
the park secured a yearly revenue
from the lands proposed to he taxed
of $60,000 from the following sources:
Dyckman street fen-y, $20,000; Alpine
ferry, $6,000; concessions, $34,000. He
also declared that the exempted lands
caused an annual tax loss of $86,000.
The board went on record as favoring
the proposed legislation and instruct
ed that their views be transmitted to
Senator Mackay and the Bergen coun
ty assemblymen.
Frank Cavaliere of Fort Lee, whose
bid of $457 was low, was awarded the
contract for the extension of a cul
vert on Central boulevard in Fort Lee.
A letter from the Board of Health
of Fairview claiming that a woman
very sick with tuberculosis had been
denied admittance to the County Hos
pital and that Fairview was being dis
criminated against brought a strong
rejoinder from Freeholder Westbrook,
himself a member of the board of gov
ernors. Mr. Westbrock declared that
as long as there was an available bed
all patients were admitted. He added
that patients were being moved into
the new $300,000 tuberculosis infirm
ary at the present time and that the
woman in question could be accommo
dated. He added that the delay in
opening the new building was due to
the noncompletion of the heating
plant.
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