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Volume 19, Number 2 Borough of Peapack and Gladstone, N. J., Thursday, April 11, 1918 $1.00 per Year >
- Events of Interest
Local Items and Items of In
terest to Our Community.
Mrs. Earl Eisenhart is recovering
from an attack of measles.
Edward Leary, of Dover, is visiting a
few days at his home here.
Ivan Hill, of Brooklyn, visited Sunday
here with his uncle, T. S. Hill.
The Reformed Church parsonage at
this place will be repaired and painted.
Miss Frances Hill is visiting a week
with Mrs. Henry Blaufas, at Mcndham.
Mrs. Jacob Haines has been visiting a
few days with John Dowling, at Far
Hills.
Benj. Trebilcock, of Camp Dix, visited
Saturday and Sunday her? witl^his pa
rents.
Miss Myrtle Sutton, of Annandale,
visited over Sunday here with Mis
Grace Fenner.
Harold Burd has been enjoying a four
days furlough from Camp Dix with his
parents here.
Frank Townley has returned to his
home here, after a visit of four months
in Miami, Florida.
Charles Trimmer, son of Mr. and Sirs.
William Trimmer, is recovering from an
attack of pneumonia.
Adam Scott and family have moved
from the Schley estate at Far Hills to
Gardners Island, N. Y.
Miss Emeline Yarnell, of Brooklyn,
has been visiting at Pottersville with
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Fields.
Miss Mareta Gano, of Plainsboro, has
been visiting her mother, Mrs. Norn
Gano, at New Germantown.
Mrs. Isaac Hildebrant, of New Ger
mantown, has been entertaining Mrs.
^harlcs Slater, of High Bridge.
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Alpaugh, of
New Germantown, has been' entertaining
William Alpaugh, of Westfield.
Miss Mae Dowling, of Far Hills, en
tertained Mr. and Mrs. Edward Kugler
at luncheon on Sunday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Isaiah Apgar, of New
Germantown, have been entertaining
Mrs. Floyd MeCathern, of Brooklyn.
Mrs. William S. Coeyman, of New
Germantown, is visiting a few days with
relatives in Newark and East Orange.
Miss Naomi Fritts, of Plainfield, visit
ed over Suiy'ay with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Enoch Fritts, at Pottersville.
Another beautiful display, of northern
lights occurred on Friday evening and a
host of people enjoyed watching them.
Charles Craig and family have moved
from New Germantown to Somerville,
where they recently purchased a home.
Rev. and Mrs. Frederick N. Baeder en
tertained Mrs. Baeder’s sister, Miss Lil
lian Kraemer, of Newark, over Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Emmet Rinehart, of
near New Germantown, has been enter
taining Mrs. M. Q. Rutan, of East
Orange.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Sutphen, who
have been visiting the winter at
Sharpes, Florida, have returned to their
home near here.
The Reformed Church of this place
will celebrate the Fourth of July on the
church lawn with a fair and supper,
notice will be given Jater.
and family have mov
the for
Branch,
Mrs. John Dowling, ol Far Hills, en
tertained a few friends at a very de
lightful dinner last Thursday. The
guests were Mrs. Theodore Card, Mrs.
Alex. Allen, Mrs. David Card, Mrs.
Moody Peterman, Mrs. Frank Townley.
Miss Beatrice Chadwick, a teacher in
our borough public school, was given a
surprise party on Monday evening of
last week at the home of Rev. and Mrs.
•J. M. Harper by about thirty-five mem
bers of the Cirls’ Friendly Society, of
which Miss Chadwick is the president.
Miss Blanche L. Rinehart, of Chatta
nooga, Tenn., formerly of New German
town and a sister of Mrs. II. C. Van
Dervecr, of this place, and Cecil T.
Drake, of Victoria, British Columbia,
were recently married. They will re
side in Beloit. Tenn., where the groom
is engaged in business.
Flashes destroyed the roof and top
floor of All Soul's’ Hospital, at Morris
town, last Thursday morning. A pot of
grease left on the kitchen range is be
lieved to have started the lire. Thirty
eight. patients were taken unharmed
from the -building during the fire, and
removed to nearby homes.
The Borough Board of Education or
ganized on Monday evening of last week
by electing Bev. .1. M. Harper president
and J. K. Thompson vice president. The
teachers are all to be retained if they
wish to Stay. Mr. Meseroll, the princi
pal, was given a substantial increase in J
salary and the salaries of all the teach-j
ers were increased.
Cecil Opdycke, fifteen years old, who
is employed on the Silas Kick farm, at
Annandale, struck a dynamite cap with |
a hammer last Wednesday eveningeand
suffered the loss of a portion of the'
thumb and index finger of the left hand. |
His breast was also punctured by the'
cap. It was necessary to amputate a
portion of both fingers.
The Classis of Raritan installed Rev.
,T. Clewell Ottinger, of Hicksville, Long
Island, as pastor of the Bottersville Re
formed church last Thursday. Rev.
Dr. W. S. Cranmer, of Somerville, presi
dent of the Classis, presided and read
the form. Rev. W. H. Jackson, of
Glen Head, Long Island, preached the
sermon. The charge to the pastor was:
given by Rev. A. O. Van Raalte, pastor
of the Whitehouse Reformed church, and
the charge to the people by Rev. C. J.
Fingar, of Lebanon.
Rev. William Edgar Houeyman, sev
enty-nine years old, died on Monday of
last week at his home in North Plain
field. Deceased was bom at New Ger
mantown and was a member of a fam
ily long prominent in Hunterdon coun
ty. He had served as pastor in various
churches in New Jersey, Pennsylvania
and California, but has been located at
North Plainfield since 1880. Funeral
services were held at his late home on
Thursday and interment was made at
New Germantown. He is survived by
his widow and one daughter.
Miss Ella Braun, of Lamington, is sut
uring with a broken left wrist as tbe
.suit of au automobile accident on Sat
rday. Miss Braun had been entertain
lg two lady friends from Oswego, N.
and was takingdhem to the train at
omerville and when near the Green
.noli school house she drove her car
round a truck and in righting the ear
j tile load again in some manner it
a rued turtle. The ladies were pinned
nder the car and the driver of the truck
astened to their assistance and released
suffered the injury
capcd
Country Club. If other methods could
he speeded up to the tractors’ pace pro
duction might lie increased 200 per cent.,
for tests have shown that tractors will
plow six acres a day, while a team can
only turn furrows over two. The co
operative association has purchased two
caterpillar tractors and arranged with
(■rant It. Schley, dr., for the use of n
third, now on his farm. One 4j|f the trac
tors will he assigned to a district inelud
ing Far Hills, Hernardsville and Liberty
Corners. The two others will work in
the section embracing Gladstone, Rad
minster, Pottersville and Lamingtori.
The price of $4 an acre put on tractor
service is computed to cover operation
and upkeep of the machine. It includes
all necessary supplies of gasolene and
oil. the services of an operator and other
labor required. In addition to plowing
the tractors will he put to hauling disk
harrows. Applications for the services
of a tractor are to be filed with Mr.
Schley at Far Hills. Associated with
him on the co-operative association’s
committee are F. II. Kinnicutt and F. K.
Stevens.
Council Proceedings.
Pcapaek, N. .1., March 21st. 1918.
Special meeting of the Council for the
purpose of considering the improvement
of the Streets and Hoads of our Borough
was called to order by the Mayor at 8.30
P. M. The roll being called. Card, Hill,
Ludlow and %j>allev were found present.
Bequests were made by Wm. J. & Ver
non H. Tiger for pern.'ts to carry con
cealed weapons. Councilman Ludlow
moved to grant. Carried.
The subject was then brought up on
the completion of the grading on Hol
land Avenue in front of Jjowis Flotner
felt’s, as same was not finished at end
of work.
Councilman Ludlow moved that Hoad
Committee be empowered to complete
the grading of same at not exceeding
140.00, or to allow the property owner
the same amount to complete the work.
Parried.
The Hoad Districts were then set as
follows, together with the appropria
tions District ijk 1, Wm. D. Vandcr
beek. $100.00. ^uprising, Pottersville
Hoad, Church Street, Maple Ave., Dewey
Ave., Hillside Street, and llailroad Ave.
District No. 2, (ieo. H. Mosle, $50.00.
Mosle Road, from Maple Ave. to water
ing box at his Farm entrance.
District NTo. 3, Clayton McMurtry,
$20.00 road* past his farm, from the
township line on the North, to the
bridge at the Township line on the
south. ^
District No. (i, David Colycr, $00.00.
Holland avenue from the railroad to
the Township line.
District No. 7. A. A. Fowler, $.15.00,
from Holland avenue to the agreed line
by the township and the borough.
The Hoad Committee will take charge
of District No. 2, $50.00 from the water
ing box at farm entrance of Mr. Mosle
to the township line; District No. 3.
Bridge at Township line, to Willow Ave.;
District No. 4. $125.00, Willow Ave.,
Tainter Ave.. Todd Ave.. and Fligh St.;
District No. 5, Highland Ave.. $50.00;
Councilman I.udlj@v moved to adopt.
Carried.
The latter was allotted to I). M. Todd
by the Hoad Committee.#
Council adjourned.
F\ H. LUDLOW,
Borough Clerk.
Peapack, N. J., April 2nd. 11)18.
Pursuant to the call of the Borqjjgl
erk, for the purpose of considering the
■plication and of hearing ami ohjoe -
- to the legality of a petition, for
ig of an election to determim
SCHOOL NOTES.
The eighth grade of the school has
elected the following officers: President,
liohert Ward; vice president. Genevieve
Allen; secretary, Gertrude ChristolTer
son; treasurer, Lynford Todd.
A meeting of the Parent-Teachers’ As
sociation was held at the school on
March ii.1tJi. A spelling match, telling
legends and civil government were fea
tures.
NOTICE.
He it ordained by the council of the
borough of l’eapack and (Gladstone:
That,part or section of Holland aye
line in the Borough of Peapaek and
Gladstone that is next hereinafter de
scribed is hereby vacated.
Beginning at a point in the relocated
northerly side line of Holland avenue,
said point being distant 8.09 feet on a
course south 07 degrees 22 minutys west
from a railroad iron set for a corner be
tween lands of the Passaic & Delaware
Railroad Company and one Arthur A.
Hagen, and runs theme along the old
northerly side line of Holland avenue,
houtli 71 degrees 13 minutes west 17)8.0
feet to a point, thence (2) south 38 de
grees 38 minutes west 53.1 feet still
along the old,northerly side line of Hol
land avenue to a point in the westerly
line of lands of the Passaic and Dela
ware extension railroad company, thence
(3) along the westerly line of lands of
the Passaic & Delaware Extension Rail
road Company south 0 degrees 5!) min
utes east 0.39 feet to another point in
the westerly line of lands of the Passaic
& Delaware Extension Railroad Com
pany, thence (4) by a curve to the right
or south whose radius eipials 344.81 feet
anil whose length equals 48.0 feet along
the relocated northerly side line of Hol
land avenue to a point; thence (5) still
along the relocated northerly side line of
Holland avenue north 97 degrees 22 min
utes east 105.08 feet to the place of be
ginning, containing 1,290 square feet..
To Whom It May Concern:
Von are hereby notified that an ordi
nance of which the above is a true copy,
was duly introduced at a regular meet
ing of the Borough Council of Peapaek
& Gladstone March 12th, 1918, and that
the said Borough Council intends to con
sider the same at its meeting, to be held
in the Fire House, on
Tuesday, May 14th, 1918,
at eight o’clock, when and where all per
sons interested may attend and have an
opportunity to be heard.
All persons objecting to said ordinance
must file their objections, in writing
with the Borough Clerk, on or before
eight o'clock P. M. of said May 14th.
1918.
F. H. LUDLOW,
Borough Clerk.
Uur Honor Roll.
The following named are now in mili
tary service, some in actual service at!
the front and others preparing to go,
blit all doing their bit:
Thomas Cahill
(Jeorgo Kulm
Willard Rodenbough
Harold Cordes
Harold Dalrymple
Thomas Finn
Howard Taylor
Robert R. Handville
Edward Haskew
Fred Kick
G. R. Mosle, Jr.
John Cahill
Rudolph Kulm
Earl Murphy
Elmer Tiger
Harold Vliet.
Thomas Reinsen Howard
* Harold Horton
Palmer Weis
Walter Murphy
Holt Epps
George Gondie
Arthur Hagan
Joseph Low rev
Harold Bird
Lewis Fargo •
Antonio Morgia
Theodore S. Smalley
*
WHITJtHOUSE.
Keadington Township Committee
this place on Saturday and ac
|ie local option petitions. The
ate was set for June 18th.
;k, of Kingsbridge, N. Y., vis
lay and Sunday at his former
Fotterstown. Mr. Bortlik’s
•nds here were glad to see hint.
Broehou, who resides on the
Germantown road, lias been offi
fiy informed by the Government that
its son, Alexander A. Broehon, was
•lightly wounded in ’ action on March
23rd. This was the third day of action
of the big drive now going on abroad.
Wilson W. Scott, of this place, has
enlisted as a petty officer (carpenter’s
mate) in the Aviation Corps, U. S.
Navy, and is now at the Naval Train
ing Station, Charleston, South Carolina.
Willis Myers, principal of the White
house public school, reports the follow
ing pupils neither absent nor tardy dur
ing the month of March: Lloyd Naylor,
Frederick Benson, Stanley Apgar, Harry
Burst, Charles Werner, John Hall, Ruth
Dailey, Ruth Dempsey, Gladys Emery,
Beatrice McDowall. Miss Matie Swack
liamer, teacher of the primary depart
ment, reports the following: Ethel Van
Fleet, Rosalie Naylor, Harriet Borst,
Hazel Fleming, Helen Lutes, Doris Flem
ing, Abraiqjteed, Roy Reger, Paul Bur
dette.
Martin Apgar, of AUerton, formerly
of this place,- Buffered a heavy loss by
fire on Sunday afternoon at about 4.30.
Mr. and Mrs. Apgar were visiting the
day near here with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Peter P. Sehomp,'and on their re
turn found that his barn, hovel and
cow barn had been destroyed by lire.
With these buildings were burned eleven
cows, two horses, one colt, 150 bushels
of oats, 40 bushels of wheat, gasoline
engine, several pieces of machinery,
harness, etc. The loss is estimated at
fully $3,000 and is covered by not more
thun one-third insurance. Mr. Apgar’s
workhand was away and the origin of
the tire is unknown. As Mr. Apgar
left his home he saw two strange look
ing Germans near his home.
Ralph Tanning Reed, about sixty
years old, died Sunday morning at about
five o’clock in a Harrisburg (Pa.) Hospi
tal, where lie bad been confined for the
past six weeks. He was traveling
through several states for a New Jersey
concern and while at Harrisburg was
taken ill with pneumonia, and Bright’s
disease developed later. Deceased was
born at this place and resided here for a
number.of years. He waB the son of
Cornelius Wyekoff Reed and Mary Ann
Teeple, his wife. While at this place be
conducted the barber business. Later be
went to Bound Brook and was baggage
master on the Black Diamond Express
for a number of years, loiter lie engag
ed in Hie real estate and insurance busi
ness at that place and was Borough Re
corder for several years. He has been
traveling for the past year. He married
Miss Sarah Waters, of Flemington, anil
for several years was a resident of that
place, where he conducted a barber shop.
His wife died nearly two years ago. He
is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Hu
bert Suydam. of Bound Brook. Also the
following brothers and sisters: Mrs. Sa
rah Williamson, of Reaville; Mrs. Anna
E. Jlarsell, of Elizabeth; Mrs. Emma
Stryker, of Morrisville, Pa.; Mrs. Mary
C. Slcampanore, of Whitehouse Station,
and John W. Reed, of Bound Brook. De
ceased was a member of the F. & A. M.,
and several other lodges. Funeral ser
vices will be held at the Flemington
Presbyterian Church chapel on Wednes
day and interment will be made at
Fleniiiigton.
As‘‘publicity producer”, the Review’s
reporter was privileged to visit theCuslie
tunk Colonists’ cantonment where Robert
Bonnell was diligently brushing in the
finishing touches on “Ye Cushetunk Inn”
scene, and John B. Skil man was his in
spirited co worker busied in electrically
lighting the stage of Bonnell’s Hall, at
this place, on which, April 13th, tl e
Colonists will present " Ihe Mak n’s"
their smoke show in ’steen inhales. And
”ye scribe" heartily agreed with neasurer
Weinrebe when he remarked: "Say, Fred,
when t.iose ‘in front’ see that set and
hear (he church chimes and the carrolling
birds they will surely tag it as the 0. K.
real thing”. Not one of even the smaller
requisites was forgotten; everything
needfu1 to make the scene reflect the re
juvenating springtime was there. That
goes for the players too—they are all there
with topliner stuff. That is how the
Colonists responded to the appeal for
smokes for the boys "Over There”—by
offering “The Makin’s". (And the public
is respond ng by buying tickets in advance
at I. Voorhees’; thereby secu i g insur
ance against a seatless Saturday, the 13th.
Tickets will also be on sale at the ball at
7:30 p. m., and each one entitles one to
s^e all these ’steen star specialties: Flo
rence Van Syckle in “The Call", a patri
otic playlet which Vill surely achieve
populaiity. Harvey LaTerre's 90 h. p.
Songology is a clever combination of fun
and syncopation. Francis Vincent Roche's
“Hunting the Hun” is a comedy-concep
tion conducive to chuckles and grins.
Cunning baby Kathrine Reilley appears
with Ethel Smith, Alma Davis, Ttieo
Reger and Katherine Davis in “3 Wonder
ful Letters ”, a sweet sketch of sentiment.
The "8 Nifty Knitters" present their
catchy melodious melange with striking
scenic and costume appointment. Ap
pearing first as motorists and later as
bride and groom, Marjorie Stryker and
Mrs. Bert Conover make a joyous jaunt to
the state of "Musical Matrimony". In
the dramatic sketch Bert Bonnell ha8
written—“Her Hero”—Chick Roche will ! {>
delineate a new characterization, that of
“-Mint Dinah”, an old Southerh negro
“mammy”. This act, too. affords Ruth
Hall scope for emotional playing in the
role of "June”, a deserter's daughter.
Charles Wyckoff adroitly handles the part
of a sexton and Bert Bonnell appears as .:-Sg
the man who was lost “somewhere in -f
Cuba”. Ethel Smith’s “Sammy Scribbles'* J
is a playlet of present-day perplexities
that will earn encores. To the swing of ;Ji*
the sea, Ruth Hall will sing songs of the ? |
sailors in costume chic before a marine
scene specially painted for her “Jolly ,
Jack Tar”. Theo Reger, Malcolm Ryman J
and Russell Van Fleet will present their
original travesty on the John Alden- -L5
Priscilla incident, which they call "Camou
flage” and which they guarantee good for
gallons of grins. Some merry mixup in
“Ye Cushetunk Inn” (the new scene
painted for them) when they begin “An
Anonymous Chatterbox at the Darktown
Strutters’s Ball” will close the bill with
funny flourish. Got your ticket? Where’s
your seat?
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We ore indebted to Mrs. Asa Saums
for the use of a Family Casket, printed at
this place on March 8, 1876, from which
we gather a number of interesting items,
especially to the older inhabitants. We
copy a few below.
Just to give you a line as to how some
of our citizens stood in their studies at
school when they we kids, we take the
following from that paper printed forty
two years ago:
Score of spelling in our school on Friday
last—50 words given our:
Dotie Hoffman
Katie Hrffman
Annie C. Teeter
Alice Hoffman
l^ivid Kenney
Walter D illey
John N. Voorhees
John W. Cline
Jennie Todd )
David Kenney
James N. Pidcock
Katie Voorhees
John Gilroy '
John Pidcock
John W. Reed
CUgrles L. Mitchell ,
Irene Hoffman
Jennie Gilroy
Peter V. Voorhees
Below 40 not recorded
Pracitcal Arithmetic:
Dot ie Hoffman
Alice Hoffman
Katie Hoffman
Kate Voorhees
John N. Voorhees
Walter Dailey
Andrew Emmons
Andrew Kenney
John W. Cline
John W. Reed >
Annie Teeter
John Pidcock
Below 80 not recorded
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A c uple of real estate transactions at
that date:
Miss S. E. Kennedy has bought a lot of
J. N. Pidcock, on Main Street, and will
construct a building for her fancy store,
during the summer.
The real estate of P. H. Philkill, was
sold on Saturday. P. Voorhees and F.
Pidcock bought the house and lot for
about $1500. and C. T. Swackhau.er got
the vacant lot.
We hope nothing like this aver hap
pens to our townsman, Sheriff SkilUnan:
On Sunday evening last as Sheriff BeTis
went to lock up his prisoners he went into
one of the cells to have a little chat, when
three prisoners slipped a bar over the door,
and, with a false key for the outside door,
made goed their escape.
Where is this knife and snuffbox now?
While most of our exchanges have been
producing some relics for the Centennial,
the Casket has remained silence, prefer
ring to follow its accustomed habit of not
talking until it bad something to say.
That time has now arrived, and the Cas- ^
ket therefore speaks, and this is what it
siys: Mrs. Rebecca, wife of Jacob K. f
Picked, of Stanton, has in her possession
a pen knife, which has come down to her ;
through six generations, she being the
seventh! And what is also remarkable '
in connection with this antediluvian
shaver, the whole seven owners of it were ;
named Rebecca—and the 8th generation ^%
has a Rebecca to whom it will descend, i/.' '
if death does not break the connecting
link. From the best tradition that can be
gathered of what has been banded down
with this knife, it is now upward of four
hundred years old! Accompanying this
old knife, is a snuff-box, with snuff and t
bean, which have come down for four
generations.
These prices would also look good to \M'
nowadays:
Wheat 1.3S, rye 70c; corn 50c; oats 30c; . :
eggs 18c; shoulders 14c; bams 15c; lard
16c; butter 32c; pickled pork 10c; flour 3,75 . -
per 100. * •. „•