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V O L . X X X I V — N o k 4. METUCHEN, N. J.. FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 1924 Year, $1.50; Single Copy, 5 Cents. CHIEF GETS Councilmen Reject INCREASE Masons Celebrate SILK THIEF Gas Station Plan IN BUDGET Lodge Anniversary ON HIGHWAY — ^et^er- (,r llot the Consum ers’ j done without conflicting with condi- is Co. will take any further steps in j tions, he abandoned the project, and rni lonK to lie remembered FORSCHOOL son, 1905-1906; Eben' V. Veen, 1910- erecting its proposed service station j he felt that an outsider ought not to the member! o f ffie Masonic frai Local Police Capture One of 1911; Ambrose Mundy, 1912; Samuel the corner uf the highway be given more consideration than Appropriations Asked by School lly the celebration of the fiftieth __ Five Bandits Foiled in P- VVatson> '913; James F. Riddle, principal thoroughfare is qu es resident and also that local dealers Board Exceed Those of nversary of the constitution of ,Mt. Silk Robbery 1914-1915 ; Frederick Fox, 1916; Mil- tionable. However, it isi certain that should be considered. Last Year « 2ion Lodge was accomplished in a any such steps will not have th e ton C. M ook, 1917; Louis F. Kunti, arrest followed gun Rev. Dr. Knox was leader of the approval of the borough C ouncil church forces against the station. ___*He ANNUAL ELECTION TO BATTLE ^IRVIN GTON Chamber of Commerce, or the school Rumler, 1920; Oliver P. CaudWefl characterized the direct appeal to the 14 HELD FEBRUARY 13 1921. majority of the citizens of the b o r - Council as either done through igno A communication of the lodge was Chief of Police W Hutchinson oug|,, particularly those; interested in Charles H. Erickson, 1922; Rufus rance dr as a shrewd trick, The An uljonrned meeting of the Board held for the express purpose of again distinguished h iself for being t|le Methodist Church located on an 1). Renninger, 1923. The various church was not placed "there for just of Education was held on Tuesday marki:ng, theNhalf century mile stone alert and on the job, wh lie cap- opposite corner from the one under secretaries from the inception of the one service .on Sunday, but was in evening at which time the new school e existence of the lodge with Hired one of five bandits that had consideration lodge were; Edgar L. Pierson, 1874; use many times during the week. The budget for the ensuing year was pre appropriate ceremonies, and the mem- attempted to make nth sev Charles P. Merritt, 1875-1876; A. C. The story of the objections of the noise which is now a disturbing fac sented, discussal and its adoption ap of the craft were signally bon- eral thousand dolla: worth of silk Case, 1877-1878; W . P. Andruss, Chamber of Commerce may be found tor would be greater His other ob proved The budget shows an in ored Uy the presence of grand master, stored in a truck i a garage near 1879-1880; William Van Syclen, 1881- elsewhere in this issue, but the senti jections were the "Tights of pedes- crease id $3,510 over the 1923 allot- Fra nnk C. Sayrs, of the New Jersey Irington. Newark police thwarted 1882; Theodore . F. Carman, 1883; ment of the members of the council n-.in- a _ dangerous c a s in g (646 ment, although several items taw. Grand., V staff-, trl.-gmod automobiles had been counted passing Men ’combined, and others eliminated lodge officers, together with Governor lured two of the men a. the scene " '. ' " 'T ' 1,r0JCC‘ wert Jackson, 1885-1886; William* Carman, during one hour) ; life is worth more altogether. The amount to be voted Silz member of the craft. of the atteempted- robbery. To more m,stakab‘y expressed on Monday Sr., 1887-1892 to 1902 inclusive; Theo than money; there was no need as upon by the taxpayers is $56,820, and E are still at large and the fifth, James " L ' T mf? T hear" ’ « schcd Erastus Tappen, the oldest living dore F. Carman, 1888-1889-1890-1891- p u „...... a . e . - s ulcd for 7.30 o'clock. tly a ft_. there were already nine tanks or this election, as well i« the election past E. Benson, escaped in a Ford, after ^ master of the lodge, who served 1892-1893; C. L. Crampton, three hour designated the council ch am - pumps iii that vicinity. Others speak of a new member, will,be held on in * a hot pistol battle with the police , , , that capacity-in 1875, and who is months in 1903, died April 22, 1903; a , . - „ TI t . „ . ber was crowded iterested c iti ing for the church, were F. C. Thomp Februtry 13th, in the Frak|jn School one and was caught by Hutch and a o-f the two living signers of tile C. C. Weber, 1903 to 1924 inclusive. zens. son, Walter Hahn and A. V. N. Con building. V party of special officers on the Lin charte role, was in attendance and Aside from a discussiotiX 0f the The present officers of the lodge - coln Highway near here about 10 i Mayor Clarkson presided, an d over. W. E. Schultz disapproved expressed his pleasure at being able _! because of the necessity of* amending budget, some matters of routifW busi are: H. R. Crowell, senior warden; o'clock Tuesday night. called first upon Frank W ard, rep to attend the hotable event. W. E. MacClurg, junior warden; resenting the Consumers Co. M r. the zoning ordinance, and presented ness were disposed of. The \jdget When the man driving the Ford Nathax Robins, the first candidate the formal protest o f The Chamber in detail is as follow s: Charles Tausig, trustee; C. C. W eber W ard dwelt briefly upon the advan- I !o be initiate jn tbc iodge was ajsp' sedan which was said by Newark secretary; Alfred B. James, chaplain; tages which the establishment w ou ld of Commerce; P. G. Craig, because Janitor supplies ...... 15t authorities to contain the escaped in attendance, .but declared , ha, of the location being a converging Ernest A. Fourat, senior deacon; bring to Metuchen, and confined most , Fuel ...... 2,500 yh.le he was no ^ cech maker he bandit, arrived in Metuchen it was William C. Acken, junior deacon; of his remarks to answering o b je c - j point for school children; Aylin Pier Janitor supplies ...... 150 w iS st,II able to e x effi^ ^ (he WQrki steaming along like a slo^v freight, Fred Zimmerman, senior master of tions and criticisms which had been i son, as an architect, did not agree Light ...... * 350 and was easily overtaken and stopped. though his term as m a s^ ^ rjiade by various citizens. " ( with the criticism o f the building. Power 350 ceremonies; Edward H. Koyen, junior The -occupant had blood streaming lodge was back in 1888. ^ J O f its kind htf believed it to be a Medical inspector ...... 700 master of ceremonies; Robert K. He stated that he failed VejC)tipmstru4tive lessons over his face and the inside of the *.j.good one. but--Fie ...... 7 J000 -M ^-M ook, senktr. steward; John E. Grim- Wherein the congestion wbtild be a n y sonic* work were delivered hy car was bloody. He gave his name Vj^Jbm br steward; Frank C. Fugel, greater than at present because- a c erection - at that point. _ Much of the ^Administration expenses.,...... 100 as James E. Benson, and his ad Master Sayers and Governor Silzer rnarv>xi-'*’ ■ Luther^ E. Riddle, organist; cording to a print which he subm it investment would be in-concrete drive Instnjctions & substitutes ...... 500 dress as 69 West Forty-second street, and a history of the lodge compiled ^er’ p\ to ) « - n d lodge ways and parking space. He had Textbooks and supplies 2,100 to )*-nd lodge; M. C* ted hisv company was providing for by Charles C. Weber, the secretary, Ko'^ rt L. ^ C C W h New York City. He said he is thir applied for an extension of the sewer Library M i . v . ty-five years of age, is single and parking space of a hundred cars; that was read, after which the meeting Fred Fox and v M * e the danger of accident to school chil in Walnut place, but was advised Athletics L -! .... 'iam Car- unemployed. He was exam in ed at was adjourned and the members trustees The lodge ,ar dren was negligible for he stated that that it could not be done at this time Manual Training the Metuchen olice .headquarters , by joined the' women folks of their fam 296' memb'. _s Mr. Danford had counted the n u m without an amendment to the ordi Laboratory supplies (Continued on page Eight) ilies at the school. ber of hoys and girls passing that nance. Why change for an outsider Teachers' salaries An. exceptionally well rendered en point between 8.3©~ and ^9 o ’ctbCk “ ffl MIRRORS OF METUGFIEN M e n lo P a r k EIGHT LIGHTS TO BE r e f l e c t i n g s o u t h m a i n s t r e e t INSTALLED IN PARK A heliographic reflection of South I to meet the Black diamond at South Main street in the Mirror this week , Plainfield. \e time is set for the meeting of signals back to the dray when South ; on either side w«* see houses tie voters of Lighting District No. 2 Main street was entirely divorced from i typical oi thirty or ort- years ago, 1s Saturday, February 16th, from its present surroundings and lost in a | fifirmly built and ^ie one family four to seven o’clock in the after-1 large field of pasture land that always i tvpc We str *' a*ong- noticing hc^ 335 George Street, New Brunswick, N. J. noon. Three commissioners will be calls to our minds sunny days, dfeamv jtiie sidewa*'. ?U e'dicr side are levied, elected and appropriation voted upon. cows, a soft, rippling brook and a field , ancj jpV* l^eis s new. two story, dbuble A contract has been entered into of ;uure blue sky overhead. ,, r rL'd hrick building looms For Tomorrow, Saturday and Monday, with the Public Service Electrie This large pasture land, belonged tnbefore us. John is glad to vc- us, as Company for twenty-two street a farm hou?e situated near the p*- Utica Telephone ' WHERE THEY MEET I. M A N N Girls Play Santa Calendar of Meeting Days and Claus to Orphan Nights of Clubs, Societies OPTICAL SPECIALIST and Other Local Organisa Eyes Examined, Lenses It was the night before Christmas, tions. s a y the Telephone Review, as a Utica Ground telephone operator answered a line In answer to many inquiries and signal she was startled to hear a requests from our readers, we have 87 1-2 SMITH ST. sm all boy’s voice murmurlngi ,fcto that you Santa Claus?” The supervisor revised our calendar of the meeting Perth Amboy, N. J. nearby offered to act as sponsor for dates of the various organizations the well-kqown Christmas gentleman^r of the borough and we publish it and took the message that came over! below. the whre in halting childish outbursts- THE GOSSARD CORSET For the benefit of thoee who do "Santa, I want a nice pair of arctics, SHOP high arctics. I have no mother and not remember the calendar as for father to get them for m e.” merly printed, we may state that 73 SMITH ST., Perth Amboy, N. J. On questioning the lad the super its ch ief value is to persons plan visor discovered that he lived in a ning to givs entertainments o f any The shop for the fastidious woman where every corset is fitted and per local orphan asylum. Touched by the kind. Who may avoid conflicting sim plicity and sincerity o f the request sonal needs are catered to. with mooting nights by consulting the supervisor told her associates in Style, surgical and maternity fit the calendar. the central office, who decided to con tings. tribu te toward Santa*B funds for arc- Men’s Club, Reformed Church; C om fort as well as the latest sil- Ant Monday night of each month. tics. The amount raised was sufficient houtte is the aim of our fittings. ta b a y arctics for the small boy who Council mooting, first Monda; telephoned and two other little or* night o f oaefc month. be found m New Jersey, also back- phene whom the enthorltlA* of the Girls* Unit, first and third Mon institution designated. % lacing models for all types. day nights of tach month. A large of corseletts, wrap-arounds Starter and Demountable Rbnj SRS.OO Extra Pearl of Antilles Hae Good Telephone R oyal Arcanum, second and step-ins, hi pi confiners, and brassieres System. fourth Monday nights in sach Why You Should Order Cuba, according to the latest avail month. able statistics, has about 5.000 more Am erican Legion, first and third FOR GOOD SERVICE telephones than Bulgaria, Greece and Your Ford Car Now Tuesday night of each month. Jugo-Slavia, combined. The telephone C onsidering that, as spring ap Presbyterian Brotherhood, the Tailoring, Cleaning and Dyeing com pany operating in the Pearl of proaches, retail buying will becom e third Monday night in the month. the Antilles has developed the service RALPH SALAMONE 123,607 more active, there will be a greater to such an extent that there was on Borough Improvement League Actual retail deliveries demand for Ford Cars this spring January 1. 1922. about one telephone first and third Thursdays. 408 Main Street Phone 2-J in December, establish* than ever before. for every 78 people in Cuba. inir a new high record W oodm en o f the W orld, first Metuchen, N. J and third Tuesday nights in- each Therefore, the. only way you can month. be sure of obtaining delivery this Order of tho Eastern Star, first LUNCH ROOM and RESTAURANT coming spring or summer is‘ HOW CITIES TALK to place your order immediately. and third Tuesday nights in oach METUCHEN MODEL month. If you do not wish to pay cash for BAKERY your car you can arrange for a small Som e interesting facts about the Motuchon Club, second Tuesday payment down and easy terms on number of telephone conversations the balance. Or you can buy on night of tach month. George Hanceman, Proprietor the F ord Weekly P u r c h a s e Plan. betw een various neighboring cities Metuchen Public Library—Open have been found by statistical studies Also Private Suppers M onday, Wednesday, Friday, 2-5 See the Nearest Authorized o f the New York Telephone Company, we hear Trom the Telephone Review. o’clock. Thursday evening, 7-30- FANCY CAKES & PASTRY Ford Dealer During one month, for instance, peo 9:30. ple in Newark, N. J., made 250,000 W. C. T. U - third Tuaedny after We Cater to Special Orders separate telephone conversations with Km in tach month. Wedding Cake A Specialty people in the Manhattan and Bronx Junior Order of Uaited Amiri Borough^ of New York City. If the can Mechanics, second and fourth New York Telephone Company had Hot Bread and Rolls Daily Tuooday nights in sash month. on ly one circuit between Newark and A fter 3 P. M. Quiot Hour, 7second and fourth New York and one person did all the BAKERY talking that the Newark people did, Thursday afternoons oach month. LEWIS COMPTON he would be busy at his task continu Masonic, Mt. Zion Lodge; sec MAIN STREET, Metuchen Phone 182 ously for almost two years. ond and fourth Thursday nights in S5C Middlesex Avenue T h e people in Manhattan and the each month. Telephone: 105-M. M E T U C H E N , N. J. Bronx who talked to persons in New M odern W oodm en, moots the ark in the same period spent 900,000 fourth Thursday evening in the m inutes ill telephone conversations The Realty Man in Bank Bldg. which was split up into 300,000 sepa month. rate messages jf* M issionary Societies, in all the A. D. HYDE Buffalo subscribers of the telephone churches, first Friday afternoon in Real Estate—Insurance com pany used local toll lines to talk each month. to other subscribers in the surround Eagle Hook A Ladder, first Fri 406 Main Street Phone 262 ing territory about 63,000 times in one month, and 200,000 minutes of day night in each month. Washington Hose, first Friday conversation were required to com PETTIT AND HILLPOTT plete their monthly business transac night in sach month. tions and to fulfill their social obliga B oy Scouts, T roop 14, first and Funeral Directors tions. Albany subscribers had more third Fridays of tho month. Middlesex Avenue, Metuchen, conversations but spent less time Foresters, last Friday night in upon them than Buffalo. Albany sent N. J. Phone 149 oaeh month. 64,000 toH messages and paid for 188, 000 minutes of conversation. Syra Beta Literary Society, second 14 East 39th Street, New York ca se did almost as well with 46,000 Saturday afternoon oach month. City, Phone 8341 Murray Hill m essages, involving 142,000 mlsatss Methodist Brotherhood, of the of conversation. Centenary M. E. Church, tho ond Monday of every month. Charles Tausig TELEPHONE GIRLS ' 8AVE BABY’S LIFE Cham ber o f Commerce, first Friday in oach month in Legion PLUMBING A h odd bit of practical information Hall. 447 Main St.. ’Phone 27-W cam e In handy for Miss K. P. Bitter- Tho South Metuchen Social and m an, chief operator of Jefferson, Buf falo, says the Telephone Review, Civic League moats first and third w hen she was called upon by a dis Tuesday of oach month at tho SAW DUST FOR RALE tracted subscriber for advice on what dub house on Brunswick avenue. MANN BROS. FACTORY to do for s baby In convulsions. Parent-Teacher Association third T h e subscriber, in great distress, W ednesday, 3:15. called a Jefferson operator, and asked Juruuy Aru^ N tw Brunswick, N. J. her what to do for the child. Due to the fa ct that the subscriber did not past a number in calling fo r a doc tor, the case was referred by the oper ator to her supervisor. After the qneetioning, the subscriber was con More Power at Your Hand n ected with a nearby doctor. In the meantime, how ever, the sub scriber again called and begged to be W H E N you lift the receiver of your telephone today told what to do tor a baby dying la convulsions. The call was refsrred you command a far greater power o f service than was to the chief operator, who advised the subscriber to give the baby a hot available for your use a year ago, __ n a i^ r t f iut$r b§th. telling her bop the bath should be prepared, and the Your voice can travel over miles o f new wire, through directions for testing the water so It would not be too hot for the child. new switchboards, in enlarged buildings to any one o f T h e subscriber called later aad more than 40,0d0 new telephones, which were added thanked Miss Bititerman and the Jef ferson girls (or i the assistance ren to the system in Northern N ew Jersey in 1923- dered, and said the bath had saved the baby’s Ufe. T h e new facilities placed at your disposal through the Operator Warns Many In Big Hotel investment o f millions o f dollars o f new capital are suf Firs An opportunity to distinguish her ficient to serve a community containing as many tele self In emergency caifie to a New York phones as there are in Elizabeth, Passaic, Hackensack telephone operator. Miss Helen Carroll, while working at the switchboard one a#d Montclair combined. 8unday. She answered a flashing line signal, and was told by the subscriber You can now call and be called from any one of that fire had broken out. The sub scriber asked Miss Carroll’s help iu 325,000 telephones in Northern New Jersey. connecting him with the resident tele phones of various subscribers whose The scope o f your service is greater. Its quality is better. places of business were located In the METUCHEN AUTO ft OARAGE building on fire. In little more than J. C. Bower., Prop. an hour. Miss Carroll made a hundred In your telephone you hjave the increased power needed s connections and helped dispatch fifty Middlesex Avenue, Metuchen, N. J. to carry on your daily affairs in the larger, more effi telegrams. The subscriber expressed hie deep appreciation for the courtesy cient way that progress demands. and quick service he had received. ; W hile this wks not a case of saving life. Miss Carroll's quick work repre sents the best In public servlcs, being N E W YORK TELEPHONE COMPANY the means of saving considerable property and Investment. ADVERTISE IN THE RECORDER TO GET QUICK RESULTS ittm T • zm Page Four THE METUCHEN RECORDER 3b t fHrturbrtt firrnriirr flUfurrlj (Ehimra ST. L U K E ’S C H U R C H f CHARLES A. PRICKITT, Editor John F. Fenton, Ph. D., Rector Holy Communion, 8.00 a. m. X CHARLES N. PRICKITT, Managing Editor Church school, 10.00. Morning prayer^nd sermon^ TLG0: E nU red at the Metuchen, N. J., P ost O ffice as Second Class M atterT * Evening prayer, 8.00. x Advertising Rates Made Known on Application I Fridays, Litany, 4.30 p. m. r Subscription Rates—Per Year, $1.50; Single Copies, 5 Cents Saints’ Days— Holy •’communion, i *>.30 a. m. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY Radio S ets Second celebration of the H o ly , t ; Communion on the first Sunday of ^ ? TWENTY YEARS OF FLYING the month at 11.00 a. m. 1 TO SUIT EVERY POCKETBOOK T “ Better fifty years of Europe than a cycle oi Cathay,” hymned f i r s t BAPTIST CHURCH V ? y o u n g Tennyson in “ Locksley Hall" in 1842. Today Tennyson1 Rev. Calvin A. Hare, D. D., pas-|*J* t might be inclined to reduce the fifty to a dozen.' Twenty years ago tor. f the first successful flight in a heavier-than-air machine was made j 10 11 ch ool; superinfi i dent, Mr. Mark Adams. 11 a. m., ^ Radio Parts of All Kinds, Storage “A55 Batter | by the Wrights at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. It was almost |c morning worship and sermon by the $ T five years later before public flights that were more than hops had lllastor. ^ui,jccli i Majesty of the Y ies, Storage “B” Batteries, Dry Cells of Every f been made. Yet in fifteen years of experience with flying as an Law." ;45 B Y H U meeting, sub- V f established activity the world has fought, carried mail, mapped, ject "Education in the Christian Program." leader. Mr. Mark Adams taken passengers and crossed the Atlantic by air, We have flown Kind, Radiotron Tubes (at the new Popular T 7:30 p. in., evening worship and gos £ •t 250 miles an hour and flown more than a day without stopping. pel meeting, subject, W « talk now of flights to the pole and around the world. Attitude to Sin.” W eek Evening meet- Price) $5.00 Dispassionately considered, the pace of aeronautical progress •ng^-Ejad^y, February 1. at 8. .h as been amazing. Its scientific results are important and its CENTENARY M. E. CHURCH scientific and social implications still more so. A machine with i Rev. W.'*A, Knox, *D. D., Pastor «,% the remarkable record the airplane can show is not a toy. Its mili-1 Sunday School, 10 a. m. • Sets Installed and Put In Operation in the Home tary importance for the future cannot be questioned if the past Preaching. 11 2t. m. and 7:30 p.m. $ Epworth League, 6 -45 p.m. PV* is considered. The proposed $40,000,000 governmental program— Prayer meeting, Wednesday, 8 p. m. V* Satisfaction Assured Before Purchase involving an expenditure a little exceeding the cost of a single Sunday morning topic, "Jesus’ Child* • «£♦ modern battleship—js a modest, one,, in view of the facts. The j hood an dthe. Waiting Timc." — Is Completed commercial importance of the airplane must eventually be even. Evening prayer commanded, f greater. At present the two are closely associated: governmental PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH encouragement of aeronautical development is the only practicable pastnr rw. j c, Mason, n. I) f Y ? road to successful civilian aviation. In asking for a $40,000,000 ■ s. S and Brotherhood Bible class, S SETS FROM $7.50 AND UPWARD appropriation the friends of flying are asking Congress to d o n o at 9:45 p m. ? more than help the nation to realize on an investment of ingenuity 11 a. m.--Preaching and worship. t T . . , f M - , , . . ,2:30 p. m.—Junior Endeavor, V and experiment that cannot fail in the end to bring its sure and 7 p m_ y ^ q f Y ? Y g^-eat return—N. Y. Sun. 7:30 p.m.—Worship. ? Buy Your Radio Outfits and Sundries In ... -O—... Wednesday, prayer, 8 p. m. a ? Y Jan. 27, 7 :30 p. m.— A visit to India, t FURS AND THEIR PRICES conducted by Rev. V F«. Harper, of ? Metuchen Where Quality and Price Coincide Y Learn something about furs, ladies: This year only 12,000 seals Moga, India. Feb. 3—The Motion Picture, "Lest I x were killed for their furs in rookies of the Alaskan islands. Two W e Forget,” "Law and Liberty.” A X thousands of these were sold, then the market went dead. Genuine civic and community service for en- i seal, mind you! Farming is not the source. i forcement of law. All g ood , citizens f ? The 2,000 raw pelts wfcre sold at $30 apicec. Genuine seal, mind | art mvltcd' ? Metuchen Hardware Co. Y youyou. Farming is not the only industry where a Pacific Ocean i gj FRANCIS ROMAN CATHOLIC lise between producer ’ and consumer. j CHURCH I 411 MAIN STR EET, M ETUCH EN , N. J„ j Edison is appalled, commeqdably so, because 20 million animals Masses at 8 and 10:30 o’clock, ia year suffer the agonv of being caught in steal traps for their furs.! Sunday morning. Phone 26 An agony, by th e w a y , so intense that a fox will gnaw its caught | CENTENARY M. E. CHURCH .. leg off to escape from the trap. . * —:------——— .Edison' m gestttm xm f ttiexrap machines that would' release j A t the Presbytenaf Dr. Mason poison gas when sprung,i bringing painless and instant death officiating: Trappers wouldn’t bother, on the average with such devices. Jan. 17—Raymond Boison and Lola Most of them care no more for the animals’ sufferings than the R. Buckalew. Jan. 19—Francis L. Muiuly and Marie people w ho buy the furs of the« victims. Sherry. ' REPLACING RAILROAD EQUIPMENT AMONG THE CARD CLUBS ♦x~x~x~x~x~x~x~>*x~>x«»x**»x~x»x***x~>*»x~x~x« The Wednesday Bridge Club met The railroads will have to spend 7,870 million dollars for repairs this week with Mrs. H. B. Johnson. Y and new equipment in the next tenyears. This is estimated by Mrs. John McLauchlan and Mrs. x Chamber of Commerce of the United States. Ames were the lucky ones. Y The Monday Club met this week ? The future jobs of hundreds of Americans are assured by those with Mrs. Morris. Mrs. George Lit- x figures. terst and Mrs. Bunnell were the Y The rapidity in which everything wears out and has to be renew prize winners. Y ed annoys all of us.But it’s the greatest generator of prosperity. The Tuesday Afternoon Bridge Club of the younger set met with T American railroads no whandie frieght equivalent to hauling 420 Mrs. Howard Thom pson this week. Y billion tons one mile each year. Dr. and Mrs. Hunt will entertain Y Traffic exverts say that this figure will increase to 560 billion the Saturday Night Club this week. Y The younger set held their even tons in by 1933. v ing bridge party last Saturday with t You can’t be too much on this country's future—in any line. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Baumann. Y The business high-water mark of today is low-water tomorrow. Those winning prizes were Miss t Madeline Hall and Miss Evelyn Let- f tt This Paper son; Mr.. Wilson Rowland anti—M Y T O U R TIM E Edward Dana. Y Doctors notice the steady increase "in' the number of men who The Tuesday Afternoon Bridge Club met with Mrs. Howard Thomp x breakdown between 40 and 50, whin they should he in tfleir prime. son. Mrs. Walter Coleman, Miss Y Breakdown comes three ways— Physically, mentally or in the Winjfred Ayers, Mrs. W m . Liddle As well s New York and Other News- Y ability to forge ahead and reap the havest of pasf effortr y - and Mrs. Walworth ■ Pattison won X • - ^ W hy do men break down prematurely? The answer is partly the prizes. ^ f that civilization is constanly becoming more complex with each papers and Magazines, Tobacco, Y EUCHRE PARTY AND year bringing more and more demands on the individual’s spare DANCE AT COLUMBA HALL Y time. I A Euchre party" and dance will be f Each year it becomes harder for a man to earn a jiving for Him Treftrar rnmmtjfcr Hati imduf • the« Cigars, Cigarettes, etc., will be found Y •elf and family. He goes through his work-day at a high nervpus pices of St. Francis Roman Catholic particularly true of men who work with their brains. Church eu Saturday evening, Janu ary 26th. j V on sale at t This affair will he capably and en- i y . ? SPENDING IN ICE joyably managed by the same,,, group ; V ? of ladies who have been v£ry active O f T he iceman collects a million dollars .a day .from the American in holding a series of private euchre +% people. And baout the same amount is spent foniurs. W e also parties for the benefit of the school f spend a million dollars a week for gum. These figures are reveal fund at the homes of the members X Y ed recent analysis of sums*1 .collected for taxes. These parties have proved a very Y popular way of enjoying' .an evening-V FOUR «♦ But the figures are amazing small, rather tahn startling large while contributing to a worthy cause whenyou consider that They represent the buying of at least 106 X million Americans. None of us fuily realizes the enormous buying members of the parish. ^ power of the American people. It's so big it’s a wonder we ever A crowd is expected Saturday ^ have hard times. night, and they surely will enjoy ^ NEWS themselves. a A CRUELTY TO ANIMALS APPLKGATE, J. AR TH U R , warn. J * I salesman to sell quality automobiles ^ Vlitl've seen animals packed together in freight cars, being rushed locally. Call at1 363 Division Street, $ 410 M AIN S Next to Bank % to market—squealing snorting, bellowing in fright. Nearly 13,000 Perth Amboy, and ask for Mr. Russell a year die ruring shipment and over 10.000 are crippled, according ______to President Stillman of American -Humane Association. W A N T E D — Maid for general house I work, one who will live home pre This probably is a small fraction of the animals that arrive safety M ETU CH EN , N. J. ferred: also laundress. Apply, Mrs I at the butcher’s. But it starts one .thinking about the terrible Thorfin Tait, 64 Hillside A ve.; phone -; f curelty of nature, inwhich life- cannot exist except by destroying 10-R. ' $ ❖ other life. f'MNO INSTRI'CTIOK t £ SiDje r, w ..en nsid e n n g ....a..pTOj fusirtnn for legislation compelling bakers to sell bread by weight, pro hibiting the sale of inferior coal and inferior fertilizers. If Silzer . Franklin School, can put these measures through the New Jersey legislature he Mctfichrn should be a candidate for the next president. ' - ■ X Phone 349-W Rahway J ~ THE METUCHEN RECORDER Page Five Connor showed his marvellous collec Report of Miss Bogert, Local Librarian; tion of war medals. *2^ X Through Er E. Campbell—as—agentr t Contains Many Interesting Features of Chas. Friedman of Brooklyn sold to Y Ferdinand Keiser a piece of property Library Work During the Past Year Main street, between Cedar and ?' Delta avenues, in South Metuchen. ? At the regular January meeting of 1 It is with great satisfaction that persons were shocked at the ? the Metuchen Library Association, the librarian reports all the old fic f the suicide of Edward L. f Monday evening, January 21, the con tion re-marked—over- 1,000. volumes Gridley, of Woodbridge, last Satur tract for putting the library, into the I thus finished—which means five mark day night. Mr. Gridley is the father new Borough Hall was discussed and j ings for each volume*’ once each out of Mrs. J. M. Crowell, of this place. Furniture Sale I signed. , side, inside, on book card and book £ The librarian, Miss Julia Bogert, pocket, and on shelf card. ✓ ^►lr. H. B. Johnson is attending a r Everything Reduced f gave the following report The new uniform marking facilitates- convention of insurance people at Hart Circulation of books and magazines handling in pqtting away and ready ford, Conn., this week. ■ x for 1923 reached 14,120. finding when wanted. Previous years, under personal man- - — The -year 's —report—includes- the ^splen A NOTABLE OFFERING OF HIGH-GRADE The food sale for the benefit • of the agement, were as follows: 1919, 1,830;| did Library Festival of October 25, 26 milk fund, given by the Parent Teach -1920, 7,304; 1924, 11,010; 1922, 11,805;! and 27, which netted $471.94 to the FURNITURE AT SPECIALLY ? ers’ Association, was a great success 1923, 14,120. library funds, and by its excellence and and netted over $40. , --- READERS beauty gave considerable prestige to the LOWERED PRICES t During 1923 260 people who had not Library Board who were its sponsors. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Hills registered .before took out cards, mak- | Children’s Book Week in November are ill with the measles. ing registry in four years is also one fo the successes of the 1,353. year. The kindness of Miss Moore, li Prospective home furnishers will be agreeably surprised to find just the Miss Emma Kelly was the pleased re Of these 206 have died - o f moved brarian, of Plainfield High School, in suite or single piece they ^re looking for at our greatly reduced prices. cipient o f a very attractive boudtiir away, making 1,147 present residents coming to speak to Metuchen High Cash will accomplish a great deal in the way of savings here tomorrow, lamp at the Tuesday Bridge Club. registered. School pupils, was recalled with grati and all next week. You may have any suite .or piece you desire on our BOOKS ADDED tude. liberal convenient charge plan: But if you care to pay cash you will be George M. Anderson made a busi Three hundred and four books were astonished with what your money will buy. i The committee who arranged for ness trip to Washington last week. added .during 1923, one., -hundred and Children’s Book Week— Mrs. Rock, fourteen of these being gifts. Mrs. Minton and the librarian—were Theodore Wilson is quite ill at his Y. M. C. A. highly gratified at the result of theif home on- Highland avenue with pleuro 10-Piece Dining Room Suite Books to the number of 122 have been plans. pneumonia. sent to the ’A” as loans. These are Ladies of the town-— Mc-sdames Mr. T. F. Vansicklen is slowly im A Birl French walnut dining room suite, remarkable for its grace and exchanged at frequent intervals. Rock, Hill, Wright, Teller, Maupin, proving from a heavy cold. quality; with tinsel tapestry chairs; unmatchable at the price of. $405.00 Y The South Mctuqhen League has McCullough and Miss Cecelia Schenck been supplied as needed with books spoke on books and reading in all the t Little Sara Camparter has scarlet from the public library. grades of the public school, and did I fever, but is getting- along nicely. Bedroom Suites NEWSPAPER WORK their work so well that scores of chil Y Items or articles have been supplied dren flocked to the library to enjoy the Mrs. Henry Bennett returned from a Birdseye Maple in two-tone; something new in this line wood. Bow- 1 to the local press during the year. This good things mentioned to them. All three weeks’ visit with her daughter, end bed, a valet dressing table, with high mirror chifforobe and dresser | is no small item in library work, as prizes offered for essays on books Mrs. Tyler Gibbs, of Philadelphia,, last at — ...... -V...:...... v...... , ...... $137.50 statistics and statements require care were given by Mrs. Phineas Jones. f and promptness. The judges were Mr. C. W. Hill, Mrs. A walnut suite. Two-tone, exquisite finish and polish. Usual bow-end | At the New Jersey Library Associa H. T. Edgar and Mrs. C. C. Mook. bed. Chifforobe or chiffonier dresser and vanity. Price ...... $163.50 Lester Smith has been very- ill since Y tion meeting in Jersey City, Novem During 1923 there have been many his tonsils, were • removed, but is now 1 ber 20, when 170 librarians were pres gifts and loans of books, furniture recovering rapidly. ent, our Metuchen exhibit' was placed and pictures. Y with that of many other working li Not the least valued was the assist DINING ROOMS i Mr. Lloyd Wilson, of Montclair, is braries. ance in tlie work. Several prominent visTting at fits home here during Fus" It was noticed that New Brunswick, women came down and gave two or New styles that have just come in, in mahogany and American walnut father’s illness. Perth Amboy, Montclair, Jersey City three hours at a time. TheschfloT c W and in the Windsor period. Leather or tapestry covered chairs. For and other places laid great stress «n dren gave about forty hours .total. It Mr. and Mrs. Charles Letson and ten pieces ...... ;...... $197.00 their newspaper publicity. Y is found that such voluntary assistance family, o f Rutherford, spent Sunday at LOANS A Tudor period suite with enclosed china and server and with the popu is vital to the work in Metuchen, and the home of Mrs. Letson’s' parents, Mr. During 1923, 17(> volumes have been lar octagonal table. Priced at this sale ...... $227.00 would feel grateful if parents would and Mrs. Henry Ayres. borrowed from out- of town sources, encourage their children to offer to almost all of them through the New give a half hour or so when they can Mrs. William McKenzie, jr., is spend Jersey Library Commission. find time. ing the week with her relatives in For this winter season’s club study New books have been purchased this Philadelphia. 100-Piece Dinner Set—Latest designs, a t ..$23.50 of art, 355 pictures have already been week, but owing to limited space the received inffit the" N e w a fr Pubhc T i- list wiff noj Ik- printed till next week's Mr. and Mrs. W. Black a brary. Recorder. spending the week-end the home Aluminum Sets of 16 Pieces at ...... $9.70 their son, in Irvington. F. C. Ayres spent Monday in New 8}iglj Sdjonl fororfor York City. BEDROOM SUITES METUCHEN HIGH SCHOOL No. 7. Roy C. Powell, formerly a resident A Mahogany Suite exceptional at the price of...... $196 00 of^ Metuchen, died at his home in G IR L S ’ T E A M B E A T S | SENIOR PLAY TO BE Elizabeth on January 18. Funeral ser And lastly, a half carload of our leader. Walnut, large dustproof dress ELIZABETH QUITETTE FOLLOWED BY DANCE vices. were held .on Sunday, with in er and vanity bow-end bed and chifforobe. The suite that for sheer beauty i* The Senior play is moving along terment in Greenwood Cemetery, and quality has carried the New Brunswick vicinity by storm. Names Franklin School is a scene., ©f much | fast now, and tickets g o on sale next Brooklyn. and addresses of people that bought this suite can be had on request. occupation and preoccupation at the i week. The play will first be given Priced at ...... |...... $229.50 present writing, between exams, and February 29th, followed by a dance, * Mr. and Mrs. Howard Thompson athletics, to say nothing of dramatics, jand the play will be repeated March ^ire spending the week e ndwith Mrsr all of which lines find stars in their 1st. There will be no standing Thompson’s aunt in Brooklyn. ascendancy at M. H. S. ' room sold, all reserved seats, so make LIVING ROOM SUITES , The girls are feeling very big un sure of your pasteboard slips when The Brotherhood of the. Presbyte der the hairpins this week because i the solicitors come to you, rian Church will hold a Ladies’ Night Just arrived! Big assortment of Living Room Suites, and we are en it was up to their basketball team in the church parlors* on Monday, abled to sell them cheaper than ever. Four-piece walnut or mahogany to have the victorious reputation of SHOW SOME REAL January 28th. finish; high grade tapestry covering, consisting of settee, arm chair, rocker the Blue and W hite. They beat the SCHOOL SPIRIT and table. Price regularly would be $114.00. Sale price ...... $86.98 girls of Saint Patrick's School in Little interest has been evinced J. W. Letson, of Sielton,- is quite 4-piece living ijoom suite, made of Seasoned oak, covered with mule Elizabeth to the tune of 17-13 at the this year in the output of any liter Seriously ill. skin; wonderfully joined throughout. On sale now for...... $63.00 Franklin High court. ary efforts the school might have to Front- -the. -time—when—^Sch©e4 _ Mrs.-Floyd Moore and—sen- BOYS.’ F IV E L O S E S L ife" was anxiously awaited by its were viistoEs to Newark^ recently T O W O O D B R ID G E H. S. Y expectant editors, up to the issue of The ParentTeacher organization p a r l o r Su i t e s Y The boys were defeated up at the the .most recent “ Blue Letter,” there are planning a Valentine box social “ Y ” by! the W oodbridge team, 46- has always been a brainchild of M. for February 14. The social will Our regular ehibit of overstuffed parlor suites is augmented by over Y 22. This .is a moral victor^ ^t H. S ’ Are the great minds (for be held in the assembly roo m -o f ...the stocking. In order to move these goods we will place them on sale Y least, for W oodbridge is -a fast, team, which our borough and . school have Oak Tree school house. for - , -7- -...... - - -...... f...... $127.50 Y composed of huskies, who have seen always been famous) really sterile, or Regular stock goods, with loose cushions, spring edge and webbed bot Y some famous basketball men go down is it just the timidity of. the fond Miss Eleanor Howland entertained a toms. Unbeatable in quality and unbeatable in prices. In the more lux Y iiL defeat this season. Cheer up, fel authors? few of her friends at a “ taffy pull,” urious line, we run them the same way, mohairs and gorgeous tapestries Y lows, it was a good game, well played. The High School Recorder of last week. Among those who were from ...... ‘v;...... :...... $157.50 Up fers fame and space to those stu present were Mrs. John Dorscli, of Y MID-YEARS COMING dents of literary inclination, . who do Newark, Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Holcombe, Y Miss Mariana Clark, Messrs. James Library Tables, 42-inch a t ...... $14.75 NEXT TUESDAY not wish to incur any financial risck Y in the publication of their efforts. Oliver, T. Haley and Richard Main- Y ' Midyears begin to get- iiT , their Be it prose or poetry, writeup of a do 11c-. All had an enjoyable evening,. mean work next Tuesday and so game, or advance press notice of a Library Tables, 60-inch at ...... $18.25 Y should we, for it’ll be a stiff week, play, Mr. Spocrl will receive all your Many friends of little Sarah Lam- Y Tuesday to Thursday, with the work humble efforts. Self-expression is parter, of William street, arc sorry) to Other more elaborate library and davenport tables, to close out at greatly reduced prices. Y in manual and physical arts on Fri the ideal of the intellectual. “ Be y o’- hear of her illness with scarlet fever, t day— “ Move on the W orks.” self," and show some school spiirt! and all wish her a speedy recovery. 'i Irs. J. Markano, Mrs. R. Howland :t a l b e d s stay in Florida. PERSONALS and Mrs. E. S. Holcombe attended the regular monthly meeting of the P. R. Matje by Simmons. Infall finishes. The popular 2-in. post and 1-in. Henry Newcomb,, of Washington, fillers ...... eg jq R. System Women’s . Aid at the P. R. Miss Edna Hanson entertained three D. C., was the guest this week of C. tables of bridge at her home on Wood- Mattresses and Springs Marked Down So As to Unload Our Big Stocks A. Prickitt and family. R . Y. M. C, A. at New... York, of bridge avenue, in honor of her friend, which they are all members. 1 Miss Grace Meeker, of New York. Mrs. Edward Hicks of Highland Miss Hilda Maindellc is spending a Y Park has cards~"out for a card party few days- w ith h e r sister,...Mrs. E. S. Y -----B: " L .L. can! /party ‘ next" Thursday.J next Tuesday. 1.69 ea. Holcombe. Tickets $1 each. Make up your mind Y and come. It’s for the Music Build A. C. Litterst and daughters, accom Y Mrs. John Dorsch aild daughter ing of the New Jersey College for panied by Mrs. Willich, spent Satur Y Helen are spending a few weeks with Women. day evening in Newark attending din Your Credit Is Good At Y her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. How ner and the theatre. Miss Barney entertained Dr. Mason, land, of George street. Y Miss Mason, and Mr. and Mrs. Harper Gordon Randolph of Union Hill, who Y at dinner last/ Saturday evening. is on the staff of,, the "Hudson Dis= W A N T E D — 7,200 Salespeople now Middlesex Furniture Co. Y patch,” spent Sunday with his parents, MAKE BIG MONEY selling Wat- Y Mr. and Mrs. Dalton were guests Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Randolph,, kin’s nationally advertised household 38 Hiram Street, Old Home News Building, y last Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. William products. YOU CAN, TOO. Branch i Bradley of (Short Hills. Mr. Bradley Have you engaged your table for the es all over U. S. and Canada. Rare ______New Brunswick. N. 1 ______❖ is a wrjter and artist who occupies.... -B— L—L— card parly next T hursday CHANCE JUST NOW-—4gt»— G*y very unique position in the magazine See Mrs. Oscar Smith. Sales dealers, men or women, full or ? world and' has been for some time part time, in the city o f Metuchen LOWEST PRICES Iltf NEW JERSEY / with w the Hearst organizations as a John Connor- Jr., was one- of the and., elsewhere. W rite" today for our £ Premier Poster. chief exhibitors at fhe New York Col practical, sure MONEY-MAKING lectors’ Numismatic .Club exhibitiori, P L A N . J. R. Watkins Company, Y Mr. and Mrs. D„ R. Edgar will held in the.ghatham and Phoenix Bank Dept. 96, 155-159 Perry Street., New t probably leave next week for a bri?f Building in National Coin week. Mr. Y York, N. Y. J4-2t ❖ I * Y Y Y Y Y Page Six V THE METUCHEN RECORDER NOTICE OCEAN IS TRENCHED Pursuant to a motion passed by the FOR SALE Borough Council of the Borough of Metuchen at the regular meeting held Five Room House and one acre of ground. Ikieje are the Fundamental / JO RELAY IMPORTANT January 7, 1924, notice is hereby given tluil it is the intention of said Ideally located, for enough out in country to_ I?e at Reasons why_^ Borough Council to consider the en tractive home, near enough to be conveniently accessible. TELEPHONE LINESactment of the following ordinance ; Terms $500.00 down, Balance paid like rent. AN ORDINANCE Other Properties also for sale. Particulars given upon Submarine Toll Cables From New I An ordinance of the Borough of inquery. MRS. K. M. HESS, ■ v j Q / T f York to Jersey Resorts Low ; Metuchen, providing for the con i' struction of the Borough Hall, ac- Metuchen, N. J. New Dover Road Phone Metuchen 249-M ered to Make W ay for Deep j cepting and approving the maps, er l>hip Channel. I plans and specifications therefore I prepared b y - C^-W. Fairweather, the 1 A firm and stable or- > ganization that has built : 'architect, the appropriation of the YOU ARE NO STRONGER THAN YOUR EYES When the Government a uniformly good car of recently moneys necessary therefore, and"'t,he economical price and : oommenoed the ten-year project raising o f said moneys. Their Weakness weakens the Whole System. A timely operation. ■ dredging a new ship canal In the visit to our office and a properly fitted pair of Our Glasses Whereas, the Mayor and Council 2 A chassis so designed Raritan B a r Jnat eouth o f Staten will prevent the breakdown that comes from Eyestrain. and -coordinated- that it Island,.it resulted In the construction the Borough of Metuchen, deem 1 forces of the New York Telephone necessary and J advisable‘J u,~ that a ently under all conditions. Borough Hall be constructed upon J k HOPKINS - CLARK - HAZZARD 3 A wide variety of the borough lot, which is situated on _ . ^ Jewelers and Opticians Phone 422 body types that meets all 5) the northeasterly side of the intersec- “ 7 . - l ? tion o f the northerly side of Middle 133 ALBANY STRUT, NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J. sex avenue with the easterly side of Successors to 0. 0. Stillman u d of quality and atjrle. '& Main street, and 4 Buick authorised 1 service available every- 1 Whereas, the maps, plans and where throughout the 1 specifications for this improvement, life of the car. b-m-u np 1 prepared by C. W . Faithweather, the architect, have been submitted to the B . D . FORD Mayor and Council. When better automobiles are built THEREFORE BE IT OR D A IN E D by the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Metuchen: BuicR will build them Section 1. That the maps, plans HARDWARE AND GROCERIES AMERICAN AUTO COMPANY and specifications for the work afore 68 French Street, New Brunswick, N. J. said prepared by C. W . Fairweather, Telephones Sales 1762, Service 898 thfe architect, which are on file with MAIN STREET the Borough Clerk, be and the same UNION GARAGE COMPANY are hereby accepted and approved. 278 King Street, Tel. 1575, 1575 Perth Amboy, N. J. Section 2. Be it further ordained, Naar M iddlesex Avenue that the Borough Hall shall be con When better automobiles are built, Buick^will build them structed and erected for the borough, and in accordance with the maps set forth above and in accordance with the plans and specifications prepared Five-ton loading pot encrusted with for said work by C. W . Fairweather, mud and shell, before being lowered the architect, approved by the Bor Into the new trench. ough Council and on file in the of Gas, Electricity, Transportation! Company consummating an andertak- fice of the Borough Clerk. iag In submarine cable laying that Se&tion 3. Be ft further ordained, waa new to the world, says the Tele that notice of the intention of the phone Review. Council to cause this improvement to This feat, in a word, was digging be made, shall be published and given a fifteen-foot trench, thirty feet wide in the manner required by law. and almost eighteen hundred feet Section 4. Be it further ordained, long along the ooean bottom where that this improvement shall be made the water Is about twenty feet deep, and completed at a cost not to ex in which tq relay two telephone ceed tfie sum of Twenty-five Thous cables that extend from Princess Bay and Dollars $(25,000.00). Staten island, to Keansburg, New Jer Section 5. Be If further ordalftcd, sey, a distant o f-s ix miles, and be that the said sums or so much there long to the important toll lines which o f as m ay be sufficient to meet the oonnect the metropolis with the Jer costs of carrying out the provisions sey shore resorts. o f this ordinance, are hereby appro Shifted lute New Trench. priated for said purpose, and shall be This step was followed by the shift borrow ed on temporary certificates, ing of each of these great cables and or evidences of indebtedness, or on hanling them, one to the east and the other to the west, Into their new bonds of the borough, or on both resting place; th4 whole being accom said certificates of indebtedness and pllshed without mishap. The cables bonds, as may be determined by said nre about four inches in diameter Borough, in the manner authorized heavily armored with pitch. Jute and by the provisions of the act of the twisted steel wire. They contain sev Legislature of the State of New Jer- enty-four pairs of wires In “quar" formation which make possible more ey, relating thereto, and the mon than ninety telephone circuits. eys so borrowed shall be repaid and pUBLIC Service oper- TN ten years the rev- It was brought about in this way: raised in the manner authorized by ating companies -*■ enues of Public Serv To provide adequate water transpor taw. tation facilities for the new factories Section 6. Be it further ordained furnish five out o f every ice subsidiaries have that all ordinances of this Borough, six people in New Jer grown from $38,760,- \o r so much thereof, as are inconsis- sey with essential util 000 a year to more than , tent with the terms of this ordinance, ity service. • $80,000,000 a year. are hereby repealed. Section 7. Be it further ordained, They have more than The development and that said work shall be done as 600.000 gas customers, progress of the State is general improvement and paid for more than 400,000 elec- being reflected in the tric customers and carry an average of 1,100,000 growth of Public Sendee. ordinance shall take effect immedi railway passengers a day. ately. The future requirements of New Jersey and And that the Borough Council of In ten years there has been a gain of nearly the Borough of Metuchen will meet its people, make necessary the further expansion 300.000 electric customers, nearly 175,000 gas and improvement of Public Service facilities.%— at the Council Chamber, 403 Main customers and approximately 15,000,000 yearly street, Metuchen, N. J., on Noonday, car riders. January 21, (1924, at 8 p. m. tc And it is the settled policy of Public Service consider the introduction of the fore Prospects for the future are indicated by an to seek the co-Operation of its customers in pro t»ing ordinance and that at said viding the capital necessary to meet demand for time and place an opportunity will be increase for 1923 of more than 80,000 electric given all persons interested to be and 25,000 gas customers while the demand for these extensions, permitting,those who. pay fo r ' Iruarrd YfHTdat iori tu'^rtif' tsatne...... transportation is steadily growing. the Borviea to participate in the profits. Bv^ order of the Borough Council. E D W D . A. BU R R O U G H S, Dlvar about to verify position of Borough Clerk. n Wn along oo—n tronch. Dated, January 7, 1924. Under Our Customer Ownership Plan Everyone that are being built along Arthur Kill The foregoing ordinance was passed which separates Staten island from on first and second reading by the the Jersey mainland, the government Borough Council of the Borough pf Has an Opportunity tp Buy plana to dredge a new ship channel Metuchen at a regular meeting held 1 which will ultimately be 1,200 feet January 21st, 1924. wide and thirty feet deep, which Said . ordiance will be considered on maams ten feet deeper than the pres- third and final reading at a regular aat mean low water depth. The meeting to be held at the Council “ sand-sucked’ dredges biting out the :: 7% CUMULATIVE new channel would have to cross back Chambers, 403 Main street, Metuchen, and forth hundrada of times over the on February 24, 1924, at 8 p. m., a location of the telephone cables. In which time and place all persons inter consequence of which the edict went ested will be given an opportunity to forth from government engineers to 1 PREFERRED STOCK he heard.______• • ______the New Jersey Plant Headquarters of EDWD. A BURROUGHS, the Telephone Company: “ Sink your Borough Clerk OF cables out of danger of the dredges and below the depth of the new ship channel." Heavy Loading “ Pots" Involved. D. D LA FORGE PUBLIC SLRVICL CORPORATION The task was made all the more dif ficult by the fact that on each qable 401 Main Str««t. Phooa 48 there were at Intervals five-ton load ing pots, in which were the delicate OF NEW JERSEY ■ Papin loading ooll apparatus which G roceries, are uaed for “ slapping up” the elec tric current In the cables that car F lo u r and The terms of sale put^this opportunity within the reach of every person who saves $10 a month or rlaa the voice along the wires. Two more. Interest paid from date of first installment and dividends from the date of last payment a f thaae loading pnta lay wjtiflh the. of the cables to bb..shifted and — Provisions had to he handled with Infinite care. In planning the moving of the Daater In tables, a great number of things had Ask Any Public Service Employe la ha considered, foremost of which VamUblM All tha Taar was that telephone service should go 401 MAIM STR1RT, aa unhindered. ... Tfcana 48 THE METUCHEN RECORDER * Page Seven HEAD SETS Outgoing and Incoming Mails .. w Between Metuchen and Elsewhere THE GIFT SHOP OUTGOING 8.00 a. m.— New-^ Y ofIq, N. Y., 454 MAIN STREET, Phone 426 METUCHEN, N. J, Mail Closes: B rooklyn N. Y., Long fsland, Staten 7.30 a. m.— New Brunswick, N. J.; Island, Eastern States, New York rinceton, N. J.; Trenton, N. J., and Foreign. All mail in New Jersey West and South Jersey. east o f .Metuchen, N. J. Our A iij Is Individuality — 10.30—a—Hk—=A11—points—in-Un+ted 30~ a. ~ m.—N ew York’, Brooklyn States. and all points in Long Island and THE SHOP OF 1.15 jp. m.— Elizabeth, N. J., Perth Staten Island. QUALITY A-mboy, N. J. Brunswick, Tren- 8.30 a. m.— New 2.30 p. m.— From all points east in west ana flouth Gifts Suitable for all. *n and all points and north of Metuthen, including jersey*.^ New York and New York'Foreign. occasions. All * ceritral, southern and western 4.30 p. m.— New Brunswick, N. J. Photo Frames and Mir States, San Francisco and all for 5.30 p. m.— Elizabeth, N. J., and rors, Smoker’s Sets, eign mail are for dispatch at San I Perth Amboy, N. J. Candlesticks, Book Francisco. ^30 p. m.-*-All points east of Me Ends, Desk Se{s, In 0.30 a. m.— Rahway, Elizabeth, tuchen, X. J. cense Burners, Door Newark, Jersey City. All points in 7.00 p. ni.—Al| points west of Me Stops, Flower Holders, eastern and northern New_. Jersey, tuchen, N. J. Door Knockers, Paper New York. Brooklyn, Eastern States. Clips, Pipe Racks, Neck-- New York-£tatc and all foreign mail tie Racks. due lor despatch at New York City. MICHAEL RONNAN 11.30 a. m.— New York, Brooklyn, Long Island, Staten Island, New Step In and Look York Statee, Eastern States, New Around—We Like PULPER POTTERY York foreign and points in western "Looker*.“ See Our Exclusive designs and exquisite and southern New Jersey. StoTM (ltd Farnacc P ip e » f E ver, W indow Display 1.30 p. m.—New York, Brooklyn, D w eriptioi coloring. Long Island, Staten Island, New Chinese and Japanese Goo’ds, Brass Goods and High York State, Eastern States, New' Class Greeting Cards for all Occasions. York foreign and all New Jersey In the oval above la the wooden Instrument of 1877, which acted both as Stoves and Furnkoes mail. receiver and transmitter. Upper, left, is the harness of 1880, \*hlch weighed Installed and Repaired about six pounds, and had to be strapped to the operator's back. Upper, right, 2.30 p. m.-r-Philadelphia, Pittsburg, is the suspended Carbon granule transmitter of 1888, which had to be “shaken Baltimore, W ashington, D. C., all Sheet Metal W ork, Metal Ceilings, before using.” mail west of Pittsburgh, Pa., and all Roofings Leader*, GutUrs, Cornice* mail south of Washington, D. C. It is.said that history repeats itself, but fortunately this does not hold in and Skylight* GILBERT M AR TIN 4.00 p. m.— New Jersey mail ex the equipment of telephone operators, says the Telephone Review. No opera tor would want to be encumbered with some of the old style apparatus that cepting Newark, New York, Brook 25 HIGHLAND AVENUE, was In vogue when the telephone was In its Infancy. To show the successive lyn, tSaten Island, Long Island, New 275 Am boy Avenue, Cor. Main Street steps In the progress toward the present perfected type, the history of the York State, Eastern tSates. and New Metuchen, N. J. Phone 251-M operators’ head set was re-enacted recently when a group of New York tele York foreign. PHONE 75 METUCHEN, N. J. phone girls dressed up in the hustles and flounces of their grandmothers and 4.30 p. m.“—All points west of M e- i Phone 1988 Perth Amboy donned the head sets handed down from the early days. tuchen. We are now prepared to serve light lunches to oar 6.0b p. m.— All points in United I E. F. CAM PBELL Customers at all Hours- States. Sweater of Today Is Product 7.00 p. in.— All points in U nited' Real Estate, Insurance and Loana HQME MADE PIE AND CAKE TO ORDER States. ^ Notary Public Of Centuries of Changing Styles Confectionery ~ INCOMING Office: Opposite P. R. R. Station 7.0C o. in.— All points in United ICE CREAM, SODA, CIGARS, CIGARETTES Office Hours, 9 to 12 a.m., 1 to S p.n States, foreign mail from New York, Ancient Art of Knitting Still Popular, Although Garments foreign station parcel post from all METUCHEN, N. J. TOBACCO, NEWSPAPERS, STATIONERY A re Subject to Fa*hion’» Rule. points in United States. Office S7-M Knitting has never been a lost art. first knitting machine waa Invented,—• Cnntury after century needles have William Lee’s stocking frame. It waa •licked and the m ystery of different not until as late as 18^5, howaver, ■titches and com binations of “ knit that knitting machines turned out and purl” passed from mother to knitted garments of every conceivable laughter, says the Telephone Review. fashion. For at least five hundred years wo The term “jersey” originated from men have filled in the stray minutes the yarn that was spun in Jersey, the by picking up, their “ knitting’' as they largest of the channel islands. It was This Convenient Payment Plan Makes It Easy to Buy ant before the fire in a comfortable a fine wool used primarily for stock rocker or “ got a breath of air" in the ings. “ She doth sit and stockings knit bf Jersey woolens." It was later Electric Appliances for All ■Year Round Labor-Saving used for other garments and finally the name attached Itself to the “ close- Midwinter fitting, knitted undershhlrt used In WESTINGHOUSE Ironing Hour Finds many of us feeling athletics. An early account of tfie "low.” physically. ELECTRIC IRON d« lrh T o ast adds piquancy to every Takes the Place of French attack on the Channel Islands The use of Renulife Violet contains the epigrammatic couplet: $ C . 9 0 Regular Price meal. One a I t r i v e 1 y Ironing Day finished electric toaster Ray helps to bring us. back “ In vain the haughty Gaul for con ^ *7.50 to normal. quest thirsted. bears a remarkably low Our men were Jersey men while his * price ...... $5 Renulife Violet Ray 90 cents were worsted." is effective in relieving Electric Grill —T h is....a p pi i - It is safe to say that the use of Jer dow n rheumatism, neuritis, Hull-'1 seys dates beck to almost the begin amis brails, toasts, boils or treBTfSches, catarrhal nings of modern athletics, about 1812. I iTiTnonTFr fries ...... $15 up disorders, ”Dd many other ailments. Electric Disc Stove per Get your Westinghouse today. Best of all, these treatjnents forms all duties of a fop The dreaded ironing task goes can be taken in. the privacy swiftly with the Westinghouse. burner $6.75 upward of your own room. It has the biggest, most evenly- Violet" Ray models for pri Electric Toaster Grill, West heated ironing surface of any vate and professorial use, iron of its weight. Heating ele inghouse or Sunbeam make, ment enclosed in metal. grill and reversible toaster combined $10.50 ^tont'~Rrvur?}: To During January . 9 0 guide the clothes.- Only t - A simbutton dial at tht*- right controls every operation The open end roll makes it pos sible’ -fo do all the ironing on rho Thor. The high hat and wasp waist places $ 2 TKlTThbr E Te c t r : heated, electrically driven this sweater as the latest thing DOWN Washer washes thor Prices from 8165 up. twenty years ago. Brings You the oughly. No danger of 10‘ down 10‘ a month shade of some tree on a hot summer's ______tearing or w earl n-g day Our r grpat-grandm othe^ and J Tlinn ELECTRIC clothes out as in the great - great - grandmothers fashioned I lllim WASHER washboard method*1 with their own hands all the stock j Hot water and pure I’ay b. ings; socks, mittens and caps for the soap suds in constant entire family. motion get out all the During the war knitting came to a Thor Washers high peak— the time when we knitted dirt. r*" walk •95**** T i i e TiwaaTni‘rgsn s ■ a m i r ing off the street, leaving a khaki- under the housekeep The loose straight lines of tha Model Illustrated $ !»>•"> colored trail when the ball slipped out newest sweaters show the trend of er’s personal supervis of our pocket or a car window. The the recent fashions. ion. The Electric Wash proficiency Of the knitters was not al ing Machine is the ideal ways of the greatest, as evidenced by When sweaters came in to take the the well-known lim erick written by place previously held by Jerseys can- method for the..modern the soldier recipient of a woolen offer hot be ascertained, but it was about household. ing 1885. The earliest sweaters were of The5 gears of the Thor "Received the socks, some fit! the turtle-neck variety. are of case hardened Interestin'' Items from "Used one for a hammock, other for a The most valuable period in the steel, giving the gears- whole history of knit goods has been mit. great weai resistance. the Lamp Department "See you* again when I’ve done my in the last thirty years, when sweaters and fancy knit goods have developed bit. W e sell three types of HIS stateli floor "W here In thunder did you learn to miraculously. The sweater coat has Thor Electric W ashers: become an article, of wearing apparel lamp with its knit.” « . . - ...... The revolving-reversing T of genteel utility and It has been pro 'quaintly-ruchedl beflow- The Impetus the war gave to knit cylinder. ting has not died out in the succeed duced in such a great variety of yarn, ered shade is a!member ing years, but finds its expression in stitch and design that it can be made The rocker or oscillat o f our regular stock. , remarkable creations for milady her to serve-almost any purpose, athletics, ing type. self. uniform, street coat, house jacket, fan The vacuum cup or The stick may be cy blouse and whatnot. It Is believed that the peasants of suction type. had in several fin the Scottish lowlands were the first to A brushed wool has lately becom e ishes. . j ' very popular and the autumn and win pick up stitches on the needle and Every housekeeper who Nos. 503. 505, 509, make themselves woolen garments. It ter fashion In sweaters will be a tight owns the Thor (and 511, 513, 515. is uncertain when "knitting" as a do golf Jacket or coat model with turn more than a million mestic are was known, but in 1559 the aver collar made with this new wool. Thor Washers are in American homes today) TELEPHONE EARLY hours o f 6:30 and 9:00 p. m. In an experiences an actual ANO AVOID THE RUSH! advertisement of the sale on the pre ceding day, it was announced that saving'in laundry ex "for the convenience of customers penses from the time Tbs other day a novel advertising Lamp and Shade who will be unable to attend thin sale, the Thor is installed. experiment of a large New York de Complete we will accept telephone orders It’s easy to own the Thor on these terms $2 down partment store demonstrated that the night from 6:30stp.|;l00..p.,Bl.''’ Forty and a year to pay. It soon pays for -itself in the bargain counter rush is not a neces persona s ort required to take down billa that it eaves. Its c ost f or c urrent is extremely sary part of * sale. For on a hot the orders at the store, and shopplers low. Get rid of washday worries. Bight Jn summer, says the Telephone taking advantage of the opportunity Ordtr Your Thor Today , Review, more than 8.000 dresses to “ telephone and avoid tha rush” MliiiiiiiiaiiiiwimillHMiimiMinnninin ’ were sold by telephone, between the kept them busy. X Psgp Eight THE METUCHEN RECORDER Chief Gets OAK TREE PERSONALS a neighbor or friend. This is your WHAT KIND OF A itearly Half a Hundred Citizens meeting—make it a success. Song FATHER ARE YOU? Mrs. Henry Wassenberg who is service start^ at 3 o’clock. > A ll boys Silk Thief undergoing treatment in the Middle will want to bear this talk on Sun Perhaps youiu aare a busy man. Attend Chamber of Commerce Meeting sex General Hospital fgr stomach i On Highway day. The boys need no introduction ■ 'plicrc is :h to be done in the trouble has improved. Mrs. Wassen to Frank Powell; many have watched world today, and many men are to Continued from first page berg expects to come home Sunday. him in various athletic events. Do Dr. Lansing Y. Lippincott, who pro Mrs. Annie Meyers is still under not fail to be at the Y. M. C. A. at needed- to do it. You need to give nounced his wounds such that he tJie care of a New York physician, | The regular meeting of the Cham 2 o ’clock on Sunday. much of your time to make a living could safely stand the trip to New receiving treatment for diabetes. ber of Commerce was held in the OPPORTUNITY FOR for yourself and family. There are ark, where he was taken by four Mrs. Henry Delycle is in Muhlen-I | r t t f __y . M. 'C. .A.—on. -Friday,—January—14k - LOCAL BOWLERS TO detective^. the affairs of file town, State, and 1924, at 8.30 p. m. The president, SHOW THEIR SKILL nation in which as a good .citizen Mr. Schultz, presided, and called for An added attraction for the bowlers There was a hole at the tip of K S 1' p‘ainfie,a'" reportHAllie Maiden and Mr. and Mrs. Win. H. Reed and you must have your part. Yes, there reports of committees. Dinner com that will journev to New York City die young man’s nose, anpther on the family motored to Elizabeth Sunday. are many things to take up a man’s mittee reported,, progress and a better late this month or early in February right hand side of the pose, a hole Jazz Syncopators Mrs. K. Hess and daughter Ruth time. » ’ community Christmas celebration was to bowl in the New York State under the right ear, and * a crease visited Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Ryan promised for next year. It was al Tournament at the National Recre across the forehead that indicataed But, after all, what is the use of Corona, L. 1., over the- week On Valentine Day so suggested tha tthe celebration be ation Alleys, Brooklyn,, will be th a bullet had been deflected from en tjijs, if the future generations tear end. held indoors. White Elephant T w o Man Team tering the skull. In a pocket of j down all yop have built... up? You Most o f the evening was spent dis Sweepstakes, * which opens about Benson's overcoat was found a long- Many of our friends are asking who (cannot take your money with you cussing the proposed gasoline sales sta January 28th, at “ Uncle Joe” Thum’j barreled thirty-eight calibre pistol “BUM” PASSES AWAY furnishes the wopderful music that when you die. Therefore what is the tion at the corner of Main street and White Elephant Alleys on Broadway containing five empty cartridges. has been at the club house o f the South ! Jse of building up a large fortune, if BuriT’i the three-legged pet of Middlesex avenue. Some were op T his-year‘’s event__gives promise of About an hour before the arrest Metuchen Social and Civic League at |your son will put it fo no good use? James Hegan, had to be put to posed to discussing the subject be being much bigger than ever before. of Benson was effected the police o the recent dances. To this question we I So it is with the town, State, and death. Mrs. Hegan would not har cause the company has not yet made The entry fee in the tournament this section of the State were noti are glad to inform all those interested Nation. What is the use of all this bor an'anim al that annoys the neigh application for a building permit and will be $5 per man or $10- per team, fied of the gun battle at Irvington that the music has been furnished by it the future generations "will not bors. Exaggerated complaints came public opinion would be influenced by with an additional charge of 75 cents and instructed to capture if possible, none other than "Allie Maiden, the col- "Carry On ?” However busy you are ■from some over-excited neighbors premature discussion. per man for bowling. The total being a man with blood streaming from his ored champion and his jazz syncopa-|yet the greatest service you can do It was also brought out that the $11.50. face in a Ford car bearing license that Bum was doing depredations in jters,” and further, . February 9, 1924, j for your country is to train the youth the neighborhood^ proper procedure for obtaining a per T h« entry fee will be returned in number 34716. ______apparent proof be Allic Maiden will j&ain appear a t'th e, of today. You do not need to look mit, ahouM be an application with prim. Twenty-five percent of the AH car* that proceded at any rate ing borough to the attention of Mrs. club house at a Valentine dance to be (to a larg* group of boys with whom Hegan and the story greatly exag plans end specifications to the build teams entered will receive prizes and of speed were subjected to close held under the auspice* o f this organ-j you can work. You have a future gerated. Mrs. Hegan immediately ing superintendent. If reversed by there will be high team and individual scrutiny. It was not long before the ization. W e wish to extend an invita- j citizen in your own home. W hat are settled in casr for alleged damage him, then appeal is made to Zoning score prizes. Each team will ■ roll group with Chief Hutchinson saw a tion to all our friends-to come out on !Vou doing to help him become a good Commission. If permit is refused by three games, total pins to count. All Ford approaching and closer inspec and had Bum done away with. Had | that night and not only hear Allie nan—a credit to his parents and his them the only appeal is an amendment three games to be rolled on the same tion showed that it bore the license MLs. Hegan reflected a few minutes ■ Maiden but dance to the strains o f his ouutry? * . , , . afternoon or night. number of the car for which, the she might not have acted so hastily, wonderful music . to “Zoning Law”. The amendment r There is mueh written -about boy in this case was being sought before In a short series of three games Newark police had sent out a gen Depredations are still going on and! n . • * . n- i i . f K " ! On i Washington s Birthday Eve, Feb- an****; 'Marion C lark, RI«hVur Htsw-.. ■’•!«» ' '• BHftttHtr -iWK-i _ Formerly Priced to 110.00 , and travel south along the streets, -an— ■ ■ - - the coming year were discussed uil- withhoid judgment and step outside, PUBLIC SERVICE ADDS , der happb conditions. The president, gaze up, and wonder in what ep,ah EIGH TY TH O U SA N D NEW Jerry Wood, presided in his usual WOMEN’S AND MISSES’ CLOTH OR SILK of architecture the building was huillt. CUSTOM ERS IN 1923 kenial manner. its three stories in Height, its peculiar , ...... DRESSES OF EXCEPTIONAL STYLE slate. Mansard roof, .depicting; thy-; & rv kai Co.. E P W O R T H LE A G U E NOTES firertch model, and we put this down .... , „ . . . « \ ______a .subriidiai^ of ru bh c Service Corp as one of the town's landmarks of some’ Values as High as $45.00 * oration of New Jerseys added ap- This ^ ek tl,c basketball team forty years of age. Just across the proximate|ly 80,000 new customers to wbiyed tbe Park M. E League at way we stop in for a “hooker,” but I its lines jin 1923. The number o f * Elizabeth. “Gil” Marjtin produces, some of the new customers gained in 1922 w a s1 bast week they played Simpson Bryan famous grapejuice, and we wink .62,500 and in 1921, 44,000. In kilo-- j UHurcb League of Perth Amboy at and refuse a set up. as ye hurry on to watt hofljs the 1923 sales amounted FertF Amboy. I he score wak 40- see the New Gospel Hall, where Silas Tremblay affords good preaching to all to 666,^18,171, as compared to 24 in favor of Perlh Amboy. Also 534,460,8^3 in 1922. W esley Church- of Roselle Park that arc interested. A remarkable value in smart frocks just as which game was played in Metuchen W e are now , on the new concrete The power sales to manufacturers at the Y. M. C. A. The score was road; you will notice the car tracks 1923 in kilowatt hours showed cleverly designed as they are expertly tailored. 26-39 in favor of Metuchen. are spaced .by concrete blocks and im- gain of about 28 per cent- The ..'prtiisivdiy well ttir 'j’tioe—e— of—jeleetrttonc.—rMnvvm'r,— of e leetrie— pow er for—maim Ivebigh valley bridge affords a pic- factiurng touched the highest point FOR LOCAL SEWB READ turesque view of land strata, and we jin the company’s history in the year learn this road is to put several trains ; just closed. RECORDER . - ' I THE METUCHEN RECORDER Page Three