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VOLUME x c i i HIGHTSTOWN, MERCER COUNTY, NEW JERSEY, THURSDAY, JULY 25, 1940 NUMBER 10 U. S. Group to Investigate 4-H Clubs Plan Vacation School Red Cross Branch Names Auction Market Closing Program Migratory Labor on Farms Tomato Contest Thursday Night Members of Committees Federal Group Will Visit Potato Farms Here on Saturday Packaging and Grading Contest Among Exercises in Fellowship Hall—Open to Commended for Amount of Money Raised and for Sewing Observing Living and Working Conditions. Teams From Three Counties on Tues The Public—Songs and Pageants Will And Knitting Done for the Cause. day, August 13. Will Sell Tomatoes Be Presented by Children. At Auction. ------« A congressional committee investigat- Mrs. Stenson W. Rogers, director of ine conditions among migratory workers The Executive Committee of the Encouraged by their recent success in the Community Vacation Church School, Hightstown Branch of the Princeton will visit Central and South Jersey farm Parachute Crews marketing broilers at the Tri-County Mrs. H. Chittick area over the weekend. Cooperative Auction Market here, 4-H has released the program for the clos Chapter of the American Red Cross an Governor A. Harry Moore announced To Be Trained At Clubs of Mercer, Monmouth and Mid ing exercises of the school this Thurs To Leave Soon nounces members of committees to carry Tuesday the groui> would be met at dlesex are outlining plans for using the day night at 7:30. The exercises are to on the various activities of the R ed Wilmington Saturday morning and market as a permanent part of their be held in Fellowship Hall of the Pres Cross during the coming year. make a tour with representatives of a Strong’s Towers agricultural program, it was announced For Honolulu State committee, studying the same sub Wednesday. byterian church and are open to the Roll Call—Mrs. William S. Heyer, ject. The Federal group is headed by War Department Announces That a public. Mrs. Henrietta Chittick Will Exchange chaiijnan; Mrs, James Dawes, Mrs. Test Platf>on Would Undergo Train The recent broiler sale was New Jer Positions With Miss Mary £n Kan, William S, Eitterick, Mrs. Richard 0. Representative John H. Tolan of Cali The school has met daily for the past fornia. Representative Frank C. Os- ing Near Here Next Week. sey Club members’ initial venture in Hawaiian Bom. Ely, Mrs. Conrad Decker, Jr,, Miss selling at a farmers’ cooperative auction four weeks and has had a total of 170 Molly Rothschild, Miss Emma Fausak. mers of New Jersey is in the group. Plans for mass training of Air Corps students enrolled with 14 others at Mrs. Henrietta A. Chittick, of Old Farms will be visited near the fol market. Their second marketing day is Publicity—F r a n k 1 i n K. Hampton, bombardment crews have been disclosed scheduled for August 13, when a toma tending only one or two sessions. It Bridge, who teaches in Cranbury. will chairman; Miss Ca t h e r in e Perdoni, lowing communities: Hightstown. Cran- by th e W a r Department. Secretary ha.s been jointly sponsored by th e leave for Honolulu July 29. She will bury, Freehold, Bridgeton, Millville, Bi to packaging and grading contest will George P. Dennis, G. Franklin Eldridge, Stimson has announced that a test be held among teams from the three Hightstown churches and the Young take a position as exchange teacher for Max Bard. valve. Camden and Mt. Holly. On Sun platoon of two officers a n d 48 men, Men’s Christian Associations of Hights a year in a Honolulu school. Miss Mary counties. In addition, club members Nursing and Welfare—Mrs. William day a cruise on New Jersey waters chosen from volunteers in the 29th In will sell tomatoes on the auction block town and Cranbury. Interest among the En Kan, Hawaiian born, will take Mrs. may be arranged and the visitors and fantry. Fort Benning, Ga., would under pupils has been maintained as is evi Chittick’s class in Cranbury. H. Thompson, chairman; Mrs. J. Ely —tomatoes graded by boys and girls Dey, Mrs. James I. Hutchinson, Dr. their wives will be entertained at a go parachute training from July 29 and scored by marketing authorities of denced in the fact that the average at Miss Kan will be accompanied by her Spring Lake hotel as guests of the tendance for the past three weeks has Joseph E. Schultz, Mrs. Calvin H Per- through August 3 at the Safe Para the State Department of Agriculture. sister, Sarah, who will spend next year nne, Mrs. Vera Bakoulis, Mrs, Samuel State. chute Company plant on Route 25 be In discussing 4-H marketing activities, been 121 daily. here also. Miss Sarah Kan is on leave Living and working -conditions among Roller, Mrs. J. V. D, Perrine, Mrs. tween Hightstown and Windsor. Robert Dilatush, president of the mar A score of teachers and assistants of absence from her secretarial position Charles J. Keeler, Mrs. Guy E. Bolton, migratory workers, many of whom are Commander James H. Strong, retired ket association, expressed his confidence together with several from other cities with the Honolulu Studebaker Motor Southern Negroes, have been subject to Mrs, John W. West, Mrs. M. P. Cham Navy officer, whose facilities the War that the arrangement would serve a du in the state who were attending Peddie office. berlin, Mrs. G. Franklin Eldridge, Mrs. investigation f o r several Summers in Department announced would be among al purpose. Assembly have furnished the leadership New Jersey. Mistreatment of a Negro Mrs. Chittick will also stop at Chicago C. Stanley Stults. those used, w as a pioneer in captive “Not only will cooperation between for the school under th e direction of on her way to California, to visit _Mr. couple last Summer on a Cranbury farm parachute work in this country. Strong !Mrs. Rogers a n d the Rev. Paul M. Red Cross Rooms—Mrs. 0. T. Fen by a group of white youths, who stripped the association and the 4-H Clubs give and Mrs. Arthur Zipse. Mrs. Zipse, ton, chairman;. Mrs. A. B, Hunt] Miss manages the multiple parachute jump at Humphreys, chairman of the committee the former Alice Maclver. was a class and -painted their victims, intensified of the New York World’s Fair. Two 125- boys and girls an opportunity to earn in charge of the school. Jane B. Donnell, Howard C. Davison, cash for the products they raise,” he mate and neighbor in grammar school Ralph Euria, Thomas E. Totten, Har ficial activities to improve the situation. foot towers are located at his plant near Miss Ruth Hunt has been teaching A conference will be held with Gov- said, “but the demonstrations they are days. At Cheyenne, Wyo., Mrs. Chit vey M. Grover. here. Strong holds patents on the ap the beginners' class assisted by the tick will call on Mrs. Frank Mann, the ernoiN^4^ore-by the congressional com arranging will also help the farmers Crocheting—Miss Eillian Thompson, paratus. who market produce here regularly Misses Alberta Mount, Alta Schanck, ■former Miss Mae Appleby of O ld mittee at the Executive Cottage, Sea The fair tower is 250 feet high. The and Ruth Hancock. At the closing ex chairman; Mrs. A. E. Applegate, Miss Girt, Sunday morning. Other members keep up to date on the latest methods Bridge, a cousin. parachuti.st, on the ground, climbs into of grading and packaging.” ercises, the beginners will conduct Elizabeth Marple, Mrs, John Nostrand. of the Federal committee are Represen a swing hanging from a chute held open worship program similar to the ones Mrs. Chittick will sail on the Mat- Finance—Richard H. Whitby, chair tative Claud B. Parsons of Illinois, John by vertical guide wires running to the Kenneth W._ Ingwalson, state 4-H sonia_ from San Francisco August 8, man; Ellis Cottrell, Robert E. Dietz, Club leader, said the marketing oj poul they have had daily during the schoool reaching Honolulu August 14. J. Speakman of Alabama and Carl T. top of the tower. sessions. George N. Hall, William Mollow, John Curtis of Nebraska. Robert K. Lamb is try and vegetables at the Tri-County After school hours, she is planning to He is hauled up to the top, a catch The primary department under Mrs. W. Perrine, Ernest J. Thompson, James chief investigator. trips, and he sails down at normal para Market is a part of a state-wide 4-H un- study at the University of Hawaii. Hon P. Throckmorton. dertaking aimed to point out to rural Voorhees G. Carson assisted by the olulu. chute rate, his landing being somewhat Misses Dorothy Bowker, Alice Stack Transportation—Mrs, Addison Rob softened by rubber shock absorbers, boys and girls that grading, packaging, - , tr- • • r, Interested in Eastern Star activities, and marketing are important parts of Verna Kronagel, Virgin^ Pug- bins, chairman; Mrs. G. A, Bennett, but with a three or four foot bounce. she will attend meetings of the sev Mrs. Ada Hyers, Mrs. Clifford E. Shan- Rev.H.L. Somers That’s the end of the fair parachute successful farm'production. j iMyra Croshaw and Joan Davison eral chapters located in and about the ‘will render two songs, "Briends an d city. gle, John Brandt, Herbert Euteken, Jos ride. In miltary training, the student Details of the three-county program “The Quiet Sunset Time,” and give a eph Riordan. Conference Head goes on to learning to land on his feet, are being arranged by a Tri-County Market Council composed of John Friid-* dramatization entitled “The Sabbath in Knitting—Miss Eeota Perrine, chair absorbing the shock himself. Finally, a Jewish Home.” At Peddle School the parachute, free of guide wires, ^ re den, Clarksburg; William Gierman, man: Mrs. George G. Bailey, Mrs. Har leased into the wind as he jumps off the Plightstown; Phoebe Gardner, Yardville, The Junior division under Miss Mar Lace Mill Holds old C. Cox, Miss Julia O, Grover, Mrs. The Rev. Harry L. Somers, Tunkhan- tower, simulating an actual j u m p m and June Propst and Romainc Clark, ion C. Davison and the Misses Virginia A. M. Langford, Mrs. J. Albert Priory. nock, Pa., will be the director of the every detail. both of Dunham’s Corner. All are 4-H Brenner, Betty Wells and Marcia Swet- Annual Outing Sewing—Mrs. Jennie E, Burtis, chair Summer Conference sponsored by the Club members. land a.s assistants will sing “I Would man; Mrs. William Dey, Mrs. Raymond Strong was graduated from Annapolis Be True” and give an original presenta Early, Mrs. Burtis Parker, Mrs, George Board of Christian Education of the in 1913 and served in the World War. At Rova Farms Presbyterian Church, U. S. A., to be tion, “Queen Esther.” E. Phillips, Mrs, Charles E, Rue, Mrs. He was in naval aviation for many years Frank Wolfe. held at Peddie School from July 29th until he retired in 1934. The intermediate department under Amid a blistering heat, the Native through August the fifth. Ellerbee Plays instructor Mrs. Joseph L. Schultz and Lace Works, Inc., Hightstown, in con Surgical Dressings—M i s s Beatrice The plan for each day will begin with assistant Miss Janet Shivers will pre junction with its parents firm of Solo Tyack, chairman; Mrs. J. Walter a brief devotional service in the early Leading Role sent a “Pageant of Churches” reviewing mon and Birnbaum. Inc., New York Reeves, Mrs. E. Drew Silver, Mrs. Jos morning. Each delegate \vill select Cape Cod House their studies of Hightstown and Prince City, held their annual all-day outing eph L. Schultz, Mrs. Earle Wilson. three courses and each period will be At Princeton ton Churches which included the Prot at Rova Farms, Cassville, last Saturday. Mayor E. Drew Silver was named a fifty minutes.in length. T he classes Begun At Deans estant churches in Plightstown. the St. Main event of the day’s program was member of the Executive Committee will be held in the morning. ^ The after Construction was started last week on “By Any Other Name,” a new histori Paul’s Church in Princeton, Princeton a softball game between the two or and Mrs. W. G. Riley, chairman of the noon will be taken up with interest a one and one-half story Cape Cod cal comedy which probably will prove University Chapel and others. ganizations (detailed write-up may be local branch of the Red Cross, will serve groups in chorus, drama, nature study, dwelling on Route 25 near Deans for the most controversial play of the com An innovation in the school this year found on the sports page). Solomon as a member ex-ofKcio of all commit religious art, and game study. The eve Helen Burkalew of Deans. The work ing Broadway season, will be given its has been the addition to the staff of and Birnbaum defeated the Hightstown tees. nings include a vesper service at sunset, is expected to be completed in one initial performance at th e McCarter Miss Carlotla Davison who had charge Weavers 6 to 3 behind the six-hit twirl Theatre, Princeton, the week of July 29- The American Red Cross has award assembly meetings, camp fire, and cere month, according to R. B. Soden of of the music programs and instruction ing of A1 Grossman and Monty Kreiger. ed the Princeton Chapter a certificate in monials. Jamesburg, general contractor. August 3. and of Burt T, Van Deusen and Howard A silver loving cup was awarded the recognition of valued services rendered Among the teachers to be at the con When completed, the dwelling will It is the work of Warren P. Mun- Breed who directed recreational pro winning aggregation. It was announced during the War Relief Campaign of ference are the Rev. Dr. Cornelius De- have an asbestos shingle exterior with sell, Jr., producer of th e Prrinceton grams. at the luncheon that at all future out M ay a n d June, 1940. In turn, th e Boe of Mount ITolly, the Rev. Osborne asphalt shingled roof. There will be a Summer Theatre Season, and is further Other numbers included in the pro ings the softball tilt will be the fea i nnceton Chapter has written the L. Schumpert of Belmar; the Rev. Ee- concrete porch at the front right and distinguished by the fact that Warren gram for Thursday night will be the ture event, and the winner will receive Hightstown Branch a letter commend ben Cobb Brink of Pitman; Miss Fran two dormer windows at the front to P. Munsell, Sr., business manager of salute to the American flag, songs “God the cup, presented by the New York ing them for the amount o f money ces M. Hedden of Newark; the Rev. break the roofline. A two-car detached the Theatre Guild, is directing his son’s Bless America,” “In the Temple” and firm. raised and for sewing and knitting done Montague White of Woodbury; Miss frame garage will be located at the work. The play marks one of the rare “Fairest Lord Jesus” and prayers by the Following the game there were swim for this noble cause. Margaret Crofoot of Philadelphia; Mrs. rear. occasions in the theatre where father Rev. L. B. Hawk, pastor of the Cran- ming and boating for all who enjoyed Charles H. Lewis of New York City; and son have collaborated in the pro In order that more work may be done The front entrance will lead directly biiry Methodist Church and the Rev. the two sports. Light refreshments this Fall the Hightstown Branch hopes Mrs. John Townley of Point Pleasant; into the 12 by 20 living room. The din duction of an opus. Stanley K. Gambell, pastor of the First were served until the luncheon was giv Ralph Marryott of Jamesburg; Miss ITarry Ellerbe, brilliant young actor that all those willing to knit, sew, cro ing room, 11 by 13, will be at the left Presbyterian Church. en at 4 in the large casino of Rova chet, or make _ surgical dressings will Martha Berry of Bordentowm; Miss rear, entered from the living room. director w ho staged “Captain Brass- Farms. Eleanor Mitchell of New York City; bound's Conversion” and “The Bat” sev The enrollment for the school divided get in touch with the chairman of the The kitchen will' be at the right rear. commitee for that particular work. Miss Mona Mayo of Philadelphia. Approach to the upper half-story will eral weeks back, makes his first ap as follows: Plightstown Baptist, 39; Speeches on behalf of the present The Rev. C. Ransom Comfort of Ma pearance this season on the other side Methodist, 26; Mt. Olivet Baptist. 40; organization were tendered by Mes be made by a staircase at the right of Presbyterian, 27; Lutheran, 3; Cranbury plewood will be the speaker at the ves the living room. The upper story will of the footlights in the leading male sieurs Birnbaum, Solomon, and Law per services; Ralph Marryott will be role. Winifred Lenihan, distinguished Methodist, 19; Cranbury Presbyterian, rence, while Frank Sittinger uttered a contain the master bedroom running 17. Luncheon Held the song leader; the Rev. Montague the entire width of the house on the left American actress who took New York few words of thanks for the outing in White will be in charge of recreation side, a second bedroom at the right by storm in the original production of The enrollment by divisions was Be behalf of the Native Lace Works. and Miss Dorothy Klenk will be the rear and a tiled bath at the front en “St. Joan,” makes one of her _ infre ginners. 32; Primary, 76; Junior, 41, and For Bride-to-Be conference secretary. Miss Klenk is tered from the common hall. quent stage appearances in the impor Intermediate, 21, Mrs. Milton H. Cunningham enter from Philadelphia. There will be a full basement contain tant part of Queen Elizabeth in this Ruth Wilson tained at luncheon and bridge at her Local young people and seniors desir ing complete laundry facilities and an comedy of Elizabethan times. Industrial Building home 236 Stockton Street Saturday in ing to attend the conference if they have oil-fired heating unit. The house is be “By Any Other Name” depicts the in. In Jersey Counties Weds Lvi Brink honor of Miss Elizabeth Fitz-Randolph not sent in their registration as they ing built to FHA specifications. timate life of one of the greatest literary Manning of Plainfield, who will on Au should have done will be able to regis lights of the Sixteenth Century: Ed Indu.strial -building construction ii Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock, gust 24 become the bride of Milton H. ter Monday afternoon. PRODUCE MARKET ward de Vere, the 17th Earl of Oxford, New Jersey for June continued to main Miss Ruth Marie Wilson, daughter of Cunningham, Jr. Lord Great Chamberlain of England and Business over the auction block of the lain the high record held for several Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Wilson of Among those attending the affair STOCK CAR AUTO RACE first peer of the realm in Queen Eliza months, with a total of seventy-eight Cranbury, became the bride of Evi AT LANGHORNE SPEEDWAY Hightstown produce market continues beth’s reign. The play expounds the were: Mrs. George Throckmorton. Mrs to increase with each day's sale and at plans approved, representing a total in Brink, Jr., son of Mrs. Evi Brink of Stuart Simpson, Mrs. James Dawes^ theory (gaining great momentum daily) vestment of $1,12^,411. This number is Park avenue, Hightstown. The cere Langhorne, Pa.—Prospects fo r th e Monday's auction, 205 sales were re that the Earl of Oxford and not Shakes Mrs. Allan Thompson, Mrs. Austin second annual AAA Langhorne Speed corded and a total of 3,098 packages nearly three times the average for the mony was performed in the Jamesburg Wright. Mrs. George A. Silver, 3d., peare was the true author of Shakes last twenty years, and the valuation is Pre.sbyterian manse by the Rev. Andrew way All-American Championship stock were sold. Because of the increasing peare's plays. Mrs. Charles Grover, Mrs. Richard Ely, car auto race, to be held, on Ralph Han- business and the approach of the peek 50 per cent above the average in cost S. Layman in the presence of the im Mrs. W. H. Franklin, Mrs. C. L. Shan- kinson’s great mile oiled circular track produce season announcement was made Theorie* Advanced of construction for the same -period. mediate families. gle, Mrs. H. R. Applegate, Mrs. Harry on Sunday, August 4, loomed bright that effective Sunday, the daily auctions While a number of theories have The current report indicates seventeen The bride was very attractively at Wolfe. Misses Ruth Shangle, Josephine with a trio of great entries including will begin at 1 P. M. Offerings and been advanced concerning the author more plans approved than for June of tired in a white eyelet embroidered Silver, Helen Hutchinson, Josephine the men who won first and second last prices were as follows: ship of the Bard of Avon’s plays, even last year, and the current valuation rep dress with a corsage of summer flowers. Hutchinson, Constance Throckmorton, year in the 200-mile strictly stock clas^ Apples, Astrakan, bu., $1.00 to $1.40; the most ardent of Shakespeare’s sup resents $633,^7 more than a year ago. She had as her attendantj Mrs. Homep ■*y^of Hightstown. Early Harvest, bu., 45c to 83c; Trans porters are at a loss to account for his Construction for the month was shared Smock of Hightstown, sister of the Also Mrs, C. D, Manning, Mrs. C. B. Although Everett Saylor earned the parent, bu., 73c; Dutchess, bu., 43c; ability to write them. For Shakespeare by fourteen counties. Burlington ranks groom. Bergen Wilson, brother of the Schaefer and Miss Pricilla Stearns of was an uneducated, untraveiled, almost lowest among these fourteen with Mer bride, served as best man. honor of being Entry No. 1 for the big green beans, bu., 25c to $1.10; w ax Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. Plainfield. Mrs. W. A. Newson of event, Mark Light, last year’s victor and beans, bu., 33c; beets, Y2 doz., 8c; doz., illiterate man. His earlier plays were cer the second lowest. The classifica Westfield, Miss Frances Haines of Short Walt Keiper, second place winner, have 10c blackberries, 24-qt. crate, $2.55 to presented at a time when he was. chron tions follows: Charles D. Wilson, Bergen Wilson, and Hills, Mrs. Thomas Spence of Catons- also signed up to compete and before ^.20; cabbage. Y bbl., 18c to 33c; bu., ologically, a mere child. Furthermore, Plans Valuation Mrs. William Wilson of Cranbury, Mrs, ville, Md., Mrs. Milton Bedell of Mine- the entries are closed it is expected that 10c to 15c; red cabbage, bu., 30c; car it has been impossible to account for Lergen ...... 7 $177,688 Isaac Bergen of Allentown, Mrs. Evi ola, Mrs. Robert Lang of East Orange, over 250 nominees will be listed. rots, Vi doz., 6c to 8c; sweet corn, yel “Shakespeare’s” sudden retirement in Burlington...... 1 1.000 Brink, Mrs. Norman White, Mr. and Miss Margaret Blight of White Plains, Saylor, who has a splendid record m low. bu., 85c to $1.05; white, bu., 30c his prime in 1604 and subsequent failure Camden ...... 1 25.000 Mrs. Homer Smock, and Carl Brink of Miss Doris Mason of Ocean Grove, Mrs. regulation racing ranks, and who has to ^ c ; cucumbers, bu., 40c to 80c; on to write another line. In recognizing Essex...... 11 218,500 Hightstown. D. E. Stevens and Miss Rosalind Ste held several midwestern championships, ions, sack, $1.25; huckleberries, 24-qt. Oxford as the author of these master Hudson....-...... 11 314,178 Immediately following th e ceremony vens of Scranton, Pa. pieces, this phenomenon is immediately Hunterdon...... 1 12.000 the young couple left for a trip to Niag finished second to Tony Willman. an crate, $2.80; peaches, Yz bu., 2(fc to 48c; ara Falls. Upon their return, they will other potential entrant, at Allentown, peppers, bu., 70c to $1.00; pickles, clarified. 1604 is the date of Oxford’s Mercer ...... 1 1,600 Librarian Names Books Pa-, on July 6. He will be driving his bu 65c to $1.20; potatoes, farmer grad Middlesex ...... 3 60,700 reside at 124 Park Avenue, Hightstown. For all of this, ‘By Any Other Name Monmouth ...... 1 3,500 In Greatest Demand first stock car event and plans to pilot ed, large, sack, 89c to 98c; small, sack, 98,500 ANNOUNCE BETROTHAL a Packard coupe. 20c to 35c; black raspberries. 36-pt. is not a mere diatribe grinding an in Passaic ...... 7 tellectual axe, but an altogether charm Salem ...... 1 69,499 Five new books in greatest demand Light expects to drive the same Buick crate $1.90; red raspberries. 24-pt crate, 19.000 The engagement of Miss Eleanor R. at the Hightstown public library ac coupe in which he rolled to top honors $1.80; 30-pt. crate, $2.10; 36-ipt. crate, ing historical comedy which tells the Somerset ...... 2 Dunn, daughter of William R. Dunn, story of the life of a man whom liter Sussex...... 1 39.000 cording to Mrs. Esther Hoyt, assistant i last year, while Keiper will stick to the $175 to $3.15; spinach, bu., 15c; toma 59,100 Reading, Pa., to William Miller Burke, librarian, are “This Side of Glory” by old reliable Ford. toes, Marglobe, No. 1, climax 33_c to ary contemporaries held in the highest Union ...... 9 son of Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Burkt, Meri esteem, yet whom subsequent genera Bristow; “Stars of the Sea” by Mason; 68c • No. 2 climax, 25c to 33s; Earliana, CHURCH ENTERTAINMENT den, (ionn., was announced at a luncheon “How Green Was My Valley” by Llew JUNE WEATHER SUMMARY No 1, climax, 23c to 30c; No. 2, climax, tions have ignored. at the Princeton Inn Saturday. Miss Current plans call for a Broadway ellyn ; “Chad Hanna" by Edmonds; and 25c‘ to 30c. “A Womanless Wedding” will be pre Dunn is a graduate of Oberlin College “Bird in the Tree” by Grudge. Temperature:—Maximum—90; date— production of “By Any Other Name in sented by the members of the Get To and of Peirce Business School, and is jjh and 13th; minimum—42; date—22nd. the Fall, under prominent auspices. Two others, while not the latest nov Hightstown Community gether Club of Old Bridge at the Meth now secretary to the Assistant Head els but still in heavy demand, are “Re Greatest daily ran^fr—34; date—7th. odist Church Friday evening. Musical master of The Peddie School. Precipitation: — Tota 1 —1.89 inches. Softball League 5CHLOTTMAN CAR IN ACCIDENT becca” and “All This and Heaven Too." and specialty numbers will be provided Mr. Burke Vas graduated from The Mrs. Hoyt reports that “Stars Still Normal for June—3.76 inches. Total StancBnfg The automobile driven by Mrs. Grace by various groups from Freehold, Farm- Peddie School, Duke University, and is w same month last year—2.92 inches, w. L. Pet. Shine” by Lai.bnore, and Louis Brom- 7 I .865 E. Schlottman figured in a crash with ingdale and Englishtown Methodist studying for his Doctor of Philosophy field’s “Night in Bombay” are the two w ^ test in 24 hours^.68 in.; date— Dutch Neck — ------a car operated by Peter Bachman of churches. degree at the University of Pennsyl ®th-29th. Mercer Diner ....— ...... 7 1 .865 newest b o ^ s added to the shelves. Ste . 5 2 .715 New Brunswick at Englishtown Sunday The affair is planned under the direc vania. He is a member of the faculty says “Every week or 10 darii^ Humber of days—^With .01 inch or Stockton Street ------tion of Mrs. Walter Boyce, assisted by of The Peddie School, and of Georgian- . 4 2 .667 morning. Mrs. Schlottman, accompa the sununer^a iiewijMak to oareta*«i to JWe precipitation—8. Clear—13; part- Decker’s Dairy — .....- - nied by Miss Florence Brcarly. was en Mrs. Clarence Campbell, Miss Edith court College, Lakewood. Southenders ------. 3 4 .426 sweU the vrtBMJMito taw Elmry. y c k ^ y —12; cloudy—5. With light .375 route to the Old Tennent Church. The Stackhouse, Miss Gladys Hallock, Mrs. Guests present at the luncheon were: With dense fog—1. With thun- Native Lace ------. 3 5 The aartimii|pR:toto..fa Hightstown Gazette NATIONAL AFFAIRS GEO. P. DENNIS By FRANK P. LITSCHERT VISIT HISTORIC NEW JERSEY-No. 12 Editor and Owner Phone 373 -By EARLE HORTER- The Democratic National Convention TORRID ZONE Entered at the Hightstown, N. J., Post Office of 1940 is now a matter of history. It as second class matter. “Torrid Zone" is jirst fun, with torchv went according to form and pre-ar nnip rrvrUvrr - ^ rangement. It furnished no sur])rises as Annie Sheridan carrying some sort of Published every Thursday at the did the Republican meeting in Philadel torch for Jimmy Cagney—who’s got Gazette Building eye for the dame (as usual)—and nlenhr 114 Rogers Avenue phia a few weeks previously. The Dem nF ri;^lrxrv„r. f* .,11 ' ocratic delegates went to Chicago to of lusty dialogue. It all goes on 7n a TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION “draft” Roosevelt and they did. There Central American banana plantation One Year ------$1.50 heat and everything. ' Eight Months ...... 1.00 was an effort to produce a surprise in Six Months ------.75 the letter which President Roosevelt In other words, there was a torrid Four Months______.SO sent to the convention through Senator woman, who met a torrid man, they had Single C o p y ______— ------— .04 Barkley, “releasing” the delegates from a torrid love affair; and except for two voting for him. This was done with full perfectly t-horrid villains (Pat O’Brien DOGLESS STREETS knowledge that having been “released” plantation manager and a revolutiona the delegates could then go about the ry) the setup’s a cinch. Besides, the For the first time in many years local business of "drafting” the President for villains are amusing and rather gay. residents may walk down town without This could have been an awful picture seeing numerous dogs of all varieties a third term. It has been generally agreed among except the cast kidded it thruout. Which barring their path. For the first time is what makes it what it is—certainly