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From: Sharon / Harry Colquhoun <>
Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] Re: two newspaper clippings
Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 22:32:08 -0500


Dear Diane,
Thanks for the clippings of events in Pennington and Hopewell; they were great!
I recognized lots of names as I grew up in Pennington in the 50s and 60s. I'll
also forward your note to my dad's cousins who grew up in Hopewell a few years
earlier. I know they'll find old friends and neighbors in the list, too. Thanks
for taking the time to type it all out.
Sharon Moore Colquhoun
Belle Mead NJ

wrote:

> This is another clipping from my grandfather's Bible, and again it is
> undated. I recognize one name, that of Mrs. John Errickson, who was my great
> grandfather's sister. Her maiden name was Lillian Phillips, and she was born
> in 1868. I believe this clipping to be from the same time period as the other
> I posted, sometime between 1915 and 1920.
>
> "Pennington
> A host of the young friends of Miss Mildred Hart, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
> John W. Hart, gave a variety shower in her honor at the home of her parents a
> few days ago in recognition of the near approach of her marriage to Earl
> Burroughs, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Burroughts, of the Scotch road. The
> wedding will take place at the home of the bride's parents Thanksgiving Day.
> Miss Hart received a great many beautiful and useful presents. Those present
> were: Mrs. Garrett Oldis, Mrs. A. H. Burroughs, Mrs. Raymond Thornton, Mrs.
> Oscar Van Dyke, Mrs. Walter Bennett, Mrs. John Errickson, Mrs. Cornelius
> Dallas, Mrs. W. A. Reed, Mrs. N. N. Reed, Mrs. George Hulit, Mrs. William T.
> Yard, Mrs. James Sluser, Mrs. I. C. Wyckoff, Mrs. L. D. Applegate, Mrs. Oscar
> Woolsey, Miss Amanda Drake, Miss Mary Titus, Miss Elizabeth Voorhees, Miss
> Edna Applegate, Miss Helen Hulit, Miss Hazel Sked, Miss Edna Servis, Miss
> Edna Wyckoff, Miss Anna Wyckoff, Miss Lillian Oldis, Miss Mary Bennett, Mrs.
> Annie Hart, Mr. and Mrs. John Hart and Arthur Yard, of Pennington; Mrs.
> Joseph R. Burroughts, Mrs. Orion Burroughs, Mrs. James Blackwell, Mrs.
> William Northrup, Mrs. Edgar Van Doren, Mrs. H. K. Stryker, Miss Clara
> Blackwell, Miss Marion Stryker, Miss Emma Genther, Miss Mabel Van Dyke, Miss
> Alma Hixson, William and Edgar Northrup, of Hopewell; Mrs. LeRoy Woodward,
> Mrs. N. R. Hixson, Mrs. John Fritz, Mrs. Walter Abbott, Mrs. Joshua Hunt,
> Mrs. William Runkle, Mrs. Leo Drake, Miss Helen Drake, Mrs. Charity Titus,
> Mrs. S. T. Cox, Miss Myrtle Cox and Jack Fritz of Glen Moore; Mrs. L. F.
> Brick, Mrs. Lester Cox, Miss Dorothy Cox, of Trenton, Miss Ella Burroughts,
> or Ewing."
>
> Also the following notice:
> "James Morrell weds Miss Blackburn
> James Morrell and Miss Sophronia Blackburn, both of Hopewell, were
> married this morning at 10:00, at the Calvary Baptist parsonage, the ceremony
> being performed by the pastor, Rev. W. J. Hayes. They were attended by Miss
> Violet Everitt and W. G. Lowe.
> The bride was becomingly attired in a blue traveling suit. Shortly after
> the ceremony the happy couple left for a honeymoon trip of a few days to
> Atlantic City.
> The guests in attendance were Mr. and Mrs. William Yontz, parents of the
> bride; Mr. and Mrs. William W. Morrell, parents of the groom; Miss Daniese
> Morrell, a sister of the groom, and Hartwell Cray.
> Mr. and Mrs. Morrell, upon their return, will reside in Hopewell, where they
> are well and favorably known. The bride has for some time been employed in
> the local office of the telephone company, and the groom holds a poisition as
> machinist in the garage of John S. Blackwell."
>
> Since my grandmother was a telephone operator in Hopewell prior to her
> marriage in 1917, and her subsequent move to Philadelphia, it is possible
> that she knew many of these people (especially the new Mrs. Morrell who was
> also employed by the telephone company), and that these clippings were sent
> to her by her family in Hopewell.
>
> Again, I would be happy to hear from anyone who recognizes any names.
> Diane Price
>
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