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From: "M.F. Pickell" <>
Subject: [NJHUNTER] More Tidbits From Hunterdon Co. Papers
Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2001 07:06:01 -0700


More Tidbits from Hunterdon County Papers

Whitehouse Station, New Jersey, Wednesday Morning, December 12, 1917

Events of Interest - Local Items and Items of Interest to Our Community.

Apples for sale, All good varieties. S. Baggett.
Go to Dilley's for Oysters. Open fresh every day.
Wallpaper on hand. Prices lowest H. S. Burdette
Seals, of Annandale, the stove man sells stoves of all kinds.
Fine Souvenir Post Cards, latest designs at I. Voorhees'.
Fenway's celebrated candies on sale at I. Voorhees' drug store
Fresh Bread, cake, pies, cream puffs, etc. daily at Dalley's bakery.
Twenty thoroughbred Berkshire pigs for sale. Inquire at the Simkhovitch farm.
Horse manure and agricultural lime by the car cheap from Charles Wuelfing,
Bound Brook, N.J.
Will pay the highest market price for good, clean and dry rye. S. D.
Skillman, Whitehouse Station N.J.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Dilts and Mrs. Elmira Kline visited Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. William Haver at Potterstown.
For Sale - A fresh cow and eight Chester White pigs. Bessie Netherwood,
Whitehouse Station. R.D. 2.
Winter underwear, wool hose, comfortables, bed blankets, etc. can be found
at our store. Wm. D. & W.W. Lance.
Having had many inquiries for rye flour I now have it in stock in 25#
bags. William D. Reger, Whitehouse Mill.
Frederick L. Rockwood, of Bogota, Columbia, South American, was a week end
visitor with Mrs. Harrie G. Piecock and family.
C. B. Van Dervoort is driving the mail delivery routes from the post office
at this place to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of George P. Vliet.
Miss Jeannette Crater, of High Bridge teacher of the primary department of
our public school has been confined to her home by illness for several days.
Elijah Daggett is quite ill at his home near here.
Miss Ethel Smith, who has been quite ill, is now improving.
Miss Eleanor Benson entertained the Camp Fire girls on Saturday.
Leigh's Yankee band will play at the Cushetunk Club's dance Friday night.
Mrs. Frederick S. Benson is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Peter Kivett in Paterson.
D. H. Miller has been made administrator of the Ralph L. Emmons estate.
Theodore McDowall has purchased several fowls of a noted Cornish Indian
game strain.
Miss Loenade Mulcahy of New Haven, Conn., is visiting Mrs. Isaac Squier of
Pottersville.
Miss Marjorie Stryker was the over Sunday guest of Miss Lydia Gallagher of
Elizabeth.
Luther Bunn of Bayonne, has been visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. Frank Bartles of
Pottersville.
Miss Eva Mode returned Saturday to Pottersville after a visit in Plainfield
with her brother.
Mrs. Charles N. Ramsey of Lebanon has been visiting her parents Mr. and
Mrs. William Fleming.
First Sergeant Harry Carter of Camp Dix, visited Saturday and Sunday here
with Marion Bonnell.
Miss Ada Murphy, of New Germantown, has been visiting relatives in
Elizabeth and Plainfield.
Miss Mildred Stryker of Old Bridge has been visiting here with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. Stryker.
Mrs. Mary C. Apgar, of New Germantown, has been entertaining Mr. and Mrs.
John Fisher, of Somerville.
Mrs. David T. Lane, of Somerville, has been visiting Mr. and Mrs. John
Gulick, Near new Germantown.
Charles A. Lindabury, if Camp Dix, visited Sunday with his father George
Lindabury, at New Germantown.
Mrs. Marshall Craig, of near New Germantown, has been visiting her sister,
Miss Helen Miller, in Easton.
Mrs. David F. Landon, of Annandale, visited Wednesday last at her former
home here with Mrs. J. N. Shafer.
Miss Helen Miller, of Easton, has been visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs.
John S. Miller, at New Germantown.
Judson LaTerre, who underwent an operation in the Somerville hospital last
week, does not improve very rapidly.
George W. S. Reed, of this place, has had a handsome Victrola installed in
his home by Irwin Moser of Hamden.
Mrs. Frederick E. Van Derveer has been visiting her father, David
Lindabury, of New Germantown, who is very ill.
Judson LaTerre, who recently underwent an operation in the Somerville
Hospital, returned to his home here on Sunday.
Miss Josephine Folsom, teacher of the New Germantown public school, has
been visiting a few days with relatives in Westfield.
Mrs. Moses King, near here has returned from a visit of five weeks with her
father, George Lindabury, at New Germantown.
Bertsel Runyon who is at Camp Dix, is under quarantine for fourteen days
owing to his barrack having a few……can't read.
Freeman Cole, of Camp Dix, visited Saturday and Sunday here with his
mother, Mrs. S. H. Cole, Freeman has been assigned to a machine gun corps
and makes a nice appearing soldier in his uniform.
Just to make it convenient for you Frank A. Cole, collector of Readington
Township will be at Lanc's store in Whitehouse, on Wed. Dec. 12th from 10
to 2 o'clock and will receive taxes.
Burdette Brothers have received a number of Ford cars and have sold to the
following parties: Theodore Conover and Frederick Conover, of the Ridge;
John Van Fleet of Readington and J. B. Vroom of New Germantown.
Mr. and Mrs. William C. Gebhardt, of Clinton, have announced the
engagements of their daughters. Miss Clara A. Gebhardt is engaged to
Arthur C. Ragsdale, of Columbia, Missouri, and Miss Eveline E. Gebhardt is
engaged to Alan P. McGwire, of Westfield, who has sailed for France.
Miss Jennie E. Deyerberg and Henry E. Bauer, both of Pleasant Run, were
married last Tuesday at the parsonage of the Readington Reformed Church by
Rev. B.V.D. Wyckoff, the pastor. They were attended by Miss Marie Daneke,
of New York and Albert Bauer, of Irvington, a brother of the groom. They
will reside at Pleasant Run.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Pace of Fairmount, were at Morristown with their
automobile last Thursday and while crossing the railroad were struck by an
engine. The automobile was caught on the pilot and carried some
distance. Mr. Pace remained in the machine and he and the machine were
little injured.
Henry S. Van Fleet, eighty-nine years old, died at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. Jeannie Pickell, at 2:40 Sunday morning. Deceased fell
backwards down and entire flight of stairs last January and since that time
has been an invalid and has been confined closely to his room. Deceased
was born on the Ridge in the house occupied by Peter K. Swackhamer and has
been a life-long resident of this community. He married Miss Lane, of
Readington, who survives him and is eighty years old. Deceased was a
successful farmer and only retired about nine years ago. Besides his wife
he is survived by the following children: Mrs., Jeannie Pickell and Mr.
John L. Van Fleet, of this place; Mrs. Martin Hoagland, of Somerville; Mrs.
Willet R. Wikoff, of New Brunswick, and Andrew Newton Van Fleet who resides
in the west. Also one sister, Mrs. Stout, of Lebanon. Deceased was a
member of the Readington Reformed Church and served in the consistory for a
number of years. He was very much of a Bible student and was greatly
interested in the church and its work. Funeral services will be held at
his late home on Wednesday morning at 10:30. Rev. B.V.D. Wyckoff, pastor
of the Readington Reformed church, will officiate, assisted by Rev. A.C.
Van Raalte, pastor of the Reformed church of this place. Interment will be
made at Readington by funeral director J.R. Alpaugh of this place.

Marietta Pickell
"Oh beautiful for heros proved in liberating strife, who more than self
their country loved, and mercy more than life. America, Sweet America, may
God thy gold refine, til all success be noblest and every gain divine"

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