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From: "M.F. Pickell" <>
Subject: [NJHUNTER] More Tidbits of Hunterdon County Newspapers
Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2002 09:04:29 -0800


MORE TIDBITS OF HUNTERDON COUNTY NEWSPAPERS

Whitehouse Review - Whitehouse Station NJ. Wednesday, December 25, 1918


Miss Marguerite Sherman, of Somerville, is visiting her father, William
Sherman at Oldwick.
Andrew Reed, of Ohio, is visiting the holidays here with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. John H. Reed.
Many from this place attended a party given to Mrs. Josephine Hall, at
Lebanon, last Wednesday.
Miss Louise Sherman, of Somerville, visited over Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
A. L. Alpaugh of Oldwick.
A new concrete bridge has been completed across the road near the residence
of Lewis A. Compton.
Mr. and Mrs. Hervey Haver, of Flemington, have been visiting here with Mr.
and Mrs. J. H. Dilts.
Miss Marion Waldron, of Simmons' College, in Boston, is visiting the
holidays with her parents at Oldwick.
Leon Clark, of Lebanon, formerly of this place, has moved to Bernardsville,
where he has taken a position.
Miss Helen Waldron, of Oldwick, will entertain the mission Band of the
Lutheran Church on Saturday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. William Shafer and family will visit Christmas with Mr. and
Mrs. George Hall, in Bound Brook.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Lane, who recently purchased the John Apgar bungalow,
will not occupy same until spring.
The next meeting of the Wishbone Improvement Society will be held at the
home of Miss Minnie Luhr on January 6th.
Thomas McPherson, section foreman on the Central Railroad at North Branch,
is confined to his home here by illness.
Runkle Fisher, of Lehigh University, is visiting the holidays with his
parents, Postmaster and Mrs. William P. Fisher, at Oldwick.
Rev. and Mrs. William S. Coeyman, of Oldwick, will visit the Christmas
holidays with his son, Seymour Coeyman, in East Orange.
John N. Apgar is quite ill at his home here with rheumatism. He has been
doing carpenter work at Camp Raritan for some time.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Sloats and daughter, Miss Isabelle Sloats, of Bayonne,
are visiting relatives at their former home.
Miss Helen Dilts, who has resigned her position as teacher in the public
school at Woodbridge, is visiting her mother at this place.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the Reformed Church will be entertained on
Thrusday afternoon, January 2nd, by Mrs. Jennie Van Syckle.
Mrs. Lydia Lane, colored, formerly of Oldwick, will soon celebrate her
100th anniversary of her birth. She is the widow of Peter C. Lane and is
now making her home with her children in Hartford, Conn.
Milkman William Y. Pickell has moved from this place to the farm known as
the Lare farm, near Dreahook. His patrons at Whitehouse Station are now
served before those at Whitehouse, owing to his new location.
Freeman L. Cole, Sr., who teaches a class of boys at the Reformed Church
Sunday school here, has presented each with a very handsome Bible, as a
Christmas Gift.
The sale of the personal property of Tunis C. Bush, at Hall's Mill last
Tuesday, was very largely attended. Fair prices were bid, and the sale
amounted to over $4,000.
Alvah Honeyman , who has a well conducted farm near here with all the
modern appliances, is now having an electric lighting system placed in his
home.
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Pickell, of Allerton, have been notified that their son,
Austin Pickell, twenty-seven years old, died in France, from pneumonia on
Sept. 20th, nine days after his arrival. Four brothers survive.

In the casualty list published last Thursday appeared the name of William
P. Catlin, Jr., of Somerville, formerly of this place. Fully two months
ago we reported this young man as having been slightly wounded. If the
last list bearing his name refers to the old wound or a new one we are
unable to learn.

Silas Walter Teeter, four years old, son of Mr. and Mrs. Elijah R. H.
Teeter, of Annandale, died last Tuesday evening in the Correll Hospital, in
Easton, where he had been taken only a few hours previous. His death was
caused by blood poisoning, which was due to a disordered kidney. Funeral
services were held at the home of his parents on Saturday
morning. Interment was made at Lebanon.

John G. Sutphen, about sixty five years old, died at his home at North
Branch Station Friday evening, after a short illness from
paralysis. Deceased was a farmer, but formerly conducted the coal and
lumber business at that place. He was a member of the Reformed Church. He
is survived by his wife, who was before marriage, Miss Henrietta Reger, a
sister of William H. Reger of this place. Funeral services were held at
his late home on Tuesday afternoon. Interment at Readington.

Whitehouse Review Tuesday, March 19, 1935 pg. 1

Five Girls Escape From Reformatory - Five girls who were serving terms in
the State Reformatory for Women at Clinton, escaped early last
Tuesday. The girls all lived in the same cottage and escaped through a
window between 2 and 4 o'clock in the morning. They are Marie Bremmer,
twenty, of Carteret; Mary Langlock, seventeen, of Manville; Anna
Schrieber, twenty four, of Union; Hazel Strauss, eighteen, of Cumberland
County; and Joyce Miller, twenty two, of Trenton. Anna Schrieber, one of
the five young women, telephoned from Morristown that she had been deserted
by her friends. Miss Edna Mahan, superintendent of the institution, when
to Morris town for her on Friday.

Funeral services for Mrs. Elizabeth Pitney, sixty-seven years old, were
held last Wednesday at the late home in Hackelbarney and interment was made
at Fairmount. Mrs. Pitney died from a heart attack. Mrs. Pitney was
formerly Miss Elizabeth Pickell, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. George
Pickell, of Pottersville, and was the widow of Elwood Pitney, who died
several years ago. She is survived by one son, Mahlon Pitney, of
Hackelbarney; one daughter , Mrs. Elias Sutton, of Peapack; one sister,
Mrs. Olive Rinehart, of Pottersville and one granddaughter, Wanda Pitney,
of Hackelbarney.

Four Cars involved in Motor Accident - Four cars were involved in a motor
accident near the intersection of State Route 28 and the Oldwick road at
about 2:30 last Tuesday afternoon. A wrecker from the Duryea garage at
Somerville was being towed by a light truck owned and driven by Walter
Harrison, of Somerville. Harrison stopped or stalled his truck just as a
coal truck driven by Earl Spangler, of Hershey, PA, and owned by Frank
Mickey of Grantville, PA came up back of the wrecker and stopped. Back of
the coal truck was a new Ford truck driven by Americo Brunetti, of Alpha,
and owned by the Union Olive Oil Co., of Easton Pa., and loaded with oils
and dressings. When the coal truck stopped Brunetti trashed into the rear
of it. Back of the car driven by Brunetti was a Packard sedan owned by W.
J. Louden, and driven by John Louden, who was accompanied by his sister,
Mary Jane Louden, and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Louden, all of
Kittanning PSA. Dr. F. G. Clark was called to treat W. J. Louden,
forty-four years old, for shock and a bad bruise upon the head, and Mary
Jane Louden, eighteen years old., for a right injured knee. Troopers
Bastedo and Pfeiffer, of Flemington, investigated the accident, but there
were on arrests as all parties concerned carried insurance. The Louden
family went to the Clinton House, at Clinton, and the Louden car was taken
to a Clinton Garage.

Driver Falls Asleep And Truck Turns Over - Marlin Joyce, of Locust Gap, PA,
driving a truck owned by Francis Berger, of the same place and loaded with
six tons of coal, fell asleep on State Route 28 between Whitehouse and
Potterstown on Tuesday morning and his truck suddenly left the road and
tore out two guard posts, broke off several small trees and went into a
field and turned upside down. Jacob Berger, also of Locust Gap, who
accompanied Joyce, sustained a cut over the left eye. State Trooper
Nelson, of Flemington, investigated the accident and Joyce was arraigned
before Justice of the Peace Jacob C. Voorhees on a charge of careless
driving and was fined $3 and costs.


Mrs. Jacob H. Young will entertain the Whitehouse Bridge Club at her home
Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs. Emma S. Van Derbeek, of North Branch, has been visiting here with Mrs.
Carrie Van Derbeek.
Mrs. Martha Haver has returned from a visit of some time with Mrs. Wilson
E. Haver, in Plainfield.
Mr. and Mrs. William T. Apgar are visiting this week with Mr. and Mrs. John
T. Bessick, at Port Murray.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry C. Van Derveer visited Sunday with Dr. and Mrs. John D.
Ten Eyck at Franklin Park.
Mr. and Mrs. M. N. Hann and son, Leslie, of High Bridge, visited Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs. William T. Apgar.
Mrs. Ross W. Burdette visited a few days last week with her daughter Miss
Helen Burdette, in Morristown.
Mrs. Peter Q. Brokaw, of Centerville, has been visiting a few days with her
mother, Mrs. Lizzie Schomp.
Mrs. Clara Hockenbury will move to Centerville about May 1 to make her home
with her daughter, Mrs. Frances Todd.
Mr. and Mrs. Burnett Johnson and family visited Sunday with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. William S. Johnson, in Lambertville.
Jacob H. Melick has returned from a week's visit with his son and
daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. John T. Melick, in Dunellen.
Mrs. Clarence A. Honeyman, who has been ill with an attack of grippe for
more than two weeks, is now able to be about again.
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Burns visited Sunday in Newark with her sister,
Mrs. Joseph Schectele. They also visited in NY.
Mr. and Mrs. Mortimer Cook, of Plainfield, and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Burd of
Bound Brook, were guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Burd.
Mrs. Belle Lare, who has been undergoing treatment in the Somerville
hospital for the past two months, has returned and is boarding with Mr. and
Mrs. George Y. Van Fleet.
Mr. and Mrs. R. Schoonover and William Sayre, of Elizabeth, and Ross
Compton, of Arlington, were Sunday guests of Rev. and Mrs. William G.
Bowering at the Methodist Church parsonage.
Vincent F. Dilley, son of Mrs. Gussie Dilley, suffered a cut upon the head
on Sunday when he was accidentally struck by a baseball bat. He was
attended by Dr. Alex Christensen, who stitched the wound.
Miss Mabel Welsh was tendered a party by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Bryan
Welsh, in the Whitehouse firehouse Friday night in celebration of her
fourteenth birthday. There were fourteen guests present and refreshments
were served, after which the young people attended the dance given by the
Whitehouse Chemical Fire Company.


HUNTERDON COUNTY DEMOCRAT, THURSDAY DEC. 14, 1972 PG. 28

Obits

Reuben S. Curtis - of Route 31, Flemington, a retired employee of Bodine
Lumber Co. Flemington, died Thursday, (Dec 7, 1972) in Hunterdon Medical
Center. He was 72 years old. Mr. Curtis was born in Quakertown, son of
the late George and Jennie Suydam Curtis, and lived in Hunterdon County all
his life. He was employed by Bodine Lumber Co. until his retirement five
years ago. Mr. Curtis was a charter member of Flemington Lodge of
Elks. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Ruth Sutphin curtis, a son, George,
rural Flemington; two daughters, Mrs. Helen Allen, Trenton; and Mrs Delores
Hagan, Lebanon; five grand children and five great-grandchildren. Services
were Sunday in Holcombe-Fisher Funeral Home, Flemington with the Rev. Edwin
Summer of the Calvary Espiscopal Church of Flemington, officiating. Burial
was in Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, Reaville. Flemington Elks conducted
servinces Saturday evening at the Funeral home.

Anna Sutton Cregar - of Bank Street, Califon, died Sunday (Dec. 10, 1972)
at the Raritan Health and Extended Care Center, Raritan, where she had been
a guest one week. She was 91 years old. Mrs. Cregar was born in Tewksbury
Township, a daughter of the late Lorenzo D. and Mary Jane Pickel
Sutton. She had lived in Califon 72 years. She was a member of the
Califon United Methodist Church and the WSCS of the church. Her husband
Winfred Cregar, died in 1954. Surviving are a so, L.D. Cregar, Oldwick;
two grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Services are today at 11
a.m. in Coughlin funeral Home, Califon, with the Rev. Scott Lawrence,
pastor of the Methodist Church, officiating . Burial will be in Chester
Cemetery.

Elizabeth A. Smith - a former Flemington resident, died Friday (Dec. 8,
1972) in Parkway General Hopsital, Opalocka, Fla. She was 82 years old and
was a resident of Opalocka. Mrs. Smith was born in Fairmount, a daughter
of the late Emery and Lilly Hoffman, and lived in Quakertown and Flemington
prior to moving to Florida five years ago. Her husband Charles Smith, died
in 1929. She was a member of the Flemington Baptist Church; Flemington
Order of Eastern Star; Pochahontas Lodge and Patriotic Order of Sons of
American of Flemington. Surviving are two sons, Luther S. Smith,
Flemington, and C. Burton Smith (I can read any more).

Ruth Hunt Faust - of Riegelsville, sales representative for Avon Products
in the Riegelsville area for many years died Friday (Dec. 8, 1972) in
Easton, Pa., Hospital. She was 74 years old. Mrs. Faust was born in
Riegelsville, a daughter of the late John and Elizabeth Apgar Hunt. Her
husband, Jacob O. Faust, died in 1960. She formerly taught Sunday school in
St. John's United Church of Chirst, Riegelsville, Pa., and was a member of
the church. She was also a member of the Leisure Time Group of
Riegelsville; Delaware Chapter Order of Eastern Star; Phillipsburg Siloam,
chapter 13, Whiteshrine of Jerusalem Easton, and the George Ra?lor Chapter
of the Daughters of the Revolution. Her only near survivors are a niece
and three nephews. Services were Monday in the Robert W. Snyder Funeral
Home, Riegelsville, Pa., Bural was in Riegelsville, Union
Cemetery. Eastern Star Services were Sunday evening at the funeral home.

"The only thing we have to fear..is fear itself" FDR

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