From the Feb. 7 edition of the Register-News
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100 years ago
Elsworth Warren, a young Bordentonian who has been over two years at Manila, has returned home. He served as a private in the 16th regiment of the regular army. With the exception of the mountain fever, which laid hold of him in the past six months, his health was good.
Monday was a very cold day and a mile-a-minute gale accompanying it made pedestrians unsteady, especially those who found it necessary to go to the new railroad station.
William MacFarland, Principal of the public school, has been elected a trustee of the Bordentown Cemetery Association, to fill the unexpired term of Edgar Haas, Sen., deceased.
60 years ago
Following complaints by several local women shoppers that they were compelled to buy a certain amount of groceries before they could get a pound of sugar, Miss Jane Burr, chairman of the Consumers Interests Committee of the local Defense Council, launched an immediate investigation. As the result of a conversation with State Defense authorities Miss Burr announced that no grocer is allowed to compel customers to buy a certain amount of groceries in order to get sugar with the order.
Bordentonians experienced their first taste of a "blackout" Tuesday night when the city co-operated with a test arranged for the Philadelphia Metropolitan area. As a result, the Bordentown Defense Council was disappointed in not being able to have the local street lights turned off. The local lights are controlled from the Public Service sub-station at Liberty Street, Trenton, and it was impossible to turn off the Bordentown lights without also shutting off those in South Trenton, Broad Street Park, Groveville and Yardville.
For nearly a quarter of a century now since the last World War we have been having daylight savings from April until September. Now, with everybody conserving time and material we are once more to begin the daylight saving time in February instead of in April, one more reminder that we are at war. "War Time" will begin on Feb. 9.
50 years ago
State Police are probing burglaries at two highway businesses places near Bordentown. Thieves stole a 1950 sedan from the garage of Parkside Motors, Route 39, Bordentown Township. State troopers working on the case believe the same intruders broke into the Howard Johnson Restaurant, Route 25 at Ward Avenue.
Members of the Bordentown township board of school estimates approved the township board of education’s 1952-53 school budget at the public hearing Wednesday evening. In addition to providing funds for the payment of tuition costs for the ensuing year the board of estimates also approved the purchase of 15 acres of farm ground from Mario and Mary Gervasoni at a price of $13,000. It will be used as the site for a proposed new Bordentown Township Elementary School.
40 years ago
Mayor G. Edward Koenig offered a suggestion this week that the present City Hall might be bought by the Delaware Fire Company if and when the city purchases the old Bell Telephone Company building.
Buck McLean, veteran of years in western movies, filmed TV shows and featured performer on the forthcoming TV western, "Six-Gun Law," along with Miss Karen B., who has a very weird and unusual array of pets, will appear at the William MacFarland High School in an interesting program on Feb. 10. The program is being presented by a group of cooperating merchants who have also made arrangements for a real covered wagon to visit Bordentown Saturday. The old Conastoga wagon will be loaded down with local small fry making its way down Farnsworth Avenue under the full horse power of two real horses.
Compiled by Vanessa Sarada Holt from the Bordentown Register, 1902-1962.