AROUND CRANBURY: Harry Potter Trivia, pajama story time and more.
By: Lorraine Sedor
Normadelle and Jim Swale of Ryan Road are thrilled to have joined the ranks of grandparents. Son Anthony’s wife Dawn gave birth to Hannah Rose on Jan. 15 at the Mercer Medical Center in Trenton.
The baby weighed in at 8 pounds and measured 21 inches. Norma describes her as "a lovely, perfectly formed newborn."
The family resides in Allentown.
Both of the Swale sons were married within months of each other in 2002. Christopher lives with wife Devon in Greenville, SC, near his college (Clemson) and many of his college friends.
The Cranbury Golden Age Neighbors met on Saturday, Jan. 17. Hosted by the Cranbury Lioness Club, the meeting was held in the cafeteria of the Cranbury School.
After a bountiful and delicious luncheon, the club was entertained by a double quartet from the four-part singing group Men of Harmony. They were accompanied on the piano by Cranbury’s own MontyHagerty. Monty also plays trombone in the Presbyterian Church Brass Choir under the direction of his talented sister, Pat Bohrs.
The Golden Age Neighbors will meet again on March 20. All interested senior members of the community are invited to mark their calendars now!
The Cranbury Historical and Preservation Society announces its next exhibit, "Pieces of the Past: Selected items from wigs to sleds from the Cranbury Historical Society’s recent acquisitions." The exhibit will open at the Cranbury Museum on Jan. 25 and will continue through April.
About 40 donors’ gifts will be represented in the exhibit, their gifts spanning 100 years or more of Cranbury and American history.
Items included in this special exhibition will be a minstrel show costume and wig, a Regina music box, a 100-year-old ring toss game, plus other toys of more recent vintage, a metal door latch from the Spencer Perrine farm, a photograph album,Buttons, agricultural trophies and ribbons, a letter from Bessie Truman, a Civil War uniform button from Lt. Marcus A. Stults of Cranbury, Masonic items from the Odd Fellows Hall, a silk quilt, and more.
A toy I enjoyed as a child, a Flexible Flyer sled, is featured in the exhibit, although I flatly refuse to believe that play things from my youth could possibly be considered antiques! Collectibles, maybe!
A special reception has been planned for donors and new members of the society on Feb. 1.
The Cranbury Student Library Council is sponsoring a special pajama story hour onWednesday, Jan. 28 at 7 p.m.
Members of the group would like read your child’s favorite bedtime stories, so please come to the library with requests, pj’s and a favorite stuffed animal. The high school storytellers promise to have some of their own favorites to share.
The Student Library Council also is planning a Harry Potter Trivia afternoon, set for Feb. 22 at 2 p.m. with crafts, trivia questions, prizes, and refreshments.
Details on this special event and a new reading buddy program, all sponsored by the Student Library Council, will be available soon.
The second program of the three-part series, "Your Relationship with Your Adolescent," has been moved to Thursday, Feb. 12. It will begin at 7:30p.m. in the large group room of the Cranbury School.
The series is sponsored by the Cranbury Municipal Alliance on Drug Abuse and Alcoholism.
Residents can contact Ms. Sedor by phone at (609) 655-3386, by fax at (609) 655-1613, by e-mail at [email protected] or by mail at 32 Evans Drive, Cranbury, N.J. 08512.