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CRANBURY

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– Jerry Pevahouse and Don Jo Swanagan share the responsibility of keeping the Cranbury Museum flourishing.
They have been working for years to increase the vitality of the 19th-century museum, which is owned by the Cranbury Historical and Preservation Society.
Mr. Swanagan has been a volunteer at the museum since it was opened more than 30 years ago, circa 1968. As curators, these men continue to catalogue and preserve the items owned by the museum as well as look for items to add.
Over time, the society, because of financial contributions and the hard work of volunteers, has built a reputation as having a topnotch, small museum, Mr. Swanagan said.
– Janet Smith, daughter of Audrey and George Smith, recently completed 11 months of service with CARENET AmeriCorps, a national service organization.
She worked in a school-based literacy program in an area northeast of Denver. She is a graduate of Gettysburg College in 1998.
– Mary Kay and Bob Miller of Evans Drive updated the Press on their two children.
Daughter Stacey is a graduate of Johns Hopkins University and has just began medical school at the UMDNJ School of Medicine. Brendan, a graduate of Brown, will begin graduate studies at the John F. Kennedy School of Public Policy at Harvard.
25 Years Ago – 1985
– The last time Samang Khaokham visited Cranbury, the Beatles were riding a highway of success.
It was the 1966-1967 school year, and the now 36-year-old Mr. Khaokham found himself halfway around the world from his native Thailand.
As a participant in an American Field Service program, he spent his senior year at Hightstown High School and lived with John and Marjorie Bloom. He returned to America in January 1984 to attend classes at Mississippi State University and visited the Blooms.
"He was our son for a year, and he’s been our son ever since," said Mrs. Bloom.
"I have been waiting for many years," Samang said of his current visit, casting a loving eye on Mrs. Bloom.
– Cranbury’s Troop 52 spent the week of Aug. 11 to Aug. 17 at the Scout Reservation at Yards Creek. Thirty-five scouts were there. Steven Lindenfeld aided Ed. Majeski, the scoutmaster, and Richard Zimmer, the assistant, during the week.
50 Years Ago – 1960
– Mr. and Mrs. William Wincklhofer announce the engagement of their daughter, Barbara Louise, to Walter Olden Wright, son of Mr. and Mrs. Marcus S. Wright of South River.
She is a graduate of Boston College School of Nursing and is on the staff of the Visiting Nurse Service of New York City. Her fiance is a graduate of Proctor Academy, Andover, N.H., and is associated with the South River Sand Co.
– Army Pvt. Philip L. Moody, son of Mrs. Edna Moody of Plainsboro rd. participated in the lst Division’s, lst Battle Group, 7th Cavalry in a combat demonstration in Korea.
75 Years Ago – 1935
– Robert L. Fulton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fulton, has enlisted in the U.S. Army and is stationed at Raritan Arsenal, where he will go to a service school to study motor mechanics.
100 Years Ago – 1910
– Cranbury is suffering for lack of ice.
The supply of our local dealer is exhausted so far as the public is concerned, and a large number of our residents are put to inconvenience.
We have been asked to say something about the need for another ice house, and we will say it seems that some one should build another house for there is not a doubt that it would pay.
JAMEBURG AND MONROE
10 Years Ago – 2000
– Harold Wolf of Concordia is home from Rhode Island with his mission accomplished.
He has long been involved in a campaign for the issuance of a stamp honoring the late Gen. Joseph Stilwell. He saw his hard work pay off when he attended the unveiling of the new 10-cent Stilwell stamp and the ceremony by the U.S. Postal Service.
Mr. Wolf said the stamp meant a lot to him and other China-Burma-India veterans. The general was the senior American military commander in that theater during World War II.
– "Get Out the Vote" will bring a coalition of women’s organizations to Thompson Park, Jamesburg, on Sept. 10.
NCJW of Clearbrook, Greenbriar ORT and League of Women Voters of Monroe will be there for the Mother’s Day Fair distributing flyers about voter registration and absentee ballots.
25 Years Ago – 1985
– About 100 guests attended an appreciation and farewell banquet given recently for Grace Epp at the First Baptist Church.
She began her teaching career in 1924 in a one-room schoolhouse in Sharon. Later she taught kindergarten and elementary school in Monroe, retiring in 1973.
She was an organist at the Jamesburg First Baptist Church for many years and was a church member for 70 years.
– The Indians men slo-pitch softball team finally clinched the American Division title by defeating Lake Freeze 7-5.
The win wasn’t easy for the Indians. For the last three weeks, Lake Freeze has been battling every opponent.
– The long-awaited Jamesburg downtown revitalization project has yet to break ground – and people here want to know why.
Original discussions among Borough Council, business leaders and Jack Fugett, the project planner, indicated the downtown facelift would be well under way by summer.
Council’s involvement with the project was criticized heavily during this week’s council meeting. Some businessmen alleged that back-stabbing, politics, lack of communication and incompetence had delayed the project.
50 Years Ago – 1960
– St. James the Less Church of Jamesburg was the scene last Saturday of the marriage of Miss Anna M. Krzeminski, daughter of Mrs. and Mrs. Frank Krzeminski of Dayton and Peter J. Kowalewski, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Kowalewski of Robbinsville.
The Rev. Joseph R. Hughes officiated.
She was graduated from Union Hill High School and is employed by IBM in Dayton. He was graduated from the Upper Freehold Township High School and is employed by McGraw-Hill Book Co., Hightstown.
– Judith W. Connerty, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Connerty of 4 Church st., Jamesburg, will resume her studies at Cedar Crest College, Allentown, Pa., as a sophomore. Joan Enders of Cranbury will be a freshman at that college.
75 Years Ago – 1935
– The marriage of Miss Mary Tweedale, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Tweedale of Philadelphia, and Charles William Roberts, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Roberts of West Railroad avenue, was solemnized at St. James Episcopal Church, Evansville, Pa.
Mrs. Roberts is a graduate of Frankfort High School, Philadelphia. Mr. Roberts was born in Jamesburg and was educated in the local schools. He also attended the Middlesex County Vocational School and at present is engaged in the radio and electrical business in Philadelphia.
100 Years Ago – 1910
– Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Duncan and family of Prospect Plains have been visitors at Asbury Park this week and while in a crowd a thief removed her pocket book from the hand bag that she carried on her arm. There was a good sum of money in it and she feels badly over her loss.
Compiled from back issues of the Cranbury Press by Peggy S. and Frank J. Brennan Jr.