Tag: Community Presbyterian Church
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Area clergy urge against prejudice as they remember Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
METUCHEN – Assemblywoman Nancy Pinkin (D-Middlesex) said one of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s memorable quotes he made was when he was 38 years old during a sermon in 1968. King said one day “some great opportunity stands before you and calls you to stand up for some great principle, some great issue,…
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Edison couple celebrates 71 years of wedded bliss
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer EDISON — It was union that almost didn’t happen 71 years ago because of red hair. Doris Ellis, formerly Huston, said in her eyes George “Red” Ellis, who she grew up with in New Brunswick, was out of the question to date because red hair did not appeal to her.…