News from Jacobstown, 1907
Allentown Messenger 7 Feb 1907:
Mrs. Annie Dennis, Mrs. Mary Rogers and daughter, and Mame Reed were entertained at dinner at the home of Mr. and Mrs, Frank Ridgway on Friday at which time Mr. Ridgway filled his ice house. There were about 20 other guests present.
On Saturday evening at half past six o'clock, a birthday party was given in honor of Miss Onieda Reed's 14th birthday by a number of her young friends. It was a complete surprise to her. The invited guests met at the home of Miss Edna Ridgway, from which place they proceeded to Miss Reed's home about seven o"clock. The young people enjoyed themselves playing games until about nine o'clock when refreshments were served. Those who took partook in the refreshments were Mrs. Ida Reed, Mr. and Mrs. W. Augustus Ridgway,Mrs. Josephine Shaw and daughter Catherine, Mrs. Frank Ridgway, Mrs. Walter Curtis, Miss Ethel Fort, Miss Edna Ridgway,Miss Clara Cordery, Miss Lizzie Curtis, Miss Lillian Steward, Miss Viva Stevens ,Miss Mae Ivins, Master Elton Ridgway, Miss Bessie Reed, Miss Alva Reed, Master Fred Reed, William Layton, Arthur Reed and Robert Stevens. The center of attraction on the refreshment table was a very pretty cake on which the name "Onieda Reed" was written with the number "14" underneath.
Arthur Reed and Eugne McCloe, who are in the employ of D. Taylor Deviney, have been on the sick list this week.
OBITUARY
Mrs. Emily Jobes, wife of James Jobes, died on Thursday evening, January 29, 1907 after a short illness of pleuro-pneumonia. Interment at the Jacobstown Baptist Cemetery on Friday, February 1. Rev. Mr. Hall, minister of the Plattsburg Presbyterian Church, had charge of the services, which were held at the house at 11 o'clock a.m. Mrs. Jobes had been a faithful member of the Plattsburg Presbyterian Church for some time. She leaves a husband and three sisters, Mrs. Ellis, of Cranbury; Miss Rebecca Brown, who has always made her home with the Jobes family at this place, and Mrs. Susan Love, wife of Alfred Love, of Philadelphia. The deceased was a daughter of John Brown, and after marrying Mr. Jobes they made their home at the Brown homestead near Cold Springs, Jacobstown.
Mrs. Annie Dennis, Mrs. Mary Rogers and daughter, and Mame Reed were entertained at dinner at the home of Mr. and Mrs, Frank Ridgway on Friday at which time Mr. Ridgway filled his ice house. There were about 20 other guests present.
On Saturday evening at half past six o'clock, a birthday party was given in honor of Miss Onieda Reed's 14th birthday by a number of her young friends. It was a complete surprise to her. The invited guests met at the home of Miss Edna Ridgway, from which place they proceeded to Miss Reed's home about seven o"clock. The young people enjoyed themselves playing games until about nine o'clock when refreshments were served. Those who took partook in the refreshments were Mrs. Ida Reed, Mr. and Mrs. W. Augustus Ridgway,Mrs. Josephine Shaw and daughter Catherine, Mrs. Frank Ridgway, Mrs. Walter Curtis, Miss Ethel Fort, Miss Edna Ridgway,Miss Clara Cordery, Miss Lizzie Curtis, Miss Lillian Steward, Miss Viva Stevens ,Miss Mae Ivins, Master Elton Ridgway, Miss Bessie Reed, Miss Alva Reed, Master Fred Reed, William Layton, Arthur Reed and Robert Stevens. The center of attraction on the refreshment table was a very pretty cake on which the name "Onieda Reed" was written with the number "14" underneath.
Arthur Reed and Eugne McCloe, who are in the employ of D. Taylor Deviney, have been on the sick list this week.
OBITUARY
Mrs. Emily Jobes, wife of James Jobes, died on Thursday evening, January 29, 1907 after a short illness of pleuro-pneumonia. Interment at the Jacobstown Baptist Cemetery on Friday, February 1. Rev. Mr. Hall, minister of the Plattsburg Presbyterian Church, had charge of the services, which were held at the house at 11 o'clock a.m. Mrs. Jobes had been a faithful member of the Plattsburg Presbyterian Church for some time. She leaves a husband and three sisters, Mrs. Ellis, of Cranbury; Miss Rebecca Brown, who has always made her home with the Jobes family at this place, and Mrs. Susan Love, wife of Alfred Love, of Philadelphia. The deceased was a daughter of John Brown, and after marrying Mr. Jobes they made their home at the Brown homestead near Cold Springs, Jacobstown.
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