1910 (Ca. 1910) CHRIST P.E. CHURCH

This exquisitely beautiful church was where Mr. Thomas Eli Glover married Alice Naomi Mount back in 1923. My family were regular members of that church long before I was born and before converting to the Roman Catholic faith, I was a St. James P.E. Church member during my early childhood. This church was patterned on the typical Episcopal church one would see along the rual British countryside. A nasty schism took place back in the 1960's and the wonderful congregation fell apart and is no more.

1914: St. James' New Greenwood Avenue Church

This may have been posted a year or so ago, but I still find it to be a very interesting graphic. And to Alan Wildblood, there are relatives who probably would agree with me that "He or she who sings, prays twice." Naturally, with my father being a native of Great Britain, more specifically, Stoke-On-Trent, he brought with him the British tradition of the "High Episcopal" church. I was confirmed at St. Michael's in Trenton way back before I can remember, and I have an excellent memory. I subsequently attended St. James' P.E. Church back in the post war years when Rev. Minchin was the Pastor. The thing I recall most about St. James and the Episcopalians lies in the fact that unlike most Roman Catholic parishes I have attended since converting to the faith some 45 years ago, the Episcopalians like to sing; but more importantly sing hymns that everyone knows, and sung at a key that doesn't require a soprano or high tenor voice. I won't even try to count the number of times I, and numerous other male parishioners in nearby pews, sang along a full octave below the stratospheric music being played.

1912: The Interior of St. James P.E. Church, East State Street

This incredibly interesting photo of the interior of the original St. James P.E. Church on East State Street has been reposing in my "St. James P.E. Church" folder for a number of years. It was from a glass slide, taken around during the Christmas season circa 1910-1912. Note the wood/coal burning stove.

1896: The New St. James P.E. Church Dedicated

I have been posting interesting historical graphics from St. James P.E. Church. The one hundred plus year old church started with a small group of Wilbur residents back in the 1890's, where they held their services in a place called the "Wigwam" on East State Street near North Olden Avenue. The nearby area known as Millham (today's East Trenton) and Wilbur had many English immigrants who came to America to work the many potteries in the neighbhorhood. The little congregation grew rapidly and it soon became apparent that a more spacious facility was needed. The article above recalls the construction of their first real church building, built on a plot of land on East State Street, near the intersection of Garfield Avenue. The building is still there occupied by the Rehoboth Church.

The Glover family were followers of the Protestant Episcopal persuasion. My mother and father were married in Christ P.E. Church on Whittaker and Hamilton Avenue in 1923. Before I converted to the Roman Catholic faith, I attended St. James and a number of other P.E. churches. My very early years were spent at St. Paul's P.E. on Centre Street. I was confirmed at St. Michael's on No. Warren Street. With St. James Church being located closer to our Hartley Avenue home, I became a parishioner back in the 1940's, when Rev. Gerald Minchin was the Pastor.

1910 Circa 1910 Photo St. James P.E. Church

This is an interior photo of the original St. James P.E. church which was located on E. State Street near Garfield Avenue. The building is still there. See the following post for additional information on the history of the church. Note the wood/coal burning stove in the front of the church.

1907: St. James P.E. Church, E. State Street

Back in the 1890's, the St. James Wilbur area Protestant Episcopal mission was organized, meeting in a building known as "the Wigwam" on E. State Street in Wilbur. As the congregation grew, a larger building was constructed and served the parishioners until 1913 when the So. Logan and Greenwood Avenue church was built. This building still exists on E. State Street, diagonally opposite Garfield Avenue. It is currently the home of the Rehoboth Church.

1916: ST. JAMES P.E. AND BROMLEY CIVIC ASSN.

RESIDENTS OF BROMLEY DRAW THE IRE OF MR. BURGNER
FOR THEIR COLLECTIVE APATHY ON THE WELFARE OF THE
RELATIVELY NEW NEIGHBORHOOD.
USUALLY, THE TRENTON NEWSPAPERS PLACED NEWS ITEMS ORIGINATING FROM THE BROMLEY AREA AS A PART OF WILBUR. IN 1916, A DISTINCTION WAS MADE, GIVING EACH AREA THE PROPER LOCATION.

1916: ST. JAMES P.E. AND BROMLEY CIVIC ASSOCIATION

AS A CARD CARRYING "BROMLEYITE" FOR LO THESE 45 YEARS, I HAVE A NATURAL AFFECTION FOR THE EARLIER YEARS OF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. MY LIBRARY SEARCHES HAVE UNCOVERED MANY INTERESTING FACTS. MY ATLANTIC AVENUE HOME IS ON THE SITE OF THE FORMER WOODLAWN PARK. JUST AROUND THE CORNER ON CONNECTICUT AND GREENWOOD WAS "RUDY'S," A POPULAR NIGHT SPOT IN YEARS GONE BY. A FEW BLOCKS UP TOWARD THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING IS THE LOCATION OF THE "OTHER" PALOMBI STORE.....AND OF COURSE, I HAVE A REALLY GREAT PHOTO OF THE OLD "COOK'S" SODA SHOP, DELI, AND MAGAZINE STAND, WHICH ONCE OCCUPIED THE CORNER OF GREENWOOD AND JOHNSTON AVENUES.....RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM HARVEY SILK'S LEGENDARY DRUG STORE. WE IN THE BROMLEY NEIGHBORHOOD REALLY MISS HARVEY SILK AND HIS VERY PROMPT AND PERSONAL SERVICE.