Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-09-01
KEYPORT CARNIVAL
BLAZE OF SPLENDOR
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the parade. The prize was a table.
Second prize for floats, an electro
lier, went to the Post Brothers and
Thomas Anderson for their sham bat
tie.
First prize for power boats was
awarded to Karl Mathiasen, presi-
dent of the N. J. Terra Gotta COM
pany, of Perth Amboy. He won a sill
yer loving cup.
Second prize for power boats a
jardiniere and stand, went to Former
Mayor ]. G. Schenck.
First sailboat prize was carried off
by William Thistle. This was a sill
yer loving cup. There was no sail
boat to award the second prize to, and
the prize, an umbrella stand, was
given as a special award to Chief
Charles Wooley for his power boat.
The first skiff prize, a rocking
chair, was awarded to the Mikado,
on board of which was a Keyport
and New York party including Will
lam Miller, William Metzger and
John Mcdonald and ladies.
The second award for skiffs was
in favor of William II. Bryne, Jr.
He got a framed picture.
The guests of the Bay View House
won the first prize for rowboats, a
silver loving cup.
The guests of the Whitlock Villa
won the second rowboat prize, a
framed picture.
Afternoon Events.
The ladder raising contest, the
outcome of a challenge for a 500
side bet, between the Sea Bright
Hook e Ladder Company and the
Keyport Hook and Ladder company,
was held in the afternoon on Main
street. There was a run of $50
yards. The Sea Bright laddies won,
their time being thirty seconds.
The one hundred yard dash was
won by Harry Mccormick (not the
ball player) from Oceanic, in 12h
seconds.
The three-legged race at seventy
five yards was won by Fred Fenton
! and Harry Mccormick, of Oceanic.
To the committee We're all hats Off
last night and today for the untiring
and fruitful labors and even the
stars, millions of them shone down
/ with a friendly CLEAN upon the re-
/ suit of their efforts.
I Henry Salz, of A. Salz & Com
I pany, was chairman; Richard r.
i Brown, treasurer; and H. w. Davies,
\ secretarJ.
\ The soliciting committee was JOS
1 eph ID. Bodlc and II. l.. Irwin; en-
q tertainment committee, Charles Mil
Il Ter, C. Aekerson, c. j. Lehn, F. j
Knapp, William C. Wharton, Rich
4 ard Burrowes and Edward Whar-
4 bton; fireworks committee, r. S
4 White, D. S. Anderson and William
q II. Davis; press committee, r. d
Petteys, A. F. Walling, Clarence c
Applegate and c. II. Walling, secre'
q tary.
Mayor William Omerod was com
modore of the fleet.
Last nights was the largest crowd
! that has gathered in Keyport fol
many years and the town held high
jubilee.
Boats from this City.
Among the boats which went down
from this city were:
The steamboat Rockland with a
4 party of about forty; the launch
Helen b., the power boat Peggy W.;
! A. A. Guigues' Albertess; T. J. Dow
er's launch: Theirs Johnson's power
4 boat; Fl. e. Pickersgill's sail skiff;
Brogger's skiff; power boat c~aptained
/ by ]. Leon thompson; and a power
/ boat captained by S. Watson, of Met
] Achen.
4 The Rockland had a numerous
\ display of fireworks all by itself and
4 a member of the carnival committee
1 told the NEWS man that it would
4 have been given a prize had it gone
4 in the parade, with it's red and green
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