The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-19
JOEL PARKER5 IN
ANNUAL CHARGE ON
CLAM CHOWDER
Veterans, with Flags Flying, Pa.
rade Street Prior to
Their Outing.
POSE IN GROUPS FOR
EVENING STAR CAMERAS
They Travel by Train and Boat
TO Pleasure Bay, Where
Feast Is Spread.

Members of the veteran Joel Parker
Association, the oldest Democratic or
ganization in Newark and the county,
assembled at the headquarters In Com
nerce street at an early hour today
md began at s o'clock to form In line
m Park place. at the bead of Military
Park. when the march down Broad
street was started.
A squad OF mounted police led In
front of Voss's fun hand, with Police
Lieutenant Thomas Tracy and his Irish
slackthorn stick, the grand marshal,
eading. ianked by Chief Robert A.
5aggerty, the veteran, who is almost
In -octogenarian. President Elvin w.
Crane and the other officers preceded
he arrangements committee and In
Tited guests.
Women and men viewed the Joels,
very one of whom had on q white soft
lat. from Broad street sidewalks and
windows and roofs of buildings, and
wishes were fiuttered from linen kerr
.hiefs for a jolly outing today at
9ort-au-Peck, on Pleasure Bay, and a
rack clambake at the shore. John
}. Thomson, generally called wick
" his many friends, honorary presi-
lent of the Joeis, with Police Com
missioner William Harr1gan and sew
raj old members who could not march
n the line, viewed the marchers at
he Broad street station of the Central
railroad.
Reviewed by the Mayor.
Mayor Jacob Haussling left the COL
INN at the City Hall, stood on h
op step ard reviewed the Joels and
heir guests as they filed past. After
lountermarching the men obliged a
roung woman photographer for THE
EVENING STAR by forming in line
IN the City Hail steps, with Mayor
aaussling, President Crane, Joseph NJ.
Byrne. County Supervisor John Otter
,ein, the West Orange wonder, Fire
Commissioner T. Edward Burke. Mar
hal Thomas Tracy and Fire Chief Asst
ey In front, where she took them
md the rest in her camera. Then
hey DOTTED their hat to the young
woman and started for the Broad
street station to board a special train
VI five passenger coaches, one of them
combination car which carried eject
iras.
Before the men entered the cars
Wick Thomson sat on a chair m the
station platform to let the photographer
lake him In a group of the boys.
Police Commissioned Harrigan was with
him.. and all the Joels were pleased
when they heard that Uncle Bill had
been GENERATED with "Wick" for THE
EVENING STAR. Among those who
ollowed the Joeis' old standard, in the
centre of which Is a portrait of Joel
Parker, We're, besides those above
named, Vice-President Frank r.. Kelly,
Secretary Thomas Curran, Uzal Garry,
Police Commissioners Lyman e. Kane
Ind John Bladder, Jules ~Lindemann,
President Ryan, of Common Council;
Fred Jay, Max Winant. John j.. Early,
Fred Hobson, Battalion Chief John J.
rowey, John Erb, Thomas Craig, e. J.
Hahn, Aldermen Leveen and MCGOWAN,
Tohn ]. Sullivan, Bert Ehlers, Freehold
srs John mi and Fred C. Steck,
lob E. Finnegan, former Chief of Po-
ice Henry Hopper, James Hart, Alder
men Joseph A. Wright and Elmer A.
Day, Fire Captain William Fischer,
Ity Hall Custodian James Wineman,
Thomas j. Harrison, Frank McTague,
John Callan. Thomas Boyle, John ].
Mooney. Rob Rigetti. former Alderman
John j. Gaffney, County Engineer
seorge F.. Drum. County Collector F. ].
dcGuinness. John j. Gaynor. e. L.
Price, jr.. and over a score Of former,
resent and prospective city and
county officials.
Of for Pleasure Bay.
The train pulled out of the station at
! o'clock, and the party alighted at
Communipaw, where they went to a
steamboat and sailed to Sandy Hook.
1t Pleasure Bay the Joels formed In
Inc, Voss's Band played THE New
ripperary" and the men marched like
veteran soldiers across the white bridge
20 Port-au-Peck, where under trees
clam chowder was served on rows of
tables as an appetizer, with very near
peer to allay thirst. Then the party
'trayed about the place in groups and
lines of fat and thin men tried to play
ball. 1t W a a stag party for fair, but
Iome fair ones at Pleasure Bay flirted
sambrics at the handsome Joels as they
marched by the hotel porches.