Perth Amboy evening news., 1909-08-06
Annual Carnival Draws Thou
sands of Persons from
All Parts of New Jersey.
BABY PARADE A GREAT
FEATURE OF DAY
Hundreds Go from Perth
Amboy by Boat, Auto and
Train--Prizes Awarded.

Summer on Raritan Bay would not be
complete without q carnival at Key
port and the annual description of the
event would not be correct without
calling the spectacle the finest in that
town s history. The summer of 1905
has now been made memorable by the
annual fete and never was the appela
Ition, 1.-THE Most Successful Yet, - more
truly appropriate or deserved.
The exhibition of yesterday after
noon and last night passed off in a glo
rious and magnificent manner. The
baby parade surpassed that of last
year and the similar pageant at As
bury Park; the procession of fremen
business mems floats, private carriages
and autos was a marvel and a delight
to behold; the hose contest of fremen
in the early evening was an interesting
and exciting competition; and the
crowning Of the queen, special enter
tainment, band concert, grand festi.
val of music and fireworks display
rounded out the festivities in a fitting
fashion. Those who attended will
cherish its memories for a long time
to come and those who did not will
wish they had.
Scores upon scores of Perth Amboy
people went to Keyport by boat, train
trolley and automobile and all were
fully rewarded for their trip.
The Opening Procession.
The postponement from the day be.
fore had no dampening effect upon the
ardor of those Interested and every
tbinc xxao In appIa ,,;a ordar The ,1ro
gram was carried out like clockwork
The opening parade of fire laddies
business irm's s floats, private turnout
and autos, containing Queen Ola an
her retinue, started about 1880 o'clock
and was cheered and applauded all
Ialong the route.
There were 507 babies in line in the
second parade, which began at 4 P. NJ.
land they made sight which gave
pleasure unbounded to the thousand,
who lined the streets. Their carriage.
and other -veh4cles- were handsomel,
decorated and the judges found great
difficulty in awarding the prizei
The number of little ones in line ex
Iceeded that entered in the annual bah,
parade at Asbury Park. The commit
tee in charge of the coming children I
celebration at the Park attended ant
showered much praise upon the affair
The members of the committee wer,
the guests of Chairman Salz, who en-
tertained them royalty.
| A special and unique feature of TIL,
earlier procession was the display O
private turnouts.. The carriages wer,
| in some cases decorated in a name
which challenged description.
Each child in the baby parade wa
presented with a bow of "Old Glory ,
| by the fair queen, who was the daugh
ter of Mayor Conklin. -
| After the conclusion of the -bab,
event the crowds sought supper ant
rest, for all wished to be in good spir
its for the evenings entertainment
The ice cream, candy and cigar stores
as well as the drug store soda counter
and fruit emporiums, were rushed will
customers, but everyone was in a hap
lpy and holiday mood.
The Evenings Grandeur.
| The Mardi Gras and entertainment
Of the evening brought hundreds t.
Keyport who had not been able to ge
there earlier and it was a mamoutl
crowd which saw the various features
First there came the iremens hose
laying contest, followed by parade o,
Queen Ola Conklin and her attendants
with the band of music to Pavilion
Beach, the centre of the after-darl
celebration. Here there was specia
entertainment and festival of music
in conjunction with a band concert, tn,
whole topped off with glitterins
shower of beautiful pyrotechnics. TIL,
acme of the fireworks maker s art wal
here shown to an admiring multitud,
on land and water. The merrymakinJ
eontiued until a late hour when tn,
crowd commenced leaving for home
all voting the efforts of chairman Hen
ry Salz and his hardworking commit
tee assistants triumphant success.
The Prizes Awarded.
The prize awards were announced
as follows:
Fire company with most men II
| Iline-tie between Lincoln and Liber
ty Hose Companies, both of Keyport
Each gets prize.
Best appearing fire company-Lib
erty Hose Company.
Best decorated apparatus-Rari
ldH llOst SOAb poh9, INST Eo6lO AAOS'
Company, second.
Most prettily decorated automo
bile-Dr. Edgar Roberts, first; Harry
West, second; special mention, Jud
son G. Worrell, of Staten Island
Prettiest decorated fioat-Tht
Younger Set, first; The Century A
c., second.
Most originally decorated float
Soldiers, first; Raritan Grange, sec
ond.
Best decorated business mems
fioat-E. E. Conklin. first; R. West
& Company, second.
Most original business mems float
Force 6 Wyckoff, first; l.. Brewer
Walling, second.
Prettiest business mems wagon
l.. Yunker, first; Richard S. White,
second; special mention, John Tenn
pleton.
Most original business mems float
q. d. Woodey, first; b. F. Reh-
field. sesond; special mention, W. P.
Morris
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