The Monmouth inquirer., 1909-08-12
THRONGS VIEW
KEYPORT FETE.
BABY PARADE BIG FEATURE

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clear weather with an exuberance
that made the delayed demonstration
Que of the liveliest in carnival his
tory there.
The town is centrally located in q
rich agricultural community, with
Holmdel and Matawan on one side
and the prolific berry farms on the
other. Along the northern boundary
i is Raritan bay, noted for its fish and
oysters and boating facilities. The
town is well provided with fraternal
societies, churches and schools, while
the condition of its banks indicate
+; the thrift of it's citizens.
/ Nearly every store and dwelling
was decorated for this carnival.
Professional men, with flags and bunt-
! ing and artistic elnblems, were there
for more than a week beautifying the
buildings with the national colors,
and the place never looked prettier.
Early that morning tue farmers
commenced to arrive, many OF them
being accompanied by their entire
families. They brought along lunch
baskets flied with roast chicken,
fresh homemade biscuits, pumpkin
and apple pies, and all tue other eat
ables that only the farmers wives
know how to prepare and put up for
day of pic-nicking. Comely iasses
dressed in white, with cheeks brown
ed by a Jersey sunshine, and brawny
farmers boys mingled on the streets
with visitors from the cities aud towns.
The hotels were all filled aud every
boarding house did good business.
Tie carnival commenced ia the af-
1 ternoon with parade of firemen,
business mems floats, decorated auto
mobi es, bicyclists, farmers wagons
and other vehicles. George W. Ston-
ley, chief of the fire department,
served as grand marshal The bust
ness mems floats division was in
charge of ID. e. Mahoney. Among
the merchants represented in the line
! were L. B. Walling, the r. West Co.,
A. Salz IL Co., the Charles Gehlbaus
Brick Co., Phelps Cherry, Gordon d.
Wooley, the Standard Gas Co. and
! d. e. Mahoney.
The automobile division was in
charge of Harry West. just at the
/ head OF this division rode the carni-
val queen with her court of young
women and pages. The queen was
Miss Ola Conklin, the pretty daugh-
ter of Mayor e. E. Conklin, her at
tendants being Kathleen V. D. Hoag-
land, Annie Tilton, Wynne WalLiug,
Flossle Armstrong, Myrtle Birch and
Elsie Curtis. The pages were Ken
meth Conklin and Edward Woolley.
The queen aud her court wore white
aud gol /, aud the former distributed
red, white and blue bows to the chill
dren along tue line of march.
Keyport's younger set" was repre-
sented on float by Frances Bronner,
Lillian Campbell, Marie Campbell,
Ella Cline, Lauretra Hines, Helen
Kingsland, Lillian Russell and Dor
othy Ogden. A float which attracted
considerable attention was that of
George Lober. local sculptor, who
had made a life-size figure of a woman
holding key in one hand and ship
in the other. The statute was to rep
resent Miss Keyport." Another
prominent float was that of F. Seid-
Ter. 1t was in the form of boat and
was manned by little sailors, who
went through the pantornime OF draw
ing in a netful of fish.
The parade fornled at Front and
Broad streets, the line OF march being
down Broad TO Front, to Fulton, to
Second, TO Broad, to Mott, to Main,
to Front, TO broadway and counter
march.
Considerable interest was taken in
of the main features of carnival day.
This took place late in the day.
A large committee of young won en-
Judged the baby parade, consist ng
Of Misses Estelle Salz, Ola M. Conk-
lin. Ida Sandman, Annie L. Tilton,
Kathleen V. d. Hoagland, Bessie Co
vert, Beatrice Mason, Emma Miller,
Dorothy Ogden, T. Bernice Bronner,
Anna May Mahoney, Elsa Bauer, Ed
ma Melee, Bella Haines, Ella Hoff-
man, Mrs. Joseph ID. Bedle, Mrs. John
VanKirk, Mrs. William Camp, Mrs.
William Campbell, Mrs. Edward H..
Wharton, Lolita DETROIT, Mildred
Lackey, Sadie Stats, HuIda Como
yer and Florence Russell, of Keyport,
and Kathleen Furbey, Sarah Seeley
and Harriet Seeley. OF Keansburg.
At night, at o'clock, the firemen
had their iunings. The men, whose
real business is to preserve property,
had O. relaxation from their la ors and
engaged in an exhibition at Broad
and Front streets.
A musical festival was another
number on the night program. This
was held at Pavilion Beach. A Choir
us OF young women rendered popular
melodies, ending with 'Auld Lang
Syne." The singers were Barbara
Hoagland, Dorothy Ogden, Florence
Lehnr Beatrice Mason. Ada F. Wal
ling, Mamie Half, Pearle Walling,
Lena LambertsoL, Minnie Bauer,
Blanche Sproul, Gladys Walling, Luz
ella Low, Jennie Haynes, Edna Beers,
Alice Gracy, Mildred Coe, Eloise Dam
iels, Mildred Walling, Genevieye
Smith, Adele McKeen, Georgia Bau-
er, Olive Beers, Dorothy Beers aud
Frances Bronner.
With fine display of fireworks from
float near the steamboat wharf, the
carnival came to close.
The preparations for the fete de-
volved upon committee composed
largely of the business men of the
town, who had the active co-opera-
ton of nearly every grown-up in the
community. Henry Salz, one OF the
most progressive young men in Key
port, was sele cd as general supervis~
or of arranx espenss. Cornelius Ack-
erson was TIE .ear~y, Ellison ID. Pet