Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-12-06
SOUTH AM BOY

Rev. Father WhaIen, of James
burg, formerly of this city, spent
last night with friends in South Am
boy.
Mrs. Furman EIause, of Second
street, was an out-of-town visitor
yesterday.
Mrs. P. A. Suits, of Second street,
spent yesterday visiting friends out
of town.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. P. King, of Sec
ond street, were out-of-town visitors
yesterday afternoon.
MIR. and Mrs. J.. F. Fulton, of
First street, spent Saturday after
noon and Sunday with friends out
of town.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Apologize,
Of Cranbury, spent yesterday with
their nephew, William s. Dey, of
Main street.
Mrs. James Nichols, of Stevens
avenue. was an out-of-town visitor
yesterday afternoon.
V. N. James, of Second street, was
a New York visitor yesterday after
noon.
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. B. Martin, of
Henry street, were out-of-town wish
tors yesterday afternoon.
William Sullivan was a visitor at
Bayonne yesterday.
Mrs. d. @. Chase, of Broadway,
was an out-of-town visitor yesterday,
John Mccarthy, OF Augusta street,
was a Perth Amboy visitor yesterday
afternoon.
Members of Good Samaritan
Lodge No. SO, K. OF P, are request
ed to attend roll call Wednesday
evening. December 7, also election
of grand lodge officers TO be held
same evening" "
Frank Lester, of our city. who Is
employed on the steamship line be.
tween New York and Savannah
Georgia, came home yesterday morn
ing. He said he left Savannah LAS
Wednesday. At that time there was
plenty of ice at that place.
Jerome Peterson. Of Pittsburg
spent yesterday with his nephew
William s. Dey, of Main street. Mr.
Peterson was a native of Cranbury
township and formerly lived near
Cranbury station. At the close Of
the Civil War in 1865, he moved tc
Pittsburg. He was a schoolmate o.
the NEWS correspondent IN South
Amboy and and yesterday when they
clasped hands it was the first timt
in forty-fve years and in the shor'
time they had together many remin
iscences OF their boyhood came III
and in speaking of former friends
very few of their boyhood associates
are living at the present day.
Messrs. Collins & Gundrum begaI
work yesterday on the W con
nections at the residence of w. H
Emmons, No. 81 Second street. Mr.
Emmons signed the first application
and though he was not served frs
is very we'll satisfied with having
been given attention at this early
stage of the work.
George e. Everitt has accepted
position as clerk in the terminal ant
shipping office at South Amboy.
A barge loaded at the mechanical
unloader on Sunday carried forty
two carloads of COAL
The mechanical coal bumper PEG
lple are experiencing some trouble al
ready with the coal being someWha
frozen. Last night 1t was necessar!
to have a few men assist in loosen
ing up the coal before 1t could b.
| gotten out OF the car. Work on th'
new steaming plant Is being pushed
along as rapidly as possible and /
will be needed just as soon as 1t cal
be put in operation If the pTesenl
cold snap continues.
The official board of the Methods
Episcopal church met in regular ses'
sion Friday night. The pastor re
ported the sewer connection com,
pleted and bathroom in service. The
different departments Of the church
have helped to pay the expense oil
fitting up the bathroom in the par.
sonage at considerable expense and
they now have one of the handsom-
est rooms in the city. Fortunately
when the parsonage was built some
years ago the committee were
thoughtful enough to build a room
to be later fitted up as a bath. This
makes the commodious parsonage
complete and 1t now compares favor
ably with the most comfortable par
sonages in the Conference. Rev. G,
s. Miller and family highly .appre-
eiate the way in which the church
have worked to make their home
comfortable and the church in re-
turn appreciates the excellent care
taken of the parsonage, not only by
its present occupants but by every
no. ~0--.A than ri1ql