Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-09-01
QUEEN IN ATLANTIC
HIGHLANDS MERRY
CARNIVAL CHOSEN
Choice of l4,57S Lights Upon
Blonde Beauty About to
i.a.- Be Bride.
Especial to the Newark start

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ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS, Sept. l.
MISS Josephine Swoboda, daughter of
Peter Swoboda. OF 517 East 14Sth Street.
New York city, has been chosen queen
OF the Highlands carnival will be
crowned tonight at Twin Light Rink.
She received 14,578 votes in a lively con-
test.
Miss Sophie MUSCLE was second, with
S,776 votes; Miss Elene Layton third.
with 4,25S, and Miss Irene Mcguire
fourth, with 4. 166.
The queen is al attractive blonde, of
~ years, and is to be married on Sep
tensber IA to Harry McSherry, son of
Luke McSherry, president of the Keans-
burg Steamboat Company.
The business mems parade, scheduled
for this afternoon, has been postponed
by the rain, which has put a camper on
the carnivars opening day.
The stores, hotels and business places
of the town are all decorated in a most
artistic manner Every store has some
sort of an electrical display, in addition
to he usua flags and bunting. Sew
era1 of the larger hotels have arranged
to give balls every evening during the
carnival, and have engaged special or
chestras.
Tomorrow morning the cross-country
run will be made, the first few laps will
be run within the skating rink, after
which the contestants will run across
the hills and back, finishing in the rink.
The course is twenty-one miles. A
greater portion of the course will be
visible to the spectators on the hill.
Newark Tots in the Parade.
At 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon the
children's parade will take place and
Newark has a fair share of entries in
his procession. The procession will
probably be over a mile long.
At 4 o'clock the field and track events
will be run off. A great drawing card
for these vents has been obtained by
Melvin A. Rice, of Atlantic Highlands,
who has got the consents of Martin
Sheridan, Mel" Sheppard and P. ].
Conway, the latter the president of the
Irish-American A. c., to be present.
Sheridan, the worlds all-around cham
pion, will exhibit in the hammer throw,
shot-put and hurting the discus, while
Sheppard will compete in the quarter
mile and also run an exhibition num-
Der. Mr.. Conway will referee the
events.
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mammoth water parade will start, and,
judging from the innumerable craft
which anchor at the mouth of the
Shrewsbury river, there sould be a very
large procession.
On Saturday morning the automobile
races and hill-climbing tests will take
place. The speed events will be on a
straight-away course, n the climbing
contests will take place on Miller street,
which is one of the steepeSt hills in this
section of the country. +,
In the afternoon the motor-boat races
and aquatic sports will be on the pro-
gram, and, by special request, the direc-
tors of the carnival have arranged for
a special parade of decorated motor
boats on Sunday, with probably 300 mo-
tor-boats in line.
The Carnival Committee.
( The general carnival committee con-
sists of Robert j. Walsh, chairman;
George w. Hardy, secretary; Harry
N. Johnson, treasurer; Harry Levey,
D. T. Herbert, Charles T. Maison, c.
Nell Johnson. Arthur B. Hubs, M.
A. Teaney, Mayor Allen r. Reid, Ber-
nard Creighton, George Smith, Gran
din ". Johnson. J. Studor. Hoyt Broth
ers.
Following arc the committees:
Pr~izes-Grandin V. Johnson, J. Stu
dor, Harry Levey. Bernard Creighton.
Roads-C. Nell Johnson, Allen r.
Reid, NJ. A. Teaney, D.. T. Herbert.
Land Events-Harry Levey, Robert
j. Walsh, +. H. Gerbrach, j. Inter-
mann, J. Hinde, S. C. Corse, Bernard
Creighton, George Smith, Harry N.
johnson. C. T. Watson. Hoyt Brothers.
Water Events-Charles Greenfield.
Robert Kay, j. Studor, William Shell
don, NJ. H. Mcclure, William Sandlass,
Everett Newman, William Mead.