Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-09-08
WAS PICNIC DAY
At STATE HOME
Boys at Iamesburg School
Enjoy an Outing.
Special to the EVENING NEWS.

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Jamesburg, Sept. 8:-With every
condition favorable, the annual clam
bake and picnic was given by Super
intendent John c.. Kalleen at the
State Home for Boys yesterday after
noon, the former to the Board of
Trustees of the home and over II
hundred invited guests, and the pic
mic a special treat to the 500 inmates
of the home.
For several days the whole insti-
tuition has been busy preparing for
this annual treat, under the super
vision of j. Howard CoombS, super
intendent of the six hundred acre
farm, and the staff of officers. The
whole institution takes a day off on
picnic day. Not a wheel turns in
any department. AS early as 8
o'clock the institution en- massee
made their way to the grove where
camp was soon pitched and roped off
by each family of boys under the
supervision of their officers. Camp
fires were Don ablaze and the boys,
under the direction of their own
chef, soon had their Dol meal in
preparation, consisting of corn, sweet
potatoes, clans, white potatoes, ap-
pies, bread, coffee, pie, etc.
Numerous swings throughout the
grove were soon in motion and the
happy faces of the boys high in the
air on the scoops" or engaged in
playing games of all sorts, eating or
paying their neighboring camp a visit
for inspection to compare with their
own camp outfit. Nearby the Home
band of thirty pieces was discOursing
all the latest aires accompanied by a
good soloist from the Home. Super
intendent and Mrs. John c. Kalleen
greeted each visitor and made all
feel at home.
The bake, under the personal SUI
pervision of Frank Price, of Point
Pleasant, was done to a Queens
taste and was perfection in itself. 1t
was voted the best ever. All the
visitors and the trustees were seated
under a large tent whefe the follow
ing menu was heartily partaken of:
Steamed CLAIMS and sauce, fish and
white potatoes, lobster, chicken and
sweet potatoes, sandwiches, sweet
corn, ice cream, cake, coffee and
cigars.
After the inner mar had been sat
isfed J. Howard Coombs, assisted by
Thomas Coup, Arthur Smith and H.
A. Edwards, conducted the following
athletic contests:
Boxing contest, two rounds, won
by William Punt, after as fine an
exhibition of the manly art as is seen
in the city clubs.
Ernest Cont captured the dollar
pinned to the top of the pole after
an exciting struggle.
The melon-eating contest was also
very exciting and caused no little
merriment. 1t was won by George
Harris, colored, Harry Austin second.
In the special seyenty-yard dash
Harry HendricksOn, colored, won the
final heat with lots to spare. Walter
Britton won the shoe contest in three
minutes, and the rooster fight be-
tween two boys was decided in favor
| of Joseph Matthews after an exciting
struggle.
Miss Abbie Bergen and Mrs. War
rem McClelland ran a dead heat in a
special tw~enty-yard dash that proved
as exciting as any event on the pro-
gram. This was an added feature
furnished by Superintendent Kali
leen.
The creased pig failed to put up
any kind of a struggle and this event
was called off.
More music, more luncheon, and
all the guests departed for their
homes after showering c~ongratula-
lions or Mr.. and Mrs. Kalleen for the
pleasant day at the home, made pos
sible through their perfect force of
assistants and ample accommoda-
lions for holding so mammoth an
affair.