Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-08-01

of South Keyport, Eagle Hose OF
West Keyport, and Lincoln Hose of
East Keyport. The first named
team won out in SO 12 seconds, with
Eagle second, their time being 58 u
seconds. Lincoln did not finish.
There were fully as many people
in town during the evening as dur
ing the day, If not more, and the
streets presented an animated pic
ture such as has never been seen in
Keyport before. The crowd was a
B. Wall1ng's stove store, Phelps
Cherry's grocery, Voorhees, bakery,
good natured one, everyone being
bent upon having a good time, with
their confetti, ticklers, and noise
making implements, and they had it.
Beach Park, which had been placed
at the disposal of the Carnival Com
| mittee for the evening was crowd
ed to its utmost capacity, and here
the merry-makfng was at Its height.
| Within the enclosure a vaudeville
| performance of nigh order was CIV
en- and much appreciated, the pro-
gram concluding with several selec-
lions sung by a chorus Of Keyport
young ladies, and this was by no
means the least pleasing feature.
| Among those who took part in the
| chorouses were the Misses Barbara
| Hoagland, FIossie Lehn, Dorothy
Ogden, Pearle Walling, Lena Lam
| bertson, Edna Beers. Minnie Bauer,
Blanch Sproul. Olive Beers, Mildred
| Walling, Lottie Angelman. Eloise
| Daniels, Alice Gracy, Dorthy Beers,
| Beatrice Hulsart, Jennie Haynes,
| Genevieve Smith. Georgia Bauer,
| Bertha Maurer, Madeline Pease,
| Mildren Coe and Ella Angelman.
| During the performance the Carnival
| Queen and her attendants held court
| In a section of the theatre reserved
for them.
AT about 10 o'clock the display Of
fireworks, the best exer e e here
abouts, began and continuedr-tilI
well along toward midnight. This
! concluded the Committees part In
| the 1909 Carnival, but the visitors
were 10th to give up the celebration
! and they continued the festivities
until the wee sma' hours.
Last Years Carnival.
Last years carnival is recent his
tory. 1t is well remembered by
| everyone. MISS Old N SohhliAt
daughter of the former mayor, was
| queen and the baby parade was, as
usual, the feature of the event.
There were 100 tots in line, being
the largest number ever seen in a
~lprocession in Keyport and rivall1ng
those of the large summer resorts
along the coast.
1t is estimated that fully 10000
people were on hand for the after
noon and evening. AS has often oc-
curred before there vas a slight
shower Just before the first 2 rade
started and many of the visitors
were wet. 1t soon cleared up, how
ever, and the procession took place
on schedule time.
One of the interesting features
was the presence of Governor Fort
and his staff, who arrived after
| three o'clock and delivered a speech
| from the grand stand at the corner
of Broad and Front streets.
The prize winners for the event
were:
Fire Company showing largest
per cent in line-Lincoln Hose Com
pany Of East Keyport.
Fire Company, best appearance
Raritan Hose Company.
Fire apparatus, best decorated
| Liberty Hose Company Of South
Keyport.
Fire apparatus, most original dec
orated-Raritan Hose Company.
Automobiles, Prettiest decorated
First, Miss Hilda Schanck: second,
DR.. D. R. Roberts. Most original
decorated, Miss Ada Walling.
Floats, prettiest decorated-First,
Conklin's; second The Social Nine.
Most original-First, Order Of Po-
cohontas; second, Daughters of Lib
erty. Business Mems floats, most
)original-First, Shultz & Clark. the
ice dealers. who had a large float
covered with cakes of ice, IN the
center of which had been frozen ted
dy bears, with a rainbow and a little
fairy among them. Second, T. 8. R.
Brown, who had a miniature frame
house, barns, trees, etc, on wheels.
Prettiest business mems floats
First, e. e. Cline; second John Rose
wear; special mention. The R. West
& Company and Garland G. Noonan.
Carriages, prettiest-First, Mrs.
Richard S. White; second Miss MIL
dred Van Mater. Most Original
First, Mrs. E. 8. Goldberg; second,
Mrs. Charles x. Crawford; third,
Miss Pauline Aumack.
Pony and carts, prettiest-Ffrst,
Mrs. J.. w. Van Brackle, of Mata-
wan. Most original-Miss Adele
MeKeen.
Private residences, prettiest-
First, Mr.. Wards; second, John w.
Patterson. Special mention. Rufus
O.. Walling, William Thistle, Cap
tain Craig M. McKeen and DR.. D..
Edgar.
For the baby parade the prizes
were:
Floats, prettiest-First, Harvey s.
Bedle; second Walter Cottrell; third,
Amy Osborne. Most original-First,
Ralph Van Doren; second Barber
family; third, Eleanor Dey. Special