Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-08-01
IMPORT CARp!!VALS
DURING PAST 10 YRS.
Many Events Held on Land and Water
Which Have Made Town Famous
Far and Wide Baby ParadeS.
HOW IDEA HAS BEEN DEVELOPED

one previous and the result was no
ticeable in the crowd hat attended.
The judges for the event were:
B. b.. Ogden, then mayor of Keyport,
and Henry A Young. The fireworks,
as before YER held or the water,
but the fact hat only sos was raised
for the display may be one of the rea-
sons why the carnival was not all
that vas expected.
No Carnival in 1908.
Probably owing to the disappoint-
ment OF the year before there was
no carnival in 1903. The people had
become discouraged and 1t was
thought that nothing could aver be
arranged to equal the event held
in 1901. 1t was a disappointment
to a great many, however, and there
were others who determined that
another year would not go by with
out making an attempt to surpass
the first carnival held.
Big Event in 1904.
Early In 1904, therefore, plans
were started for a carnival that
would eclipse anything that Key
port had ever held. 1t was decided
to hold the event Thursday, August
%. In order to make 1t doubly
successful 1t was decided to have
some feature on land and to devote
part of the day to the occasion, as
we'll as the night procession of boats
and the fireworks. Accordingly the
great feature of the event was a
balloon ascension. Leo Stevens, the
famous %aeronaut, was to go up for
the edification of the crowd. When
the time arrived, however, Mr.. Stew
ems did not take the part. He sent
his brother, Anthony, who made the
ascension successfully. That same
afternoon there-~eTre-yGcht racC5 en-
the bayy-wh1ch were a great success.
I'm the evening the fireworks took
place and there was the usual parade
of boats, decorated with lanterns.
This carnival was entirely on the
water with the exception of the bal
loon feature. The opening wedge
for land events and making the eel
Iteration a day as well as q night
feature had been made.
This carnival was conducted by
the Board of Trade. The committee
in charge was R. o. Walling, Harvey
Bronner and the late James Butler.
Carnival of 1905.
The carnival of 1905 was held on
August 81. This year it was in
charge of a committee Of business
men, with Henry Salz as chairman.
R. r. Brown, treasurer, and II. "
Davies secretary. This was the
first year that the land events during
the day became a decided feature
The manager of Pavilion Park
Frank j. Knapp, gave the free USE
of park for entertainments, etc
There was music by the Keyport Sill
yer band. This year the carnival
was a big success, both on land and
water. The fireworks at night were
highly appreciated. The judges fol-
over, Professor ]. T. Schock, Captain
John Rogers and A. s. Van Buskirk
The 1906 Event.
The weatherman played sn I'M
portant part in the carnival Of 1905,
1t was held on August Z. There
was a severe thunder storm at Z
o'clock, just the timo when the boat
decorations were being arranged.
The downpour kept hundreds of peo-
pie away from the shore and the
disappointment vas great on all
sides. The boats had been beauti-
fully decorated, but the rain ruined
nearly everything. Not to be deied,
however, the participants showed the
true Keyport spirit by starting the
parade after the rain had ceased.
1t was 8 o'clock when the procession
got under way, but the route was
completed and many looked on and
cheered.
The Board Of Trade was in charge
of this event also. The judges were:
A. S. Van Buskirk, John S. IIender-
son, George w. Bristol and Judge
J. c. Conover. There were fireworks
at night after the rain ceased, but
the day parade had been spoiled as
we'll as the procession at night. The
event on land having been aban-
doned. The music was furnished BY
the Keyport Silver band.
Combination in 1907,
The carnival of 1907 was held
August 20. AS In the year previous,
rain somewhat dampened the ardor
of the people. This event was also
a combination Of land and water.
The first feature of the days pro-
gram was the parade of firemen,
floats, ETC., and long before the hour
set for starting the people began to
arrive from every quarter. When
the parade started the streets were
crowded with the holiday throng all
bent on having a good time.
The parade formed in front Of the
Town Hall, where the firemen were
inspected by the Board of Town
Commissioners. After the inspec-
ton the procession started down
First Street headed by Grand Mar
shall E. e. Morris, the Fire Patrol
and the Keyport Silver band.
George P. Walters, dressed as I'm
Gle Sam, and Misses Alva Decker and
Hazel Lee, riding very prettily dec
GRATED bicycles, also formed a part