Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1911-08-09
Elaborate Program for Week
of Fun at New Point
Comfort Beach.
FEATURE BABY PARADE
Festivities viii Begin This
Saturday, Something New
Planned for Each Day.
Special to the EVENING NEWS.


August 19, inclusive. Elaborate
preparations are being made for the
fete 1t Is intended to make it one
of the biggest attractions of its kind
held in these parts in years. August
u will be known as preliminary day
on which Camp jain Association
will open the demonstration. The
carnival will then start with Ger
man and Turner day. The opening
will be made with parade. The
music will start at four o'clock in
the afternoon at the steamboat pier.
The line of march will extend up
Carr avenue, to church street, to
Main srteet, to Morris pavilion, then
along the beach to the board walk
to Carr avenue, ending at Camp jain
Park.
An athletic exhibition, composed
of many kinds of outdoor attractions
in that line will take place after the
parade. A big summer nights fes-
tivaI will follow at 8 O'Clock, in which
music and singing will be held on the
associations grounds.
Baseball Games.
On the second day Of the festival
Monday, August IA, an open base
ball game will be played. At two
O'Clock in the afternoon Of that date
the following program will be car
ried out at an unsanctioned meet, in
which ladies and children will be free
| to compete:
100 yard dash, (open.) 220 yard
run, (open,) 440 yard run, (open.
Fat mems rase-100 yards. Girl s
race-5O yards. Boys race-70
yards. GA years or under.) Mod
ifed-Marathon race on boardwalk
Youths under II q miles,) class b.
Over II a miles), class A.
Field Games.
Running high jump. Running
broad jump. Standing broad Jump
Standing high jump. Pole vault
Putting shot. Throwing 5o-ib
weight. Throwing baseball (for dis
tance.) Tug-of-war-12 men team
Sack race-75 yards. Potato race
Three-legged race. Crab race.
Exhibition.
Discus Throwing-By Mr.. Thoni',,
IMcLoughlin and other prominent ,a ar I !,
II, So anu solicitor
Monday nj nfg6f, Il T. 1dgdsse 1diyddaSa eq9aa4S 9, y,
crowning of the carnival queen anc
king will take place at the New
Point Comfort hotel. 1t will be fol
lowed by a reception and dancing in
the New Point Comfort pavilion. The
new Keansburg carnival song will
be rendered for the first time by
Professor F. Willett Smiths New
Point Comfort Beach orchestra.
On Tuesday, August 15, there will
be a numbe of water events. There
will be contests as follows:
Speed Boats.
Motor boats, class A. 1st and End
prizes. 20 miles.
Semi-Speed Boats.
Motor boats, class B. 1st and End
prizes. 10 miles.
Pleasure Boats.
Motor boats, class c. 1st and End
praze miles.
Cat boats, dories, launches, sea
skiffs.
Row boat racing (flat bottom) 1-2
mile Canoe racing-Lady and gen
tleman, IA mile. Canoe fitting con-
test.
Floral and Decorated Parade.
Commencing at two O'Clock in the
afternoon of Wednesday, August 10
there will be a monster floral and
decorated parade, in which many
prizes will be given. There will be
many displays of flowers in various
forms.
Prizes will be given in each of the
following classes: 1st-For the
most beautiful floral and decorated.
(2)-For the most original floral
and decorated (3)-For the most
grotesque floral and decorated auto
mobiles.
Wagons.
Farm, carriages, dog carts, busi-
ness, sulkies, phaetons, light road,
surreys, auto cars.
Floats. Saddle horses. Other an
imals.
Flowers.
Also finest display OF ordinary
garden flowers, wild flowers and hot
house flowers.
Fire companies, in uniform-Most
men.
Fire companies in uniform-Best
appearance.
Yacht clubs. Lodges and societies.
Other clubs. Camps-With pen
nantS.
Chikren's Carnival.
On Thursday afternoon, August
II. there will be a childrens' carni-
val with q show of all national
dances in costume by 100 children
in Point Comfort dancing pavilion.
This part of the program will ex-
tend through the afternoon and even
ing. There will be folk dances with
varied entertainment in the dancing
pavilion at two O'Clock in the after
noon. And the evening program OF
eto VT in, q DO
ing pavilion at eight O'Clock. This
will be followed by a childrens' ball.
Feature Water Events.
On Friday afternoon, August IS,
commencing at two O'Clock there will
be feature water events, such as races
swimming contests and exhibitions
by the American Life Saving So
ciety.
This program will be rendered in
front of the boardwalk at New Point
Comfort Beach.
The program of swimming races
follow:
Novice race, 100 yards. Dash, 100
yards. Handicap, 220 yards. Han
dicap, 44O yards. Back swim, 100
yards. Ladies race, rs yards. La
dies diving contest. Mems diving
contest.
After that there will be a seventy
five yard tub race, in which ordinary
wash tuos, to be furnished by con
testants, WIZ be used. AT four o'clock
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