Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1911-08-01
Place Is in Gala Attire for
Opening of the Annual
Festive Occasion.
BABY PARADE FEATURE
Hundreds of Visitors. Are
Expected Tomorrow Mer-
chants Invite All.
Epec1dI to the EVENING NEWS.

be made the scene OF gala festivities
for two days, commencing tonight,
1t being the occasion of the tenth
carnival In that place. According to
the preparations made 1t should be
the biggest event of its kind held IN
Keyport. No stone has been left un-
turned to make 1t two days of the
most enjoyable merriment from the
opening night. Those in charge are
being ably assisted by the ladies'
auxiliary committee, the photograph
of whom are here printed. The
members of the committee are the
Misses Lena Lambertson, Ola NJ
Conklin, Bessie Covert, Margaret
Langan, Ella Cline, Marie Campbell,
Lillian Campbell, Grace Massey,
Hazel Bovine, Miss Florence Arm
strong, Annie L. Tilton, Anna May
Mahoney, Dorothy Ogden, Nellie
Morris, Nellie Regan, Pearl Walling
and Hattie Seeley.
Crown Queen at O'clock.
Miss Florence M. Armstrong, the
young lady selected to be the queen
of the carnival, will be crowned as
such on the spacious lawn of Paw
lion hotel at o'clock tonight The
festivities will Herewith begin and
extend through a part Of the night
and be resumed tomorrow afternoon
at 1880 o'clock. The coronation ex-
ercises should be exquisite, to say
the least, judging by the elaborate
preparations that have been made
TsMorrow the big civic parade
wititernoon. n. floats, etc, and the
babyLeon FerbeSould be attractive
featulrGneedd, :5-ps2 s: g. a,3nffee TO 81 make the
baby an Grove.
all otlrj. Louis Veith and son Russell
IN t1yt returned home to Plainfeld, sef
Lies, coItng the week at the hof1r
cups, will be A1WarJJd. Souvenir
will be given to all children In line.
Tomorrow night the mardi gras and
open air concert by Voss's First Reg
iment military band will be big
attractions.
Those In charge, including mem
bers of the ladies' auxiliary commit
tee, reported all details in readiness
onstration tonight will be a huge
one. The many novel and attractive
features caused two-day session
and 1t seems that the amount of
time will hardly be sufficient for the
big celebration. There will be more
and better music than ever before,
those in charge assert. The Keyport
Band, the South River Fife & Drum
Corps, Jewett's orchestra and Voss's
First Regiment Military Band have
been engaged. Free concerts will
be given tonight and tomorrow night
on the lawn of the Pavilion hotel.
The Queens Attendants.
Miss Armstrong, the queen, will
have as her attendants the Misses
Hazel Bovine, Annie L. Tilton,
Loretta Hines, Bessie Covert, Anna
May Mahoney, Ola M. Conklin,
Beatrice Mason and Wynne Walling.
The start Will be made on the lawn
of Pavilion hotel at o'clock tonight
when Miss Armstrong will be crown
ed queen of the carnival. Mayor
Warn will preside. Members of the |
council, clergymen and organizations
of Keyport have been invited with |
the public to assist and witness the |
celebration. A special coronation |
song prepared by Mrs R. o. Walling |
will be rendered by a chorous of |
girls. A concert by the Keyport |
band will follow these exercises. |
The queens dance will be given In |
one of the spacious rooms of Pavi- |
lion hotel.
Inspect Fire Department.
An inspection of the Keyport fire !
department will follow tomorrow af-
ternoon and the exercises will be
started at 1880 o'clock with parades
of firemen, decorated floats, automo-
5iles, horses and carriages, etc. The
parade Will be formed under the |
direction of Fire Chief s. Frank |
Mason The line of march will be
from Broad and Front streets down
Broad to First street, to Fulton |
street, to Second street, to Broad |
street, to Mott street, to Main street,
to Front street. to Broadway and |
countermarch to Front and Broad
streets.
Automobiles in Line.
Automobiles participating will
form in line on the left side of
Broad street, facing Front street,
and Will lead the procession SO that
they need not be held down to
slow pace. Private turnouts will
form in line on the right side of
Front street between Main and
Broad streets. Societies and organ
lzations with floats will form in line
on the right side of Main street, fac
Ing Front street. Business floats
and wagons Will form on the left
side of Main street, facing Front
street.
Baby Parade Tomorrow.
Preparations will be made to
start the baby parade Immediately
after the general parade has disband-
ed. The streets through which the
tots will parade will be roped OF to
give them necessary protection. This
parade will be formed at Main and
Elizabeth streets at 4 o'clock tomor-
row afternoon. They are requested
to be on hand at $3.50 o'clock The
line of march will be down Main
street to Front street, to Broad
street to Warren street and back to
the starting point. The judges for
this event are requested to be at
The starting point at $3.50 O'Clock to
be on hand when wanted and to view
.he children before the parade starts
A complete history of Keyport
,arnivals viii be found on pages 3,
10 and IL