Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1911-07-29
.KEYP0RT READY.
FOR BIG EVENT.
Growing of Queen tuesday
Night Will Open the Carni-
val for 1911.
TWO PARADES WEDNESDAY
Line of March and Judges
for Events Concerts and
Mardi Gras.
Special to the EVENING NEWS.

Special to the EVENING NEWS.
Keyport, July 29:-The crowning
Of the queen, Miss Florence NJ.
Armstrong Tuesday night at s
o'clock on the lawn of the Pavilion
Hotel, will officially open the Key
port carnival. II is expected that
the grandeur and magnitude of the
two days celebration this year will
surpass any former occasion. A
special coronation song prepared by
Mrs. R. o. Walling will be sung by
large chorus of young ladies' At
the conclusion of these exercises the
Keyport silver Band will render a
free concert on the hotel lawn while
the queens dSnce will be given in
the spacious ballroom of Pavilion
Hotel. Jewett's orchestra will fur
nish the music
The exercises for Wednesday viii
start at 1880 P. NJ. after the in
spection Of the Keyport fire depart
ment. The line of march for the
parade, under command of Fire
Chief S. Frank Mason, will start at
Broad and Front streets and pro-
ceed G>wn Broad to First street,
First to Fulton street, Fulton to Sec
ond street, Second street to Broad
street, Broad street to Mott street,
Mott street to Main sreet, Main
street TO Front street, up Front
street to Broadway, and counter
march to Front and Broad streets.
The order of parade will be as
follows:
Automobiles
Voss First Regiment Military Band
Fire Companies
South River Fife and Drum Corps
Queens Float
Private Turnouts
Private Floats
Keyport Band
Business Mems Floats and Wagons
Miscellaneous
Following the disbandment of the
general parade the baby parade will
Immediately start. The streets
through which the children parade
will be roped off and closed to all
traffic.
The baby parade will form at
| Main and Elizabeth streets and par
ents are requested to see that their
children are at this point promptly
start at promptly 4 o'clock. The
line Of re1sgehr will be down Main to
80 l1saItxs saIs.s rrens eaaE4 Is : 1s.s.a
Broad to Warren street, back Z
Main street and up to the starting
point.
There will be first, second and
third prizes for both the prettiest
baby and most originally decorated
baby carriage in line. The commit
tee announces that every child in
line will be presented with a silver
souvenir"
The judges will render their deci-
sion Immediately after each func-
ton At night Voss's First Regiment
Military Band will render a free
concert, assisted by popular vocal
selections by a large chorus Of Key
port ladies. During the concert the
Mardi Gras will be in full swing on
the streets of the borough.
The judges for the baby parade
will include Ex-Sheriff o. c. Bogar-
dus, Mrs. L. Brewer Walling, Mrs.
Joseph D. Bedle, Mrs. Henry E.
Ackerson, Mrs. Peter Sondergaard,
Mrs. Frank A Smith, Mrs. Clifford
B. Aumack, Mrs. John G. Schanck,
Miss Ettye G. Wyckoff, of Keyport;
Mrs. William G. Bedle, of Matawan;
Mrs. Horace S. Burrowes, of Key
port; Mrs. Frederick H. Tiderman,
of Tenefy; Mrs. Thomas Worran, of
New York; Mrs H. w. Spencer and
Mrs. Delamater, of New York.
Among the judges for the general
parade will be Charles H. Patterson,
of Brooklyn; Ex-Judge J. Clarence
Conover, of Freehold; Peter Sender
gard, of Keyport, and Michael
Tansey, of Newark.