Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-08-22
SOUTH RIVER

boy, is visiting her mother, Mrs,
Elwood Van Deventer.
Mrs. Harold Cohn, of Brooklyn, N.
Y, Is visiting at the home of her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Marcus Wright.
Tonight is the Browntown harvest
home. Several auto parties are go
ing and Allgair's orchestra of the
borough will furnish the music.
Miss Della Smith, of S~ayreville,
was the guest of her aunt, Mrs. Fred
French, Tuesday.
Considerable preparations are in
progress for the annual picnic Of the
Sayreville fife and drum corps, which
will be held in Bissett's summer pa
vilion on August %.
Miss Mabel Manchan is summering
at Asbury Park.
Miss Fanny Peterson, Mrs. Sarah
Horner and Rev. and Mr.. James Lord
and son, James, Jr., were guests
yesterday of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
Peterson at their country residence
on the Old Bridge turnpike.
Mrs. Sarah Crawford Is visiting
Miss Lucy Sperling at Berdine's Cor
ner.
The ladies Of the Episcopal
church earned $40 at their lawn So
ciable held Tuesday evening on the
church lawn.
Miss Mabel Wilson is visiting Mr..
and Mrs. William Hornsby, of Perth
Amboy.
Fred Meisel is Ill and unable to
take care Of his duties on the ex-
press route. His place Is being filled
by his father.
ICY" Smith and Dave Armstrong
were recent New York visitors. On
their a home they fell into the
arms OF Morpheus and thereby hangs
a tale.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles sevenhair, of
Midtown, were visitors at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Thompson
yesterday.
Miss May Tucker has returned
home from a pleasant vacation at
Asbury Park.
Mrs. James Fisher and Mr.. and
Mrs. Wilbur Rose and daughter Mu-
rtel motored yesterday to Asbury
Park and witnessed the annual baby
parade.
Mrs. Mary Peterson, of New York,
is the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Hermann.
Mrs. Catherine Gilbert and grand
son, Watson Gilbert, are enjoying
a vacation among friends In Phila-
delphia, Pa.
Mrs. Charles Bergen was the recent
guest Of Mrs. James Ward, Of Al
toona, Pa, who is visiting friends at
South Amboy.
Mrs. Martin Hermann has return
ed home from a pleasant visit with
her sister, Mrs. Edward Farrell, of
Red Bank.
Mrs. Albert Apologize and Mrs.
Frank Armstrong have returned
home from Morgan where they have
been enjoying life In camp" Dixie
for a week.
Silas Church has returned home
from a vacation trip spent at King
ston, N. Y.
Sheriff Church Is unloading a
barge Of coal at his coal station at
the foot Of Main street.
Farmers throughout the suburbs
of the borough are commencing to
steamer to New York City.
The Misses Ursaline Holmes and
Lena Meyers, Of ~Sayreyille, spent
Monday evening among friends in
town.
The electric light department of
the borough is busy erecting new
poles, string new wires and giving
the plant a general repairing.
The lawn adjoining the Holy
Trinity church was the scene of gay
ETY. and life Tuesday night, when a
number of people gathered there to
enjoy the social under the auspices
of the ladies of the church.
Mrs. Ellis Van Hise, of Milltown,
was the guest of Miss Virginia Van
Hise, Tuesday.
Ernest Cathcart is enjoying a few
weeks vacation at Ocean Grove.
He is registered at the Alaska.
Miss Florence Morgan is i'll and
under the car of a physician.
William VanZant has returned
home from a pleasant vacation sepnt
in New York State.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Serviss and
daughter, Claire, motored Tuesday
to Dukes Farm.
Miss Kitty Manning, of New
Brunswick, was recently entertain
ed by Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Roller.
Mis- Ethel Smith has returned
home from st. Peters hospital,
NHeio Bus uuueT went IL successful
operation for appendicitis.
Miss Edna Let's has returned
home from S~ayreville where she has
been visiting relatives.
The grand picnic which was to
have been held Monday evening in
Washington park by members of the
Catholic church, Our Lady of Wet
DRY, on account Of the storm, was
postponed until Friday evening.
Miss Mary Skillman has returned
to her home in West Haven, Conn,
after a pleasant visit at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. William Serviss.
Mrs. Fred Cost has returned home
from Newark, where she visited her
son Clarence, who was overcome by
the heat last week.
Miss Eleanor Butler Is visiting
relatives in West Haven, Conn.
The Misses Blanche and Lillian
Brant are enjoying a vacation of the
days at Ocean Grove. They are reg
istered at the Alaska.
Mrs. Louis Hirschman and
daughter Fannie are guests at the
St, Clair Hotel, Asbury Park until
after Labor Day.
F. c. Bissett, Benjamin Mark and
Asher Blssett are enjoying a fish
erman's life at Barnegat.