Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-06-21
500 ORPHANS HAVE
JOLLY AUTO RIDE
Guests of Motor Club on Out
ing, Which Ends at Amuse-
ment Park.

The Newark Motor Club made the
hearts of 800 homeless children happy
yesterday by taking them on a TWEEN
ty-mlle automobile trip through the
suburbs, of Newark, and ending up
with a good time at Olympic Park.
About 100 autos were required to seat
all the children. At the park the
children took in every form of amuse-
ment and returned to their various
institutions in time for SUPPER.
Heretofore automobiles have been
for many of the orphans wonderful
machines to catch a fleeing glimpse
of, to envy more happily situated
children who could ride in them and
to dream that sometime, perhaps,
they too, might fly along the high
ways in a big car. For those VINO
had had that dream 1t came true yes
terday; there were cars of all KINDS
sizes and colors just for them, and 1t
was with a sigh of regret that they
.clambered of the at
THE end of the trip. which had meant
so much to them.
Calling upon members of the or
%ganization, motor car owners and
automobile dealers, the Newark Mo-
tor Club found a ready response to
it's request for machines to- be con-
tributed for a few hours. Fortunate
in a perfect day those who drove the
autos collected their quotas of little
ones and then went to S45 Broad
street, the clubs, headquarters.
Forming a long line the 104 cars
assembled made a fine showing, ana
when. with a concerted footing OF
horns. the procession started To move,
at 2:15 D. M, Il large crowd gathered
on the SIDEWALKS to watch the depar-
ture of the happy crowd OF young
sters.
Two hundred and fifty children
came from st. Mary's Orphan Asy-
lum in the Vailsburg section. The
other homes from which the balance
of the $50 children came were the
Foster Home. Home for the Friend
less and the Hebrew orphan Asylum
in this city and the Elks' Home and
Orange Orphan Home in Orange.
Little Ones Happy.
From Broad street the procession
drove out through Branch o
Park, to Park avenue, to Washington
STREET, North Park street, Ridgewood
Orange road, Llewellyn road,
South Mountain avenue, Bloomfield
avenue and Verona avenue to Verona
Lake. Then the cars passed through
the reservation to Millburn, to Spring
field and along Seven Bridges road to
Olympic Park.
The route committee was happy in
it's choice of route, the scenery all
the way eliciting sexclamations of
wonder from the orphans.
Arrived at the park, each child had
for once in his life a chance TO ex-
haust the resources of an amusement
park. The manager of the park, Her
II. A. Schmidt, thoroughly III
with the outing plans,
opened everything wide to the chill
dren, let them ride the merry-go-
witness an open-air performance un-
til the children's heads whirled with
the excitement of a real day off"
Plentiful refreshments were pro-
vided by the finance committee of the
club, and these proved not the least
part of the afternoons
When each child had en-
joyed almost enough OF unaecus.
amusement. the start home
ward was made.
The committee i'm charge Of the
affair was:
Messrs. ID. c. Reynolds, c. Frank
Briggs, r. NJ. SLIDER, II. A. Bonnell,
j.. HI Wood, j. w. Mason, Geoi &c
Paddock. T. A. Croselmire. w. II.
Ellis. c. Louis Fitzgerald. w Eu-
Turton, Richard Newton, w. c.
Crosby. Edward r. Wire, A. w. Mac.
Dougall, II. II. Snedeker, Joseph Fl.
Gum. Claude h. Holgate and Gerald
l.. Terwilliger.
The finance committee was headed
by MIR. j. II. Wood. and others who
served with him were Messrs. Louis
V, Aronson, George II. Smith, E. II.
Pierson, Herbert p Gleason ana Ben
jamin Atha,