Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-11-26
TURKEY TROTS
To PERTH AMb0Y
Exercises in School, Filled
With the Spirit of the 0CCa-
sion, Make Merry Hearts for
Children and the Teachers.
GIFTS TO HOME FOR AGED
City Will Celebrate Thanks
giving Without Any Business
Dealings - Churches Hold
Merrymaking.
GIFTS TO HOME FOR AGED

Not only was the Thanksgiving
spirit observed in exercises at the
schools today, but the giving" spir-
it was exemplified. At several of the
schools big baskets of provisions
were brought by the pupils for the
Home for the Aged. The schools
that did not contribute to this cause,
will give provisions for the Saliva
tion Army at Christmas time. Sew
eral turkeys weighing between ten
and twelve pounds have been receiv-
ed at the local postoffice under the
new provisions of the parcel post law,
and housewives received them at
their door as if they were letters. A
small rush of cards, letters and par
ceis, incident to the Thanksgiving
season Is being experienced at the
postoffice. A number of Thanksgiv-
ing day reunions throughout the city
will be held, and good many social
events have been arranged. There
will be a union service at the Grace
Lutheran church tomorrow morning.
City to Celebrate.
The banks, schools, postoffice and
stores generally, as on other legal
holidays will be closed. There will
be one mall and parcel delivery by
the carriers Of the postoffice early
tomorrow morning. Practically ev-
cry manufacturing plant will be
closed to allow its employees to prop
erly enter into the spirit for which
the day has been set apart.
Every school room was allowed to
arrange it's own celebration, which
was held this morning or early this
afternoon. In many instances two
ar more teachers combined their
programs. and their pupils assembled
tions, music and other forms OF en-
eral program in the schools.
The high, grammar, Nos. l and Z
ranged the most elaborate programs.
The exercises of the former were
held in the morning and those of the
latter this afternoon. J. Lawrence
Kearny spoke to the eighth grade
pupils Of the grammar school. Mr..
Kearny told Of the reason for the OBJ
servance of Thanksgiving Day, why
1t was especially set aside after the
garnering Of the summers crops, to
give thanks for the bounties with
which the nation had been blessed.
He held the undivided attention of
each pupil in his convincing, attrac-
tive manner. Those of the seventh
grade arranged a victrola concert as
the feature of their exercises, which
seemed to be much enjoyed by the
children. +,
Exercises in Schools.
Principal Edgar II. Kleinhans left
the arrangements Of the exercises to
the teacher OF each room In the high
school, the auditorium having been
made into two class rooms, leaving
no place for assembling the whole
or a larger part of the school. Some
of the teachers, however, co-operated
with others and held joint exercises.
Dainty and puritanically clad young
ladies In the rooms of Miss Fletcher,
Miss Snyder, Miss Vaughan and Miss
Sterling attracted much attention.
In the room of Miss Sterling was a
young student who exhibited sword,
a relic from the Revolutionary War,
and a big pistol which had seen SER
vice in the Civil War. He gave his
tory of the weapons.
The high, grammar, Nos. l and Z
schools contributed to the Home for
the Aged this morning, and several
barrels of all manner of provender
were collected. Each pupil brought
either bag of apples, bag of pota-
toes, a dozen of eggs, coffee, canned
goods-varieties of food too numer-
Gus to enumerate.