The Penn's Grove record., 1916-12-29
IN THE Melting POT
Thirteen NationaIities Now
Working on Carney Point

H
The Bible tells US that at the tower of
Babel the people were divided into diff
ferent tongues, languages, and went to
different parts of the earth and popu-
lated it as different nations. The ma
tions, because of intolerable differences
in the Old World, principally religious
opinions, have been coming to America
and through marriage and a uniform sys-
tenn of education are being melted into
one people.
Penns Grove has become a cosmopoli-
tan city during the past two years with
many n~ationalities all becoming congen-
ial citizens with political and religious
liberties. The largest number of nation
alities dwell peaceably together at Camp
2 in the buildings near Forked Hickory
cross roads near the small collection of
houses formerly called THE Misery
The new store at the Forked Hickory
crossroads so called because a large
forked hickory tree stood there over a
hundred years ago and is on the county
record of properties over a year ago put
up a sign Paradise" surely Paradise
Regained.
The twelve different tribes in the or
der of their numbers, all of whom num-
Der about 1900, are as follows: Rus
slams, Italians, Polish, L%ithuanians,
Spanish, Portuguese, Slavs, Croatians,
Austrians, Hungarians, Letish and In
dams from Asia. The Indians who ar
rived four weeks ago whom some
thought were Hiwaiians, are all helping
with the laboriOus work on Carney
Point. They are part of the colony
of 200 who came to America seven
months ago and were employed in New
York State. Coming from a warm eli
mate into this cold, damp atmosphere, is
causing them illness because they have
not been here long enough to get used
to the climate. These foreigners pre-
pare their own food.
The have one common social room in
a separate building where they meet for
mutual entertainment under the manage
ment of Young Mems Christian Associ-
alton secretaries. r. D. La Guardia ar
rived two weeks ago and is in charge.
He is from South Dakota and an ex-
emplary citizen of the American melting
pot who is Christianized and working
under the Y. NJ. G. A. for foreigners.
His father was an Italian of a French
mother. His mother was an Austrian
of a Hungarian mother and his mother
had a German father and an Austrian
mother. Mr.. LaGuardia's wife is a
Hungarian from a Russian mother. He
speaks seven languages and was the
interpreter for Buffalo Bill when he took
his Wild West Show through Central
Europe. He has crossed the ocean
sixty-fve times on the large Cunard
steamers as an interpreter.
Mr.. Charles A. Green who has been
the secretary to the American Y. NJ. C.
A. at Plant 2, is finding his work inter-
esting and beneficial. He informs the
Record that seventy-five per cent of the
young men are making good and come
for real work. He has been with u. S.
Amy Y. NJ. G. AS and finds the men
on Carney Point far superior to those
in the regular army, most of whom en-
listed to avoid work. Mr.. Green
believes in preaching an up-to-date COS
pei of godliness unto salvation, the
saving of mankind in this world from
the bad effects of disobeying the physi-
cal laws of God as we'll as observing
the Mosaic code and the Sermon on the
Mount. He wishes to have impressed
on the minds of the workers on Carney
Point that they have a permanent en-
ployment so that they will not have a
migratory and uncertain state of mind.
In other words the newcomers should
be made to feel at home and that Penns
Grove and Carney are their home.
That is what makes for good American
citizenship.
Next Wednesday evening, January 8,
a New Year entertainment will be given
by The Marphats masters of Magic, mel
ody and mirth. Music will be- given by
the DUPONT Band and addresses will be
given by Mr., A. f. Porter and Mr.. F. A.
Gentieu.