Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-05-15
JAMESBURG

tee having the Mem Orial Day festival
by the Mechanics Home Council, Jr.
o. H., A. M, In. charge, will meet in
Mechanics Hall tonight after the reg
ular session of the lodge.
Manager Charles Paxton, of the
Jamesburg high school track team,
has the members out for daily prac-
tice for the set of games to be held
on Nelson" Field, New Brunswick,
Saturday, May 10. These games are
the result of a challenge sent by the
South River high school for the high
school championship OF the county.
The indications are that the title will
come here and incidentally the hand
some banner emblematic of that
honor as fast time Is being made in
many of the events.
There will be meeting of James
burg Troop. Boy Scouts. No. 1 and 2,
tomorrow night.
/ William G.. Crosby spent Monday
at the State House on business.
! Mr.. and Mrs. James II. Mount went
to Brielle on Saturday in order to put
their bungalows In order for the COM
ing summer months.
80, George Dawson, of the Star thea
tre. has booked a big show for tomor-
frow night. vanity Is the title.
Reports from the sanatorium in
Connecticut where David III. Kirkpat-
rick is receiving treatment, are to
the effect that he is not at this time
showing much Improvement.
uss Rosa Lewis, daughter Of
Richs~ Lewis. ysss r2qntest In
lSt. James hall Saturday night and as
a result was awarded a handsome
cake.
Mrs. Elizabeth sutphin is substitut-
ing as teacher at the Home for Boys
In the absence of one of the regular
|teachers.aT 7io o"
The Citizens Memorial Day Com
mittee, having in charge the big
demonstration, have secured the
speaker for the occasion at the serv-
ices at the Fernwood cemetery
through the speakers committee. The
Rev. w. J. B. Edgar. pastor Of the
Jamesburg Presbyterian church. was
selected at meeting of that COM
mittee held at the home Of G. A.
Deveney, the chairman. The COM
mittee having this in charge are: C.
A. Deveney, Howard VanDyke and
John Waddy. This is the third time
that this speaker has been chosen
and could hardly be improved upon
for q patriotic talk.
H. G. Brown has purchased a one
ton truck that is receiving the admir-
alton of all motorists about town.
Announcement has been made OF
the birth Of daughter to Mr.. and Mrs.
David Dye, Of Cranbury. Mrs. Dey
was a former resident and daughter
Of Mrs. Lemuel Dey.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred l.. Dey spent
Sunday at the Home for Disabled Sol
diers at Kearney, visiting John Ter
wick, who is quite Ill.
Elwood Riggs spent the week emo
at Newark visiting friends.
There will be q meeting of the cit
zens at time to be decided upon by
the Home Defense League, of which
DR.. p. r. Dare is chairman, for the
purpose of organizing a military
branch Of that league. Probably the
meeting will be called for the latter
to have O. military instructor. In the
person of w. o. Purcell. graduate
Of a military College, in Virginia, have
charge of the drill. Full details will
be given later.
The Boy Scouts of troop number
two have taken charge of the raising
and lowering Of the flag on the staff
In Triangle Park. This will be done
under the direction of tho scout mas
ter, r. Glenn Dawson.
Guam Rocha, the Mexican who was
cut by Jose Alvino. at the camp at
upper Jamesburg. because he would
not take some whiskey, is able to be
about
Walter Terhune. of this place. has
enlisted in the cavalry of the regular
army and has been sent to Fort Slo-
cum for Instructions in that part of
the service. He recently removed to
Elizabeth from this place.
The Citizens Memorial Day Com
mittee will not meet in borough hall
Thursday night as originally ar
ranged. Instead they will meet in the
auditorium of the high school as the
borough hall, where the meeting was
TO have been held, is taken up on
Thursday night by the Jamesburg
Concert band.
Stonaker & Casey have purchased
an automobile for business purposes.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Coley, of
New York city. and William Sales.
of Lexington, Kentucky, a represen-
tative of the Du Points, spent the week
end with Mr.. and Mrs. III. c. Brown,
of this place.
Mrs. Rene G. Van Cleaf spent Sun
day with relatives at Florence.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth Edwards, of
Folcroft, Pa, who are spending sew
eral weeks here have gone to Eng
lishtown as guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Samuel Mount, at Englishtown for O.
few days visit
At all three Protestant churches in
town on Sunday special sermons were
given on Mother the day being
given over to that title. Harold Ben
nett was the speaker at the First
Presbyterian church at the evening
service.