Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-10-04
SOUTH AMBOY

Robert 6tott and son Stanley, who
have been residing in this city for
the past year, left Tuesday for West
Virginia, where they have accepted
positions as carpenters In the canton
ment that Is being built at that place.
Norman Uren, also Of this city, left
with them and 1t is not known
whether they will return to this city
or not for time.
The funeral of Richard Rea, who
died at his home in Henry street
Monday morning at 8 o'clock. was
held yesterday morning at o'clock
from st. Mary's church. Mr.. Rea had
been ailing for long time. but not
withstanding his lengthy illness his
death came as severe shock to oil
who were acquainted with him. Be-
sides q widow, he Is survived by five
brothers, all of whom reside In this
city. High solemn mass was cele-
brated by Rev. l.. A. Haynes, after
which interment was made in st.
Mary's cemetery. The pallbearers
were his five brothers, John, Charles,
William. Adam and James Rea, also
Thomas ]. Lovely. A large number
of friends Of the deceased turned out
to attend the funeral and many fine
floral tokens were received.
The paving Of Main street Is now
in full swing and work is being push
ed by the contractors with all possi-
BILE speed. One side, the northerly,
has been paved with Warrenite from
Broadway to Deep Cut bridge and
makes a fine appearance. The south
erly side of the street has been ex-
cavated and the foundation of gravel
and concrete has been laid consid-
erable distance, so that probabilities
are that the paving of the other side
will be completed within short
time. The contractors, Liddle q
Pfeiffer, were held UP and were un-
able to continue with their work for
some time on account of the failure
of the trolley company to place the
granite blocks between their tracks
on Main street. The blocks have now
been placed by them and everything
points toward hasty completion OF
the work. 1t is thought that many
more autoists will choose this road
next summer, as it will be very good
for traffic of this kind. AS soon as
the contractors have completed the
paving of Main street they Will re-
place the parts of Broadway that
have caved in and been torn up on
account Of sewer trouble. several
places along this thoroughfare are
very dangerous and will indeed cause
q great improvement III LILO ioohS "
the street, as we'll as making the
road more safe to the public.
The house being erected by Thom-
as Vail is fast nearing completion.
The outside work is practically COM
pleted with the stucco placed outside
of the hollow tile brick. The rooms
inside have been lathed and 1t Will
be but a short time now before Mr..
Vail will move his grocery store into
the new building on the corner OF
Henry street and Stevens avenue.
o. o. Barr and Miss Ray b.
shaughnessy, the physical training
teacher, attended the meeting or the
physical convention held at Newark
yesterday
Thomas B. Deats, formerly of this
city but now residing in Elverson,
Pa, has been spending q few days
with his old friends in this city,
Three new members were initiated
into the local General Morgan Lodge
No. 90, /. o. o. F., Tuesday night, at
which District Deputy Grand Master
Harvey vandergriff and Professors
Gardner and Margerum, all of New
Brunswick, attended and helped in
the initiation. Deputy Grand Master
elect J. Alfred johnson also helped
with the initiation. This lodge Is fast
growing and many new members are
being initiated from time to time.