Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-08-08

Somogyi was attorney for Fischgrund
| and Thomas l.. Hanson for Mr.. Isen-
| berg.
SOUTH AMBOY
George Heyer employed for the past
eight years by the Perth Amboy Gas
Light Company, joined the aviation
| corps and reported at Akron, Ohio,
| on Monday.
John v. Hyer, who is with the st.
Nicholas Club, 7 West Forty-fourth
| street, New York, Is spending two
weeks vacation with his family In this
city. He is a former resident, and Is
renewing old aequaintances.
The stork visited the home of JOS
eph Miller on George street Saturday
night and left baby girl.
Louis Jean Petre, of New York. is
the new manager of the Marion Hotel,
Augusta street.
Mrs. Frank Compton. Mrs C. J..
Stratton and Mrs. P. d. Oliver, of this
| city, are visiting the harvest home
held at Dayton, N. j., today.
Miss Alva Compton, of Main street,
is visiting in Atlantic City.
John Il. Cox. through his faithful
service, with the du Pont Powder
|
| his former occupation of press opera
| tor to T. position of foreman over
| two O. the plants largest finishing
| houses
Miss Millie Stratton, of this city, is
visiting with friends at Asbury Park,
which was formerly her home.
Mannig Thomas, after sixteen years
of faithful service with the Pennsyl-
vania railroad, as switch tender has
rn Cd Al
the Eastern Coal Company, of this
city.
! 1t Is rumored that John Perrine
| of Portia street, has resigned his po-
sition with the p. r. r. Company as
assistant yard master.
James Coan, of David street, is
| spending several weeks with relatives
and friends in Tottenville.
Mrs. Charles T. Grace has been pro-
| NOTED from her former position of
switch mistress to general yard clerk,
| of the Pennsylvania railroad.
Mrs. Aaron Fitz Herbert and
daughter Elsie with her friend, Her
man Hanska, of Newark, motored to
this city Sunday and visited with Mr..
and Mrs. w. E. Lownberg.
Mr.. and Mrs. Christ Johnson and
daughter Mildred, of Broadway, vis-
tied Asbury Park yesterday
Margaret Himmelberger, of Jersey
lCity, visited with her friends in this
4 city yesterday.
Miss Anna Taylor, of Tottenville, is
visiting with f. p. Coan, of David
street.
= IainunstSeet improvement is getting
n y saz+ractor
have been Obliged to wait FOR the Pub
place the granite blocks between
their tracks. These blocks arrived
about a month ago and as yet only
about fifty feet of their tracks have
been laid with the blocks.
Miss Edna Widerstrom, of Perth
Amboy is visiting with Ruth Nilsson,
of Henry street.
| Monsignor J. ]. Coan spent Sunday
| with his relatives In this city.
Mrs. John J. Mccormack has ten
dered her resignation as teacher in
the public schools.
| At the recent scholarship examinn-
ton held here, Miss Elizabeth Bir-
mingham won the highest honors of
the state and thus she was awarded q
free scholarship to Mount st. Mary's
College at Plainf1eld. Miss Birming-
ham was also valedictorian of the
| class of 1917, which graduated from
the st. Mary's Parochial school here.
George Seward, Jr., of George
street, visited Princeton and New
Brunswick Sunday.
The case of Carl Hussels for libel
| against James w. Hackett was called
| for hearing before Judge Hommann
in the Perth Amboy district court Mon
day and adjourned for two weeks to
permit Leo J. Coakley who is repre-
senting Hussels to present authorities
| to show why his state of demand
| should not be stricken out. Francis
| p. Coan, who represented Hackett
| contended before the court that the
state Of demand filed by Hussels in
| the case did not present a cause OF
| action because the alleged libelous
words were published in O judicial
| proceeding and moved to have the
demand stricken out for that reason.
| Mr.. Coakley announced that he was
not prepared to reply to the motion
at this time and the court allowed
| him two weeks time in which to pres
| ent authorities in support of the claim
| that there was a cause of action pres
| ented. George Gundrum, A. II. Nc
| Michaels and Mr.. Hussels were pres
| ent at the court. Mr. Hackett was
| not present. The suit grows out ot
the statements made by Hackett, In
| his bill of complaint filed in the Court
of Chancery when he secured q re-
straining order against the payment oil
any money TO f1uSSeiS ny the CITY Vi
South Amboy for the building of a
retaining wall on the upper end OF
Henry street.
| A birthday party was rendered to
| Miss Mildred Johnson, on Monday
night, In honor of her seventeenth
| birthday. Miss Johnson, was the re-
| cepient Of many handsome and useful
gifts, from her many friends who all
had most enjoyable time. Music
and singing, with sother games whiled
away the evening and all left for their
| homes, claiming Miss Johnson to be
| n splendid hostess, and wishing her
many more birthdays
Frank A. Deacon, formerly secre-
tary of the Y. M. G. A., of this city,
| has accepted a position with the ship
ping and terminal office of the P. r.
| r. Company. He Is employed in the
| classifying of coal at this Office.
| George Batzel is giving his house on
| the corner of Main street and Stevens
| avenue a new coat of paint, and IT
will present very nice appearance
when completed.
Correct.
The teacher had been telling the pu-
nils about fhe great forests particu-