Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-09-03
RARITAN BAY PARK HAS
MOST SUCCESSFUL CARNIVAL
Three Day Event Closes Season
Service Flag Raised by Miss
Idberty-parade q Feature

BIZ Special Correspondent.
TOTTENvILLE, Sept. S.0The
eighth annual carnival and mardi
gras of the Improvement Association
of Raritan Bay Park came to a close
last night and Notwithstanding h
war conditions 1t was the most sue
cessful yet held. The parade was
| held on Saturday afternoon as the
| opening feature. Headed by h West
minister Cadet Fife, Drum n Bugle
Corps Of Perth Amboy, it was made
up of the float containing Miss Lib
| erty, Uncle Sam and their attendants,
decorated automobiles, baby car
Eriages, bicycles and various fancy
| costumes afoot. Miss Irene Derrick,
as Miss Liberty, and Irving zyfers, as
! Uncle Sam, were attended by Miss
| Margaret Noonan as Victory, Grace
Dolt as Great Britain, Miss Sadie
| Gaynor as France, Miss Gertrude Mill
Ter as Italy, Charles Haverty as a
sailor, Maynard Yyatt as q soldier,
and Harry Chase as a marine. Joseph
B. Ferry, president Of the association,
was marshal of the parade.
The raising of an American flag at
the clubhouse of h association fol-
lowing the parade and a service flag
for the i've members OF the associa-
ton in the service on Sunday was q
feature of the event. Miss Liberty
I 6lNCh LAO AOAOA Va 1A1AAA6 eONN
flags. The five boys of the associa-
ton in the service are George Dewey
Morehouse, Leroy Glib, Herman
Schiller, Ray l.. Miller, and Harry
Connell.
The prizes in the parade were
awarded Saturday night and the
other prizes yesterday. Because OF
the a on gasoline on Sunday the
motorboat race was run of yesterday.
1t was won by George Hector in the
Pearl, and John Johnson, in the
Mary, was second. Tire prize was q
silver cup and second was q pennant.
There was dancing every night at the
Shore House.
The prizes awarded in the parade
were as -follows:- Best decorated
Touring car, G.. ]. Derrick; best decor
ated bicycle, James Smith; best dec
orated baby carriage, Baby Mosher;
fancy costume afoot, Miss Beatrice
Burke, as Columbia; miniature float,
Mrs. Chase; large float, Charles Kais-
err; large float propelled by other
than human effort, Raritan Bay Life
Saving Corps; best decorated bunga-
low, Mrs. Luther Tice, first prize, and
Joseph B. Ferry, second. The judges
for the parade and bungalows were
Aldermen William Walsh n Ed
ward Atwell, Edward Taylor, Mari
nus Peterson and Albert Krogh.
In the aquatic events held Sunday
the prizes were given out as follows:
Canoe fitting, j. Murphy and Maurice
Gimonat; so yard swim for girls un-
der fourteen, Helen Torch, first, and
Irene Derrick, second; long distance
swim, Joseph Drake, first, and Earl
Dixon, second: so yard swim for
women, LYDIA Morehouse. first, and
Ruth Squires, second; so yard swim
for boys under fourteen, Judson Hib-
bard, first, and Russell Seton second;
30 yard swim for men, J. Duchman,
first, and J. Ullman second; fancy
diving for girls under fourteen, Irene
derrick, first, and Edna Opel, sec
ond; fancy diving for girls over four
teen, Bessie Whitaker, first, and
Margaret Noonan, second; fancy div
ing for boys under fourteen, Charles
Hughes, first, and Charles Haverty,
second; fancy diving for men, Maui
rice Gimonat, first, and John Neyor,
second; canoe race, Murphy and Gil
monat; duck race, watson stricklln
first and Maurice Gimonat. second
The prizes in the latter event were
the ducks. The judges in these events
were Albert Krogh, Robert Wilson,
r. c. Lynol, Sergeant Kennedy and
ID. q. Donovan.
In the athletic events held ysster-
day the following were awarded
prizes: Fifty yard lash for girls un,
der fourteen, Sadie Gaynor, first, and
Linda wasmund. second; so yard
dash for boys under fourteen, George
Forman, first, and William Bradford,
second; 100 yard lash for men,
Frank Benedict, first, and Leo Low
enkopf, second; so yard for women.
Miss Ethel Gilbert, first, and Mar
lgaret Noonan. second; SO yard med
: ley race. Lawrence Dambach, first
and A. Herrigel, second; three-leggeo
race, won by Frank Benedict and
/ Joseph Yaccarrino; egg race, Mar
Igaret Noonan, first, and Margare'
Gaynor, second; potato race, Mar
lgaret Noonan, first, and Catherine
{ Ramsey, second; bicycle race, Hartle,
: Derick, first, and Charles Hughes
second; special race for Westminstel
Corps, won by Walter RASMUSSEN
/ The prizes were silver and bronze
medals. The judges were Charles
, Hoops, George II. Waterson and AL
bert Krogh.