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Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-02-25
ROOSEVELT

The general committee of the SOL
diers and sailors memorial hoSpitai
drive have given the finance commit
tee an extension of time until March
list to finish the large territory or
the house to house anvas in sub
ports hat they will excel their quo
Ia by many thousand dollars.
Mrs. r. I. Murphy is spending a few
days in Perth Amboy.
The new shirt factoryis now open
for operations.
The Holy Name Euchre party
Thursday night drew a big attendance.
The monthly euchres will be discon-
tinued until after the Lenten season.
beth visitor yesterday.
Alfred Luker, of South River, bag
opened q restaurant al the Grq6s mann
hotel n expects to- give Roosevelt
up-to-date service in serving the pub
lie.
Court Carteret No. 4s, +. of A, will
have n big meeting tonight at Odd
Fellows Hall when they entertain
supreme and grand court officers.
The borough council met last night
ut firehouse No. 2 to act on final de-
tails of the annual budget which was
continued from the last meeting.
There were no objections and the
budget was adopted for the year.
Joseph Bowling was an out-of-towr
visitor Saturday.
John Harrigan was a Newark visi-
tor on Saturday.
John Teats was a Newark visitor
yesterday.
Miss ]. Cutter, of Newark, was a
borough visitor over the weekend.
Miss C. Fussi spent the weekend
In New York.
Miss Helen Finnigan vas a Newark
visitor Saturday.
The second district committee Of
the memorial hospital drive met last
night al the borough hall. They will
within the remaining four days of the
drive make q clean UP Of their dis
trict.
- Miss May Connolly was an eut-of-
town visitor Saturday.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-02-25

By staff Correspondent.
NEW BRUNSWICK, Feb. 25-The
amount of state school tax for the
support of free public schools for the
year 1919 levied on the real and per-
sonal property in MiddleseI county
for the year 1918 is s311,600.45, ac-
cording to a letter from Newton A. X.
.Bugboe, state comptroller. to i. Will
liam Hilker, county collector. The
state legislature has appropriated the
sum of $1,000 0 for the purpose of
reducing the state school tax in the
various counties of the state. OF h
amount s~3,73S.i4 is allotted to this
county.
Papers Of incorporation have been
filed here for the White Eagle Shoe
Manufacturing Company with princi-
pal offices at 353 State street, Perth
Amboy. The agent is Anthony s.
B~crnasinski. Tho capital stock is
500, 900 divided into 1000 shares OF
$25 value. The shareholders are An
thony s. ~Bernasinski, thirty-two;
John NJ. Labezki. Of Perth Amboy,
three shares; NJ. Kamiwoski. Of Keas-
hey, thirty-two shares; Anthony Bali
| WITT, of Perth Amboy, fourteen
| shares; John Bogdan, of Elizabeth,
ten shares; Ludwig Florek, of Eliza.
| beth, eight shares; Joseph Fedor. OF
| perth Amboy, fifteen shares; *. Zbro-
! iewski. of South River, -four shares
| and Tomasz Nowak. of Perth Amboy'
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-02-25

Sunday services.
There will be a meeting of the Do
nestle Missionary Society held at the
home of Mrs. Charles Hulit Thursday
afternoon of this week, at three
O'Clock .
Mr.. and Mrs. Clearance Burchell
spent Saturday at Perth Amboy. Mrs.
Bessie Kahle was also a Perth Am
boy shopper Saturday.
Miss Lillian Goldworm spent Sat
urday and Sunday at New Brunswick,
a guest of her brother, Herman Cold
worm.
Remson Soden, of Camp Humph-
reps, Virginia, spent his week end
furlough with his mother, Mrs. John
+Soden.
Frank Slavin, Jr., of New York
city, spent Saturday and Sunday with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Slavin, Sr.
George Donnelly, the first overseas
soldier to return home, has been mus
tered out of the service. He will take
a six months course in one of the gov
eminent training schools.
Charles Campbell n daughter,
Miss Delilah Campbell, spent Wash
ington's birthday with the formers
son, William Campbell, at Perth Am
boy.
Word has been received from Ben
jamin Feldbaum of his safe arrival
from overseas, and that he is at Camp
Dix and will shortly be home for a
visit.
Edgar Mcdonald, of Jersey City,
spent the week end with his mother.
Mrs. Gertrude Ludwig.
l. A committee of young people will
| hold a select dance in Whitney hall
! on the night of Tuesday, March 4th,
and the proceeds will be devoted to
| tn eRed Cross of'this district. Princes
| orchestra will furnish the music.
Two additional boys rave Joined
the boy scouts, Kenneth MetZel and
Norman Culver, who were elected al
| the last meeting of Spotswood camp
Mrs. Howard Killey spent the week
end with her sister, Mrs. Louis Hor-
nick. at Philadelphia.
Already the agitation for better
protection at the railroad crossings
of the Pennsylvania railroad has
borne II uit. The Snowhill crossing
has protection from seven in tho
morning until ieven at night. an adj
| ditional Jour hours. Another confer
ence with the officials will be held
this week.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-02-25
SPOTSWOOD

Miss Gilda Alleddi has gone TO
Newark, where she a secured en-
ployment owing to the shutting down
of the powder plants hereabouts.
Mrs. Arthur Appleby. Jr. spent Sat
urday in Newark.
Peter Shelters, Of South Rover,
spent the week end with his son. Pc
ter Shelters. William Carbonits, OF
Germantown, was also a Sunday guest
at the Shelters home.
Miss Martha Rigler is confined 10
her home with an attack of measles.
Mrs. Mary Hum has returned from
a three days visit with her daughter.
Mrs. Thomas Crosse, Of Ridgfield Park.
Miss Tillie Hodapp and Master Ell
bert Hodapp spent Sunday in Brook
Ign. guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Hodapp.
Ernest Mount. OF New Brunswick,
spent the week end with his grand
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Banse.
Miss Laura Hum substituted as or
ganist at the Reformed church al the
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-02-25
JAMESBURG

Among those who attended the
dinner and dance given by the Cali
fornia Loading Company at Runyon
as a farewell testimonial to their en-
ployes and friends ON Thursday night
from JameSburg were Frank Emens,
Warren Emens, Charles Narazonic,
Albro Mason, MIR. and Mrs. II. A. Ed
wards.
The entertainment given by the in
mates of the Home for Boys in the
Star theatre, on Thursday night, de-
served a much larger audience than
that greeted the efforts of the officers
and entertainers. The financial profit
is to be applied to the memorial to
be erected in Trenton for the soldiers
and sailors
NJ. and Mrs. Ezekiel Coombs, of
Moore, Pa, spent the weekend at the
home of the formers parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Stephen Coombs.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gilbert Soden spent
Saturday and Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. Frederick Nodocker at Roselle.
Herman Shostak, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph Shostak, of lower James
burg, has been h~onorably discharged
from the service of his country. He
has been stationed at Edgewood,
Maryland, and was attached to h
auditing department OF the chemical
department and was head of the par
ticular work he was engaged IN. he
will resume he conduct of his busi-
ness in New York City.
Miss Mary Dawson, organist at the
Presbyterian church, is i'll with the
grip and her place was filled on Sum-
day by Mrs. Charles Hammer.
Waiter Smith n Perley Bum
have taken important positions with
the government. The former is sta
toned at South River n the latter
at New Brunswick and will engage in
the driving of q truck in the ordnance
department.
The dance given in Lange's Hall by
the committee of young men was a
success financially and otherwise. The
committee having it in charge were
Walter Smith, Perley Bum, Fred
Perrine and Perry Smith.
The March meeting of the Phreno
Literary Society of the Jamesburg
high school will be held on the morn
ing of March 6 in the auditorium.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-02-25
WOODBRIDGE

The Builders of the nj. Z. church
were entertained by Mrs. f. +. Anness
al a birthday tea last night. A num-
Der of musical selections were en-
joyed and Miss Harrington read a pa
per on James Russell Lowell. The
birthday offerings added a neat sum
to the treasury of the society.
Mr.. and Mrs. +. j.. Anness spent
the holiday with Mr.. and Mrs Maurer
of New York.
The junior class of the high school
will hold a benefit dance at the high
school Saturday night, March /.
Pritchard, accompanied by traps, will
furnish the music.
st. James Dramatic Club will hold
a minstrel show followed by a dance
in the high school auditorium Monday
night, March 8.
Appropriate exercises were held in
the high school Friday afternoon In
honor of Washington. The result OF
less than twenty-four work on the
part of the pupils wac=naown
s. $780,.
the rerRS vas made on the coIIec
lions for the State Memorial buf1dfnt
at Trenton. One and ter
dollars was collected by the Z pupils
practically on Thursday afternoon.
The meeting OF the Woodbridge
Republican Club which was to have
been held tonight has been postponed
until Thursday night at Philips Hall.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-02-25
H0r6Y1ST|TUTE
At JAMESbURG
Sunday School Workers at All
Day Session in James,
burg Church
Hu spec.al Correspondent.

o. GPtCsdt
JAMESBURG, Feb. 25-Sunday
school workers in the three Protest
ant churches were given much for
serious thought at the all-day Iinsti-
tute held by /. Is. Burgess, state secre-
tary of the New Jersey Sunday School
Association, on Sunday at the Metho-
dist church.
The visitor found thai the interest
in the work was suffering from a a
ease of TACK of interest" in some de-
partments and offered suggestions
that would bring abovt the proper
interest If applied at the proper time.
V At the morning service Mr. Burgess
spoke along general lines and the
talk was productive OF much atten-
ton by the large audience who were
present. 1t was at the Sunday School
Institute at three in the afternoon
that the important work was thor
oughly gone over and talks given
those who were at the heads OF the
schools in town.
The afternoon session opened with
prayer by the Rev. w. j. b. Edgar,
pastor of the Presbyterian church.
Other clergymen present were Rev.
Henry Johnson, pastor of the Metho-
dist church., and Rev. John Ehren-
slime, pastor of the First Baptist
church.
Teh roll call showed that the Meth
odist church's school had present
sixty-three present.: the Presbyterian.
six, and the First Baptist four. Will
liam Crosby, superintendent of the
Methodist; William H. Brooks, super
jntendent of the Presbyterian Sunday
school, were h only ones to respond
TO the roll coll.
The ten points considered at the af-
ternoon session were as follows, and
each Brought out a general discus
sion and question box query and was
entitled: The New School Standard
of Excellence for 1912"
1. "A Cradle Roll. with at least
Dne name and a Home Department
with at Least Five Names"
2 Graded Lessons in at Least
Departments"
3. Teachers Training. with at
Least One Registered Student"
4 Workers Conference, regularly
held"
S. AT Least One Organized and
Registered Glass IN Both the Adult
and Secondary Divisions"
6. Definite Decision for Christ
z. Missionary Education in the
School,"
s. Temperance Education in the
School"
o. Full Denominational Require
ments, including offering for Denomf'
national Sunday School Work"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-02-25
METUCHEN

The anniversary reception and dance
of the Metuchen Club was held at the
clubhouse Friday evening n was a
brilliant success. Mrs. III. Is. John
son was hostess and the reception
committee were the wives of the Of
ficers of the club. Westervelt's or
chestra furnished the music which was
or more guests who were invited for
Mrs. Coerr n Mrs. Hill presided. The
rooms. After the -four course lunch
green and red, and over a hundred
guests were present
The ever hospitable doors OF the
Dinwiddie homo were thrown wide
open Thursday 10 welcome the sixty
or more guests who were melted for
luncheon and bridge. Mrs. Coerr,
Mrs. Carey and Miss Alice Brooke
were the guests of honor and assisted
the hostess in placing the guests at the
small tables scattered about the
rooms. After the four corned lunch
con was served five games of bridge
was played n prizes were awarded
Miss Shankle, Mrs. Dolph and Miss
Brooke and a consolation prize for
Mrs. Fred Ayers.
Albert Carman, of Richmond, Va,
was an owe holiday guest OF his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. William Carman.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Williams are
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Edgar,
at their temporary home in Florida.
Miss Evelyn Kelly gave a dinner
party to a number OF her young
friends at her home Friday evening.
previous to the club dance. in honor
OF her friend. Miss Susan Stille., from
the south.
DIR. and Mrs. Fisher, OF Philadel-
phia, and their daughter. a student
from Vassar College. We're over holt
day guests OF DR.. and Mrs. Hofer.
Howard Nook has returned from
the south. Mrs. Nook and her young
son will remain until spring.
Mrs. Wheeler Clark was a holiday
guest of her sister, Mrs. Philip. OF
New York.
Miss Ella Campbell is visiting Mrs.
Finch. OF Nutley.
Miss Almeda Johnson attended
Rutgers, Jr. Prom in New Brunswick.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-02-25
JAPS DEVOTED TO WRESTLING
Great Crewds Gather to Witness Con-
tests Which to Western Eyes
Would Be Tame Exhibition.

The wrestling hall covers an acre
and seats 1900. Entering the circular
hall one snstches glinpsss through
open doors Of greenroom lHe-wrest-
lers getting their topknots creased and
dressed IN most meticulous fashion,
and "geishss" watching the operation
with suppressed giggles. Inside tiers
Of seats slope down TO the arena In the
middle. The affable editor takes me
into a large empty box commanding q
1ne view Of the arena and whispers
that the box Of the crown prince Is the
next n to the left. Elsie y. Well
writes in Asia Magazine. A vast i'm
personal fusing together Of thousands
Of heads, q dizzy hum Of countless con-
versstions firing to unaccustomed for
eign ears, a curious impression or
somberness produced by the enormous
patches Of black and graz and
blue that predominant in any large
Japanese group. The people are d.
viding their time between slipping tea.
smoking their infinitesimal pipes, eat
ing bowls of rice and watching the
matches.
Down In the center Is the arena,
covered with a sloping roof like that
Of a Shinto shrine, gracefully recall
ing the time when wrestling matches
were given In the court of q temple
| to trsmple the ground for building and
the proceeds of the contest went to re
pair temples and shrines. Up In the
roof is q little shrine to Nomi no Su-
kune. the patron deity Of wrestlers.
to whom offerings Of rice are made
JEsIksss
before the matches. In the hissssen'
fury before Christ the emperor Of ia
pan had an overbearing and insoIent
officer Of the guard. n Kehsys. The
emperor ordered the strongest men Of
the realm to wrestle with the hercu'
lean bully. Nomi NO Sukune chsl-
lsnged him 10 a bout and trsmpled
him to death. and received as an i'm
perisl reward a great estate. As q
posthumous honor he was deifhed 81
the frst 10 reduce wrestling TO an elsb-
crate science. The four pillars sup
porting the roof Of the arena. each
draped with q different color, white.
blue, red and black. stand for the four
seasons. The purple curtain with
white wave pattern drsping the caves
signifies passion calming the elements.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-02-25
E0RDS

A meeting of the Fords Red Cross
was held in the fire house last night.
All finished articles In sewing were
collected at this meeting.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Stevens and
children were visiting at the home OF
the formers parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Stevens. of Perth Amboy.
Mrs. Jonas Gray and daughter, Miss
Emma Gray, of Perth Amboy, spent
Wednesday night at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Hans Johanson.
Mrs. Richard Peltier and daughter
md Mrs. Hans Thompson and daugh-
ter were out Of town visitors Thurs
day afternoon.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-02-25
Another Fire at Keasbey
y Special Correspondent.

BY SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
KEASBEY, Feb. 25:-The second
fire within two weeks at the local
plant of the National Ffreproonng
Company called out both of the fire
companies here at $3.50 o'clock last
night. When the 1ro companies ar
rived they found an empty box car
ablaze. Before the iremen arrived
several men OF the plant had a stream
on the burning car. Both companies
of firemen soon had a stream on the
blaze which was extinguished - in
short order. 1t is the belief that the
blaze was caused by children playing
with matches in the ar.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-02-25
MATAWAN

The two new memorial windows In
the auditorium of the First Methodist
church were dedicated Sunday morn
ing. One of the windows is in mem
DRY of the late Theodore Lisk and
the other a service window to the
Matawan soldiers and sailors.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Borough Council will be held tonight.
The annual Washington Birthday
supper in the First Methodist church
Friday night was a great ucces
Councilman Is. L.. Lisk was 4 Perth
Amboy visitor Saturday.
Theron Bedle was a Saturday visi-
tor In Perth Amboy.
Mr.. and Mrs. William A. Close were
Perth Amboy visitors Saturday. Z
Lyle Dave has recently undergone
two operations in n Brooklyn hospital
for abcess OF the cheek bone, the re-
sults of an attack of influenza.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-02-25
KEASBEY

A large number of guests gathered
at the home OF Miss Grace la Forge
Saturday night and held a party in
honor of her birthday anniversary.
Guests were present from Fords, Perth
Amboy and Keasbey. Both musical
and vocal selections were rendered
and games were played. Prizes were
awarded TO the winners of the games.
Refreshments were served.
The local Camp Fire Girls held a
pleasant meeting and social at the
home of Miss Marguerite Quish, Fri
day night. At the business meeting,
plans were formulated for q dance and
play to be held in Robinson's Hall
next month. The guardian, Miss Rose
Robinson announced that the charter
for the girls would 500 be secured.
Following the business session, Mis-
3sssaSssss1 ns snis . !. -
IciaI musical.
By winning four out of five games
from Schilcox and Schwartz Friday
, night, Gloyna and Wagenhoffer In
creased their cad in the nreInen's
pinochle tourney here. They now lead
the card players by q margin of u
few games, but i've more rounds OF
games to be played.
Seaman James Romer of the u. s.
S. Don Juan DE Austria, spent the
week end with his parents here.
Mrs. Charles Mack and daughter of
Brooklyn and Robert Meyer visited
her parents here over the week end.
Considerable difficulty was encoun-
tered by residents desiring to reach
Perth Amboy Saturday night as the
Public Service trolley Nc. 1920 was
badly derailed near the Keasbey
school at Z o'clock. AS the car left
the rails she just missed striking a
telephone pole. The front trucks of
the trolley were deeply embedded in
the mud and the wrecking crew had
no little difficulty in placing the car
TO right amin
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-02-25
kEYPORT

A Royal Arcanum class initiation
will be held Friday night, a class of
ten candidates is being prepared for
the meeting. Past Regent and Sena-
Dor Hon. Henry +. Aekerson. Jr..
Grand Regent James +. Frealy and
Supreme Deputy Frederick Goodwin,
Past Grand Regent of the State of
Massachusetts, will be the guests of
honor. Past Regent Ackerson, who
was lately appointed q member of the
Court of Errors and Appeals will be
present on this occasion. Orator
Charles J.. Lehn and his conn., tee
are exerting every effort to make the
occasion a memorable n In more
ways than one. Delegations are ex-
pected from all nearby councils. as
having been received from
Red Bank, Long Branch, Asbury Park
Atlantic Highlands, Freehold n
Perth Amboy. Refreshments and So
cial hour will follow the meeting.
Miss Adele Young of Second street.
spent Saturday with out of town
friends.
Front street, spent the holiday with
their daughter. Mrs. Walter ID. VAR
ian. of New York.
Mrs. Harold Brown. of East Key
port. was a New York visitor Satur-
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. 5. Il. T1lton n SOL
Ellsworth, of Flatbush, have return
ed after having spent several days
with relatives in town.
William A. Tilton. OF Osborne street
has returned from a visit with his sis
ter, Mrs. George MoShier, of New
burgh. N. Y.
Miss Flora PlatelE of Front street.
spent the holiday with New York
friends.
Miss SaIlie II. McKeen. OF Broad
street. was the week end guest Of
relatives in Brooklyn.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. Latham and sol
Ralph of Broadway. were the guests
of friends at New York on Saturday.
Owing to the fact that an enter
tainment has been annonced to take
place in the Reformed church on the
evening of March 7th, the social to
rave been held In Calvary NJ. z.
church on the same evening, has
been indefinitely postponed.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-02-25

A ~clogging mass OF undig ssted food
that remains ~fermentlng in the stom-
ach or intenstines sends the poisons
IL develops through the entire human
body. Keen the bowels open" is one
rule OF health recognized by all schools
cleanse the bowels, sweeten the stom-
aeh and bench the liver. For indiges-
ton. biliousness. a breath. bl0ating.
gas or constipation. no remedy Is more
recommended. Mo- gripping or
nausea. sold everywheTe.-Adv.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-02-25
WORTHWHILE

Mrs. Bernet Bennett was an out of
town visitor Saturday.
Mr.. Russell Woolly of Jersey City
spent the week enc with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. william Woolly.
A daughter was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Garrett Woolly Thursday.
Miss Mildred Hyer and Miss Helen
Van Pelt were New Brunswick visi-
tors Sunday.
There were quite a number of young
boys who attend the Farmers Day at
Freehold Saturday.
There will be a pound Sociable held
at the home of Mr.. John Smith on
Thursday night on the Englishtown
road.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-02-25
Auto Show March sis

An exhibition which should be OF
interest TO the residents Of Middlesex
county is thu automobile show which
is to be held here the week of March
SIS. The armory of Company H of
the corner of Codwise avenue and
Handy street will house the exhibit OF
pleasure cars and a temporary shed
the rear of the armory will be
erected for trucks. The show will be
held under the auspices of the auto
mobile dealers of this city.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-02-25

- Wallace, who has been nominated
by the President for ambassador to
France to succeed William Graves
Sharp, has been one of the unofficial
advisers of the administration for the
past six years He is now fifty-six
years old, a native of Missouri, one
time receiver of public moneys for
Utah and more recently of Tacoma,
Wash, where he mas business inter-
ests. Mrs. Wallace is a daughter of
ex-Chief Justice Fuller of the United
States supreme court.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-02-25
ewiftea, Dec.

TIE swiftest dog in the world. the
borzoi, or Russian wolfhound, has
made record runs that show rs feet
In a second, which would give It .
speed Of $500 feet in q minute II the
pace could be Kept up.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-02-25
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