Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-09-22
AMBoY

Edwin G. Roddy of this city has
been noticed that he has been APP
pointed chairman of the local com
mittee in charge of the Roosevelt
Memorial in the State of New Jersey
Mr.. Roddy will attend a banquet Al
Hotel Robert Treat Wednesday eve
ming when plans for the Memorial will
be taken up.
The County Road on both sides of
some attention the past few days and
was quite improved for the heavy
traffic yesterday. Experienced motor
lists now claim that If the county will
sprinkle the road once a day it can
be kept in fairly good shape.
There will be an adjourned meet
ing of the Common Council tonight
In the City Hall at which time the
contract for the erection of the new
water works will be awarded. At the
same time the council will go in con
ers in order to make arrangements for
the paving of B~ordentown avenue
from curb to curb.
Yesterday was Missionary Sunday
al the M. q. Sunday School and was
known as Centenary Sunday" An
educational entertainment had been
previously arranged and was render
ed by the young people of the Sab
bath School.
The High School Auditorium will be
given over to the women of Unit No. 8
of st. Martha's Guild Thursday night
when they will hold q lecture under
their auspices. The lecturer, Miss
Miriam Lee Farley Lippincott will
take as her subject THE Fortune
Hunter" a real five interesting and
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a most entertaining manner. The re-
cital will begin promptly at 8 o'clock
and previous to the beginning Miss
Cecilia Alpine will entertain at the
piano. Miss Alpine has acquired
quite a reputation at the piano and
this informal recital by her will prove
to be much as big an attraction as
the main event of the evening. Tick
cts are for sale by ladies Of the par
ish.
Miss Edna Bennett Of B~ordentown
avenue was a Perth Amboy visitor
Saturday afternoon.
Chas. E. Turner Of Smyrna, Della
ware, is In this city looking over
property interests here. 1t Is rumor-
ed hal Mr.. Turner will sell his farm
in Delaware and take up his residence
in South Amboy once more.
Irving Barlow Ia still confined to his
homo in this city with an infected
foot as the result of users, which
broke causing the infection.
Miss Ruth Nelson RAJ an out of
town visitor on Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Allen Quimby left this
city this morning for the trip by mo-
tor to Boston and other points of in
terest surrounding the Hub" Mr..
Quimby Ia manager OF the Atlantic
and paaiAa TNoo CnYn yNo n vi GforA In this
city and during his absence his posi-
ton will be filled by his assistant.
A delegation of local Jr., O.<U. A.
MS will leave this city tonight for a
meeting of the Monmouth County
Past Councillors Association at Sea
Bright.
Councilman George Kress was re-
Gently misquoted in these columns on
the Stockton street improvement pro-
ject. It was Nicholas How1ey who
was speaking on behalf of some of
the property owners of Stockton street
who made the statement that the
property n of that street should
bear the brunt of the cost. The ar
ticle in the NEWS credited Council
mar Kress with making this state
ment.
Miss Anna Mundy is making an au-
to trip to Niagara Falls having left
this city yesterday morning.
Joseph Hubbard of B~ordentown
avenue was a visitor to Bay Way yes
terday afternoon and evening.
After having everything ready for
movement within a short time afte
notification Company F was not need
ed to go to Camden 10 help put down
the riots.
The members of the Common Coun-
Gil together with the City Engineer
and City Solicitor were in conference
yesterday afternoon tabulating tn
articles in the water works Bids. The
contractors meeting was held in the
Mayors office In the city hall.
The regular weekly meeting of the
Intra-Coastal Ship Canal association
will be held in the City Hall on We'd
nesday night.
The business meeting Of the Board
of Education will be held in the Of
fee Of the City Superintendent of
Schools tonight. This meeting is for
the purpose Of t~hrashing out details
the regular meeting to be held
on Wednesday night.