Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-16
AMESBURG

One of the most exciting games of
baseball was that played this spring
between h seventh and eighth grade
that required an extra inning to de-
eide The game. AT the end of the
ninth inning the score was tied UP at
IL each. In the beginning of the
tenth when the eighth grade came to
bat Baremore got his base and with
the indications that again the extra
inning would be needed to arrive at q
decision, when Stratton knocked a
home run bringing In Baremore and
himself and putting his class two runs
to the good. Final score, eighth grade
IA, seventh grade IL.
Mr.. and Mrs. William +. Paxton are
spending the week end at Manasquan
Beach, setting to right their cottages
for h summer.
The gold brick game of bygone days
has nothing OH a game that has Just
come to light in the complaint before
Recorder Frank II. Pownall by a farm
hand who was fieeced out Of 80 by a
local The forbidden punch
board was the means employed by
the merchant of lower J~amesburg.
According to the story told he went
into the store in question and saw a
suit case labelled go dollars" He
was invited to win the suit case for
about thirty cents His luck did not
seem to be with him and with the
winning of the case was a loss of $31.
The bag was found to be but paper.
The party In question has been before
Recorder Pownall begging to be given
another chance and they will never
use this method to fleece persons
again.
Marshal Gustav FilIhower had a
very complicated tangle to solve when
he was called to the home of a couple
in the crows nest" residential, sec
tion on Tuesday night. The woman of
the house complained of the war-like
actions of her boarder, who was in
the act of reducing to kindling wood
a portion of the furniture. An inves-
tigation showed that the boarder had
destroyed only his own personal prop
erty, but was using the axe of the
household. The case vas settled by
the nan leaving the property, under
threat of arrest.
y Joseph LaPlace, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Peter La Place. has been home several
times since landing at New York. He
is resting at Camp Mills, preparatory
to his discharge, hat will take place
from Camp Dix.
Motor Vehicle Inspector Harry Bur-
ton, of New Brunswick, was in town
this week and centered his attack on a
well kGoSyn garage which was using
p-romiscuously the letter I'D" on cars,
hA4hC q btiSlal lively DuoAlltoS was
being carried on at the cheaper regis
tration. The promise to change the
letter to the letter IL" prevented the
arrest of the party for the violation
Of the law.
Adam Orgovitch, who was recently
committed to the county jail at New
Brunswick to await the action of the
grand jury, charged with atrocious
assault on his housekeeper, Mrs. Vic
toria Feduna, has been given a clean
bill by the New Brunswick authori-
ties and has returned to his home here.
More arrivals from overseas Of Local
boys and those we'll known hereabouts
come to hand almost daily. Charles
Coombs. son of Mr.. and Mrs. Stephen
Goods; William Gililiand, son of
Frank Gilfliand; James Petric, OF
Helmetta, II Raymond Stonaker, OF
Hightstown, employed at the plant of
the George w. Helme Company, all
have arrived at Camp Dix, prepara-
tory 20 being discharged. Thomas
Pantana, son of MIR. and Mrs. Charles
Pantana. of Lincoln avenue. is another
local boy to arrive at Camp Dix from
overseas.