Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-11-15
BUDGET Of NEWS
FROM KEYPORT
News and Notes Of Interest to
Borough Residents
81 speci.I Correspondent.

81 Special Correspondent.
KEYPORT, Nov. 15-At the regu-
lar executive committee meeting of
the local chapter of the Red Cross,
held Thursday night in the library,
the date for the annual meeting was
announced for December II, the
meeting to be held in the library. At
his time there will be a musical pro-
gram under the direction of A. A.
Philo, possibly community singing
and a speaker. The annual election
of officers Will also take place.
A nominating committee was ap-
pointed including the following, A. A.
Philo. George s. Hyer, Mrs. Vadln
Curtis, DR.. j. +. d. Silcox and Miss
Annie l.. Tilton. The treasurer, w.
+. Stanhope, reported a balance on
hand Of $1,441.43.
1t was announced that q set of new
missionaries had been received to
be filed out by workers Of the local
chapter, upon completion of which
a certificate will be presented. This
certificate with the payment Of a dol
lar will nab the worker to secure
a badge. Considerable dissatisfaction
has arisen over the above n all
who are interested are urged to at
tend to this matter at once.
Those present were Mrs. c.. S.
jerks, Miss Nan v. c. Mckinney,
Mrs. Andrew Dykstra, Miss Annie L..
Tilton, Mrs. Fred B.. Van Brake,
Chairman Robert Rothwell, A. A.
Philo and William r. Latham.
D. p. Van Deventer Is enjoying a
months vacation from his duties at
the Morgan Arsenal.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer e. Morris
have been confined to their home
with illness.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Van Vracken,
Of Brooklyn, have been spending sew
eral days with Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
D. Bedle.
A very enthusiastic meeting of the
Mems Club of the Reformed church
was held this week when the commit
tee in charge of the meeting included
A. Stilwell Van Buskirk, j. Harold
Hendrickson and J. Burgess Davis.
The speaker of the evening was
James Otterson, Of Red Bank, who
gave an interesting talk on the work
now being lone by mems clubs. The
club is non-sectarian. The member
ship scroll was presented by F. Mag
who had previously been appointed a
committee to secure same and was
signed by all present. A social hour
and the serving of ice cream and
cake concluded the evening. A COM
mittee to arrange the next meeting
included G.. II. Conover, H. Chinery
and NJ. Jacobs, the meeting to be
held the second Monday evening in
December.
The annual roll call held at the
First Baptist church Wednesday
night was probably n of the most
successful yet held. Over $50 sat
down to supper which was delicious,
and such an abundance OF food had
been supplied that the surplus was
sold later in the evening. The heads
of the various departments gave eX-
cellent reports and made brief adj
dresses explaining the work of the
various departments during the year.
Those who spoke were for the Sunday
school, Charles s. Walling; trustees,
II. V. Walling; treasurer, Horace 5.
Burrowes; choir and Mems Union,
George NJ. Collins; Baptist Young
Peoples Union, Argimiro Morales;
music committee, Mrs. w. f. Stan
hope; Women's Missionary Society,
Mrs. Vadin Curtis; Ladies' Aid Socie-
ty, Mrr. A. ~. Brown speaking for
cars. Eleanor SproGI; j. P. Brewer for
the deacons. and Clerk w i. STAN
hope who called the roll. The pastor,
Rev. A. w. Hand. acted as chairman.
Perhaps the wlttiest report was made
by Miss Jane Carpenter, who report
ed as a self appointed chairman for
three committees, n the spinsters,
two. those hard of hearing, and third
the veterans OF whom Miss Carpenter
claimed to be longest in membership
of any living member, having Joined
the church In 1856. The financial re-
turns were over $500.
Mr.. and Mrs. F.. b. Var Brake
were visitors at New York this week
when they attended the Rutgers
Syracuse football game.