Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-21
SOUTH AWROY

A number of focal Ell1s the
annual safe Convention at Asbury
Park yesterday. The men of this city
and their wives left with the special
excursion from Perth Amboy return
ing late last night.
A hnal effort on the part of the Boy
Scout Committee is being made today
to secure all the associate members of
the Boy Scouts as possible. South
Amboy needs a Scout Council n 1t
is likely that the campaign committee
will be organized as a Council in the
near future.
This afternoon the members of the
VA c "A. baseball team are in Jersey
City where they will play a baseball
team representing the railroad Y. M.
&c, A. of that place.
The NEWS reporters has been APP
preached by both the Jews and the
Poles of this city with the result that
the article stating that a class war was
in progress, be denied. 1t has been
pointed out that the ones hat are
lopenly expressing their hate are the
uneducated class and 10 not represent
the majority of the Americanized
Poles. Father Strenski, h rector of
the Polish Catholic Church of this city
who is the leader of the Polish people
could not be reached. but he is of the
| DeSL type AMERICAN anu II HAS DttD
pointed out would not encourage his
people to take any part in any Euro
pean wrangle. Every effort is being
made by the business men to keep up
! the spirit Il good will between the
two classes.
Sunday school in the NJ. f. church
tomorrow and during the rest of the
hot summer months will commence
at $50 in the morning.
The local Methodist Episcopal
church which was one of h first to
oversubscribe their quota in the Cen
tenary campaign, have completed the
first payment.
MI. and Mrs. A. Steiner were agree
ably surprised during the past week,
when Mrs. Steiner's brother, Robert
Barnes. returned from France on the
transport "~Plattsburg," n visited
with his relatives in this city. For
several years past. Mr.. Barnes has
been making his nome in Panama.
Mayor Gordon has issued a procla-
nation declaring June 2Sth a holiday
and urging all business houses in the
city to observe it as such.
A meeting of the Welcome Home
Committee win be held on Monday
evening.
River railroad bridge at Bordentown
avenue is progressing very nicely.
When completed the bridge will be
the same width as the roadway with
six foot sidewalks on either side.
A new bulletin board has been
placed in front of Company F head
quarters. The board Is absolutely the
latest thing in this line and makes an
attractive appearance.
Major Lawrence and staf of the
Third Battalion, will be the guests of
Company f on Welcome Home Day.
Tomorrow evening Rev. G.. W. Abel
will address the graduates and their
friends, when he delivers the annual
baccalaureate grafton in the NJ. f.
church on John street The service
will be open to the general public
and an invitation is extended to all in
terested in the local high school.
President Thomac c. G%elsinon and
Secretary John ]. Delaney are today
attending the State League of Build
ing and Loan Associations at its
semi-annual session at Asbury Park,
today.
Franci oLeary. who has been
for several weeks. has been trans
ferred to Camp Dix and expects short
iy to be discharged.
The "Y'' Junior baseball team Is
scheduled TO meet the Lone Stars OF
Railway this afternoon at three
o'clock at the ~" field on lower First
street.
An appeal is being made to h men
of this city to fill up the ranks OF the
machine gun companies of New Jer-
sey State Militia. In the Third Bat
talon there are two such companies
fully equipped. n of which Is mac
tive due to falling OF Of members.
The machine gun company Is the
most desirable outfit In the state and
there Is no cas- why the ranks can
not be quickly filled with good live
me librarian of ne Pnbnc Library
requests that All uv6rdua hooks be
brought in BY June 25th. In order To
make y cay xor those who ha1a yio-