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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1919-08-07
Lowers Addition

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Murray's Addition, Harrington
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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1919-08-07
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Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-06
MATAWAN HAVING
CLEAN Up WEEK
Borough Council Co. 0perateS
With the Woman'S Club in
Spring Drive
BIZ Special Correspondent.

MATAWAN, May 6-Today is the
beginning of cleanup week in this
borough. The cleanup campaign IS
being carried on under the direction
of the Improvement Committee of the
Woman's Club and the Borough Coun-
ell. Arrangements nav been made
by the council to have all rubbish
carted away free if placed on the Grub,
but this does not include ashes, which
must be disposed of by the property
owners themselves. i.
The cleanup will be completed on
May 10 and under the auspices of the
-Woman's Club. it is thought that the
borough -wTif~ be sLaors .s'n nv
that time, which will do att sT uncoi
increasing the health Gnuch foalIeS
The occupant of every H-tha yards
borough is urged to start preparations
for making the town spotless. Not
onoly are h yards of properties to be
cleaned, but people are requested to
ransack their homes from cellar to
garnet and dispose of the old stuff
that is more than likely to breed dis
eaese germs. BY the cleaning out of
all holes and places where material
Of tuberculosis which follows an cpl
demic of influenza will be overcome.
Today the first of the collections will
be made, the wagons will collect all
rubbish paced on the west side of
Main street and on Thursday the rub
bish of those living on the east side
of Main street will be collected. The
stuff to be carted away however. must
be placed on the curb before each
resident as the drivers will take moth
ing from the yards.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-06
HELMETTA

The opening game of baseball oil
the eason proved to the liking of a
large number of fans who turned out
to see the Juniors give a team from
New Brunswick a real lesson in how
to play the national game. The final
score was % to 5. Arthur Mount
pitched for the Helmetta team.
A large addition TO the store OF
Hoffman Brothers, is about completed
and will be used as an ice cream par
Tor.
The vacation period of the employees
OF the George w. Helme Company
commenced this week. Miss Mabel
James and Walter Titus of the Office
force started on Monday for the first
of a two-weeks vacation. Miss Mil
bred Browere, is also having a week
off.
The Helmetta Junior bowling five.
will roll a team from South River on
Wednesday night OF this week.
There Is an effort TO organize a boy
scout organization here that is meet
ing with more than normal success
1t win be for the entire borough and
many nationalities will be represented,
this being a feature Of the local or
~aanization-
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-06
SOUTH AMBOY
BIZ Specia! Correspondeat.

- ~ oPtOf1s
SOUTH AMBOY, May 6:-The
Woman's Club reception, which was
arranged to be held last Thursday,
was postponed and will be held to-
night at the city hall. Each member
is permitted to bring one guest and
those desiring to bring more h n
! will arrang with Mrs. A. II. Furman.
| The tennis court of the Y. NJ. c. A.
yesterday was given an overhauling
prior to the coming Of the tennis
season. The our was filled in last
! night in the hollow spots and will be
shortly raked and rolled. The wiring
surrounding the court has also been
repaired.
This afternoon the Third Battalion
Band of the city will participate in
the welcome Home celebration
which is being held in Red Bank for
the returned heroes. This band Is
fast becoming known throughout the
state as an organization of fine musi-
clans. which their concert on last
Thursday night proved to everyone.
Yesterday afternoon the 2:13 train
Ito New York as il came to the station
here sustained a bursted fiue, which
caused all the water to run out. The
train was delayed until after 8 O'Clock
while another engine was dispatched
to take the engine in trouble to the
repair shop, while another engine
was put on and took the train to Its
destination.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. F. Hayes. who
have resided in First street for some
time, have taken up their home in
Newark.
ON Thursday night the chairman
OF the welcome Home" committee
expects every member of that COM
mittee to be present at the meeting
at City Hall. Interest has dimmed in
this affair. but after plans have been
devised further, more interest will be
manifested.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Kerr. Sr.,
spent yesterday visiting in New York
City.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Hackett and
son have returned to their home In
Philadelphia after visiting over the
weekend with Mr.. n Mrs. p. Il.
Kenah in this city.
Misses Dorothy Dwyer n kathe-
rine Sullivan were visitors in Perth
Amboy on Saturday night.
Salvatore Fazio, who is erecting a
new house in Augusta street, after
his former one torn down, is
commencing the stucco work. |
Mrs. Sara Sprague and daughter
Mildred spent Saturday night visiting
in Perth Amboy.>
: When the stucco work was placed
h John Street Methodist Episco-
pal church it was found that some
pink lime had become mixed with
the white, but although it is not no.
ticeable the contractor, has given or
ders to cease on the present work
4
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-06

KEASBEY. May 6.-James Clayton
Paige. of Grafton, West Virginia, who
married Miss Olga Lipka. formerly OF
this place, on November 20. 1918,
died at his home last Tuesday after
'beirs taken down with a heavy cold
which developed into pneumonia,
n at Camp Raritan last
November. Paige mel Miss Lipka and
there were married. When utIsee
from the service the young eoup,'
went to Paige's home town at Graf
ton, West Virginia and were residing
there until death called him away.
Charles Lipka. of town and brother
of the d~eceased's wife attended the
funeral which was held Thursday.
Miss Lipka is well known here. hav-
ing beenga life long resident. She will
return to Keasbey to reside.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-06
METUCHEN

Rudolph Rooster and family have
returned to their Metuchen home fal
the summer months.
Mr.. and Mrs. u. Quint and family
have returned to their home
on Home street, having spent the past
six months in New York city.
Mrs. Charles Ayers and Miss Nc
Farlan are spending ten days at At
lantic City.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mcknight Smith have
moved to Newark.
Mrs. John Tappen has returned to
her home on Rector street.
Mr.. DE Lorenzo has purchased Mrs.
Coles house on Rector street.
DIR. Alfred Ellis a been released
from service and win hereafter prac-
tice medicine in Metuchen, with an
Office at his home on Maple avenue.
The doctor has been stationed most or
the time at Camp Dix and reached the
rank of major in the reserve corps.
Miss Hester Coerr. of New York city
is visiting relatives in town.
Special services were held in the
Baptist church Sunday night In honor
of the boys in service, who have re-
turned home and those who are ex-
pected oon
Mrs. John Reynolds will entertain
the ladies of the Presbyterian
church at her home Wednesday after
noon. Automobiles will leave from
the p~ostoffice at 2:30.
A pretty wedding occurred Satur-
day afternoon at the home of Mr..
Nathan Robbins of Middlesex avenue,
when his daughter, Carolyn, became
the bride of Mr.. Cook.
The sad accident which befell Hen
ry Bennett as he attempted TO board
a trolley car at Fords Corner one day
last week. should be a warning to
all careless drivers of autos. MI. Ben
nett is in the Perth Amboy city hos
pital. so seriously injured, 1t is thought
he can not GOV
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-06
KEYP0RT

William Westervelt, of Front street,
was taken to the home for incurables
at New Brunswick the past week. Mr..
Westerveit has been bedridden for
some months.
Last evening Rev F. T.-B. Reynolds
went to Spotswood, where he deliver
cd his illustrated address "Glories of
odd Fellowship" before Whitney
Lodge No. 191, of which he has been
a member for more than twenty-five
years.
Alden w. WEIGH. of New York, was
the week end guest OF Rev and Mrs +.
I. b. Reynolds of Division street.
Walter johnson and daughter, of
Garwood. were the Sunday guests OF
the formers parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Isaac N. Johnston, of Osborne street.
On Sunday morning a portrait of
the late Rev. Floyd Decker formerly
a pastor of the.local reformed church,
was presented to the church. Mr..
Decker served the local Reformed
church for several years.
Miss Hannah Lancaster, of New
York. has returned after having spent
several days as the guest of Miss
Helen Bovine of Broadway.
j. Arch Mason, of Maple place. was
the guest of friends at New York on
Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Barnett, of
A@AAC AC"tOos = Ni1 WIN CHo 6dtoAo
of the latter's parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
Harvey Bronner of Maple place.
Miss Gertrude Rider of South Nor
walk, Conn, spent the week send as
the guest of her sister, Miss Charlotte
Rider, of Church street.
Mrs. III. l.. Odell. of Sharon Springs.
N. Y, has returned after having spent
several days as the guest of her
daughter. Miss Eloise III. Odell, who is
the English teacher in the local high
school.
> John ID. Allen of Farmingdale. L. l.,
was the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. John
w. Keough, of Church street. over
the week end.
Miss Eloise II. Odell. of Church
street. was the guest Of friends at
New York on Saturday.
Mrs, Sarah Van Pelt, of Newark, is
spending several days as the guest of
relatives in the borough.
At Calvary NJ. T.. church on Sunday
morning four members were received
into full membership of the church
and n received on probation. On
Sunday the annual coal collection was
received amounting to nearly two hun
dred dollars.
Mrs. William Low, of F1atbush. was
the guest of her mother, Mrs. William
Westervelt, of Front street, last week.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-06
waterway CASE.
To BE DISCUSSED
Board of Trade Directors to
Take Up important Work
Tonight

The attention of the Board Of
Trade and others concerned has been
called by the United States Engineer
Office of the second district, OF the
War Department, to the provision in
the next TO the las paragraph of
Section one of the river and harbor
act approved March ?, 1919. The
provision follows:
ut is hereby declared to be the
policy of the congress that water ter
Iminals are essential at all cities and
towns located upon the harbors or
navigable waterways and that at
least one public terminal should eX-
list, constructed, owned and regulated
by the municipality. or other public
agency of the State and open to the
use of all on equal terms. and with
the view of carrying out this policy
to the fullest possible extent the Sec
rotary of War is hereby vested with
the discretion to withhold. unless the
public interests would seriously suffer
by delay, moneys appropriated in this
act for new projects adopted herein.
or for the further improvement of
existing projects IL, in his opinion, no
water terminals exist adequate for
the traffic and open to all on equal
terms, or unless satisfactory assur-
ances are received that the local or
other interest will provide such ade-
quate terminal or terminals. The
Secretary of War, through the chief
of engineers, shall give full publicity,
as far as may be practicable, to this
provision"
Among the new projects adopted
in the river and harbor act are the
following:
"Keyport and Shoal harbors.
Woodbridge, Cheesequake. Matawan
and Compton creeks. Elizabeth, Rar-
itan, South and Shrewsbury rivers
and Raritan bay, New Jersey; for
maintenance, $4,000; for improve
ments of Raritan river in accordance
document numbered 1871, Sixty-sec-
ond Congress. third session. $3.50. 900:
for Improvement of Shrewsbury river
in accordance with the report sub
mitted IN House document numbered
1896, -Sixty-second Congress, third
session. 500, 900; in all $365,O0O."
Colonel S. w. Roessler, who sends
out the bulletin, states:
The commencement of work on
these projects, especially those of
Raritan river and Shrewsbury river,
is dependent on local or other inter
ests establishing adequate water ter
minals open to the public OF equal
term or giving adequate assurance
that such public terminals will be es-
tablished in the near future.
1T is thought that even though the
necessity for public terminals does
not now exist, the day is not far dis
tant when there will be a demand for
such terminals and thai property of
! sufficient frontage on the waterway
Ito be improved to suitably provide
for future development of public ter
minals should be acquired immedi-
ately in order to save the increment
in riparian values which is bound to
rake place if the improvement goes
through.
The directors BY re- board OF
Trade will discuss the pT6S1sloh at
their meeting tonight at s o)croSH.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-06
SPOTSWOOD

Robert Guppy. OF New York city.
spent the week end at the home Of
Mrs. Mary Hum.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ensley Bennett, OF
New Brunswick, spent the week end
with the formers parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. James G.. Bennett.
MI. and Mrs. Conrad Petty, OF Bor-
dentown, spent the week end with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Bertram Petty.
Ensign Otto Johann, of Pelham
Bay Naval Training Station, spent the
week end at the home Of John Stew
ems.
Mrs. George Grant, employed in
New York city, spent the week end
at her home here. George Clark. of
Perth Amboy, was a guest over sun
day at the Grant home.
Harry Merz. of New York city, spent
Saturday and Sunday here.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Campbell. of
Perth Amboy, spent Sunday at the
home of his father, Charles Camp
bell.
Nathan Roller. recently arrived
from overseas, has been discharged
from the service and has returned to
his home here.
Miss Jennie Welsh has left town for
Boston, Mass, and will make her
home with relatives for the present.
Henry F7eckstein. of New York
city. spent the week end at his home
here.
Elaborate preparations are under
way for the observing of Mothers
day at the Reformed church. A spec
ial sermon will be preached by the
pastor.
Peter Shelters. of South River
spent Sunday with his son. Charles
Shelters. Mr.. inc Mrs. korbonits. of
Nixon. were also Sunday visitors at
the Shelters home.
Mrs. Frank Emmons, is spending
this week with relatives al Philadel-
phia.
According to returns not yet COM
plete the net profits of the entertain
ment given in Whitney Hall on We'd
nesday evening by the Camp Fire
girls, will amount to $40 TO be ap-
piled to the relief of the European
war sufferers. A general request has
been made to the Guardian, Miss
Laura Hum TO give this entertain
ment at the Star theatre on Monday
night of mex week and it will be CIV
en-.
John Grennan, of New York city.
spent the week end at his home here.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-06
WOODBRIDGE


The annual concert to be given by
the High School Glee Club and Ore
chestra will be held in the Presby-
terrain church Thursday night, May s,
ut $3.50 o'clock. August May will be
the piano soloist As these young
people are always ready to furnish
music for the public ii is hoped that
they will receive the support OF the
community in their effort Tickets
may be purchased from any of the
members.
The annual meeting of the History
Club will be held at the home of Miss
Daisy Rush tomorrow.
Mr.. and Mrs. +. l. Perry motored
to Summit yesterday. ,
Mrs. r. II. Moore will entertain the
Auction Bridge Club on Friday afters
400
Mrs. W. A. Gillian will entertaiu
the Builders of the M. Il. church on
Thursday.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-06
HITS kEYPORT
MEMORIAL PLAN
Not Right, Resident Says, to
Pay Off Library Debt as
Memorial

The following letter has been re-
ceived by the Perth Amboy EVENING
NEWS from a prominent Keyport
resident concerning the proposed
Memorial at Keyport:
1 have been following with great
interest the public spirit shown our
heroes who left Keyport at the call
of u country to arms. We sent
them away amid cheers. with a brass
band and Red Cross comfort kits, but
what are we doing for them when
they return?
1t seems TO me hat paying the
Liberty debt in their honor is a sub
terfuge. 1t will be a testimonial to
the future that the people of Keyport
were not willing to spend money
merely in honor of their soldiers who
fought for the American deal.- This
would not be a false impression, IL
would be a fact.
In what way is paying the Liberty
debt a memorial? How does it SYM
flee of our boys? The real purpose
of q memorial is to memorable, to
give permanent artistic expression of
an ideal, or to symbolic the lives
n work of those who stood for an
ideal. This is the sole purpose of u
memorial and any unitarian struc-
ture hat is 80 per cent. useful and 1
per cent. memorial is SO per cent. a
Subterfuge. Paying for the library
mean nothing more than just this:
How often have we walked over a
bridge, through a library or park
erected as a memorial to some person
or event, and did not even know they
were intended as memorials, because
they looked no different than score
of other structures and meant Moth
fnn 70 fhA aocCnrChNr M NUn aUnF
pass by the specially designed menu
orial without knowing at once that it
was erected distinctly and expressive
ly as a memorial? Or if we fail to
stop, still we sense the presence of
the memorial and feel instinctively
the message it was intended to con-
vey.
Memorials have always stood for
the finest, noblest and %grandest in
mankind. Let us then continue to
build them to our heroes, and not
libraries. Ye godsi paying h library
debt as a~memorial to our boys who
fought at Chateau-Thierry. Would
not those boys be honored indeed!
Let us keep all the sentiment that
we can, let us put into u lives as
much poetry and FEELING as we posi-
bly, can get in II let us foster these
feelings by erecting memorials that
are really and simply memorials n
not something else wrongly named.
1t is to be regretted that the coun-
try is dotted with monuments that
have been an eyesore to the commu-
mites. This has happened because
Cemetery Monument Dealers
pressed Sheet Metal Statue Compa-
MES" and the "Stock Letter Tablet
Foundries" were in the field first,
promising a great deal for the money,
whereas q sculptor should have been
consulted for such an important
thing.
If it is necessary t. pay the library
debt, by all means let public senti-
ment be aroused and enough funds
collected to pay it. This ought We
to have done and not leave the other
undone,' but if both cannot be done,
then in the name of ALI that stands
sacred in the hearts of the people.
build the memorials in the form that
means memorial and keep the mem
DRY green.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-06
CRANBURY

Stanley Barclay is suffering with a
sprained ankle caused by a fail at
school.
The Christian Endeavor Society OF
the Second Presbyterian church will
give an entertainment in the chapei
on Saturday evening. May "a.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Scott and Mr..
and Mrs. LIE Roy Scott and family
were visitors this week with Mr.. and
Mrs. Ernest Scott of Railway.
While repairing the grape arbor for
Rev. III. f. Doran at the M. +. par
sonage on Tuesday, Joseph Savage had
a bad fall when part of the arbor
broke, causing him to fall. He was
found lying on the ground uncon-
scious. DR.. B. S. Van Dyke was call
ed, found no bones were broken, but
one tooth was knocked out.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leroy Scott. Mr.. n
Mrs. Albert Grover, MI. and Mrs.
Henry Conover visited Camp Dix on
Wednesday.
Brunswick, Mr.. and Mrs. AIvah Pro-
basco. of Allentown, spent Sunday
with Mr.. and Mrs. William Appleget.
Mrs. Alexander Milne and maid will
go to White Plains, N. Y, on Mon
day to attend to her property there.
Mrs. Robert Sutton and daughter
Minnie, who a been spending some
time in Newark, have returned to their
home in North Cranbury.
Miss Enid Walker was a member
of a house party entertained at h
home of Miss Ruth SHETLAND last of
b week.
Mrs. l.. C. Hoffman spent part of the
week at the home of MI. n Mrs.
William Hoffman. of Trenton.
David C. Lewis who has been WIS.,
iting Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Davis, Jr.
of Montgomery, Ala, visited his
mother, Mrs. Edward ArSleget, over
Sunday.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-06
KEYPORT STARTS
CLEAN UP WEEK
Expect That BY End of Week
Refuse Collectors viii Have
Covered Borough
BIZ Specie. 90. respondent.

bb SDcct6s respondents.
KEYPoRT. May Clean ups
week in the borough began yesterday
and will continue until the end Of the
week, when IL is expected that h
local garbage collectors will have COW
cred the entire borough The move
ment was held several a under the
direction Of the Keyport Improvement
Association which society later CO.
operated with the borough council in
making the movement a great success.
During this week every resident OF
the borough is urged to collect all ref
use of any kind and place It on the
curbing in proper containers or tied
securely and the garbage collectors
will remove same, having agreed to
cover the entire borough within the
week.
In order to make Keyport the Bor~
ough Beautiful ii is necessary that all
refuse be removed from the yards and
cutters and this is an excellent ppor-
tunity for all interested TO make 81
a success.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-06
In Penny Savings
In Schools at Jamesburg

~ RkNtNAa 1VfFtsNONMCNA
JAMESBURG, May 6-Principal
Curtis A. Deveny, of the local schools
has perfected the organization and
has been chosen President, of the PEN
ny savings bank, that has become 80
popular all over the United States and
the success of the venture here shows
that the spirit of thrift learned dur
ing the war drives has taken hold
OF the children. Every Thursday
morning. the treasurer, Miss o. Smith.
makes the rounds of the several class
rooms and collects the pennies and al
ready there is quite a rivalry among
the rooms to see who will be the ban
ner at the end OF a given per-
iod. The amounts received the first
day were as follows: Grade, L s 81;
two, S1.21: three, $2.22; four, $1.T5;
five, 5 IA: sixth, S2.14; seventh,
s2.S7; eighth, s1.2O; lib, s 10: over
flow, s SIS.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-06
Pushed Work to eGt Home.

81 BpccNT C0~rTsSpondcnt
SOUTH AMBOY, May ct is an
nounced that the two month priority
to schedule. which is favoring the
29th Division in coming home, is laid
to the fact that the paper work con-
sisting long before schedule and
essential material records has been
completed long before schedule and
has been done in fine style. The 29th
Division %containS many South Amboy
men who were in training at Admission.
and are known as the Blue and Gray
Division.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-06
Red ar

A young detective was enthusiastic
but inexperienced. Rushing into his
chiefs Office in great excitement. he
cried. 1--WE found the murderer I've
got him cornered SO that hi can't es-
capei" The chief regarded him with
whitening scorn. ALLOW me-" he said,
ito draw your attention to the fact
that at present we are looking, not for
the murderer, but for clewsr !"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-06
To Aid Employment
By Special corresDondent

By Special CorTesDondeHt
SOUTH AMBOY, May 6:-An<
-nouncements were made in the varf-
u churches in this city on Sunday
of the willingness of the churches
to work with all cooperation possible
TO the end OF finding employment for
the returned soldiers, sailors and
marines who faced the foe in the
fight for right. The churches have
taken IN interest in this matter and
within a few weeks something def
mite might develop which will be
beneficial and will result In success
for the returned khaki men.