Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-01-02

welcomed the New Year, in in a new
hall The hall itself was decorated in
Christmas fashion, which included
red and green streamers. The entir'
charge of the dance rested upon the
House Committee, with William Fra.
Ser at its head. The music was fur
hished by Somogy's orchestra. Mid
night refreshments of punch, sand
wiches, coffee and pie were served.
1t is the plan of the committee tt
nun n series of dances throughout thu
winter. The first large dance to re
ally initiate the hall will be held a
the end of this month or the begin
ming of February.
Mr.. and Mrs. John w. Clark enter.
tanned a few guests at their home
SS7-a Washington street, Wednesda!
night in the form of a New Year.
eve party. Dancing and singing wer'
enjoyed and the New Year was wei
coined among shouts and greetings
Among those present were Mr.. ant
Mrs. Herman Sieber, Mr.. n Mrs
Frank Rhodes and son Mrs. William
Mullens, the Misses May Mullens ant
Julia Humphreys n Gus Mullens.
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Very spectacular was the welcom-
ing of 1920 at the dance he'll by the
Girls Club of Perth AmbCy in the
high school auditorium New Years
eve At q quarter to twelve the
couples formed into a grand march.
After going through the numerous
intricacies of that feature horns were
distributed and when IL o'clock
chimed q deafening din arose from
the entire crowd. footing, cheering
and general merriment Informed the
new arrival that the king was dead"
Long live the king"
About two hundred of the club
members II their friends attended
the dance which was strictly a leap
year affair. The novel experience OF
the girls filing out the program
cards according to their own individ
ual desires caused many EXPLANATIONS
of disapproval from their male es-
corts.
The first part of the program had
as it's feature a tucker which was run
in a very original as well as merry
manner by the master of ceremonies,
Louis P. Booz. Jr.
AS each couple entered the audi
forum they were introduced to the
patronesses who were Mrs. A. Clay
ton Clark, Mrs. Robert $. Gill, Mrs.
Ingrid T. Madsen, Mrs. Whitney w.
Oliver, Mrs. Jane Stacey and Mrs.
were under the direction of Miss
Marguerite Boughton and consisted
of the Misses Alberta Williams,
Ruth-Dorothy Block, Ruth Macan,
Doris Willsey, Edna Oliver, Edith
Henry and Mitzie Kemeny.
After midnight the order of the
day was confetti and ribbon throw
ing. The only drawback to a perfect
affair was a misunderstanding as far
as the orchestra was concerned.
&C.. Through some error the players Sc
lected from the Cleft Club who fur
nished the music for h evening
were not sent and those who played
were inferior. But this drawback did
not interfere with the sport of the
evening. The chairman of the com
mittee on favors was Miss Irene
Warter; she was assisted by the
Misses Marguerite B%oughton, Jetta
Stacey, Ruth Jacobsen, Claire Pfeif-
fer, Dorothy Hadden and Mrs. Rose
Kempner.
The auditorium was transformed
into q forest of Christmas trees in
which ESQ it seemed) a large place
had been cleared in order to make
room for the dancers. The girls in
their many colored evening frocks
co~ntrasted here and there by the
vivid black or white gown set off by
the blacks of the boys tuXedos or
dark blue suits made a picture that
has not beer seen in this city for
many IS the udy. Liz Id Z VI
the decoration committee were the
Misses Ellen Hansen and Ruth Ma
can. They were assisted by the
Misses Agnes Brown, ~Mitzie Kemeny,
Pauline Philo, Doris Willsey and
Gladys Sheyer Of the club, and also
Peter Francis Hughes.
Refreshments which were served
around midnight We're in the n
of Miss Ruth Woodruff assisted by
the Misses Mary O'Brien n Anna
Metzendorf. Miss Sally Michaels was
chairman of the music committee.
The next dance held under the
auspices Of the club will take place
Wednesday night, February 4, on
guest night.
Mr.. inc Mrs. David Hull, of 429
Division street. entertained at dinner
yesterday in honor of their thirty
second wedding anniversary. Follow
ing the dinner cards were played and
musical selections were rendered.
The guests were Mr. n Mrs. Roy
Hull and son David, MI. and Mrs.
Willis Hull, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert f,
Reid, Mr.. and Mrs. William H. Hoy,
Mr.. and Mrs. David L. Hull, Sr., the
Misses Alberta and Hortense Hull and
David I. Hull. Jr.
Miss Martha Louise Rankin,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Rankin, of Perth Amboy, formerly
OF Tottenville, and Samuel Gustin
Fugua, of Jacksonville, Florida, were
quietly married at 4:45 o'clock We'd
nesday afternoon at the rectory of
st. Stephens Episcopal church, Tot
tenville. The ceremony was per-
formed by the Rev. English Crooks.
rector. Mr.. and Mrs. G. d. Rankin,
brother and sister-in-law of the
bride, were the witnesses.
y Tuesday afternoon, Miss Isabelle
Ryder. daughter of Mrs. George Ry-
der, Jr., Of 81 Broad street, and
Anthony Larsen of Troy, N. Y, for
merly of this city were married at the
Baptist parsonage by Rev. William H.
-Bawden, pastor Of the church.
The bridesmaid was Miss Marie
Thullesen and the best mar was
George M. Ryder, a brother OF
tho bride. Following the ceremony a
reception was held followed by a sup
per at midnight. The house vas dec
GRATED with flowers and ferns. Dane
ing and singing were enjoyed. Albert
Cleaver was the pianist and Miss Lii
liam Cleaver and Ray Richards played
the violin. A recitation upon Wom-
an Suffrage was given by Miss Mary
Vigne. Mr.. and Mrs. Larsen have
left upon a wedding tour and upon
their return will reside in Troy.
Those present were: Mr.. M Mrs.
George Ryder, Jr., Mr.. and Mrs. H.