Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-06-09
No CELEBRATION
HERE JULY 4TH
Permits Issued to StorekeeperS
for Sale of Harmless Fire.
Works--Mo FireCraCkers
COMMUNITY ASSN AFFAIR
Patriotic Exercises Will be Held
in High School Auditorium
on Thursday Night, July !

There will be no pyrotechnical dis
play here on July this year, fire.
crackers cannot be sold in the city
and no announcement of any parades
or celebrations have been made as
yet. making 1t appear as though the
city would see an unusually quiet and
inactive holiday. There will be, how
ever, q patriotic meeting and enter
tainment in the high school auditor
ium on Thursday night July /, con-
Quoted by the Community Association
of this city which is expected to in
tereSt many.
Before the war 1t was customary
to have an elaborate fireworks dis
play off the bluff here and in some
instances in the northern section OF
| the city as well. In order to finance
| the cost of this demonstration sub
scriptions from the residents here
were received for many weeks prior
! to the holiday. When the war start
| ed this practice was stopped, owing
to the great demand on the public
| for money for other purposes. Last
year II was not resumed and no ac-
| ton has been taken along this line
| this year.
The subject of a Fourth of July
/ celebration was taken up with the
aldermen by the mayor at the conn.,
mittee meeting last Friday night
According to Mayor Dorsey the gen.
4 eral opinion was that the residents
| have been asked to contribute to sc
many causes that 1t would be unwise
to ask them to donate for a fireworks
| display which would result in their
money going UP in smoke"
A meeting is being held this after
noon at the home of Mrs. G. c. Bald
win In Water street of the Commun-
| ity Association committee arranging
! for the entertainment and demon
stration to be held in the high school
auditorium Thursday night. July /.
Mrs. Baldwin is chairman of the COM
mittee and 1t is planned to have pa
| triotic celebration and Americaniza-
tion meeting under which the work of
the Community Association will be
brought before the public. A speaker
| Of merit will address the meeting. De-
| tails will be worked out at the meet
| ing this afternoon.
Acting Chief Lawrence A. Long is
| in receipt of a communication from
| Mayor Frank Dorsey relative TO the
| sale of fireworks for July A. A copy
! of the permit which is issued to the
| various merchants allowing them &c
| sell the fireworks is also attached tt
| the letter.
The mayor Informed the chief Il
| instruct his officers to see that only
| caps, cap pistols, canes, sparklers.
| colored fire, Roman candles, crazy
| sticks and torpedoes are sold, and
| from June &c to July 4. These arti-
| cles are mentioned on the permit, sc
| II is easy for the merchants to know
when they are violating their right.
If the permit is violated in any
way the mayor is to be notihed.
This action, the mayor states, Is
taken in accordance with order tt
regulate manufacturing and keeping
| of dynamite. gun powder, fireworks
| and all other dangerous articles
| within the limits of the city, whicf
gives power to issue and revoke al
permits.
| Every patrolman will be given q
copy of the instructions to storekeep-
ers In order that he might know
whether or not the law is being VloIat-
ed. Permits will be revoked in cases
lwhere dealers sell articles not author
lied.
SIavolSs to Celebrate
The local Slavok Sokol. No. II, will
celebrate it's tWtntieth anniversary
here July 4 and g. Elaborate plans
are being made TO make this the finest
affair ever held by the Sokol and
during the two day celebration many
lphases of the lodge work Will be dem
lonstrated.
On the 4th there will be large
banquet held in the Slavok hall al
which it is planned to have many
prominent speakers. The following
day there will be a demonstration OF
1.-The gymnastic activities of the young
er people which will be followed by
a dance The girls are practicine
fancy dances of Slavokia which will
lbe shown during the celebration.