Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-10-19

ON TOMORROW
-Four Nights Event to be Held
at Clubhouse; Supper viii
be Served First Night.

BIS Special Correspondent
TOTTENVILLE Oct. 19-Every-
thing is in readiness for the opening
of the four nights fair of the Aque-
hunga Athletic Club tomorrow night
at the club house in Brighton
street. The fair is being held for
the benefit of the building fund of
the club and from all appearances
has every promise of C The
event will continue until and includ-
ing Saturday night. An elaborate
program has been prepared for each
hight and there will be various at
fractions during that time. The,
Tottenville orchestra will furnish the
music. A supper will be the attrac-
tion the first night that will be
served from s to s o'clock. 1t is be-
ing arranged under the direction
of Mrs. James Hodge and a commit
tee of ladies who promise an excel
lent menu.
The attraction for Thursday night
will be a musical program given by
Graham Christopher and Clayton
Christopher, vocal soloist, and Mrs.
Earl Dickson, plano soloist, to-
gether with the orchestra music.
Friday night Miss Elsa T. Evans,
reciter, will present the program and
Saturday night, the closing night of
the fair the Slack Brothers quartet
composed of Albert, Harry, Forman
and Edwin Slack, will give the pro-
gram. There will be added attrac-
lions each night. Club house has
been transformed into beautiful gar
den. Each booth artistically decorat-
ed and the entire lower part of the
club house is touched up with col
ored crepe paper. There is a large
conopy of green and white covering
the large billiard room where the
booths are situated and the lights
are draped in various colors. The
fancy booth is decorated with pur-
pie, while the variety booth is yell
low, the apron booth red and the
candy booth green and white.
Besides these there are kewpie
dolls and blanket booth, cane rack,
horse race game and soda water
stand. There will also be a fortune
teller booth presided over by a
Gypsy Queen, who will tell your
past, present and future. The sup
per will be served up stairs in the
club house. At each of the booths
many beautiful and useful articles
will be found for sale. The ladies
have been working hard for the past
several months and have gotten
many articles together for the fair.
These together with the many arti-
cles donated by members and mer-
chants in Perth Amboy and on Stat
en- Island there will be seen one of
the largest collections for an event
OF this kind in some time. Those on
the executive committee and at the
various booths and stands at the fair
7 as follows:
Executive committees: Chester A.
Cole, chairman; Charles l.. Bennett,
secretary; ID. Agnew Joline, treasur-
er; NJ. J. Joline, Harry Boyd, James
b. Slaight, Jr., George r. Leven,
Joseph Belts. Frank Dolan, w. Earl
Laing. James B. Hodge. Theodore
w. Woglom.
Ladies executive committee: Mrs.
James b. Hodge, president; Mrs.
Emma Robedee, vice president; Mrs.
Charles l.. Bennett, secretary; Mrs.
Joseph Morrell, treasurer.
Variety booth: Mrs. C. L. Ben
Wood, Mrs. NJ. L. Joline. Mrs. JOS
eph r. Bedell. Mrs. Josephine
Brown. Mrs. Harry Boyd. Mrs. A. f.
Decker, Mrs. Harry Carver, Mrs.
Joseph Belts, Miss Lillian Apple
gate, Miss Florence Slack, Miss Ell
vira Keifer.
Apron booth: Mrs.. Henry Schulz,
chairman; Mrs. Frank Dolan, Mrs.
Harry Lavaud, Mrs. Edward Lovett,
Mrs. Mcdonald Pegs, Mrs. William
Scott, Miss Frances DeBoer, Miss
Ruth Herman, Miss Sybil Neon
nell.
fancy booth: Mrs. E. Richards,
chairman; Mrs. George Leven, Mrs.
Walter Robedee. Mrs. Johansen,
Mrs. Abram M. Sprague, Mrs.
Charles Kelly, Mrs. George Hoehn,
Mrs. M. E. Lewis. Mrs. Emma Robe
dee.
Candy booth: Miss Olive Hitch
cock, chairman; Miss Evelyn Hoehn
and Miss Betty Mcconnell.
Ice cream and soda water stand,
James B. Slaight, Jr.; kewpie dolls,
James B. Hodge, and cane rack, w.
LeGrand Hamilton: horse racing,
Charles Bennett.
Supper committees: Mrs. James
Hodge, chairman; Mrs. NJ. l.. Joline,
Mrs. George Hoehn. Mrs. George
Leven, Mrs. James Laing, Mrs.
Emma Robedee. Mrs. Abram NJ.
Sprague. Mrs. Charles l.. Bennett,
Mrs. Joseph Morrell, Mrs. Ada Hol-
lowell.