Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-05-31
HISTORY OF PERTH ANBOY.

A communication published in the EVENING
NEWS a few days ago regarding the need or
an historical society in Perth Amboy Is worthy
of more than mere passing notice. We doubt
II there is a city anywhere in the country so
rich in historical associations as is Perth Amboy
that does not have some sort of an organization
to not only preserve such relics of the past as
can be procured, but to also delve into the
archives in various historical libraries and in
stitutions to learn more Of the history of the
city.
Th6 p,ENING NEWS begins today the pub
Jlcak xer y a history of this city. Those who
n 'KKryoon. banquet given by the Chamber Of
z VAN ans, the New Packer House a year or
siRI- mob, recall the historical address that
cept in y Mr.. Saunders Norvell, of the firm
Wy or & Robbins. of New York. at that
semptNorvell expressed some surprise that
"Gattiilople were aware of the historic asso-
= OF Perth Amboy and declared that a
lumistory of the city ought to be printed In
ga hlet form and pasted inside the cover of
= book in the Public Library. He offered
" prepare such a history II such permission
sould be granted.
to- 1t was found, however that such a pamphlet
as would be required to carry even an outline
of the history of the city would be too large
to be pasted inside the cover of a book. Mr..
Norvell, however, has prepared the history and
sent it to I. T. Madsen. whose guest he was
at the Chamber of Commerce banquet. Mr..
Madsen has turned the manuscript over to the
EVENING NEWS and the first installment OF
this most interesting document is being publish
ed in today's issue. Successive installments
will be printed daily until the history is COM
pleted.
1t is surprising the number of people who
have little idea of the important part Perth
Amboy played in the early settlement of this
country. Many of the new Corners. and that
includes a great majority of the citizens at the
present time, have heard various stories of the
city,s past greatness, but they have never found
the opportunity to read a real history OF the
city. This opportunity is now afforded every
one. tha1ks to the effort of Mr.. Norvell. 1t is
susrestA that the citizens cut out this history
81 day andNput it in a scrap book for future
Reference so that all will be able to talk Perth
HAmboy to visitors and strangers in a way to do
Justice to the city.
Furthermore, if the publication of this his
tory will arouse enough interest in the city 10
ret people together to organize an historical So
cicty along the lines outlined in the letter which
WAS recently published. so much the better. 1t
woulG be hard to imagine anything that would
tend mere to arouse the civic pride that seems
to/be lacking here than just such an organiza-
Non. 1t stands to reason that if the residents
/of the city take pride In the past history OF the
( city they will endeavor to make its present and
future as great, If not greater. according to
present day standards.
Perth Amboy has a history of which we may
all fell proud. We ought to make our city
today worthy of its great past. This can be
done by setting aside petty jealousies and quar-
rels and all pulling together. An historical So
ciety could do an important work in this regard.
Let the history of the city which the
NEWS begins today mark the beginning OF just
s,,ch an organization as is so admirably suggest
ed in the communication that was published q
few days ago.