Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-12-07

Arrangements are completed fol-
the supper of the Christian Endea-
vor Society to be held at the chapel
tomorrow night at $3.50 o'clock. The
supper Is the outcome of the men,
bership campaign held recently in
which side5 known as Red and White
contested, the losing side to serve the
supper to the winners. The Reds
of which Earl Barnes was the chair
man, lost put ana they will enter
tain the Whites of which William
Gillis was at the head. won. All
former members of the society are
invited to join with them.
An official visit of District Deputy
Grand Exalted Ruler David Mullen
and staff with the State President
John Goes, of Plainfield Lodge,
brought together more than three
hundred members of the order at
Perth Amboy Lodge, No. 7S4, Bene-
VIOLENT and Protective Order of sElks
last night. Exalted Ruler Charles
Simmer, was in the chair and re-
ceived the distinguished visitors.
There were remarks by all following
the initiating of four candidates and
the receiving of three applications
IUT lltlilDCl SflRs GOhlC u tiiOoO
who accompanied the district deputy
and state president were State Vice
President A. Crawford, of Kearny;
Exalted Ruler Hoops, of Railway;
Past District Deputy Hirtzel of Eliza
beth and State Secretary Edgar T.
Reed, a member of the local lodge.
There were also visitors here from
Hobcken, Elizabeth and Railway
lodges. After the meeting a lunch
con was served.
The pocketbook containing a sum
of money, q wrist watch and a gold
fountain pen reported lost at the
wedding of Miss Gertrude Smith
and Bernhardt Jensen, at the home
of the bride in Fords Monday night
disappeared from the automobile
while the couple were going from
here to Metuchen, it was learned
last night, and not from the house,
which was at first reported. The
pocketbook has not been recovered
yet, and it is believed that it was
lost from the car in the haste of
the bride and groom to slip away
from the guests at the house for
their honeymoon.
Both educational and interesting
was the lecture given at the High
School yesterday afternoon by M. K.
Dhalwani of Bombay, India, who
spoke on conditions social and eco
nom.c in his land. MI. Dhalwani is
a graduate of an American College,
has been here ten years. all of which
except his student days, have been
spent lecturing. Very shortly, MI.
Dhalwani expects to return to India
to give the benefit of his training
here to his people. Brought up as a
member of q low caste in India, the
speaker after a hard struggle broke
away. Methods of eating. the mode
of living, Indian music, and the en-
tire system existing in the Asiatic
lish, and several interesting customs
were demonstrated.
The judges in the thrift campaign
essay contest, instituted in the local
schools by the Perth Amboy Trust
Company, have been named as fol-
lows: High School, Judge c. G.
Hommann, Andrew Wight and Mrs.
Marshall Stewart; sixth, seventh and
eighth grades, Miss Florence Stauf-
fer, Mrs. John Quinn and j. Logan
Fifty, twenty-five, fifteen
and ten dollar prizes have been
offered.
The people Of the community are
asked to be the guests of the Perth
Amboy Teachers Association tomor-
row night in the High School audi
torium when Thomas Briggs of CO.
lumbia University will be the speak
err. DIR. Briggs is known to many
of the teachers and principals here
who endorse him as a fine speaker.
The subject will be Appreciation"
and II is hoped that the opportunity
to hear an authority on education
will not be missed.