Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-12-29

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Order of Odd Fellows held last night
at Junior hall. The affair was held
under the auspices of the -four
lodges Of the order in this city, COM
posed of Lawrence Lodge No. 60;
Valballa Lodge Nc AIS: Hornet En-
campment, Nc. 60, and Violet Re-
bekah Lodge. No. Sc. The arrange
ments were in charge of a committee
of three from each with Past Grand
Chris r. Lund. of Valhalla as the
head. A feature OF the annual event
was the large amount of groceries
and other provisions brought by the
members Of the -four lodges as a
gift to the poor and needy about
| the city. Almost an automobile load
was received of such articles and
they are being given out today by
the committee.
There was dancing during the eve-
ming and Hans Hendrickson acting
as Santa Claus distributed candy,
apples and oranges. The music for
! the dancing was furnished by Mar
mus Fetersen's orchestra.
Those on the committee in charge
of the arrangements included. = J.
liam Menelser, Clifford ellis and
John ~TAeikelsen. for Lawrence
Lodge; Chris X. Lund, Paul Peter
sen and Peter Feddersen, for VAL
| halla Lodge; Mrs. John Therkelsen,
Mrs. semina loft and Mrs. Anna
Faroer, for Violet Rebekah Lodge.
and Carl w. Lund. James Copeland
and Hans p. Hendricksen for Hor-
net Encampment.
The fortieth anniversary of the
organization of the Lincoln Engine
J Company will be celebrated in Frem
Hall on Lehigh avenue tonight. The
program arranged by the commit
tee in charge of this event will in
clude addresses on the history of
the company since formation. There
will also be a number of high class
entertainers on hand and this cele-
bration is expected to Guido any
ever held by the company in previ-
Gus years. In addition to the mem
bers of the company n number of
city officials are expected to be in
attendance to help celebrate the an
niversary. Burt Moore is president
of the Lincoln company. Every
year about this time the organiza-
ton anniversary is celebrated.
The semi-annual election of off,
GERS of the Dana Relief Society held
last night at the rooms of the socie-
ty in odd Fellows hall resulted in
the following being named: Treas
urer. Rasmus Laursen; recording
secretary, N. A. Knudsen; trustee,
Martin E.. Olsen; guard. Eskild
Tjornelund. and conductor, Hans
Clausen. The installation will take
place Wednesday night, January IL,
at the time when the semi-annual
meeting for the reports of the vari-
GUS officers will be given.
Miss Helen Grannis, librarian here
will assume her new duties in the
school for the deaf a state institu-
ton at Trenton on January 2. At
this time Miss Edith Crowell will
take charge of the local institution.
The four officers of the local
teachers organization who were
elected representatives to the annual
New JERSEY State Teachers Associa-
ton convention at Atlantic City, re-
turned tonight after a three day ses-
sion.
Captain and Mrs. NJ. Madsen, in
charge of local Salvation Army work.
extended their thanks to the citizens
Of Perth Amboy for their co-opera-
llOu III lut NsIIIlSlilld6 cIlOIl " IiC
needy. Donations this year amount
| ed TO 1916, kettle returns were 1915
and a generous supply of clothing
and food was received.
There will be no meeting of Perth
Amboy Post As, American Legion,
until after the holidays. The next
date set is Friday. January 6.
The election of officers for Valhal-
la Lodge, No. 275. Odd Fellows, and
the comforting of the i~nitiatory de-
gree on three candidates will occupy
the attention of the members at the
meeting of the lodge tonight at Odd
Fellows hall.
Court Standard, No. Ill, Foresters
of America, met in regular session at
Eagles hall last night.
Rev. Jacob Ganss, of the st. Paul's
Evangelical church, and Mrs. Sophie
| Dettmer of Barclay street, had a
narrow escape this morning when
they stepped off a trolley car at the
corner of State and Chauncey
streets directly in the path of an au-
tomobile going at a good speed.
Rev. Mr.. Ganss was hit in the side by
the car but saved himself from Sc
rious injury by holding on to the au-
tomobile. The woman was not in
jured at all. The pastor and Mrs.
Dettmer were on their way to pay a
visit to a sick person.
New officers and five new directors
will be elected tonight by the Y. NJ.
Fl. A. senior organization at a meet
ing which will be held in the asso-
citation building at s O'Clock.
The Hotel Madison will have a
special New Years celebration Sat-
urday night at which entertainers
playing at the Majestic theatre the
latter part of the week will be pres
ent to entertain. There will be
dancing throughout the evening and
novelties of a unique and attractive
nature. Good music has been secur-
ed for the night.
There were no gymnasium classes
for The members of the women's d.
vision of the Y. NJ. c. A. yesterday
during the holiday week.. The swim
ming pool was open however. the
fife saving squad being in charge of
Miss Lily Bjork.
Two sections of the cable of the
New York Telephone Company
which supplied the service to the
lower section of Staten Island. while
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