Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-08-31
CHILDREN HAVE
RED LETTER DAY
1000 of Them at SeWaren
Beach to Mark Close of
the City Fairgrounds

kpproximately one thousand chill
dren held forth in high carnival az
Sewaren Beach yesterday, when the
final event of the season for the city
playgrounds took place In the form
Of q picnic. From the moment the
eleven motor trucks donated for the
occasion by business houses IN the
city get under way until the last
child was unloaded at $3.50 last night,
the affair was q bowling success. lit
orally and figurativcly speaking.
The start was made from the va
rious Fairgrounds at 10 o'clock in
the morning and so many children
reported for the trip that it was
found necessary for some of the
trucks to make two trips to accom-
,nodato the crush of juvenile hui
Z manity out for the day as the guests
Of the city.
Start For Beach.
Descent upon Joseph Turek's Sc
warren Beach was made about 1O:3O
and the program started off with a
rush, in the form of a baseball game
between the instructors and the
"champion" Cardinals of the play
y ground league.
After the usual nine inning en-
counter the instructors retired from
ssfhe field with an 8 to 3 victory to
{their credit. The victors claim they
were playing" with the Cardinals In
<both senses of the word. 1t is said
they hit the ball at will and were
only prevented from swapping the
Cards by the fact that the contest
went but nine innings. Hank"
Thomas in the box for the instruc-
tors. was invincible. His shoots and
curves puzzled the opposing cham
pions" completely and when by some
lucky chance one of them did get
to first base. he died there on o
occasions. Not a man stole second
on Hank" Westcott and Jensen per-
formed for the Cardinals, while
Thomas and Billy Leahey conducted
the assault for the INSTRUCTORS.
Time for Lunch
Lunch period was then in order
notwithstanding the fact that some
of the hungry picnickers began p
erations Immediately upon arrival at
the beach in the morning. Their
early activities. however. had little
effect upon their lunch time capaci-
ties since unbelievable amounts OF
food were consumed. Aftsrward,
those who were still hungry partici-
>pated in the pie and watermelon eat
Ing contests. Jimmy Flynn, of No.
2. starred at the pie eating, the deli
cacy vanishing like snow before an
August breeze as the result of his
onslaught.
Terrific havoc was caused in the
watermelon contest by a representa-
tive Of No. 6. The champions name
could not be ascertained but his hon
ors were not contested.
~ NtHI @ uf,
Al treasure hunt was next In order.
Many oflthe treasure seekers hunted
for two ysolid hours for the hidden
prizes. at the close of the day the
hiding d aces of the booty were de-
void Of LII treasure but the finders
refused 70 make themselves known,
R sausing a mystery to be
" the disappointed seekers
49, hidden horde.
At $3.50 the dancing pavilion and
bathing pavilions were opened for
use, together with the amusements.
It is said that some of the bathers
went into the water as soon as they
arrived and refused to be e~xtricated
until the trucks left for home. The
swings and merry-go-rounds We're in
constant demand, and the fact that
the supply of tickets gave out did
not deter the children from their
riding p%ropensities. They simply
rode anyway.
Music for the occasion was fur
nished by a Victrola furnished by
Montalvo's music house and Vincent
Higgins jazz band, of last years
fame. Both dispensed music Of the
~jazZiest and zippiest type.
Hated to Leave
When the time for the return came
around, Supervisor Moench and his
staff of instructors had their hands
full in inducing the children to de-
part from the attractions at Mr..
Turek's beach. When all were final
ly loaded on the trucks until not an
other child could be damned in there
was a surplus of thirty children
whose presence could not be ac'
counted for. In some the as
semblage increased during the day
The extra children were returned by
trolley.
Trucks for transporting the child
rem were provided by the STANDARD
Underground Gable Company. thu
Perth Amboy Hardware Company
the Roessler & Hasslacher Company
the Elizabeth Hardware Company
the Raritan Mercantile Compan!
and Carl Lepper.
Today marks the close OF the play
ground session for the summer. TIL
+ instructors are at work removing tn
equipment and storing 1t for use mex
season.