Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-06-14
SOUTH AMBOY

A donation of $500 has been voted
by the Woman's Auxiliary of the
Hospital to the running expenses of
that institution.
James Ridgway Such. president OF
the Such Clay Company and son of
Mrs. Anna and the late George Such,
passed away at the New York Oph-
tha1mic Hospital in New York City
last Wednesday at the age of fifty
eight years. The funeral services
were held on Friday afternoon, e. s.
Mason & Son being the funeral di-
rectcrS.
A meeting of the South Amboy
Yacht Club was held last night.
A handsome memorial window is
being erected in the First Baptist
church in memory of the eight boys
of the church who served in the
World War.
Chief of Police Mcdonnell has re-
turned from the national convention
of police chiefs held at st. Louis.
J. Green. inspector with the Nor
gan General Ordnance Depot, has
left the government service at this
point. After spending a brief vaca-
ton at Lakewood he will sun
similar duties at the Ordnance Re-
serve Depot, Pig Point, Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. Timothy A. McNich-
olas have returned from their honey
moon into Canada and the New Eng
land States.
Miss Claire Donnelly, who grad
yates from Normal School this
month, will teach in Woodbridge
schools next year. There are eve
local girls who will enter the teach
ing profession next September. Miss
Julia Delaney and Miss Florence
Nieltopp will go to South River.
Misses Alva Buckalew. Ruth Mel
sen, Gertrude Mullane and Mabel
Watts will go to the Sayreville
schools.
The building that served its mis-
sion for many years as a rectory FOR
Sacred Heart parish has been torn
down and the property will be grad
ed off to make room for social activ-
tiles, such as picnics, dancing. etc.
The building was built about 1870
by Matthew r. Dey and used as a
home for several years. 1t is about
the highest point of the city.
There will be a benefit card party
given under. the auspices of the
Ladies Auxiliary of the Hospital on
June 16 in the City Hall.
Mr.. Click, who was resident en-
gineer for the Joseph l.. Sweigard
when they constructed the
local municipal water works. was a
visitor to this city. Mr.. Click
is now in charge of the construction
work at the Sea Girt water plant,
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This plant will be automatic. oper-
ated entirely by electricity. The
pump has a capacity Of 800 gallons
per minute. When the pressure gets
high the pump automatically stops
and starts when it gets low.
The regular meeting of the South
Amboy Chamber of Commerce will
be held tomorrow night. At this
time a successor to the secretary.
William A. Mills. will be selected.
the present secretary having accept
ed a position as manager of the
WEIGH Chamber of Commerce of
West Virginia.
The semi-monthly meeting of the
Council will be held to-
night in the City Hall. The recent
of John and Augusta street will no
doubt result in awarding the con-
for this work tonight to the
firm of Lambertson & Reese.
Work of making the final excava-
ton on Pine avenue is now being
rushed. 1t is expected that the con-
tractor on this work will start the
of concrete within a day OF
two. All his material has beer as
sembled on the job and nothing
should prevent the work from being
within a short time.
Sunday morning an alarm was
in from fire box No. 80 and
the firemen called to extinguish a
fire in the garbage dump. The fire
was not serious.