Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-07
HEARING ON THURSDAY
IN mETUCHEN B00z
CASE; BAIL is FIXED
COUNTY LEGION
WORK PRAISED
Judge Daily and Prosecutor
Stricken and Other NotabIes
Speak at Big Meeting.

A very fine spirit of fellowship and
cooperation was demonstrated at
the meeting of the Women's Auxil-
iaries OF the American Legion of
Middlesex county held at the Packer
House Saturday afternoon and at the
banquet given by the county organi-
cation to the Legionaries and their
friends in the evening at which sew
eral speakers of prominence address
ed the group and lent great en-
couragement to the movement insti-
tuted by former service men and
women.
Judge Peter Daily, Prosecutor Jo-
seph Stricken and Rev. Sigismund
Lakey manifested their great inter-
est in the Legion and Mrs. o. z. Oil
phant, state president of the Wom-
ems Auxiliary of the American Le-
gion, State Commander Leonidas
Coyle and County Commander Ray
mond p. White brought home to
those who belonged to the organiza-
ton as we'll as those who were pres
ent who were not eligible to men,
bership, the work that is being done
at the present time, and what is
expected to be accomplished in the
very near future.
The banquet. held in the dining
room of the Packer House, was at
tended by representatives of the sew
eral posts of the county and their
friends and by several of the ladies
who had been present at the auxil-
iary meeting in the afternoon. Pro-
fessional entertainers and good
orchestra formed a pleasing part of
the program between the courses
and dancing was held at the end of
the evening and proved an attrac-
tive feature.
der Raymond +. White. who has
been ably assisted in promoting the
affair by Lee Stults of South Amboy,
the meeting was opened with a few
remarks on the county organization.
its purpose and plans.
Judge Peter F. DAILY spoke very
inspiringly upon 'Americanism,"
pointing out to the Legionaires the
part they can take in promoting the
true American spirit. Work in the
time of peace as well as in the time
of war was advocated by the judge
for the ex-service men. and while
politics" were encouraged for the
Legion as body. partisan politics"
were. according to the speaker. an
evil that should be guarded against
by bhO 1C5 AOhs ddSO lay SpOhC at
length on Americas part in the war
and their justification.
In reference to the foreign born
of the country Judge DAILY insisted
that while he does not want any
person not born in the United States
to forget his mother land, POLITICAL
ly, the foreign born should all be
100 per cent. American. The County
Legion was congratulated upon the
work 1t has been attempting to do
and the principles for which it
stands, while all the former service
men were envied by the judge for
the heritage that only a limited
number of men in the country can
leave to their children. Judge DAILY
appropriately ended his talk with
the impressive reciting of I4ongfel-
lows ship of State.'
Prosecutor Joseph Stricken con-
sidered his invitation to talk at
Saturdays affair a great honor and
manifested his thorough interest in
the legion in every remark. Speak
ing from the point of view as pros
ecutor, Mr.. Stricken told the boys
where they can be of great assist
ance to the communities in which
they live, especially the rural dis
tricts where the police facilities are
insufficient. A bill which will grant
the eniisting of special assistance to
the police will probably be passed in
view of the offers from the Ameri-
can Legion posts in the county. The
prosecutor wished the county ami
local organizations great success and
assured them that their welfare was
close to his heart.
Rev. Sigismund Lakey, of New
Brunswick, speaking very wittily.
nevertheless brought food for much
thought when he spoke of the Amer
icanization work that is being ac-
complished among his people, the
Slovakians. Rev. Lakey brought a
message of good will from his con-
gregation and the American Society
of Slovak descent which is doing so
much in New Brunswick to interpret
for the foreign born the significance
of true Americanism.
Department Commander Leonidas
Coyle. who is highly esteemed by all
legionaires, spoke very briefly upon
the state bonus. the distribution of
which he is taking an active part in.
Mrs. o. P. Oliphant, president of
the State Department of Women's
Auxiliaries of the American Legion,
was most hearty in the spirit of CO.
operation which she manifested as
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