Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-23
Children Crowd City Hall Park
Here Where Successful Ex-
erciSes Are Given.
LARGE CROWD HERE
Rev. Mr.. Jones, Mayor Wilson
and Henry Smythe Speak,
ers. Children Sing.

The Paul Bartlett statue of BenJa-
min Franklin, now on its way 10
Waterbury, Conn, and arriving IN
Perth Amboy Thursday, while ON ITS
patriotic pilgrimage" from Balt-
more. was fittingly honored here yes
terday afternoon by the entire COM
munity despite the brevity of time
that was given for preparation. or
all the towns through which the
statue passed Perth Amboy turned
out in the largest numbers ana 1uii
homage was paid to the memory OIL
the great statesman whose sculptor
ed figure, seated. upon the truck
that conveyed it from the place OF
its origin, overlooked the hosts OF
school children, civilians, city Of
ficials and Boy and Girl Scouts who
assembled in City Hall park at 2
o'clock. On the truck which was
hung with scores of wreaths-trib-
utes from the many communities
through which the heroic figure had
passed, stood Mayor William Wilson,
Rev. w. Northey Jones, rector OF
St. Peters church, who delivered the
address on franklin; James A. Lar
combe, of the Y. M. G. A, who led
the mass singing; c. H. Kalquist and
Roland Main, representing the local
council of the Boy Scouts; Vice
u
Amboy Post As, American Legion;
J. LOGAN Clevenger, Clinton Ogden.
cornetist and J. Henry Smythe.
member of the Sons of the Ameri-
can Revolution, who accompanied
the statue on it's entire journey.
The mayor, in few words, paid
tribute to the memory of Benjamin
Franklin, by wreathing the statue
with a floral piece from the city and
saying few words of welcome fol-
lowing which other floral offerings
were made by the American Legion,
the Rose Shop and the Girl Scouts,
Troop No. 2.
Rev. Mr.. Jones spoke briefly and
Interestingly on the life of Benjamin
Franklin, dwelling especially upon
the three incidents of his visit to
Perth Amboy, and Mr.. Smythe,
speaking in the same vein, elaborated
a little and also thanked the city
for the patriotic reception which
was accorded the advent of the hg-
ure.
To the accompaniment of a cor
net. Mr.. Larcombe led in singing
america" and the Star Spangled
Banner" which was Joined in by the
entire assemblage.
Escorting the truck to the city
docks where a government naval
barge lay in wait to receive its hon
ored burden to be transported to the
Brooklyn Naval Base, following
which proper homage is being shown
by the city of New York today,
where the Boy Scouts and Girl
Scouts of the city who also accom-
panied the statue into the city on
Thursday. AS the figure, with the
truck was raised from the dock and
lowered onto the deck of the boat,
which was gaily decorated with nat
ional colors and signal flags, three
resounding cheers went up from the
Scouts which was heartily supple
mented by the many civilians who
had also made their way to the
docks to see the boat off.
The statue, made by Paul Bartlett.
the noted sculptor, started its jour-
ney from Baltimore being received
with patriotic exercises by Philadel-
phia, Burlington, Trenton, Prince
ton and New Brunswick and receiv-
ing tribute from many other COM
munities along the line. The truck
travelled the reverse route which
Franklin took. as a boy, on his jour-
ney from New York to Philadelphia.
i Exercises In New York
NEW YORK, April 23.-Detach-
ments Of soldiers and sailors and
members of various veteran and pat
riotic organizations today were form
ed as an escort to conduct the Paul
Bartlett statue of Benjamin Franklin
from the Battery to City Hall Park
for exercises under the auspices OF
the Sons of the American Revolu-
tiOn