Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-03
IN AND ABOUT THE CITY

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Mayor William G. Wilson has writ
ten to the track maintenance de-
| partment of the Public Service Com
pany, complaining against the condi-
ton Of the trolley tracks in the outer
end of Smith street. from the car
barn west to the city line. These
| tracks, the mayor claims, are dan
gerous to the life Of not only pas
| sengers in trolleys but pedestrians
and others using the street as well.
| owing to the fact that the rails are
SO worn that 1t is an easy matter
| for a to jump the track. Owing
to the fact that there are few houses
along the stretch near the Pardee
field the cars make considerable
speed. the mayor points out, en-
! dangering the lives of both passen-
gers and others on the street, IL the
condition of the tracks is not reme-
died.
The eighty-eighth annual session
of the grand lodge of Odd Fellows
of the state of New Jersey will con-
vene at Asbury Park tomorrow,
Wednesday and Thursday of this
week, when delegates and members
from the various subordinate lodges
throughout the state will gather
there. Grand Master Gaskin will
preside during the sessions. He will
be succeeded by Charles III. Baker
of Newark, the present deputy
grand master of the order in the
state. Lawrence Lodge No. 81. will
- ~1--oeo-fA1 h1v Daof Grand
Richard Dickson and Valhalla
Lodge No. 275, will be represented
by Past Grand Chris Aggersen.
Chief of Detective Lawrence A.
Long is back on his job as head of
thesIocal bureau, after a weeks va
cation. Captain Long is also acting
chief of police in the absence of
Chief Niels ]. Tonnesen.
The regular weekly meeting of the
Slovak Club was held in the Audi
forum on Laurie street last night.
Plans were discussed for the organi-
cation Of a women's auxiliary of the
club, a prediction parade and a
blowout after election. There were
several speakers present. including
Richard Calvin, Democratic candi-
date for alderman-at-large and John
Kozusko.
One of the biggest parades ever
held In this city is scheduled for next
Sunday afternoon. when the annual
Holy Name parade will be held. All
| Holy Name societies in the city will
march in the event being staged I'M
der the auspices of the society rep
| resenting st. Mary's parish. Out of
town delegations may also march.
It is said that all of the women
and girls entering the classes at the
Y. NJ. c. A. on Wednesdays will be
given a physical examination upon
entrance. This will be done so that
both the director and member may
have some idea of the results gained
from participating regularly in the
classes which open for the season on
October 5.
The Board of Aldermen will hold
their regular meeting in the city hall
tonight. Several matters of import
| ance. discussed at the committee
meeting Friday night. will probably
come up for action.
A meeting of the Middlesex Coun-
ty Anti-Tuberculosis League Board
| of Directors will be held at the
Public Library Friday night at 1880
o'clock at which time the Christmas
seal campaign and other matters of
importance will be discussed.
The Western Improvement Asso-
citation hall will be the scene of a
political meeting tonight. Republi-
cans in the sixth ward will get to-
gether at this time for the purpose
of organizing a Sixth Ward Republi-
can Club. The body will commence
activities at once preparing for the
general election.
Phyical Director Schuyler c. Pew,
of the Y M. C. A, is now receiving
the names of all seniors DESTROYS
of taking part in a basketball league
to be played every Monday night.
Teams will be chosen and the games
started shortly.
The newsboys who deliver the
Evening News into the homes of
hundreds in and near this city, to-
gether with those who sell the pa
pcrs oil the streets, will hold their
first blowout of the fall season
tomorrow night. They will meet at
the News office at 1880 o'clock, go
to the Y. NJ. C. A. to participate in
games for prizes take a swim. re-
turn to the News Office and there
dispose of some eats"
According to Detectives John A.
Huff and Joseph Gutowski, the fish
in the waters Immediately ur-
rounding this city are off on a spree.
The cause? T~hirty-ive gallons of
"Killem-Quick" and "Knockem
Dead" moonshine booze found by
them in hat section of Perth Am
boy commonly referred to as the
woods" The stuff was so rank
that it was deemed unsafe for hu-
man consumption and was dumped
in G. sewer. The detectives claim
the fish near the sewer outlook noti-
fed their friends and tho finny in
habitants of the briny deep have
been doing acrobatic and contor-
tionistic maneuveys ever since.
All trains operating between this
city and South Amboy are crowded
by the commuters between the two
cities who have decided to use the
trains instead of changing from one
trolley car to the other on the
county bridge while repairs are be.
ing made to that structure.
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