Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-11-01

sation here.
CITY BRIEFS
A number of candidates will form
the class initiation for Middlesex
Council, No. SO, Jr. o. U. A. NJ, at
Odd Fellows Hall. This is expected
to bring out a large number of
members and visitors to witness the
event.
Perth Amboy Camp. No. 10.
Woodmen of the World. is scheduled
A meeting of Court Amboy, No.
SIS, Foresters of America, will be
held tonight at Eagles Hall.
There will be a meeting of Violet
Rebakah Lodge, No. 56, Odd Fellows
tonight at Odd Fellows Hall.
Paragot dry goods store on Smith
street is having a new concrete walk
built in front of the new structure.
The local election boards are
making preparations for next Tues
day, Election Day. City Clerk Ar
thur Graham, has supplied them
with the required paraphernalia.
The interior of the Lincoln Engine
Company on State street received a
thorough cleaning yesterday, when
the members of the company turn
ed-to brighten things up.
Motorcycles and automobiles
lined a greater part of High street,
yesterday, awaiting the arrival OF
Wells Bennett, who was out to break
the record, established BY Cannon
balF' Baker a few weeks ago.
Miss Emma Zunmerli, who will
take Miss Muriel Foote's place as
teacher in the commercial DEPART
ment at the local high school, Wis
tied the local school yesterday
afternoon to acquaint herself with
her new work. Miss Foote has been
forced to resign her position on ac-
count of i'll health.
Thirty members of Algonquin
Lodge, No. A, knights Of Pythias,
journeyed to Nyack last night for
the twenty-fifth anniversary celebra-
ton of Grant Lodge of that city.
Past Grand Chancellor Carl L.
Walters, a past chancellor of the lc-
cal lodge, who accompanied the dele
CATION from here was n of the
speakers at the celebration which
was attended by many members of
Grant Lodge and the members OF
the Pythian Sisters, the women's
branch of the knights at Nyack.
Joseph B. Quick, a former resident
of this city, a member of Algonquin
Lodge, who resides at Nyack, was
there to receive the local delegation
and on his invitation whent to visit
at his home.
Lack of lights aboard the Eagle
As forced the regular drill of the
crew to be held on board ar idle
scow lying alongside. The drill was
held preparatory to the Armistice
Day parade.
The dredging at the foot of Fay
cite street to enable the steamship !
Newton to berth at that place will
begin today under the direction of
Charles Snee of Tottenville.
There will be a meeting of the
Sixth Ward Republican Club to-
night at 8 o'clock at the fifth dis
on Cleveland and Kennedy
The traffic sign at the corner of
Madison avenue and Market street
was damaged last night according
to the report of Officer Lawrence
Marmon. The street department
has been notified to make repairs.
nHaAr. INIA nIA- TarrA~G@N lScNANr
cred a dangerous hole in front of
Olsen's coal yard on Bertrand ave-
III last night, the result of a leak
and headquarters was requested to
send a red light to the scene. Officer
William Buchan was detailed with
the lantern.
On complaint of Theodore
Knothe, of New Brunswick, an
agent for the S. p. c.. A., who
charged cruelty to animals, Al
Crosby of Broad street, this city,
was fined $40 by Recorder Harold
E. Pickersgill this morning.
A sack of potatoes was found by
Mike Dansy under the Lehigh Val
ley bridge on State street last night.
The potatoes were turned over to
Sergeant Frank Kasprzak who
brought them to the police headquar-
tiers.
Mounted Officer Joseph Hartung
has been given orders to watch for a
crap game at the corner of Sayre
avenue and Steadman place. Mayer
William c. Wilson received a COM
plant about activities at this cor
ner on Saturday and Sunday and
communicated with Chief Tonne
son.
A dance by the Middlesex bus own
esr was held in Washington hall on
Fayette street last night.
Sergeant John Larson was acting
lieutenant in the absence of Lieuten-
ant Andrew Jensen last night. Officer
John Reager was acting sergeant.
The local police received word of
the theft of a Ford Sedan and a
Ford coupe. the first in New Bruins
wick and the second in Woodbridge,
last night.
The regular meeting of the Board
of Park Commissioners is sched-
uled to be held in city hall tonight.
Freebooter Walter Quackenbush
has announced the closing of the
Woodbridge creek bridge tomorrow
and Friday in order hat extraor1i-
, nary repairs might be made to this
structure. This will mean Sewaren
traffic must go by way of Wood