Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-02-07
IN AND ABOUT THE CITY

Perth Amboy Lodge NO. tS4, be-
nevolent and Protective, Order OF
Elks at ITS meeting tonight VIII
| complete arrangements FOR the
smoker to be held at the club house
tomorrow night. This affair will be
! for the members of the lodge and ac-
| cording to the entertainment COM
mittee of which Andrew Anderson Is
| the chairman, there is going to be
something doing all the time. An
excellent program is being prepared.
! The nomination of officers Tor the
| ensuing term is scheduled to take
place at tonight's meeting. There
| will be refreshments served follow
| ing the program tomorrow night ana
there will be plenty Of smokes for all
| cat of the condition of the
street in front of the III terminal
in Water street Alderman Robert A.
Mcclure. chairman of the bus COM
mittee, has had the bus stand tenn
porarily changed to the south side
of the street. This change was
made yesterday afternoon and all
buses coming down Smith street
now turn to the right into Rector
street and go to Market and then
to Water street. Before the route
was to the left in Rector street to
Fayette and then to Water street
where the office of the starter is
located. The temporary location is
said to be much better and easy for
those going and coming from the
ferry using the bus line. The city it
is said is contemplating making re-
pairs to that section of Water street
in front of the terminal station as
soon as the weather permits and
the frost is out of the ground.
Plans are being made to hold the
banquet of the Perth Amboy Bowling
league on Monday night, February
81. This is one week after the
last scheduled match in the tourna-
ment.
Among the bills introduced at last
nights session of the legislature WAS
one by Assemblyman Wilton Apple
gate, to make Old Bridge a borough.
Several snow covered automobiles
seen passing through the city this
morning indicate that down-state is
having another storm. One motorist
coming from Asbury Park reported
q heavy snowfall there.
The mems supper and forum held
at the Y. NJ. c. A. last night was one
of the most successful affairs of IT'S
kind ever held in the association
building. Events of this kind have
been held at various times for sew
eral years, the attendance and inter-
est shown last night being such that
the committee in charge has decided
to hold another similar affair in the
neal future. Paul Steele was chair
mar of the committee and an ape
tizing hot chicken supper was served
under the direction of Mrs. Iver Lar
sen. The speaker of the night was
Rev. l.. V. Buschman, of Woodbridge,
a faVorite with the men who AVE
formed the habit of attending all of
these forums and dinners. The Sup
per was served at $3.50 and the talk
by Mr.. Buschman concluded by s
o'clock.
improvements have been made in
the pavement between the trolley
tracks and on either, side of the
tracks, in the vicinity of the traffic
post at the corner of State and Fay
cite streets. AS conditions originally
were. TIE traffic officers clothes suf-
fered from mud and slush whenever
a vehicle passed over the uneven
pavement.
st. Mary's hall in Center street will
be the scene tonigh. of another meet
ing CT the committee of twenty-five
members of st. Mary's athletic club.
Plans for the monster athletic show
to be staged on March 8 will be dis
cussed. and it is likely that tickets
for this event will be placed on sale
following the business session. The
meeting has been called for 8 o'clock
and Rev. Father Charles Prender-
CAST will be in charge.
What is believed to be m of the
largest judgments ever obtained I'M
der the workmen's compensation
act was awarded to the heirs OF
John Molnar, who died at Port
Reading last summer, at the city
hall yesterday. The applicants We're
represented by Jacob s. Karkus.
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