Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-08-31
EXCELLENT CIVIC WORK

1~SEL.ENI VIVIC WOHk
With the final band concert here last night. the free
outing for the crippled children today at Asbury Park and
the playground pageant tonight at the high school auditor
ium, Perth Amboy by the means of various agencies is about
to round up a most successful summer season as far as civic
work OF this nature is concerned. While no program was
outlined last spring for events to be held here this summer.
public sentiment drifted on its way in an effort to do some
thing worth while for the enjoyment and betterment of all
its citizens and the result has been most encouraging.
The band concerts given in different parts of the civ
which have furnished wholesome entertainment for thou
sands of people here, due to the efforts of several public
minded citizens, should next year and thereafter be made a
regular municipal feature with financial support from the
city government. The value of this form of entertainment
has been shown and in the future Perth Amboy should be
known as the place that provides free band concerts for its
citizens. This would be an excellent advertisement for the
city, for a community that thinks of the comfort and enjoy
ment of its citizens is sure to be regarded as a good town to
live in. Let us have more free band concerts.
And then the crippled children of this CITY were not
forgotten. The local Elks lodge, always ready to helm anv
good cause, sponsored this event, which is being held today
at Asbury Park. From all indications these unfortunate
youngsters will have a wonderful time. The heavy fop or
thismorning gave way to the suns brightest rays and bv the
time the comfortable cars loaned for the occasion were on
the way TO the shore, the weather was ideal for such an out
ing. The machines were filled with the happy Youngsters.
lunches were provided and all arrangements made for a
most successful event.
Another wonderful work done here this summer was
at the Fairgrounds where hundreds of boys and girls were
made happy and contented by the efforts Of Supervisor
Emmons and his assistants. Children, who, were it not for
the Fairgrounds would have been playing on the streets in
the paths OF automobiles and trucks, were taught how to
play at the recreation centers and many good times were
enjoyed. The pageant to be given tonight at the high school
to which the public is invited will be the big closing event
Of the playground season here. 1t is hoped that a large
crowd will attend as this will be the first attempt to stage
such an event here.
The Fairgrounds were also the scene of the Rotary
Club boys baseball league that furnished such wonderful
sport for the youthful Babe Ruths and Ty Cobbs of this city.
Rotary's boys work program in this way was a great success
and probably will be made a permanent feature of the acti-
viies of that organization.
Perhaps at this time next year something more can be
written about the Boy Scouts. Not that scouting is a dead.
issue here il lis on the way to a greater existence. The Lions
Club and the Rotarians have included in their boys work
program the development of the scout organization in this
city. Both clubs have pledged themselves to foster the boy
scout work in this city and great progress has been made.
Next year a campaign will be put on here and from all indi-
cations scouting in the future will be a big asset to the city.
More boys will be sent away to camps, new troops formed
and the work Of making honest, upright citizens of the
Younger element here will be on in earnest.
Those who have carried on the work of this summer
deserve the thanks of the city at large. Their efforts have
been most successful. Next year an organized effort should
carried out. If a few can accomplish such great results as
shown this summer, what wonderful results could be at
tanned by all working together.