Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-10-05
RADIO PROGRAM
HEARD BY MANY
Mayor Wilson Makes Speech
Over Wireless Telephone
Last Night; Concert Also

A crowd estimated at $500 heard
the radio concert and public demon
stration of receivers, amplifiers and
loud speakers in City Hall Park last
night. The feature of the program,
which was broadcasted from WIZ.
at Newark. was a 1ve-minute talk
by Mayor, William c. Wilson. The
use of the amplihers and loud
speakers made it possible to hear
the musical selections for more than
a block. Two representatives of the
Radio Corporation of America,
Harry G. Gawler and Pierre Bou-
4 cheron, during the intermissions
demonstrated the use of the latest
radio appliances. The concert and
demonstration was arranged by the
radio oncern through the Amboy
/ Lighting Company, its local repre-
sentative.
The mayors speech follows:
Good evening folks, this is Mayor
Wilson of Perth Amboy talking TO
you. + want you to know that this
is my first experience of this kind
where 1 am able to talk as much as
i want to and not be interrupted or
contradicted-what do o think
Am I a married man? Centrainly
/ am. and If there is one thing we
enjoy at home it is the radio en-
tertainment we get every day. One
Of my boys caught the radio fever
about a year ago and he also caugh.
+ me for something like $500 or more,
and now the boys and their chums
have a free concert every once in a
while, and my wife and yours truly
listen in also, at 40 extra charge
the battery takes care of that end
of it-quite often, too, it seems to
me-. Still, we all enjoy it very much
and I know that at the rate our peo-
pie Of Perth Amboy are installing
them we will soon all be hearing
free concerts, as well as the news
right up to the minute.
We now have in Perth Amboy over
one thousand receiving sets, and the
number is doubling each year; of !
course, Thai is not the only interest
ing thing we nave in Perth Amboy. |
We have one of the best volunteer
fire departments in the state and
one OF the best police departments
least that is the way we
people of Perth Amboy feel about
1t, and l, as their mayor, know that
1t is so, Just the same as the mayor
OF Newark, Elizabeth and Paterson,
and the hundred and one mayors
of our cities and towns. in this grand
and glorious state of ours, feel
about it.
Just to show you folks all around
Perth Amboy what we think of you
and how we are trying to make
things comfortable for you this win
ter. we have distributed over n
half million tons of anthracite coal
for household purposes in the last
ten days. Out of that amount we
kept three thousand two hundred
IONS for our own use, as we want to
be nice and arm this winter, too.
We folks of Perth Amboy take
great pride in our city, just the same
as you folks do in your home town,
and there are hundreds of ways
and means for US TO show it and
prove it. besides talking about it,
ard one Of the most effective ways
forus> show it is by exercising our
of franchise, men and women
and proving by the ballot our
Interest in the civic affairs of our
W community. 1t only is our duty
to each other, but to posterity, so
our children may better enjoy
The fruits of our thoughts and labors
for what better, healthier and
heritage can we leave to our
than a happy home. After all
we are one big family, and it is
ny belief that the radio in our home
5 one of the biggest things of mod !
srn times to closer knit the bonds !
II home life-the home life of our
only in much broader !
md grander sense than the old folks
sver dreamed of-for after all u
is our castle and the bulwark .
pf civilization and friendship-true
~Eiendship, indeed, the greatest of all F.
kessings, is the sweetest thing on :
lrth. :
kpeaking of sweets (pardon the di-
kssion) somewhat reminds me of
story of a gentleman of color
was caught leaving a restaurant
his pocket bullying with lump t
This, of course, was during {
pr when sugar was-real lux E
rhe policeman asked him for
lanation and the dark man {
boss I done got an awful ]
nth and / always takes two
my coffee and two Jumps
T." whereupon the copper !
Mis- head with his night
|: land here is one lump '
boa" A Londoner re-
he heard about it, {
las really on the bobby l
you know. most
e Jumps in their '