Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-10-26
SOUTH AMBOY

Donald w. Reed has been elected
delegate to the national convention
of the Chamber of Commerce by the
organization. Daniel C. Chase was
named Is the alternate.
Mrs. Annie K. Stults has just re-
turned after a lengthy visit at New
Orleans, where she attended the ma
tional convention of the American
Legion.
Activities in the Forty and Eight
Society of the American Legion are
being continued. Plans to interest
a large number of the American Le-
gion boys in the society are being
prepared at this time. A meeting is
to be held within a short time when
it is expected South Amboy will be
well represented in the Forty and
Fights
The South Amboy Democratic Club
will hold a regular meeting in their
headquarters on Broadway tonight.
1t is expected that some of the oun
ty candidates will visit the city at
this time. Preparations for the mass
meeting to be held in the Mechanics
vile section on November 1, will be
discussed.
Both Harold G.. Hoffman. candi-
N9tS - ~ aooCAllDlJ. IN GQ u
j.. O'Connor, candidate for the Office
of freebooter, are hard at work with
their individual campaigns. Hoff-
mans business is directly opposite
the residence of Mr.. O'Connors which
gives both a chance to spur each
other on with that smile of hope.
Mrs. Mary Price spent yesterday
at Newark IN business.
James Lyons visited with friends
at Newark yesterday.
Miss Evelyn Coats motored to the
home of friends at New Brunswick
yesterday.
The Ladies' Aid Society Of the
First Baptist church will hold a cake
and cruller sale in the basement of
the church on November 4.
Tomorrow night, Mrs. Lora La
Nance, n of the great temperance
lecturers and campaigners in the
United States, will speak at the Pres
byterian church on Broadway. A
large audience is expected to be pres
ent to hear Mrs. LaMance.
The local post of Legionnaires en-
terrain every Friday night in their
club rooms with a pinochle tourna-
ment to which every man in South
Amboy. as well as those in the vicin-
ity who play pinochle are invited.
Weekly prizes are awarded for high
scores and the boys feel that the
more players there are the better
time is to be had. Each night finds
players from Perth Amboy, South
River and Sayreville among the To-
cal experts.
Plans IRE now under way for the
Armistice Day dance to be held I'M
der the auspices of the Luke A.
Lovely Post, American Legion. The
affair will mark the third annual
one. Louis Rosenthal is in charge
of the event.
Joseph Kress with a party of
friends motored to Elizabeth yes
terday.
Mrs. NJ. Meisenberg is having her
recently acquired limousine painted.
Henry Mcdowell is improving the
appearance of his home on Main
street. with a new coat of paint.
South Amboy was we'll represented
at the banquet of the county organ
ization of the American Legion held
in the Packer House, Perth Amboy,
last night. Prominent among the
local legionnaires were Commander
John A. Conlogue, Adjutant v. Ne
well James, Michael Maggie and wife,
the Misses Sarah and Anna O'CoE-
nor, Madge Mahoney, Mrs. Annie
Stultz, Miss Edna Agan. Miss Kath-
ryn Gundrum, Mrs. Dora Ginter,
Mrs. James Mcdonnell, Michael j.
Cleary, Louis Rosenberg, Charles
Sutliff. Miss Clara Cusick and Mr..
and Mrs. Harold G.. Hoffman.
No reconciliation has as yet been
effected between the property owners
of David street, west of Pine ave-
nue.. in the matter of agreeing either
one way or the other. One faction
claims that it will work a hardship
on them If they are compelled to
move, and insist that the street at
thirty-five feet in width Is wide
enough and should remain as it has
been. The other side seems persist
ent in having the street widened no
matter who or what 1t hits. The
council will take up the matter at
their next meeting.