Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-07-25

: Nat Kessler's Novelty Five, OF
New York, will be the music makers
at the dance at Sewaren Beach to-
morrow night. The affair will take
place rain or shine.
A block dance will be given on
Lawrie street tonight and also on
Thursday night. Continuous dancing
will be made possible through two
bands which are to play alternately.
District Deputy Grand Regent
Drake, of Metuchen, will make an
official visit to Middlesex Council
No. 100. Royal Arcanum, at a meet
ing of the council tonight at Odd
Fellows hall. Regent James f. Ry-
der expects TO see a large number
OF members out at this time to greet
the deputy who is making his frst
visit since his appointment in this
district. Further plans for the out
ing and shore dinner to be held at
Soldiers Beach the last Saturday in
August, will be made at this time.
Orator william Woglom and his
committee are in charge of the ar
rangements.
In tearing down the building In
Front street used by the Raritan
Mercantile Company al an office and
store house ever since they began
business at that place another land
mark in Perth Amboy has disap-
peared. The building which was a
two story and half frame structure
a number of years 8 was hotei
standing on the site of the present
structure now used by the Raritan
Mercantile Company as its new Of
flee. 1t was run as a hotel by or
mer Patrolman Lester U~nderhilPs
father back in the SOS. When the
present brick structure was erected
at Front and Smith streets, the
frame structure was moved further
along Front street. The old struc-
ture was demolished to make roo
in the yard of the Mercantile Com
pany.
Casimiro Pico. seventeen years old,
arrived in this city last night from
his home with his uncle, Emanuel
Pico, As Smith street. The youns
man arrived yesterday, having made
the trip all alone. His father, a
brother of Mr.. Pico, died last yeas at
Montevideo, leaving him, his mother
and another brother and sister. He
has had two years in the university
at Montevideo and he expects to con-
tinue his studies here. He speaks
French, Italian, Spanish and Eng
lish. His mother, sister and brother
expect to go to Italy to make their
home.
Scout Master George Anderson of
Troop No. s. Boy Scouts, accompan-
led by Scouts ]. K~uroswsky, Adam
Rogler, H. Dambach and +. Lee
zescenski, left here Saturday morn
ing for two weeks camp at Lake
Champlain, N. Y.
Alderman Thomas Patten has a
dawg. The dawg likes Tom. And
Tom likes the dawg. Yesterday
morning Tom and the other alder
men went to the Central station to
take the train to Jersey City. The
men all got on the train and the train
started. Just as Tom had found a
seat and sat down he felt something
tugging at his trousers leg. He
looked down and saw his dawg. The
dawg went as mascot to Jersey CITY
and was checked in the baggage
room while the alderman conferred
with railroad officials. Then the
dawg returned home with Tom. The
udWG ndu n uIlo TRIP. % ulu tile ck-
dermen who had the laff on Tom
and his dawg.
A meeting of the Board of Direc-
tors Of the Y. M. G. A. was held last
night, a large turnout being pressLt.
General Secretary Walter H, War;,
who ID spending the month OF July
at Popolo Lake, New York state,
returned yesterday for the meeting
and went back to camp this MORN
ing.
Extensive alterations are being
made to Sections garage at is and
II Smith street. An entire new
plate glass front is to be placed in
the building and in order to
strengthen the structure for that
purpose steel girder Is being placed
| across the front OF the building. The
alterations are being done in order
to enlarge the show room of the
garage.
A conference is being held in city
hall this afternoon between the al
| dermen, city engineer and represen-
| tatives of the Barber Asphalt Com
| pany on the paving Of Amboy ave-
nue.. The exchange OF certain pro-
| perties. made necessary by tho Sc
lection Of a new route, is being dis
cussed.