Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-02-01

| better for vehicles going and CON-
ing off the ferry.
, Perth Amboy Camp, No. 10, Wood
| men of the Worlds new officers VIII
he in their places tonight at h
| meeting of the camp at Woodmen
hall.
A report of the excursion commit
| tee named at the last meeting to
| secure a date for the excursion this
summer will be made at the meet
ing of Middlesex Council, No. SO, Jr.
O. U. A. NJ, tonight at Odd Fellows
! hall.
The new lighting system installed
in the waiting room at the staten
| Island Rapid Transit ferry at the
, foot of Smith street greatly I'M
proves the place. Two large lamps
are hung from the center or the
| ferryhouse. doing away with the
small bracket lights on the side
| walls.
The barber shop and pool o
Quilted by q fire several months g
| at 142. Smith street, owned by
James Doukas, together with n
Marathon hotel overhead, which
was damaged at the same time. Is
| being repaired and made ready Tor
OCCUPANCY again. The new plate
glass windows were installed yester-
day.
! Court Amboy No. IS. Foresters OF
America, at it's meeting tonight,
| will make further arrangements
! for the celebration Of the anniver-
sary of the court which Is to be held
Saturday night, April 20. The u
will have been instituted thirty
wears at tina time and 1t is planned
TO celebrate the event with a re-
~ception and banquet. At a recent
meeting Past Chief Ranger Mar
| tin +. Ryan was named the chair
man of the anniversary committee.
The new officers Of Violet Re-
bekah Lodge No. Sc, Odd Fellows,
will be in charge at the meeting OF
the lodge for the first tonight since
the installation.
Traffic across the grade crossing
I at Market street was held up FOR a
| half hour or more yesterday AFTER
| noon When the Atlantic City Express
of the Central Railroad of New Jer-
sey, stopped here on its way 10 the
terminal as Jersey City, to leave a
baggage car on which there was a
hot box. After the a had been
detached from the train and placed
on the side track next the freight
| station. the Central train due here
at 5:04 o'clock which was right be-
| hind the express, pulled up along
side the car and transferred the bag
gage to a car on that train. during
| this period the gates at the market
street crossing were down and all
| traffic across-the tracks shut or.
One of the best fancy pocket BILL
| lard players in the country Will per-
form at the Central pool parlor on
Smith street tonight. 1t is his sec
ond appearance in this city In less
thar a month and his number for
tonight includes one hundred shots
| and explanation of each one.'
Rev. Father Charles Prendergast's
| committee of twenty-five members
| of st. Mary's parish will hold n
meeting in St. Mary's hall on Ger
ter street tonight. The meeting Is
called for s o'clock and 1t is likely
| that the formation of an athletic
program will be discussed.
The office of Leo s. Lowenkopf
on the fourth floor of the Rarltan
| building will be the scene tonight OF
a. meeting of the Alumni Associa-
ton athletic committee recently ap-
pointed by Chairman Louis p. Booz.
This committee will work to m
prove athletic conditions at the local
high school.
Edward Regain. Peter Hansen,
Frederick Glochau and David
Thomas were guests of h Knights
of Columbus Council of Somerville
at a banquet held in the latters
clubhouse last night. Thomas re-
turned to Gloversville, N. r., tins
morning and will take part In the
Cohoes-Gloversville game tonlsht,
the first on the schedule OF his team
for the second half schedule.
The case Of Max Sher, of Totem
vile, who was arrested last week on
A. charge of obtaining money under
false p%retenses, has been settled.
George ]. Miller, counsel for Sher,
said this morning that the whole
matter ha been due to a misunder-
standing and that Sher's offense was
not as grave as it at FIRST appeared.
SUPERINTENDENT Samuel Il. Shull,
head of the city schools. has returned
to his desk in the high school after
his ;llness. Mr.. Shull was taken Ill
several weeks ago.
The. police department is taking
action 10 insure the removal of snow