Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-02-10

Chief of Police Niels j.. Tonnese1
issues a warning to proprletors o:
pool rooms hat they must have their
licenses for 1922 before they may
operate. The chief has instructed
! his men to inspect such places and
see that the ownerc are moplying
with the law in this respect,
Thieves raided the city hospital
grounds some time last night and
made off with a portion of the insti-
tution's live stock. The sheep used
at the laboratory for experimental
purposes is missing according to the
report made to the local police yes
terday, and the cops are aiding in the
search for the woody straggler.
A thirteen year old boy whose
home is in Hall avenue, was ar
raigned before Recorder Harold T..
Pickersgill in court this morning ana
fined $40 for stealing coal rom the
Lehigh Valley Railroad Company.
Frank Searles. railroad watchman.
was the complainant in the case.
The boy is held at the police station
pending payment of the penalty.
A meeting of those interested n
the formation of a historical society
in Perth Amboy has been called to
night by Ferd Garretson. The meet
ing will take place in the auditorium
of, the public library at s O'Clock.
Announcement was made this
morning hat the smoker originally
scheduled to be held at the Raritan
Yacht Club on Friday night, Febru-
aru "a will ho hold IN Thnrclnp
night. February %, instead. The
change has been necessitated by
circumstances unseen when the
original date was selected, the COM
mittee states.
Seats for the evening performance
of the knights of Columbus min
strel show to be given in the Males
tic theatre on Monday night, Febru-
airy 20, will be placed on sale at the
theatre Sunday morning at 10
o'clock.
The erection of a small house for
the traffic officer at the corner of
State and Fayette streets is planned.
Traffic at this corner is unusually
heavy because of the several large
factories in the vicinity and the
freight station a short distance
away.
The South Amboy Independent
GIRLS basketball team at n recent
meeting awarded a cash prize to ID.
Salmon, of Main street, South Am
boy.
Great preparation is being made
by the members of the Veterans of
Foreign Wars for their dance to be
given in the Auditorium on New
Brunswick venue Thursday even
ing, February 23.
The date for the state reunion of
Wawayanda Clubs which will be held
in this city has been definitely de-
cided upon by the local Y. M. C. A.
Wawayanda Club. Saturday, March
70. having been selected. General
Chairman Harry Comings has named
the various committees which will
in preparing for the big
campers union and they will start
work at once. John M. Shoe Is
of the reception commit
tee; Robert E. Warter, chairman of
the housing committee; Albert
Nelson, chairman of the transporter
ton committee; Herman Nielsen,
CIldlTfldH OF the ullner committee,
and Fenby w. Scott, chairman of
the social committee. Each chair
man has a good sized committee to
assist him. Work has beer started
an interesting program and rep
resentative campers from all parts of
the state. are expected here as the
guests of the local association.
According to information given
out today by Alderman Robert A.
Mcclure it will soon be unnecessary
for passengers on the various bus
lines operating in this city to step
out into the street to look at the
places or destination shown on the
front of the conveyance. The rea-
son for this will be the fact that all
buses operating owe the same route
will be painted the same color. For
instance, the buses operating to
South Amboy may be red, those to
New Brunswick blue and those to
green. At night the vari-
Gus lines would carry lights giving
forth the same color as the bus is
painted.