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 2,5OO nearu
4 the radio concert and public lemon
stration of receivers, amplihers n
+ loud speakers in City Hall Park last
night. The feature of the program
which was broadcasted from VIZ.
a Newark, was a f1ve-minute talk
bv Mayor William G. Wilson. The
fuse OF the amplifiers and loud
speakers made it possible to hear
the musical selections for more than
a block. TWO representatives of the
Radio Corporation of America,
I Harry G. Gawler and Pierre Bou-
Echeron, during the intermissions
demonstrated the use OF the latest
radio appliances. The concert and
y demonstration was arranged by the
Z radio concern through the Amboy
Lighting Company, its local repre-
2 sentative.
The mayors speech follows:
Good evening folks. this is Mayor
Wilson of Perth Amboy talking TO
! you. I want you to know thas this
Is my first experience of this kind
( where I am able to talk as much as
l want to and not be interrupted or
contradicted-what do You think
: Am I a married man? Centrainly
I am. and If there is one thing we
enjoy at home it is the radio en-
a tertainment we get every lay. one
of my boys caught the radio fever
about a year ago and he also caught
me for something like $500 or more,
ana 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 no extra charge
the battery takes care of that eno
of it-quite often, too, it seems 10
me-. Still, we all enjoy it very much
and I know that at the rate u 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, that is not the only interest
ing thing we have in Perth Amboy
We have one of the best volunteer
Are departments in the state n
one of the best police departments
alse-at least that is the way we
peeple of Perth Amboy feel about
it, and 1, as their mayor, know thai
it 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 one
half million tons of anthracite coai
for household purposes in h last
ten DAYS. Out of that amount we
kept three thousand two hundred
tons for our own use, as we want to
be nice and warm 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 1t n
o it. besides talking about it,
and one of the most effective ways
for us to show it is by exercising our
right of franchise, men and women
alike. and proving by the ballot our
Interest in the civic affairs of our
own community. 1t only is our duty
to each other. but to posterity, SO
that our children may better ENJOY
the fruits of thoughts and labors
for what better, healthier n
happier heritage can we leave to u
own thar a happy home. After all
we are one big family, and 1t is
belief that the radio in our nome
is one of the biggest things of mod
ern times to closer knit the
of home life-the home life of our
ancestors, only in a much broader
and grander sense than the old folks
ever dreamed of-for after all our
home is our castle and the bulwark
OF civilization and friendship-true
friendship, indeed, the greatest OF all
blessings, is the sweetest thing on
earth.
Speaking of sweets (pardon the di.
eression) somewhat reminds me OF
the story OF a gentleman of color
who was caught leaving a restaurant
with his pocket bullying with lump
sugar. This, OF course, was during
the war when sugar was-real lux
ury. The policeman asked him for
an explanation and the dark man
said: III
why, boss I done got an awful
sweet tooth and 1 always takes two
Jumps for my coffee and two Jumps
for my tea" whereupon the copper
landed on his head with his night
stick and said: land here is one lump
for your cocoa" A Londoner re-
marked. when he heard about 1t,
that the joke was really on the bobby |
beeause-don't you know, most
folks take three Jumps In their
cocoa"
Good Night!