Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-12-29
SOUTH AMBOY

A regular meeting OF st. Marthas
Guild of Christ Church will be held
in the parish house Wednesday
| night.
Joseph Vail, Of Holy Cross College.
is spending his annual Christmas va
cation at the home OF his parents,
| Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Vail.
/ The local banks have distributed
| to their patrons a number OF calsn-
dars.
Among the expert sharp shooters
of the South Amboy Yacht Club, is
Councilman G. Frank Disbrow. He
is close on the heels of Oscar Mundy,
known all over the state as n CT
the best in the sharp shooting art.
The matches at the local club are
attracting quite a bit OF attention OF
late, Shooters from Perth Amboy
land vicinity are on hand at all the
meets
William J.. OtBrien, of this city,
| former leading industrial insurance
| agent, Is at the bedside of his moth
! er. who is dangerously i'll in Phila-
delphia, Pa.
Among the attractions to be fea-
| tured oyer New Years will be a
number of house parties, which are
being arranged at this time.
John Delaney, son of MI. and Mrs
John Delaney, Broadway. Is spend
| ing two weeks vacation from studies
| at Holy Cross College.
Mrs. William Birmingham and SON
| James, spent Wednesday with rela-
| tives at Mount st. Mary's College,
| North Plainf1eld.
James Fleming spent yesterday at
the home of friends in New York
city.
Israel Mount spent yesterday with
sojourning with relatives in New
Brunswick.
Mrs. Elizabeth Bolton OF Newark,
spent yesterday at the homo OF
friends on Second street.
Mrs. Emma Dobson of Old Bridge,
Is enjoying several weeks at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. A. L. Grace.
There will be a meeting Of the
alumni of the st. Mary's school in
the school hall on Sunday afternoon
at 3 o'clock. 1t will be for the pur-
pose of reorganization.
Assemblyman and Mrs. Raymond
Lyons, are spending several days at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Price. on David street.
The local banks are busily engag-
ed in preparing for their new
Christmas saving clubs for next year.
The two local banks just a few days
before Christmas paid to savers ap-
proximately $4,000.
The added interest In the pinochle
tournaments being carried on by the
local American Legion post seems to
be growing each week. Chairman
Harkins expects the largest gather
ing of players tonight at the club
rooms. A number of prizes will be
awarded to successful scorers. The
money derived from this entertain
ment goes toward the current ex-
penses of the post. The invitation
to attend Is extended to the men of
the city and vicinity whether or not
they are members of the post or
not.
AS yet nothing has been done by
the contractor in charge of the
David street improvement although
a motion by Councilman Disbrow to
have the contractor at least finish
the curbing was passed unanimous
ly recently. There Is grave fear
among property owners that cellars
in this vicinity will be flooded I'M
less the curbs are laid before the
spring weather.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Corbin are
spending several days at the home
Of Mrs. Corbin's mother, Mrs. Mary
Cassidy.
The New York Edison Motion Pic
ture Company is completing an In
dustrtal motion picture of the coal
shipping in this city.
Cornelius Ryan, of Villa Nova Col
lege, New York, is spending. his
Christmas vacation at hte home OF
relatives on Stockton street.
The annual Christmas exercises
held at the First Baptist church
have been considered mastery In
every way. The cast that took part
in the pageant, had been rehearsina
for some time previous to the AFFAIR
under the direction of Mrs. R. II
Dill, and Mrs. Sadie Clayton. The
decorations, as usual featured.
Edward Steuber is suffering rom
an injury to the ear drum, caused by
a shell explosion at the Morgan
plant recently. -.
Miss Theresa Conway, was q PERTH
Amboy visitor yesterday.
An additional force Of carpenters
have been added to the already large
force at work on the interior OF st
Mary's new convent. The work Il
being rushed to completion, SO as II
be able to accommodate the sisters.
whose temporary home was urneo
out recently.