Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-08

the corner of State and Smith
streets, Saturday afternoon and
placed at the corner of Smith and
Prospect streets. Officer Nels Ly-
beck is on duty at the latter cor
ner. 1t Is expected that the last
move of this stand will be made be-
fore the end of the week. to the
corner of New Brunswick avenue
and Fayette street. where Ohcer
Chris Hanson is on duty.
A regular meeting of the Holy
Name Society will be held in st.
Mary's hall. on Centre street to-
morrow night at s o'clock.
Edward L. Frederick returned to
this city on Saturday after spending
some time in the st. Elizabeth Hos
pital. Elizabeth, where he had an
operation performed.
One Of the features Of the work
done in Dublin during Cleanup
week. was the erection of a new
building at the corner of Smith and
Prospect streets in which to carry
on a lunch business. Lester j.
Underhill is proprietor of this lunch
room which has been erected on the
site formerly occupied by Under
hills lunch wagon.
The second annual outing OF the
Amity Club was held yesterday 10
Mendhan. The members, in four
automobiles, left here early in the
morning and arrived home about 3
o'clock last night. A covered dish
luncheon was served. In the party
were Mr.. and Mrs. Carbon, Mr.. and
Mrs. Howard johnson. Mr.. and Mrs.
J. c. koyen. the Misses Ruth n
Hannah Hughes, Margaret Liptak,
Frances Hance. Esther and Virginia
Widerstrom, Clara Hanson. Florence
Lutz, Ethel David. Messrs. Walter
| Hoyer, Ray Anderson, George
| Preacher and Harry johnson. The
club, which recently organized, will
meet tonight at the home of Miss
Esther Widerstrom. 233 Madison
favenue, to arrange for Decoration
Day.
1t has BEEN reported about the city
that Barnum g. Bailey and the Ring
ling Brothers shows have purchased
| the Morgan General Ordinance de-
pot from the United States govern
ment and will move their winter
quarters from Bridgeport, Conn.,, to
Morgan. Efforts to confirm this re-
| port at Morgan and also in this
Lefty have proven unsuccessful.
The twenty-nfth anniversary of
Court George B. Mcclellan, No. 81,
Foresters of America, vas celebrat-
ed at Fords yesterday afternoon with
q class initiation of candidates IN
the order. Nine grand court officers.
together with several deputy chief
rangers and representatives of courts
throughout the county and state
were present. The court was organ
lied with thirty-one charter men,
bers and there are still twelve re-
naming. Alfred j. Cazvan. of this
city, was the first chief ranger of the
court when it was instituted twenty
five year ago on May /, 1897. AT
present the court has a membership
of one hundred and fifty. The Mid
dlesex County Past Chief Rangers
Association was represented by It's
president, Edward c. Smith, a past
chief ranger of Court Amboy, No.
So, of this city, whose degree was in
Charge Of the degree work.
The Garfield Fire Company was
| called out last night to extinguish a
| fire on a dump in Sayre avenue The
| blaze was started by a man who lit
a fire on the dump about 9:45
o'clock. The police received notice
| by telephone that a man was build
ing a fire there but the blaze was
| we'll under way before the arrival
| of the officer detailed on the case.
No damage was caused by the fire.
Five revolver shots fired in rapid
| Succession near Washington st. and
! Central r. r. tracks this morning
| attracted the attention of three po-
licemen in that vicinity. Patrolmen
/ John Reager, William Heating and
| Lawrence Marmon heard the reports
| and searched the neighborhood but
were unable to locate the source or
the shots.
A meeting of the directors of the
Y. M. H. A. will be held tonight. 1t
is expected that at this meeting ar
rangements will be made for the al
loting of the contract for the ercc-
ton of the new building 20 be con-
structed at Madison avenue and JEFF
ferson street. bids for which were
received on Thursday.
There is still some water deposited
in the excavation for the Y. M. H
A. building. A few kiddies obtain
ed enjoyment padding around In
same again today. 1t is likely that
the water will be pumped out late
today or tomorrow.
THE CRF.