Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-02

An outing and clam bake is being
arranged by Perth Amboy Forest
Tall Cedars to be held at Pfeiffers
farm on Saturday August 20. The
affair will be open to the public and
anyone wishing tickets can see n
member of the committee before
the bake which will be opened about
3 o'clock that afternoon. There will
be games and races among the mem
bers of the order and those outsid-
ers who care to take part. A base
ball game between the married and
single men of the forest will be a
feature of the event.
Two applications for membership
were received by Middlesex Council
No. SO, Jr. o. u. A. M, at its meet
ing last night at Odd Fellows Hall,
and further plans for the third an
nual excursion to be held OF Thurs
day. August 23 were made. The
council some time ago took under its
wing Troop No. 8, Boy Scouts, and
is going to see that everyone gets
to the camp. While most of the
boys are now at the camp at Bear
Mountain, there are some who were
unable to go for any length of time.
In order to see that all will get a
show the council last night decided
to take those up on Sunday, August
-, for a days outing. The trip will
be made by automobile.
Violet Rebekah Lodge No. Sc, Odd
Fellows, arranged to go over to the
Odd Fellows Home at Trenton on
Sunday with the members of the
other lodges of the order in the city.
They will leave from Odd Fellows
Hall about $40 o'clock by automo-
bile that morning,
A short meeting OF Perth Amboy
Camp, No. 10, Woodmen of the
World was held last night at Wood
men hall.
Routine business was transacted
by Court Amboy No. So Foresters of
America at a meeting last night at
Eagles hall.
Valhalla Lodge No. 275, Odd Fell
lows, will meet tonight at Odd Eel
lows hall.
William M. Allen, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. William Allen, of Healton,
Oklahoma, formerly of this city, has
Just returned from Plattsburg train
Ing camp where he made an excep-
tionally fine record in the range as
a marksman. While in training he
was judged the best all round ath-
Iete, as to his activities there. He is
now in Ithica, and will join his
mother shortly who is visiting her
sister, Mrs. w. Guy Weaver, in
Woodbridge.
Governor George Silzer was in
town yesterday and spent most of
the time at his desk in the Perth
Amboy Trust Company Of which he
is chairman Of the board of direc-
tors. He also made an auto tour of
the southern part of the city in COM
pany with Isaac Alpern, president
of the local bank.
A tag day will be held on Saturday
by the St. James American Zion
church. The S. S. Social club of the
church will be in charge of the tag
day. The proceeds will be used for
the swelling of the building fund OF
the church. Workers will be seen
on the main streets of the city all
day.
Alterations are being made to the
Goldsmith structures on State st.
The height of the building has been
Increased one story while the stores
being built with a more modern
perspective. The remodeling of the
Nathan Jacobson store on the OPP
posite side has beer completed and
the clothing company will occupy
hut one of the stores while one part
of the building has been divided into
two stores.
Rudolph Perna of New Brunswick
avenue, arrested on a w~ifebeating
charge by Traffic Officer Riedy, yes
terday, was fined $50 this morning.