Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-02
CELEBRATION
Il At KEYPORT
Halloween Event Great Sue
ceSS--0ver 600 Children
Take Part in Parade

KEYPORT. Nov. 2.-The Hallow-
e en- celebration planned by the COM
mittee headed by Arthur S. Van Bus
kirk was decidedly a success fully
SIX hundred or more children partic-
ipating in the parade which was
headed by the Keyport Band and
which proceeded through the streets
of the borough, breaking ranks at
Beach Park where the children were
provided with Halloween refresh
ments and prizes distributed.
All sorts of costumes were in
evidence and among the prize win
ming Ncostumos were those of the
most original. most beautiful, most
grotesque. most ~ludicrous. thlnnest,
latest, q~uaintest, most original. best
domino, original character, etc, In
each instance a prize was awarded
for the boys and girls and the prizes
which were awarded by the mer-
5ohants of the borough were all useful
as well as attractive.
The. parade formed at Beach Park
and passed down First street to Full
ton, to Second, to Atlantic, to Eliza
beth, to Main, down Front and back
TO the Park where refreshments were
provided and a social time enjoyed.
The band continued to render music
until the time came to award the
! fprizes when an orchestra rendered
t~fplensirg selections.
The following is the personnel OF
the committees: Arthur S. Van Bus
Kirk chairman: Mrs. c. Leon Garri-
son. secretary; Mrs. Arthur NJ.
Brown, treasurer. Chairmen of tho
subcommittee were: Refreshment.
Mrs. j. e. d. Silcox, Judges. Miss
Hannah Bailey; Tickets. Rev. +. T.
ID. Reynolds: Dancing, Mrs. c. Leon
Harrison. Music, Albert Vanderbilt;
Vigilance. Daniel A. Van Pelt, FL
nance. Louis Rottenburg.
The representatives from the var
sious civic organizations and churches
fwere as follows: Rev. f. T. b. Rey-
holds. Rev. Frank S. HARDWOOD, Rev.
william A. Service, Rev. Joseph Lin
name, DIR. H. L. Hopkins. Phelps
sGherry, Charles V. Kruser, Edwin
III. Wharton. tt. Walter Snyder, AL
Ebert Vanderbilt. Daniel A. Var Pelt,
ID. E. Mahoney. Louis Rottenburg,
Arthur S. Van Buskirk. o. B. Will
son, ]. Leon Schanck, w. s. Wallace
Mr.. Cook. Mrs. C. Leon Garrison.
Mrs. II. T. Hopkins, Mrs. Roland J.
Thornton. Mrs. Fred C. Ogden, Mrs.
IL. Brewer Walling. Mrs. Earl II.
t<ITyt NlIo. a. - LiuShOH' ~
lCharles J. Kruser, Mrs. Fred Kruser,
Mrs. William II. Hitchcock, Mrs.
lGeorge Walling. Mrs. j. e. d. Sill
COX Miss Hannah Bailey. Mrs. M. A.
Mruex, Mrs. Arthur M. Brown. Mrs.
AGeorge w. Stidfole. Mrs. Philip S.
Smith, Mrs. Charles jerks, Mrs.
nnez Decks, Miss Lillian Campbell,
Miss Alma M. Lockwood, Mrs. Will
liam Sexton. Miss Muriel Aumack,
Mrs. II. Seabrooke Schanck, Mrs j.
Leon Schanck, Mrs. G. A. Shultz.
Fred v. Kruser, Earl H.. Cherry and
Miss Jennie Fitzgerald.
me- prizes were donated by DR.. Fl,
II Hopkins. A. Salz and Company,
w. S. Wallace and Co, ]. Leon
Schanck, Auto Service and Machine
company II. Heller. Snyder's Music
Shop, Ira NJ. Ansorge. r.. o. Walling,
iS. Se1igman, City Bakery, Sugar
Bowl, +. II. Hauser. Wellworth
store, j. A. Westrich. Allen Polling,
i. Prayer, Max Kaplan. j. Spivak,
frank Rudniok. Mrs. J. ID. Field
man, /. Pearson. Costa Brothers,
Adam l.. Huylar, Winfield Robinson,
Charles ]. Lehn Arvid Jacobeau,
Mr.. Feigensen. Louis Jaffee and
George w. Jacobs.