Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1923-05-29
Parade to be Held by 0rgani-
zationS-City to Honor
Soldier Dead

With the last meeting of be he'd
shall announced today that every
thinb is in readiness for the big
Memorial Day parade to be held to-
morrow, when practically every
organization in the city will tuen
out to honor Perth Amboy's soldier
dead.
Meetings have been held every
Tuesday for the past month and al
though poorly attended it is expect
ed that the last meeting tonight
will bring out representative from
every civic and fraternal organiza-
ton in the city The following are
those that have declared their in
tention of entering the parade to
dat: Third Battalion Naval Militia,
G.. \. r., Army and Navy Union,
American Legion, Veterans of For
eign Wars and Boy and Girl Scout
troops.
Perth Amboy Post As. American
Legion, has issued an invitation tC
all ex-service men of this vicinity
to march with the local post to-
morrow. The invitation hol1s good
for ali army or navy men, whether
Legion members or not, and the To-
cal post will gladly make oom for
anv service men who desire to
march and who are not affiliated
with other organizations. 1t is de-
sired that all men wear their Uni
forms, but there. will be SECTION
foc those who are unable TO turn
out in 20. d" or dress blues
The lineup for the parade as ar
ranged so far is as follows: Third
Battalion Naval Militia with band,
automobiles with G. A. r. members,
Perth Amboy Concert Band Army
and Navy Union, American Legion,
Veterans of Foreign Wars, Girl
Scouts and Boy Scouts. wagons and
autos containing school children.
| Holger Holm also announced to-
day that Harold Van Syclle, presi-
dent of the Jefferson Motors, Inc,
| has offered the use of fifteen Jordan
cars for the parade. These will be
used for the disabled eX-service
men who wish to enter the parade
and the cars will be sent to the
homes of the disabled veterans in
any part of the city. Anyone send
! ing the name and address of dis
abled soldier to the grand marshal
will be assured of prompt attention
before the parade tomorrow morn
| ing.
| 1n6 line VI IlldlCn VIII obdi L n
| S:15. with the firing squad from
the Eagle As and the G. A. r., who
| will meet at the Odd Fellows Hall
on Smith street, and parade to st.
| Peters cemetery where a short pro-
gram of services will be held by
| the C, A. r. From here they will
return to the city hall park where
they will meet the main body of the
parade.
At 9:15 following the arrangement
| of the various groups the big march
will take place. The start will be
made down High street to Smitf
street, up Smith to New Brunswick
avenue, then to Amboy avenue tc
st. Mary's cemetery. Following the
services there the parade will pro-
ceed to Alpine cemetery. At botr
| burial grounds speeches Will be
made by Mayor c. Wilson and judge
Adrian Lyon. The return marcf
will be made down Amboy avenue
to Washington street, then. 10 Stats
street, up State street TO Marke
and from there to city hall park
where the parade will disband.
In order that no delay or confu-
sion might be had the grand mar
shaI asks that the organizations be
present at the city hall park about
S:45 o'clock tomorrow morning
Members of the American Legior
are requested to meet in front Of
the East Jersey Club at 8:15 o'clock
Tonight at the city hall the las
Injecting of the Memorial Day COM
| mittee and the delegates from the
various groups will be held. 1t Is
expected that at this time every
| orga nization in the city will have
a representative present. The COM
mittee would like to hear from some
of the women's groups.
Police Department Ready
Uniformed members of the local
police department completed their
preparations last night for the an
nual drill and inspection scheduled
for tomorrow morning at 8 O'CLOCK.
| The inspection will be made by
i Mayor William c. Wilson and MEM
bers of the Board of Aldermen.
One of the principal features in
connection with tomorrow's event
will be the award of the Garretson
medal to the department member
credited with making the most i'm
portant arrest or with doing a brave
deed during the past year. Police
Chauffeur William Clooney, Officer
]. f. Sullivan, Traffic Officer Pat
rick Dwyer and Lieutenant Detective
John A. Huff are among those mem
toned about the city as being in the