Perth Amboy evening news., 1924-10-31
GREAT FUTURE
FOR DUBLIN
Merchants of That Section to
Give Prizes During Big :
Selling Event
WILL BOOST SECTION
To Fight for White Way, and
Other Improvements and
for a Movie Theatre
WILL BOOST SECTION

One of the leading booster organ
izations of the city Is the Dublin
Merchants Association, an organiza-
tion of the fourth ward, formed
September %, for the improvement
of business and property in the Dub
lin section. Much work along civic
lines has been accomplished by the
association since its organization and
it plans many additional improve
ments for the future.
The association is being directed
by the following officers: William
Weinberg. president; M. e. Miller.
vice president; l.. Isenberg, treas
urer; Bernard King, secretary; and
o. Doenyak, L. Straus and S. Jacob
sen, trustees.
Various committees have been
appointed and are working hard to
bring about various improvements
for the business men and citizens liv-
ing west of the Central railroad
tracks. Among the improvements
the association Is working for are:
a white way. remodeling stores. new
show windows and a general mod
ernizing of the entire business Sec
ton. The white way has already
been promised.
Dublin is the gateway to the busi-
ness section of the city as all trolleys
buses and railroad. trains pass
through that section. The mer-
chants in the Dublin section due to
lower costs of handling. lower over
head expenses are able TO sell their
merchandise at a much lower price
than other merchants of the city.
Beginning today a merchandise
carnival. solely for the benefit of the
public and to show them what mer-
chandise can be purchased and at
what low prices they may be obtain
ed In the Dublin section Is taking
place. Every merchant has pledged
to give to the public the pest mer-
chandise at the lowest possible
prices and all merchants In the
Dublin section cooperating to make
the event a success. Valuable prizes
amounting to $4,000 are on display
in the Wedeen building. and have
been donated by the merchants for
this occasion.
: Among the prizes are Victrolas,
radios, men and women's clothing,
furniture and silverware. Many
other expensive gifts are also listed.
The gifts and prizes, which are a
feature of the merchandise carnival.
are to be. awarded through the use
of coupons which will be given with
every purchase. The awards will be
made on December 20. Coupons will
be given away with all sales until
December rs.
During the carnival the American
flag will play prominent part in
the decorations a feature of which
will be the use of the uniform side
walk flags display which was recent
ly installed throughout the business
section of the city.
Plans are under way to have the
Weeden building used for some big
business or remodeled Into an up-to-
date movie theatre. Both the busi-
ness men and residents of Dublin
realize the big opportunities for that
section of the city and all are CO.
operating as boosters. Efforts are
being made to obtain some of the
business which is brought into the
city weekly by the out of town shop
pers.
To Bernard King. the manager of
the Quality Shop. is due much of
the credit for the organizing of the
merchants and arranging plans for
the carnival. Mr.. King has been in
the Dublin section for the past sew
eral years and sees great possibilities
for this section of the city.