Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1924-02-08
PLAN ARbOR DAY
PROGRAMS AND
TREE PLAN TING
Park Commission Is to Have
Observation-Disclosures
Will Take Part
ACTI ION
Sentiment Is Against Using
Sites, Fearing Beauty
Will Be Defaced

Arbor Day will be observed in this
city on Friday April IS, as a mu-
nicipal celebration, it was decided
at meeting of the park commits
sion held last night in the city hall.
This action was taken following
communication from g. 2. Wilber
state forester, of the New Jersey
department of conservation and de-
velopment, asking that the commits
sion join in line with the other
park commissions and organizations
in New Jersey.
A committee will be appointed
within a short time. consisting Oh
teachers, school children and MEM
bers of the park commission ana
other bodies, to arrange a special
program for that day. The parE'
commission has in view quite a
number of trees which they intend
to plant this year and President
Louis Sosin announced last night
that the planting of these can be
confined to Arbor Day, in connection
with the celebration.
The committee appointed at the
last regular meeting to investigate
the use of city parks as Fairgrounds
reported last night as not being IN
favor of a movement of this kind.
the committee stated that the parks
at the present time were in fine
shape and that the playing of games
in the parks would in a short tinfe
destroy them and deface their
beauty
The appointment Of this commit
tee to investigate the parks came
about following a petition drawn up
by group Of residents In the south
ern section of the city, asking per-
mission for use of certain park as
a playground for their children.
Park Superintendent Tooker was au-
thorized to set apart a section of the
park for the children. which he did,
but which did not seem to satisfy
the parents of the children and
complaint was made to the park
commission.
Further action on the matter of
making Fairgrounds out of parks
was taken up last night, and it was
decided to set apart a section OF
Washington Park for playground for
small children. Several loads of
sand will be dumped at the park for
the children to play in, while the
same arrangement will be made at
the other parks if the space can be
provided, without disturbing the
parks beauty.
A committee from the First Bap-
tist church attended the meeting
last night and asked permission of
the board to extend a walk from the
door of the new church to the side
walk on High street. The permis
sion was granted and the outline of
the walk will be arranged between
superintendent of Parks Tooker and
the architect of the new church.
Superintendent Tucker reported
last night that the trees in the south
ern section of the city were all
trimmed and several new ones
planted, and that work was being
continued now in the western section
of the city. This work, the super
lntendent explains, will be continued
until all the trees in this city are
examined and trimmed. The last
time this work was done was three
years ago.
In addition to tree planting this
year, the commission will arrange in
short time to have pamphlets dis
trIbuted throughout the schools to
educate the children and adults in
the care to be taken of trees. The
pamphlets will be ready in a few
weeks.