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MAX GIBiAN MADE DEPUTY AUTO INSPECTOR HERE Max Gibian, ;»g< i t of the ’ state motor vehicle department since the beginning of the latter or ganization. has been appointed dep-i illy special inspector for Perth Am-1 boy. Conirmation of his appoint ment to the new position has been received from Commissioner W. h.f Dill, the .ippointment dating back! o January i. j *ia\ Gibian According to .Mr. Gibian « aeh eii\ is to have a deputy special inspector, uid he has be* n appointed to i< pre sent this city in that rapidly. Mr Gibian was appointed local ager.l during the term of .1. V. It. Smith as •state commissioner, and he was ro • appointed by Joseph Lippmcotl and by the present commissioner. The local agent was lir.»t saiari I on the items issued, but it has be**;) graduated To a yearly salary. The first year four hundred items were issued and during the present year it is expected that lifteen thousand will DC* issued. Mr. GJblan’s office is noted fur itr efficiency, end the local agent was one of the first to have his records HiiJsfactori'y completed up to Feb ruary 1 in spite of the large voiu le of business hat.died. The new ;tp j:ointment give-, Mr. Gibian power to issue summons for hearings uetoie any magistrate c» the commission?*\ JOHN KELLY INTERLOCUTOR OF K. OF 0. MINSTRELS fn all things, polities, sports, the ntri als ami the like, there must be capable lenders in order that suc cess may in- attained. As interlo cutor in the Knit,I ts of Golunibus minstrels p» be stn;;« <1 in the Ma jes tic theatre on Tim* day night, Feb ruary 21. Jl hn \V Kelly, present water- commissioner and a former ildernta.'. of the second ward, has been chosen. •Mr Kelly has been n big success, not alone in business, but in sports, politics and Horn present indications lie will mak ' a great hit in his lat est theatrical undertaking. The water commissioner has clone his share for basketball. baseball end other sports in this vi Inity of late years and many year • ago, and lie surely lias contributed his hi. in politics. Tae ‘ Ca >e.\interlocutor took part in the two pn vious minstrel shows stage d by the local organiza tion, and tlu hit lu made in singing “My Nape bs Kelly" at last season’s show will lam b •« niembered. John Bird, a capable local man, is directing plans f«» • this year’s show. Ho has be i in *• c rg«- of m cesses staged by t1:«• Woodbridge Athletic i • ’lub the last iw« t in s. WEDS AGAIN i-:-1 ♦ ' Mr:*. Sid*t Hatfield. widow of the J late chief of police of Alattewan. \Y. % Va.. who war. shot to dcafli in a £ battle between miners and *stalo r n,olice. is the bride of Sylvester 11. ' i’ettry, formerly of the* state police. ^ Her first husband. C. C. Tcstcrman. i mayor of Matte wan. was killed in 3 a similar battle. % Mrs. I’ettry says 3 she Intends to move from Muttewan. 437.ot,J840 * ■ [j Weekly Digset Of Real Jj Estate And Building i ---*.-.. I Wood bridge and Hewaren con tinue to lead this locality as far as new buildi igs are concerned. At the present time there is little going or: in this city in the building line, ex cept the remodeling of various; stores throughout the city and tho. completion of buildings on which | work was started some months ago. ; With Wood bridge and Hewaren, | however, there is considerable new building going on and indications are that with the spring will come another big building boom for these two places. Contractors are fast completing I furious construction jobs through-; out the city and it will only he a liiestioti of a few weeks at most be fore many of the jobs will be com- ' Dieted. Indications are that the spring will also see a revival in uiiildfng in this city, but nothing , letinite can be promised a* this . ime. I Inspector «>f Buildings William .f. < durtagh reports the granting of the 11 following building permit: Nels Miller to erect a frame dwell ing at 531) Neville street. The cost I is to be $3,800. The real estate market which for a tiuv seemed to be dead has shown j a little life during the past week or more and marjy of the brokers re port negotiations under way for the ! sale of property. Jt is expected that I these deals will be closed with in the i next few days and tjie sale of the I various properties mow pending , made public. The sales reported for th^ past >veek follow: Margaret ten fc J.obel. Inc., suc cessors to Alpern^& Company, an lounce the sale of four parcels of and. all located in the northern and ve#tern section of the city. A parc el of eight lots recently ac piired by Aaron FYnnzblnti has been} add to Hans H. Knudson. These ots are located on Compton avenue, ■orner of Carson avenue*, and it is he intention of Mr. Knudson to commence building operations as soon as the weather c onditions per- ! mit. He intends to erect one and , two-family dwellings on the proper-j ty. The understanding is that these new \wellings will be a credit to the neighborhood. This firm also reports the 'sale of property located at 4 86 Compton avenue to Aaron Fransblau. This' property was formerly owned by M. Je nsen and consists of a one-famiiy j building. It is the intention of the j new owner to re-sell this property. Margaretten Lobel also report I the sale of three lots located on New Brunswick avenue, corner of Baker (Place. These lots were formerly . owned by Dr. Charles I. “Silk and! were purchased i>y Chris Aaroe. This firm has "also sold four lots, j on Amboy avenue, formerly owned ] by Nicolas Aggalako. to a purchaser who cannot be named at this time, l On account of the proposed paving < of Amboy avenue the r^al estate j values along this street are expected I to rise. These lots are 25 by 120 and.were held for some time by Mr. Aggalako, a Newark real estate^op- > era tor. ♦ c If you like stories out of the ofdi- j i nary don’J fail to rbad. “Gunsight i c Pass.” by William Mnoleol liable. | c now appearing dally In the Evening [ v News. It is not yet too late to bo- i .-in the story. I ' KEYPORT jj I Mrs. A*eck Post*1s a surgical pa-.® lent lit the J.ong Branch hospital, j j Harrv Carin'rt spent Thursday |11 with his sister. Mrs. Walter Vail ' Keuren, of Red Rank. w Among those from tlte borough B vho attended the roll rail at Atlanti 1 Highlands Thursday were Rev. and tl Mrs A. C Brady, Mrs. William j <' ,;1 mbertson, Mrs, H. 1’. Dey. Mrs. " Janiel M. Decker, Mrs. Euretta Og-]A len. Mrs. T. M. Anderson. Mrs. Wil-I tl lam A. Tilton, Miss Hannah Poling | ind Mrs. Jennie Noreross. I O Mrs. J. f.eon Sehanck is a sur- 11 fieal patient at the Ann May hor tl dtal, Spring J-ake. " Federation Day w4ll he observe* J iy the Keyport Improvement Asso* P1 nation on Monday afternoon, the e< neeting to be held In'thc public Ji n-ary. / lii 1 — M The gueen Esther Circle of Cal* t., ary M. E. church will meet Tiles- | ay night. The unveiling of a bronze memo-| w ial tablet which contains the names i o( t those men front Calvary M. E. ! tc hurch who servi 1 in the great ct rorld war will take place at to- el lorrow night’s service. The un- w eiling will be done by Mis* Abbie h< anon. Rev. Dr. James VV. Mar* lall. of Ocean Grove, will be the} rtviker of the evening and* a pro- j •om of music will be given. Mrs. *y Willey will preside at file'organ ( id anthems will be rendered by the 1 loir. Mrs. Fred L. Schildfcnecht ‘ ill sing d solo and Grover Givens J ill play a saxaphone solo. George , , Rockwell will render a tenor solo, pon the unveiling of the tablet ^ le oongregatmn will sing "My ountry Tin- of Thee." Member** ^ the American l.egion and the O. i R. have been invited to attend m is service. The annual meeting of the Guild!' the Reformed church will be •Id on Tuesday afternoon in the £ lurch house, when the hostesses ill be Mrs John C Osborne and Mrs} T. B. Reynolds, The annual re* . - »rts for the yea# will be present-1 1 at this meeting. ** Miss Violet G. Templeton, of Ar igton. is the guest of her aunt rs. Johfi Templeton, lor the week Kl. ( On Wednesday night of next J ■ek a meeting of the congregation the Reformed church will *»• held a .receive the reports of the building e mmittfee. which comiriittce h i I p urge of the work in connection th the building of-the new church ] v iuse. , / j r AVENEL The firemen held a dance ThurS lay night at .the firehouse. A large ; row'd w'as pre*enL among those a , lelegation from the Chrome fire de^ j •artment. The fire boys were pleased j krith the interest shown by those ttending. _ . ; Mrs. August Pabst was a Newaia isitcf Friday. ■ Mrs. Edward Moran was a Ratt ray visitor Friday. • . Mrs. Benjamin Weiss visited Perth Liubov Friday afternoon. William F. Baker was a Brooklyn isitor recently. George Leonard has withdrawn is name as a candidate for the, ioard of Education, the reason he j ssigns is his desire to support the andidate of the Woman’s Club, | trs. H. J. Baker. OLDBRIDGE ,\li\ anti Mr*. Wellman anti son. ■ Ilan, attended the performance at f ne Majestic theatre. Perth Amboy, londay. . . John Scherg has returned Jiome ■ fter having an operation perRirm- : d on his face at a New York hos- j ital. Mr. and Mrs. Ira Clark, of Spots- < ood, spent Sunday with the for icr's tister, Mrs. David Burkert. Henry Beebee has moved to Perth '"mts* Charles Schmidt, of South Jld Bridge, i was a Helmetta bu ,eMrsV“,c£«deUrBuHey entertained nei- sister, Mrs. Mabel Battle, of Riverside, Tuesday. , George VahnclI. of Helmet. ,r. rpent Thursday with his Mater and >rother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Benja -nln Green. , Mrs. Paul Rumple and son. Paul Fr.. are spending a few days with •elatives in Brooklyn. Edward Van Airsdale and fcik rorth Hillyer were Perth Amboy nisi ness visitors Wednesday. Mrs. Jacob Hinkle and A.rs. 1.. Jobbs. of East Spotswood. jvtsited •elatives in town Tuesday. lad That Tired, Worn-Out Feeling Ho you know that "awful tired eeling.” languidness, lame or weak rack; sore muscles, stiff or swollen oints, or rheumatic pains usually in lirate kidney trouble? Fotty Kid ley Pills act promptly and affective- f y. Mrs. Roberta Hilly, TOT Alton treet, Alton 111., writes: "For three - , •ears l had a tired, worn-out feei ng. Various treatments failed. iegan to improve oil the second dosfl^i if Foley Kidney Pills and today eel like new." Sold everywhere.— ^ ' idv. »'% - -‘I” . \ i -> . A ! • I I • 1 ! 1 I 1 i ! 1 I i 2 . I -V. . I I j * &$&&&**#>€& A _ _ v '. ^ P TiACK in the middle'30's or there- | P U abouts, bluff old Capt. Rowland A j H. Macg, the founder of this store, ^^p j sailed home from England in his tidg V. little packet, with as nice a cargo of fancg Sjoas as gou could wish to see. Everg- \ ing went smoothlg until he was within p three daus or so of port—and then, with- \ out the slightest warning, a tremendous 1 hurricane blew up. ? Here was a devil of a messl The sea 0 Wrj was running mountains high,and sweeping \ / > over the deck, so that the deck compass I ^ fetched loose and was swept overboard. / Rain—spume—overhead nothing but ) / clouds and scud—seas confused, winds S - A I shifting riggingdamaged—no compass. / Captain Rlacq hadn't an idea which wag S«. to head, and gave himself up to despair, Y) Right was coming on, and the storm j ^ t I continued unabated, so that the situation / _ l was growing desperate. Suddenlg the 3 J \ Captain noticed a rift in the skg, and a 'j I small red star shone brightlg through j l the gale. . • " Thank Qod 1" he cried." IDelt lag our "S | course bg that red star and hold it r J ] .And so grateful was Captain IRacg / I for that guidance, which (saved his ship. ~i i that he adopted it as the emblem / l for his store, and todag wherever \ gou see Macg’s name, gou I see beside ^t a red star I) YOUR SHIP’S COME IN AT EAST! . She’s Bringing Some of the Biggest l m ‘ Values We Have Ever Offered • The Anniversary Ship—symbolic of the packet in which Captain Rowland H. Macy made his famous “Red Star” voyage—has propped anchor. . Her hold is crammed with fine merchandise—a special cargo bought for our 64th birthday—so that we may cele brate a bigger and better anniversary than ever before. For two weeks—beginning on Monday—we’ll be breaking out her cargo—we’ll be having such special sales that ^ every day will be a “Red Star” value day. Look in to-morrow’s Times, Herald, World, Telegraph or Eagle -for the announcement of the first offering. It will be worth your while! r frjf ““ el