FIREWORKS HAVE ARRIVED FOR BIG CELEBRATION MILLTOWN
July 1 – The consignment of fireworks which are to be displayed in the borough of Milltown on the evening of the Fourth, arrived in the borough yesterday, and plans for the big event are nearing completion.
It is planned to have the band concert start at 8 o’clock, after which the fireworks will be exhibited.
The display will be under the direction of an expert furnished by the Unexcelled Fireworks Company, of New York City, with whom the contract for fireworks was placed. and there is every reason to believe that the show will be a good one.
Knoll’s 20-plece band, of New Brunswick, will furnish the music.
Everybody is going to the Foresters Picnic at Red Men’s Grove, Milltown, on Monday night, July 3rd. Continuous dancing.
MILLTOWN, June 29-On Sunday evening two young boys broke into the grocery store of Frank Boice, took six dollars of fireworks and escaped through a window. The boys were later apprehended and most of the fireworks were found. Mr. Boice did not bring charges against them but the boys were taught a lesson by the use of a paddle and other means.
Parade, Picnic and Fireworks Will Help Celebrate the Arrival of Borough’s First Fire Apparatus- Boy Badly Burned.
MILLTOWN, Aug. 5. The day of great import to Milltown history has at last arrived and every resident from the ages of 5 to 90 will do honor to the firemen who take charge of the day.
Homes and public buildings are prettily decorated with the red, white and blue and the air of the town is one of gaiety. The borough hall is covered with flags and bunting and is a fit home for the borough first fire apparatus.
Picnic at Milltown Park.
The big picnic, which is staged at Milltown Park, begins at 3 o’clock, when Sheridan’s full orchestra plays for all who care to dance. On the adjoining grounds the Crescent A. C. are battling for supremacy over Spotswood and slump or no slump a Milltown team cannot lose today.
Parade Begins at 1 O’clock.
At 1 o’clock the firemen will meet at the borough hall to form the line parade. The line will be lead by the borough’s stalwart marshals followed by the Milltown Fife, Drum and Bugle Corps, which will reel off the tunes as never before. Then will come the Mayor, Council, and other borough officials In automobiles. Following these there will be the firemen and visiting firemen and last but not least the new apparatus which will be the cynosure of ail eyes.
Line of March.
The line of march will be from the Borough Hall on Main street to Church street, to Clay street, to Ford avenue, to Main street, to Booraem avenue, countermarch to Riva avenue, Riva avenue to grove.
When darkness has sufficiently covered the town a brilliant display of fireworks will be given at the grove. Great preparations have been made to accommodate the large crowd.
Mayor Richters’ Day.
This will be a great day for Mayor Conrad Richter, who has been the instrument in organizing a fire department and whose vigor has finally obtained fire protection for the borough. This is his day too.
Boy Badly Burned.
The four year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Lee, met with a painful accident last night at his home on Clay street. While passing a kerosene light on a table, his clothes caught on the table cover upsetting the lamp. In a twinkling he was In flames. His father was standing near and managed to quickly beat out the flames, but not before the son was badly burned,
The boy was removed to the hospital where it was said that he was in a critical condition. The damage to the room was slight.
Mrs. William G. Evans, Miss Pearl Evans, and Russell Evans have returned from a visit to Long Island.
Miss Alma Kuhlthau has returned from Troy, N. Y., where she has been entertained by friends.
Mrs. Charles Sevenhair returned home last evening after a visit with Mrs. Henry Dorn at Avon.
Dr. N. N. Forney has purchased a Reo touring car.
Mrs. S. E. Stelle, Miss May Evans Miss Mildred Stelle and Clarkson Stelle were Asbury Park visitors on Friday.
Miss Florence Snediker starts tomorrow for a visit with friends in New Haven.
