American Legion Day Was Tremendous Success
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The News of All The Township Four Sections VOL. XI, No. n wonmutmoK, N. J., FKIDAY, O<:TORKR 2r> PRICE THREE CENTS Barney Gannon's Life A Record Rotarians Entertain American Legion Day Of Courage And Kindness With Life Sketches Was Tremendous Success Serious Accident and Bitter Disappointment In Early Life Did j John H. Concannon, Barron Not Sour Disposition. Gannon A Man Without Enemies. : Schroder and James Patter- Spectacle on Parith House Field Most Pleating and lit«pirin#. son Tell of Past History. Re- Fine Parade in Evening Followed By Dance. The virr-proaitlont of the Kric the knowledge that would fit him Knilrond in a talk before H Rotitry fur his cherished job of railroad en- sults of Golf Contest ! No more inspiring and spectacular In the bugle corps competition the i lull on "Rnilroadinir" said that a gineer. Then he was in a railroad i I event was ever presented in Hood- first prize went to East Orange Post (rrcat many hoy» have a !nn«intc to wreck and permanently lost the use j Life storiesiy three members fea- | bridge than that staged lay the Amer- No. 73, $150; donated by M. I he enginei-rs. His talk was mostly of his HRM hand and arm. In an tured the Rotary Club dinner yes- A1NER CHRISTENSEN 'icucne Legion here last Saturday af- Demareat. The second prize, iihnnt railroads and was very in- instant his hope of a lifetime oc- CARMEN ZULLO terday. ' Republican candidate for committee- I ternoon when a seor* of military un- donated by F. H. Turner went to iprentintf. Hut if he had talked cupation that appealed to him Republcan canddal.o for commttpo- .lolin H, Concannon told how he mnn from the second ward. its representing posts all over the noy Post No. 38886ag()8 about tho kind of boy that wants blasted. man from thoi third ward. blew the crown out of a yard loco- East took part in competitive march- ney Post No. 388 of Olney, to be »n engineer be would have, had' But the kind of boy that wants' motive at the American Smelting ing and drilling. The third prize, $75 donated a more Interesting subject for that to he an engineer (Trows into tho and Refining plant when working There wer many bugle corps each Humphries and Ryan went to lUy- nort of hny is always interesting kind of man that is not easily dia- there many years ago and quit the Camp Fire Girls In natty uniforms, each hawing a mond Pellington Post No. 77 of *•*• and Worthwhile, He is the kind that d Gannon''s acidenid t put hihim job just before the superintendent different plan of drill to exhibit. erson. The Metuch*n post No. 65 won wants to fare forth in quest of ad- Miss Julia King Bride out of railroading. He was Riven a case on the scene. He came to Wood- The judges had a. hard job because the fourth prize of $60 donate* by venture and generally ho is fear- job of ticket agent at' the 125th bridge when a child and attended the Change Group Name so many exhibitions were of excep- Guy Weaver. Bronx County Po«t, of li"is and lovable with all the quati- Rtreet station of tho N. Y. Centra, public schools here. At the age of tional merit. New York won the fifth prize of ?85 i i<". of a real man. At Church Wedding and he found that this angle of fourteen he started to work' as a I New Group Formed of High Still the crowd of 2,000 that stood donated by M. D. Vanentine A Bros, Barney Gannon was that kind of roading had its appeal. The cons' i florist. Later he worked in the Val- on the Parish house field agreed on Co. Imy. (iannon was born in Port Jer meeting of new faces; the rush United To Edwin Casey Of i entine Lumber yard. Prom 1903 to School Girls To Be Advanced the winner of th« first pri»e before Olney Post of Olney, P. won tWo vis, N. Y. and when be was IB years bustle, the need of keeping his min Carteret at Notable Cere- 1907 he and his brother-in-law pub- Group — Meeting Dates. the judges mad« the announcement. other prizes one of $75 donated by old he wanted no badly to be on en- strictly on the job when there was lished »n Automobile Magazine in East Orange post No. 73 Bugle Corps Gustav Blum, Hugh Kelly and Jen- liineer that he took a job with the a rush of traffic' it was all new and mony In St. James. Church. Newark. The magazine was sold and The regular meeting of the Camp numbering about forty men carried sen & Rodner and the other of $60 New York Central R. R. wiping en- interesting. He learned to like sell- Concannon engaged the news donated for by the Wood bridge Fire Many Friends Attend Wed- Fire Group of Woodbridgd was held off the first honors. The distinctive tfines. Part of his job, too, was to ing tickets almost as much as he store business with brother in orange colored uniforms, the snap company; One was for the organiza- dig aRhes out of the ash piu, and had loved engines. Soon he was se.ll- ding. Woodbridge which has developed into Friday at the home of Mrs. H. Sil- and grace of the men's movements in tion traveling the greatest distance Ive had to do some coaling. But ing tickets in spare time at the hall his present business. bermann. The name of the Iroquois drill won boundless applause and the and the other for the organization these disagreeable tasks did not park. During the summer seasons of St. James church was-tho scene of Bamn Schoder said thai he has | group was changed to Da Kon Ya, * prediction oh every hand that this outside of the state having the high- a very pretty wedding Saturday dishearten him. He worked faithful- 1888-—90 and 91 he sold tickets in held but two Jobs, his prusent one Sioux Indian word meaning the corps would win. est rating. ly the long hours that railroaders th« afternoons at the National morning when Miss Julia King, with 8tewart-Warren Co., New York, But there were many close con- The prize of $50 for marching nf that day haa to put in and in League ball games. daughter of Mr. James King of Am- which he has held for IK years and friendly group. testants. At the end of the contest went to the Bronx County Post. The time he took a step further toward He was geting to know more and boy avenu«, Woodbridge was mar- the other with the government dur- A new group 0^ high school stu- all of the unit*, that were in «ompct- second prize in this division, $335 his ambition; he was promoted to more men; more kinds of men. And ried to Edwin W. Casey son of As- ing tit war. He spent a year at dents has been formed. They will be ition took part in a general drill on went to Newark Post No. 10. There fireman on a locomotive. he liked them all. Barney is a nat- sessor and Mrs. William D. Casey, of Camp Dix and a year in France. known as the I-Yo-Pt-A-Group. The the field. were many other posts in the com- To have advanced that far in ural mixer. In 1892 he took n job a.< Carteret. James Patterson said his hardest name "I-Yo-Pt-A" ' means the ad- In the evening there was a parade petition and all of them made a fine coveted ambition and then to be ticket agent with the Staten Island Before the bridal party entered the job WM the superintendence of 450 vanced group. Both groups will hold of all these uniformed bugle corps showing. barred forever from realizing it is Railway at the Battery. The fol-! church; Miss Ann Dunigan sang, "I women in a clothing factory where weekly meetings. and about the central part of the As each unit'eame on the- field its a fate that would have disheartened lowing year he was transferred to! Love You Truly," accompanied at he started as an errand boy at ?3 a The Da-Kon-Ya group will meet township. After the parade the prize name was announced by Drum Major most men for life. But it was not Perth Amboy to take charge of the I the organ by Patrick Fenton. The week. It took him B year to recuper- Friday afternoons after school and 1 winners were announced and the N. Darwyn Gallup. The judges were: with Barney. Barney Gannon, ferry, and also as assistant manager ; bridal party entered the church andiate. the I-Yo-Pt-A will meet Tuesday evening wound up with a danceJn the Major Mark O. Kimberling, superin- th»» man 'who" is running on the for the U. S. Express Company. approached the altar to the strains In 1917 he started at the bottom afternoon after school. Mrs. Herbert municipal building. tendent of the Rahway Reformatory. Democratic ticket for sheriff i» re- In all thejie iiWerent positions of Lohengren's wedding march. The with the Mexican Petroleum Co. at Silbermann will have charge of both A Chrysler Car that was offered in Lieut. Commander Louis Corapton piirded by many »s a politician but Gannon was gaining knowledge of altar was decorated with roses, Carteret of which plant he is now groups.