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The SOUTH AMBOY CITIZEN
Letter to the Citizen
Your Hometown
Remembering "Auggie" Charmello
, bv JakeDeforf
ursday, July 6. 1989
Pin! PresbyteriaR
listalls New Pastor
Dear Citizens:
Since last month's column.th«»re are many developments
in our city that have occurred and will be occurring this
month
I am pleased to report the cily. our volunteer South
Amboy Youth Activity Committee and the First
Presbyterian Church have s^ned a lease on the building
next door to City Hall called Westminister Hall and on July
14,1989 the South Amooy Youth Activity Center will have P.
grand opening Parents, young adult'., children all of our
residents are mviteu to attend Our > outh Center will have
a gym area, big screen TV., video gartaes, youth
counseling, sports activities and games.
In order to pay for the rent, utilities. n which ou/'i.700 public and parochial school
students heard promuient guest speakers describe the
dangers of substanceabuse This event culminated the
School Wide Alliance teams for
to come
Our First Street Recycling Center will soon
to the Public Works Garage. The p;oceeds fro
recycyables will pay for the installation of the
Center fence at the Public Works Garage The relocation of
the Recycling Center will give the City greater control of
our recyclables and eliminate the problems associated
with a Recycling Center located in a residential area
The Landmark
Tavern & Cafe
117 N. Broadway , South Amboy
721-6812
"Name The Cigar Store Indian"
• Help us name the newest addition to ttte La/idmark
Staff
• $1.00 per entry - benefits the SA Youth Activities
Center
• Prize -- Landmark Satin Jacket Value f 40
• Bejtatei — your choice of name alofij with your own
name and phone number at the Landmark Tavern
• Winner to be announced Thursday nite, July 27th with
HennytheDJ < /
• Don't forget — call Lois for all your summertime cater
mfj needs
"MEEV ME AT THE LANDMARK''
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conversation wih them,
asking how they were etc
Then as we werp turning to
leave. Auggie would ask if
we could have their support
Auggie was the living
in the upcoming election
embodiment of everything
Maryann and I barely said a
that was good about South
sentence a piece.
Amboy from the days of
.lust a few days prior to
'The Pleasant Little City"
Auggie's death, the Lions
when it seemed that
club held their annual
everyone knew everyone
service awards and Auggie
else and the atmosphere in
was the recipient of the
the community reflected
Rev Joseph Gray
(Kilicenan of the year honor.
thp.t "Pleasant Little City"
the second time he was so On Sunday. June 4, at 4:00
motto And when he passed
honored 1 was fortunate p.m., the First Presbyterian
away June 21, it seems like a
enough to be part^ of the Church of South Amboy was
little bit of the Spirit of the
program serving as'the MC tht site of a special
city went with him
for the evening. I said that celebration Pastors and
To many he was
night that there is a big Elders from throughout the
"Auggie " I think I knew
difference between being Monmouth Presbytery and
him for years before I even
popular and being well liked Lambertville, New Jersey
knew what his last name
Auggie enjoyed great joined with the congregation
was '
popularity but it was all of a to ordain and install Joseph
Every since I can
positive type It was Gray as the new pastor c' the
remember, I can recall away smiling He had that
virtually impossible to know courch The installation was
seeing Auggie somewhere in positive a personality and it
Auggie and not like him. The particularly joyous since it
town whether it was at the was contagious
number of people drawn to marked the culmination of a
Little League or directing There was a £reat '.ne ;n
the awards dinner and the rigorous two year search by
traffic in front >.t fact and Rev Gray, a recent
The record speaks for everyone who approached
the impact he made ^n those graduate of Princeton
itself He was a fine police h«rr..'and said you ought to
around him. But then again, Theological'Seminary, has
officer and one of the most work in missing persons, you
everybody knew that served for thf last three
well liked and well respected know everybody " It seemed
individuals this city has ever Auggie knew everyone and During the Lions' year* as \ outh i Erector of
known He was a very unique everyone knew him Just program, a representative* the Kirs! Presbyterian
person I don't think I've met like what people have from the state PBA made Church of Lambertville. N.J..
another person named always said about South a presentation to Auggie for He also brings with him
Auggie,, but it is safe toNay Amboy everybody knows his many years representing many years of experience in
that there will never he* everybody else
South Amboy It was quite community work, having
another one qu.te like him When Mike Charmello wsa
an emotional moment for all served as an executive with
He represented his running for the dv council
in that hall.
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