The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1905-12-19
Lbjs.ts end Aims of the
.,,-,.a. in frogress at
J...'sss' Hall Plainly Set
Forth
Why ALL SHOULD PATRONIzE
EXPLANATION OF THE RETIRE
MENT FUND AND IT'S BENE-
FITs-HoW THE PUBLIC NAY
HELP A GOOD CAUSE ALONG.

Miss Margaret Van Winkle. chairman
of the executive committee of the Teach
ers' Fair, now in. progress in Elks' Hall,
has sent out the following appeal to the
public
IAN appeal to the friends of the Pub
lics School Teachers
"We are trying to raise the endow-
ment of our Retirement Fund to hum
dred thousand dollars before January /.
Don't you want to help?
..Of course you do.
How can help?" you ask.
.You and your friends can visit our
beautiful Bazaar of Months, which
opens Saturday evening, the 10th. and
runs through next week.
You can send check to our Treas
urer, Mr.. John w. Hardenbergh, Com
mercial Trust Co.
sYou can send something for sale of
the thousand-ane-one articles that find
ready customers at fairs. For sugges-
rions, see third page. Goods may be
sent TO any teacher or any school until
Friday, the 22d. or to Teachers Bazaar.
Elks' Hall, Henderson and York streets,
Jersey City. N. j. till Saturday evening.
the 23d.
IF you want to know what our fund
is, how conducted and what it has ac-
complished, look at page 3.
Hoping that the New Year may be
filed with happiness and prosperity for
you and yours. / am"
In explanation of the retirement fund
this circular is issued
what Andrew Carnegie aims to do
for higher education by his ten million
dollar endowment to found Retirement
Annuity System for aged and incapaci-
tated college and university professors.
the public school teachers of New Jersey
have for eight years been doing, out of
their own pockets and by means of such
voluntary efforts as this, Bazaar, for the
cause of popular education in this State.
This New Jersey movement is unique
among such enterprises from the fact
| that the fund is made up wholly by the
contribution of one per cent. of the sal
aries of teachers who join it, and by the
| proceeds of enterprises promoted by
members for the purpose of creating an
| endowment. No aid is asked from the
State. The State has, however. appro.
priated 81 500 year to pay the clerical
| and other expenses of administration. so
| that the entire fund may be applied to
| the purpose intended. VIZ, to relieve the
schools of aged and inca pacitated instruc-
| tors; whereby the State-i e., the
schools-becomes the chief beneficiary.
Membership in the New Jersey Pub
| lie School Teachers Retirement Fund is
voluntary. All superintendents, super
| visors, teachers and teacher-cierks en-
| New Jersey are eligible.
| s'Half-Pay Annuities-minimum $3.50,
maximum $600-are granted on disabil-
| ity after not less than twenty years
teachi in New Jersey.
/ what the Fund has Accomplished. In
| 8 years the fund has paid Tin round fig
ures) 100000 to 112 disa bled teachers
| ($1I 900 of it to II Hudson County bene-
| iciaries). has disbursed some $4,000 for
| administrative costs, and accumulated a
surplus of about $4,000. Annuity obli-
| cations for tn year are above $4,000
| The fund is managed by the following
| Board of Trustees created by Article
| XIV. of the General School Law:
| Hon. Charles J. Baxter, State Superin-
| tendent of Public Instruction; Hon S.
r. Morse, Hon. Charles E. Surdam and
! Hon. William ID. Forbes. members of
| the State Board of Education: and Mr..
| Thomas NJ White, Mrs Georgia B. Cra-
| ter and Miss Elizabeth A. Allen. public
school teachers. The State Treasurer is.
ex-officio, the Treasurer. and receives
| and has the custody of all moneys be-
| longing to the fund.
IF you don't know what to rive,
| please run yvur eye over the following
| schedule: Watches. clocks, rings, pms.
| ornaments, lamps, China. g.ass. pDrce-
| lain. earthenware. perfum-fy. soaps,
ombs, brushes. mirrors. opera glasses.
| hand giaSseS. reading glasses, SachetS,
4 tooth powder toilet waters. ctomizers,
! handkerchiefs. ties. laces. gloves, hosiery,
aprons, collars, cuffs and other weor.ng
i apparel, mems and women's furnishing
goods. umbrellas, parasols table cloths,
napkins. doilies. towels, fusnture, Tugs
lambreguins. sofa pillows. mantle ornst
| ments. leather goods. trunks. suit cases,
bags. hapd bags. pocketbooks. purses, la
dies BELTS phonogra phs, cameras, pic
tllres. books and stationery. sewing ma
chimes, cutlery. knives. forks, carving
sets and other house and kitchen furnish
irgs. hrooms brilsn.s, whisks, confec-
'tionery ice cream. cake groceries. can
ned goods, tea coffee, chocolate, cocoa
hams and other preserved meats. barrels
or baskets of Dotatoes or orders for the
same bags of -four. sugar. salt. ETC.. box
es of fancy crack SIS, breakfast foods
etc.. butter, cheese. preserves jams
picklet oranges. grapes. dates. figs. gin.
ger a M alI kinds o. fresh preserved and
dried fruits. nuts. soaps. baking and
washing powders. cigars. tobacco, smo-
kers' articles. orders for coal etc.
sGoo,as may be sent to any school OF
an. teacher until Friday. the 22l: or te
.Teac cr's Bazaar, Elks' Hall. Hender.
son and yolk streets. Jersey City, N. }.
till tiae Razaar closes, Saturday evening