Gloucester County Democrat., 1912-04-25
THE Y. N. C. A. CAMPAIGN
Great Convention in Woodbury. De-
cides for Such a Crusade.

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nearly $50 men from all parts of
! Gloucester County, met in a Conven-
tion at Woodbury. Monday afternoon
and evening. 1t was gathering
such as Gloucester County has never
seen. There have been great politi-
cal rallies and great religious meet
ings, but for an assemblage of men
with creed and without creed, with
the single aim of the betterment Of
the boy, the meeting of Monday
evening stands unique.
There were men present from Pit
imam, from Glassboro, from Venom
ah, Paulsboro, Thorofare and other
towns and villages, with sixty
eight from Woodbury. sitting
down at the dinner which preceded
the Convention And when the reso-
ment of Young Mems Christian AS
Tread, it was adopted with wild and
without dissenting vote.
Before the dinner was begun, Mr..
i Maydole, who has been doing the
field work in connection with the be-
ginning of the Y NJ. G. A. in this
County, reported as to the conditions
lin the County and the attitude which
individuals held toward the estab-
lishment of a, Y. M. c.. A. here.
Mr.. Colburn, State Secretary, pre-
sided over this preliminary meeting.
| The committee on nominations pre-
sented the name of John Boyd Avis
las Chairman and Prof. D. T. Steel
man as Secretary, and they were
lelected A committee was appointed
| by Mr.. Avis to act as Reception
| Committee for the evening.
Shortly after $50 the meeting adj
journed to the basement of the
church where the dinner was held,
prepared by the ladies of the Meth
odist Church.
Mr.. Avis appointed a Resolutions
Committee composed of the follow
ing men: R. A. Sargent, G.. w. Will
kins, H L. Weir, G.. NJ. Titus and
w. H. Yenney.
| The committee on resolutions re-
! ported as follows:
1st. That we, as delegates in con-
vention, recommend the organization
of the Gloucester County Young
Mems Christian Association.
| End. That we recommend the
lelection of John Boyd Avis, Henry
C. Dixon, Dr. H. 81 Diyerty and Al
exander l.. Rogers, of Woodbury.;
VIM c.. Cattell and T. w. Synnott,
| (advisory member) of Wenonah;
Charles Repp and Thomas @. Allen,
of Glassboro; George NJ. Ashton and
George L. Hannold, of Swedesboro;
Charles Kemerrer and H IS. SPRING
! er, of Pitman; DR.. NJ. ]. Doolittle
and VIM G. Cowgirl, of Paulsboro;
and S. H. McFadden, of Williams
town, who shall constitute the County
Committee, and they shall have pow
er during the year to elect either
from the localities named or from
new localities, additional members
of the committee.
3rd. We recommend budget of
| twenty-five hundred dollars for the
year closing January 81, 1913.
4th. That we recommend calling
Immediately the Co. Secretary pro-
| viding a budget of twenty-five hun
dred dollars is subscribed.
| 5th. That we express our hearty
appreciation to the newspapers of
the County for their cooperation.
9Th. That we thank the officers
and members of this church fer the
use of their beautiful building.
Signed,
r. A. SARGENT,
CHARLES w. WILKINS,
HERBERT L. WEIR,
G.. NJ. TITUS,
w. H. YENNEY,
Committee.
The reading of the resolution
brought much applause, and all the
separate items swere unanimously
ratified.
! Chairman Avis introduced Mr.. Al
bert E. Roberts, of New York, Inter
national Secretary for the County and
Rural Work of the Y. NJ. G.. A. For
more than an hour Mr.. Roberts told
of the work the County Y. M. G.
A. is doing; of how it is supplement-
| ing the work of the church and going
! into places and reaching men and
boys whom neither the church or the
Sunday school are able to get hold
of. Mr.. Roberts gave incidents of
the value of the work to a commun-
ity; of how it pays dividends in bet
lter boys and men and makes the lives
of those participating in the work
richer and more worth while; how
| the "joy of service" comes to be real
lized by the volunteers, among the
Headers of the various groupes, and
how after once enlisting in the work
they would not give it up for any
/ thing
Inspired by such facts and stirred
by Mr.. Roberts appeal for the
"boy. the convention dismissed short
ly before 9 o'clock and with such en-
! thusiasm for the propulsion of the
County work among the boys OF
Gloucester County, that a canvass for
funds begun the following day Tues
dav) met with instant response.
This morning, approximately 81
1 200 90 had been secured, half of that
amount having been contributed by
citizens of Woodbury.. Chairman j..
Boyd Avis, of the County Committee,
| felt positive the $500 necessary to
complete the budget for the first
years work would be secured by this
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