Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-03-01
ADRIAN LYON IS
PRESIDENT Of
STATE !. N. c. A.
President of Local Y. M C. A.
Tells Delegates About Fight
Perth Amboy Had to Get Its
Splendid New Building.
Special to the EVENING NEWS.

Special to the EVENING NEWS.
New Brunswick, March l.
Judge Adrian Lyon, president of
the Perth Amboy Y. NJ. G. A, was
named president of the Y. NJ. C. A.
state convention held Saturday in
New Brunswick.
Mr.. Lyon sounded the keynote of
| revived Y. Nj. c. A. activity in this
city when as one of the principal
speakers at the banquet held in the
| motel Klein, Saturday night, he told
| the 177 delegates of the divers
branches in the state How to Build
ana house a Y. M, c. A" During
two days of unceasing activity by
many delegates who represent every
walk and stauoff in lite throughout
the state, the predominant feature
was consistent hammerlng away at
the one topic--to build and equip a
Y. NJ. G. A. worthy of the city of New
Brunswick.
MIR. Lyon told his interested audi
ence more than his topic called Tor,
From the moment he arose at the
|
loud peals of applause punctuated his
remarks. Judge Lyon was one of the
real big men of the convention being
honored with the presidency of the
| two-day session.
Judge Lyon smiled broadly and his
audience roared with laughter as he
told of the spirited rivalry which at
one time existed between New Bruins
wick and Perth Amboy. Seems
rather peculiar for man to come up
from Perth Amboy to tell you folks
in New Brunswick how to build and
mouse Y. NJ. G. A" He recalled the
time when New Brunswick very will
ingly consigned Perth Amboy to a
realm quite outside of Christian
civilization. But Judge Lyon declared
the tables have been turned since.
| When he told New Brunswick how
Perth Amboy had built and equipped
structure costing nearly $125,000,
the applause merited was readily ac-
..ss.,s,sed III trGraIF .oaS..5 Lyon TUifi
of the trials and tribulations OF a
campaign committee such as erected
the Amboy institution. He praised
the noble manner in which the pub
lie responded despite the most optim-
istic horizon. He laid great stress
upon the way in which the corpora
! tions assisted and of the inestimable
value of the work by his fellow work
ers in the campaign. He pointed out
that of the $122,000 amount, repre-
senting the cost of the building, a
debt of only $4,000 remained to be
paid off Judge Lyon advised that
New Brunswick build on large
scale, include in its plans provision
for ample dormitories and that they
secure the best architects in the busl-
ness.
I Those who attended the conference
Saturday from Perth Amboy were
Secretary S. NJ Lipscomb, Assistant
Secretary March, A. c. Clark, j. X.
Bryan, G. M. Peterson, ID. p. Ohm
stead, John Pfeiffer and George Full
lerton.
Boys Work Secretary Wakeling
and Assistant Secretary March at
tended the closing session of the con-
ference, held in the First Reformed
church last night.
A boom for the establishment in
this city of a Y, NJ c. A. such as now
boasted of by Perth Amboy, received
a big impetus yesterday, when dele
gates from organizations throughout
the state, spoke from local pulpits on
the advantages and need of hand
some Y. M. C. a. home in New
brunswick. Among the lecturers
was former Judge Adrian Lyon, OF
Perth Amboy, who is president of the
Y. M. C. A. in that city. He brought
a very Interesting message, which he
o1 IN n ms
bers of the First Reformed church,
at the morning service. In every In
stance, the visitors occupied the pull
pits at the morning services. Able
lectures were delivered by the fol-
lowing:
Hon. John Body Avis, Woodbury.
president of the State Association
and {. H. Potter, of Orange, at the
First Presbyterian church.
Louis f. Jallade, of New York city,
at the Church of ST. John the Evan
gelist.
John T. Sproull, president of the
Coal and Iron National Bank, New
York. at the First Methodist church.
Theodore Hampson, of Orange, a
! Newark business man, at st. James
Methodist church.
H. S. Park. of Ridgewood, New
ark and New York business man, at
Pitman Methodist church.
Judge Adrian Lyon, of Perth Am
boy, president of the Perth Amboy
Association, at the First Reformed
church.
j. P. Ashbrook, a business man OF
Philadelphia. at the Second Reform
ed church.
Wilfred w. Fry, Of Camden, a
member of the firm of N. w. Ayres
and Son and former New Bruins
wicker, at the First Baptist church.
]. Harvey Borton, of Jones, Haines
and Cadbury. of Philadelphia. at the
Livingston Avenue Baptist church.
William Knowles Cooper, one Of
the Y. NJ. C. A. convention speakers,
at Kirkpatrick chapel.
Enoch Baker, an officer OF the
Pennsylvania railroad, of New York,
at the Suydam Street Reformed
church.
William F. Overman, chairman OF
the Burlington county committee, at
the Highland Park Reformed church.
H. D. Maydole, of Somerville. told
of Y. M. C. A. work In smaller towns,
at the German Reformed church