Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-09-16
!. N. c. A. CANT PAIGN
TO START TONIGHT
First Gun viii be Fired When
300 Workers Meet at Ban
quet in the "Gym."
TO GET 800 NEW MEMBERS
Plenty of Gasoline to Run Ford
and Automobiles to the 300
Mark is Expected.
TO GET 800 NEW MEMBERS

Everything is in readiness for the
! big Y. M. G. A. membership COM
mittee campaign which starts tonight
with an opening banquet at $50
O'Clock sharp. The three hundred
workers who have signed on teams
will be present and it is expected
that there will be great amount OF
enthusiasm manifested.
The campaign manager, E. J.
Hockenbury, who is in charge of the
EFFORT and who has directed a mum ber
OF successful campaigns during the
past few years. is quoted as saying:
I In all of our campaign experience
we have never started upon an enter
| prise which seemed to promise
greater results. There has been a
splendid spirit of interest on the part
of the association men with whom |
have come in contact AMI an appar-
ent, genuine desire to make the
Perth Amboy Association minister to
the maximum number of boys and
young men,"
General Chairman John K. BRYAN
is optimistic; he believes that the
organization which he and his chair
produce results on par with the best
In the country. General Chairman
Bryan through his division chairmen.
Adrian Lyon, E. H. Boynton, oliver
Ramsay, G. M. Peterson, Franz Nell
son, has instructed the captains OF
the various teams to have a full at
tendance at the opening banquet to-
night, because as in any race, a good
start has great deal to do with its
success, and this is an automobile
race.
And the Little Old Ford.
All the teams are named after cars
sold or used in this community and
great interest is Deing taken by the
friends of these various automobiles
as to which will lead the field. There
are those who are banking on his
honor, the mayors team, the
Ford" because they say There IS
simply no getting away from them. y
The campaign manager says: Its
not the name of the car that counts,
but how much gasoline the workers
burn and how much effort they put
in their solicitations So any team
has a chance to win the race
Good Speakers For Tonight.
The speakers Of the evening will
be: General Chairman J. K. Bryan,
c. H. Potter of Orange, and Cam
paign Manager E. j. Hockenbury of
Harrisburg, Pa. Following the ad-
dresses thirty minutes of time will
be taken for the distribution of as
signment cards. Inasmuch as no
worker is permitted to do any solic-
iting unless he holds in his posses
sion an assignment card for that
prospect; this is an important part
of tonights' meeting.
novel feature worked out during
the campaign is an automobile pa
rade with the high team leading the
aggregation. There will be a score
board in front of the association
building showing the daily record OF
each team and each division.
The first days work of the cam
paign begins tomorrow morning.
The first report will be held tomor-
rev night at supper at $50. The
workers have been promised that the
evening report including the supper
will never last more than one hour
after the first evening These sup
pers will be held III the gymnasium,
meetings of this kind.
This is how the workers line up for
the big race:
Division A. Chairman, Adrian
Lyon; secretaries Arthur La Roe and
E. V. R. Sofield
Baker-Captain D. w. Boehm;
Harry Koons, Herbert Lorenz, Elmer
Lund, William Zehrer, H. Diedrick-
sen, John Steed, Frank Ritter, Thom-
as Smith, John Zupko, N. O'Prien, w.
Raudpt.
Ford-Captain Ferd Garretson; D.
c. Garretson, Edgar Mullen, C. C.
Hommann, Lloyd Johnson, A. C.
krogh, r. C. Hanson, ]. V. Null
chahey, j. c. Burns. M. R. Letter, C.
A. Shirley, j. Logan Clevenger.
pmobile-Captain H. E. Com
Ings; Harvey Wilson, w. C. Bough-
ton, H, l.. Hanson, w. W. Comings,
Earl Walker, Herbert P. Rankin, |
Holmes A. Oliver, Jesse R. Slaight,
Harry w. Jensen. Chris C. Hansen,
Parker Luckhurst.
White-Captain, Edward Christie; |
George Battmann, ]. Koyen, Godfrey |
NJ. Ricci, w. H. Griswold, c. Larsen,
Z. A. Macan, L. H. Peterson, A. /
Frank Hilsdorf, C. A. Land |
zach, D. A. Shirley.
Division B. Chairman, E. H. |
3oynton. Secretaries, Earl Mullins
md w. H. War;.
Cadillac-Captain A. C. Clark; e.
7. David, C. c. Mullins, G. Brod-
lead, John Hanson, H. S. Binder,
lels Smith, Andrew Jensen, C. H.
Aldrieh, H. R. Clark, John Clark, S.
sarris.
Maxwell-Captain ]. Arthur APP
legate; Fred Bonnett, j. C. Neff,
anthony Larsen, William T. Ames,
V. H. McNair, Emil Koyen, Henry M.
w. r. Browning, Herbert
butcher, E. H. Roma, James Hen
erson.
mobile-Captain, John Pfeif-
er; F. j. Cox, c. d. Boynton, John
eterson, Andrew j. Wight, Earl
lullen, H. s. Koch, Morgan F. Lar
On, G. L. Boynton, J. Malco. III Crow
Il, w. A. Spencer, Herbert Woslora.
Pierce-Arrow Captain, George
ILLS; w. L. Wogensen, David
homas, f. Oliver, H. McCann, Geo.
laney, E. Rock. w. L. Baldwin, ".
Cortelyou, John Andsrsea, Mr..
chwartZ, Mr.. Bridges.
Renault-Captain. Benjamin Gold
arger; Emil Warter. Theodore
egenring, Herman Klein, Morris
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