Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-11-13
24,183 Pl EDGE TO SAVE
FOOD IN MIDDLESEX
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ty has been complete and the response
fine will be seen by the figures i'll the
accompanying table. In only two dis
tricts Of the whole county did the can
vass fall below expectations. In some
districts more signers were secured
than the estimated number of famll-
les, showing a substantial increase IN
the number of families since the l9l D
censrue.
Combed Every Section.
In both New Brunswick and Perth
Amboy the canvaSsers combed every
section and gave practically every
housewife an opportunity to show her
loyalty to her government. ROBERT Il.
Ross. the New Brunswick chairman
and Oliver w. Ramsay the Perth AM
bow Chairman. both had efficient Or
ganizations at their command.
Women Do Fine Work.
I'm three sections of the county
women were in command of the can
vassing forces and each Of these sec
tions exceptionally fine results were
obtained In Dunellen Mrs. George
T. Schenck exceeded her quota and
Mrs. Alice Rumpel did the same thing
| in Middlesex borough. No family es-
capped their canvassers' In East
Brunswick township Mrs B. f. Maui
| pin had a scattered and difficult ter
! ritory to cover. but she proved more
| than equal to the task.
Surrogate d. w. Clayton is sure no
| one escaped in his territory. The ract
that his number of signers does not
| come up to the quota is explained by
| the fact that hundreds of inmates IN
the Jamesburg Reform School are in
Monroe township and are included in
| the census and of course there is only
1 alro ha W l.
| tuition.
| Success in Woodbridge.
| The same condition is true of Wood
| bridge township. the State Reforma-
| tory being located there. This ac-
counts for the estimated number of
| families, based on the census being
much higher than the signed pledges.
Frederick +. Anness had Woodbridge
thoroughly covered.
Thorfin TAFT exceeded his quota In
Metuchen, as did John v. l.. Booraem
in Milltown and A. V. Stout in South
Brunswick.
John H. Baremore came very close
to his quotas for Jamesburg, Hell
meta and Spotswood and Herman
Shapiro gave an excellent account o.
himself in the Roosevelt district.
| Charles r. Rose came near touch
ling hts quota in Sayrevi1le and Rev
|
scattered territory of Raritan town
ship turned in a fine percentag'
of his quota
Results.
| George L. Burton encounteret
difficulties in South River, as did As
bury Fountain in Madison township
and they did not sign all the house
wives they had anticipated. w. H
Nets had the big Piscataway town
ship district and secured over hal
of his quota.
There were less than ESQ absolut
refusals to sign the pledge cards Il
the whole county. The reasons TO
these refusals are being investigate
and a full report will be made to tn
government Many who did not sig
when the canvassers called have sine
signed the cards. They had misun
derstood the seriousness OF the move
ment, had overlooked the fact tina
this country is at war and when thi
had been fully explained they wer
glad to show their loyalty.
The membership cards are to
kept in the windows of the houses
They are the mark Of patriot
home.
That khaki soldier of the Republi
facing a cannon somewhere in Franc
expects his folks at home to provid
the food. And he will not be disar
pointed unless-which is unthinkabl
l-he is betrayed by his own blood ki
in the kitchen. The women of Mid
dlesex have modified into a volur
teer working unit, singing a song {
substitution and pledged to save fou
things-wheat, meat, sugar and fat
They are going to save and serve.