Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1918-09-06
THURSDAY WILL
De 4 HOLIDAY
Elaborate Preparations Being
Made for Draft Registration
Next Week
TEACHERS WILL ASSIST
Patriotic Celebration to be Held
in Connection With the
New Order
TEACHERS WILL ASSIST
n,ha nnard az Edncation at lts

The Board OF Educauon at its
meeting last night granted the re-
quest OF Mayor John f.. TenBroeck
for the use of the schools next Thurs
day for the purpose of registering
men from eighteen to forty five and
in addition offered the draft board
the services of all of the city's school
teachers to assist in the work. AS
registration will be from o'clock In
the morning until o'clock at night
it will mean that all of the schools
must be closed all day.
All of the school buildings will not
be used, but every teacher. both men
and women, is to be Instructed py
Superintendent s. e. ShulI to report
at his respective schools Thursday
morning and then be assigned to tho
schools which are being used for the
registration.
Mayor TenBroeck appeared before
the board with the request that the
draft board be allowed to use the
same schools as have been designated
as polling places for the elections,
stating that the places formerly used
were not sufficiently large to accons
modate the large number of regis
trars and registrants. The mayor also
pointed out duplicate copies of the
registration cards are to be made
the original. = It is proposed to use
most of the teachers in making these
duplicate copies and in tabaieting
them. BY using the schools the
teachers engaged in copying and tab
ulating can work in one section whfle
the men are registering Ia another,
This would be impossible II the for
mer polling places were used.
1t is expected that the work Of
copying the cards, tabulating them
and making the reports, from each
poll will be completed by Monday or
Tuesday of the week following. Sew
= erai weeks were occupied formeriy IN
this work. the copying being done
several days after the registration
and then by only q few volunteers.
Men who must register, residing in
the first ward will do so at School No.
Z, those in the second ward at School
No. /, third ward the Grammar
School, fourth ward, Schools Nos. 4
and 8, fifth ward, School No. 2 and
sixth ward, Schools Nos. 8, and s.
In schools where residents of more
than one district are to register. the
different parts of the building will be
used for the different polls.
City Electrician Jay FRANKIE was also
present at the meeting OF the school
board and reported that he had made
an examinaI1On OF Lne DBnIlnB system
in all of the schools and had a list OF
the necessary lighting fixtures neces-
sary.
The School board was unanimous In
giving it's consent to the mayors re-
quest and made the offer of the teach
ers' services without being requested
to do so, believing that the draft
board and reeistrants would need all
of the help available in order to handle
the 10000 or $4,000 who are expected
to register.
Sample registration cards have been
printed and they are today being dis
tributed among the employees of some
Of the factories in order that the men
effected by the law may I'LL out these
samples at home and on, registration
day give them to the registrants who
wili have only 10 copy them. This
will save time at the registration
places as no questions will be asked
the registrants Otherwise the regis
trar must ask the registrant every
question which appears on the card
and then I'LL in the card
Provost Marshal General Crowder
has asked that the day be observed
Is a patriotic occasion with flags fly
ing and bands playing. In keeping
with this, efforts are being made to
have q parade on Wednesday night
with the big band OF the local militia
reserves leading the procession.
A meeting of the volunteer regis
erars Will be held early next week for.
fhe purpose OF giving instructions.