Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-22
LOAN CLOSE To
TWO MILLIONS
Returns Continue to Pour in
to Golfers of Local Fund.-
More Expected
$7O,75O TOTAL YESTERDAY
0versubscription to Date Totals
$302, ,000-- John F. ReiIIey
Turns in $4,000
$7O,75O TOTAL YESTERDAY


office of the chairman, Adrian Lyon.
The total amount received yesterday
was 370,75Q, which makes q grand
over-subscription to date of $302,sOO,
with more to come.
Large subscriptions were received
| from several of the teams and organ
izations.. The largest of these was
, from Team No. 16, captained by John
+. Reilly, for $4,000. Team No. IL,
of which w. II. Griswold is captain.
reported $4,000; italian organization
reports a total of $7,460; Team No.
| IL, captained by ]. w. Kelly, $4,000;
Team No. 8, Herbert Gillis, captain.
$6,S00; Danish-American organiza-
ton, John II. Poulson, chairman. $6,-
500; banks. $3.50; Polish division.
$3.50, and lawyers. $1,7O0.
The following letter from Henry o.
| Parker, president of the National
Bank of New Jersey. New Brunswick,
| N, j., has been received by the various
| banks, congratulating them on the
| fact that they have met or over
| subscribed their allotment.
| Dear SIR
81 presume you have before you this
| morning the. final report OF Ray Nor
| ris. Director of Sales of United States
Certificates of Indebtedness. and l am
| sure you must feel personal pride In
| the fact that the banks OF Middlesex
County oversubscribed the quota al
lotted to them, and especially when
| you consider that only ono other
| county, Essex, has put this over. and
| that Middlesex is rated No. l6 out of
| seventy-fou counties in New York
| State, Connecticut and New Jersey.
| s"Once again, as is always the case,
| the people of Middlesex County have
proven their patriotism and their true
Americanism.
4 a.
| personal thanks for the contribution
| which your bank made to obtain this
result.
with kind personal regards, I am,
Respectfully yours,
HENRY @. PARKER" !"
The amounts allotted to the various
| banks of this city and the amounts
subscribed by them follows:
Allotted Subscribed
First National
Bank ...... s5sO.OoO s5sO.Ooo
Perth Amboy
Savings Insti-
tuition nothing $4,000
Perth Amboy
Trust Com
pany Sb1 ,OOO S6S,OVO
Raritan Trust
Company -. $4,000 150,0
With but $4,000 lacking to bring
the subscriptions of the loan in this
city to and past the S2,000,000 mark.
and in view of the fact that many
large subscriptions in the banks are
still unreported 1t would seem that
the total will be well in excess of $2,-
! 100000, when the final accounting is
made.
The following report has been re-
ceived from the italian Division of
which Rev. Father Colombino Galassi
Is the chairman and Charles Merello
the secretary:
First district: Frank Frasca. cap
tain, and Alfred Valenti assistant,
subscriptions amounting to $1,000;
Second district: Charles Merello, cap
tain, John Venezia assistant, sub
Iscriptions amounting to $1,000; Third
district, Dominic Cerulo captain, Rev.
lColombino Galassi assistant subscrip-
tions amounting to $3.50; Fourth
district, Samuel Natoli. captain.
Frank Palisi, Jr., assistant. subscrip-
tons amounting to $1,000; making
total subscription by this division of
$3.50.
Other subscriptions received are:
Team No. SO. Philip Levine. captain,
$3.50; Team No. 8, N. Christian Mel
sen, captain, 800; labor organiza-
tions. $500; Team 21, ]. PfeiffeC. cap
tain. $500; Team 36, A. Axelrod. cap
tain. 5000; banks. C. c. Baldwin.
S1OVs LCahi AOs W. W.
Sharp, captain, $50: schools. s. e.
FShull. chairman. $50; contractors and
architects. J. N. Wester, chairman.
5000.
Labor organizations, $500; Jr. o. u.
A. NJ. No. So. $500: Slovak Commit
tee, $500; Team 8, c. II. Wright, cap
tain, $500: Team 81, j. Klein, cap
tain. 800: Team IL. F. w. Hilker.
$500; Danish-American, $500; Wom-
ems organizations. $3.50; Team Z. A.
G. Waters, $3.50: Team 3S. n. c. Mel
sen. captain. $3.50: Slovak Committee.
500: Team 13. ]. J. Powers. captain,
$50; Team rs, N. Humphreys, cap
tain, $50; junk dealers, 5000; Team
No. 1, r. L.. Gillis. 500; societies,
Albert Leon. chairman. $50; Team II,
J. Kelly. chairman. $50; labor organ
izations. $3.50.
The Perth Amboy Caledonian Club
and Lady Caledonians boosted the
Fourth Liberty Loan in this city by
subscribing to the amount of s2.850.
william J. Rankin. general manager
of the Marine Construction Company
at Palatka. Florida. forwarded his
check to the club for the sum of
$3.50 for five fifty dollar bonds Mr.. I
Rankin is a member of the club
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