Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-05-25
CROSS TOTAL S36,0O0;
BIG PUSH ON LAST DAYS
Money Pours in From All
Sources Expect to Reach
$4,000 Here.
THE BOXING CARNIVAL AIDS
Still Have to Hear From RoOse-
welt and Many Factory
Employees.

Perth Amboy has given $36,2S1.35
80 far to the second Red Cross war
fund drive, according to reports given
out at headquarters at IL o'clock this
morning.
With three more days in which to
secure donations there is no doubt but
what Perth Amboy's quota of $4,000
will be reached and efforts are now
being made to reach the $4,000 mark.
The employees of some of the bigges'
industries in the city have not been
heard from as yet and their contribu-
tions are expected to amount to sew
eral thousand. Roosevelt is going
along at a great rate of speed in It's
drive for $1,000 and 1t is expected
that within day or two complete re-
ports will be received from the bor-
ough announcing that it has secured
what it started out for. The amount
9ecured in Roosevelt is to be added to
the total collected in Perth Amboy so
that at the present time the Pacemak-
ng City's quota has been passed.
Perth Amboy is not content with Sc
curing the $4,000 with the help OF
Roosevelt and the Red Cross workers
have set out to secure that amour,
Iight in this city. The additional $1o,-
700 from Roosevelt will then bring the
total up to and probably over the
$4,000 mark.
On Wednesday night there will be
boxing carnival in Palace Hall, all OF
the proceeds of which will be donated
to the Red Cross by the Lotus Club,
which is holding the affair. Joseph
McNultyfl head # the club, made the
offer to General Chairman Albert Leon
and it was Immediately accepted. City
Clerk John Hanson, Jr., who is one OF
the men named as a boxing inspector
In this state, has been named by Mr..
Leon as the chairman of special
committee to arrange for the affair.
Mr.. Hanson is now working on pro-
gram together with Protomer McNul-
ty. This affair was to have been held
during the campaign, but owing to the
fact that the talent could not be Sc
cured the date had to be set Tor We'd
nesday night of next week. Tickets
will be placed on sale Monday and ar
rangements will be made to care Tor
300 people.
The local Red Cross committee will
keep its books open until after the
proceeds Of this boxing event have
been received. The Lotus Club just re-
week and this affair will be the first to
be staged by the club in this city.
Instead OF slowing down as the end
of the campaign draws near, the
money seems to be coming in in great
er amounts each day. The workers
have not lessened any in their efforts
to secure contributions and the people
have continued to give. Hundreds
who have made large donations and
pledges are daily giving generously Of
their spare change to the women on
the street corners and these small
donations are fast amounting to
large sum.
The school children of the city have
been doing their share of donating, a
total of $366.25 having been given by
them and their teachers. Superinten-
dent 9. E. Shull was in charge of the
Red Cross drive in the schools and
excellent results have been obtained.
The result from each school has been
No. 2, s23; school No. 8, 81; schools
Nos 4 and 10. s22; school No. s, $29;
school No. 6, $25; school No 7, s2650;
school No. 8. $3.50; school No. 0,
S34.5oo; high school, 5000; grammar
school, $47.95.
$500 were received today at>Red
Cross headquarters. one being from
the Chesebrough Manufacturing Com
pany and the other from the c. Par
dec Works. The employees of the rub
Der insulated wire department of the
Standard Underground Gable Works
have given $14S, this being only a
partial donation of the employees of
the cable works.
The proceeds from the matinees
held in five of the six theatres in this
city yesterday for the benefit of the
Red Cross amounted. to s4774. The
performance at the Strand netted
$12,37, that at the Majestic s14.11; at
the City $7.SS, at the Ditmas $7.65
and at the Royal 1913. About SIT
additional was donated by the Ma
5estic theatre from last nights per-
formance.
Theatre Refused Aid
The Grand theatre refused to do
nate the proceeds of the sale of
matinee tickets to the Red Cross and
would not allow the Red Cross work.
ers in the theatre.
A corporate subscription of $500
from the General Bakelite Company
was received late this morning to-
Eether with twenty-five dollars from
the Marcy Foundry Company and
sixty dollars from the employees of the
Marcy works
The response to the call for funds
In this city is greater than that pre-
dicted by even the most optimistic,
the money almost flowing continually
into the headquarters in Smith street. |
The Polish division this morning
reported an additional $3.50 which it
has collected during the latter part
Of the week. The employees of the
lighting plant have do
mated 50 and the doctors of the city
have given SIS additional. Middle
sex Council, No. 63, Jr. o. u. A. M, !
IS and the Ukrainian church /
J. Waverczak, captain, have
given $101 additional. Miss L. Ricci
$91.24 from street collections
CONTINUED on page %