Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1918-08-03
H. R. WILSON To
DO WORK ABROAD
President of Water Board and
of P. A. Republican Club En-
ters Y. M. C. A. Work.
GOES TO FRANCE OR ITALY
Employment Manager of A: S.
& r. Company ResignS--Has
Two Sons Now in Service

Harry r. Wilson, employment man.
ager of the American Smelling & Re-
fning Company's plant in this city,
and one of the best known men in
Perth Amboy politics. industrial and
civic affairs, has resigned his positloh
to do Y. M. c. A. abroad.
He will report for active duty at the
Y. M. c. A. war work headquarters m
New York on August IT from where
he will be sent to either France or
Italy to take charge of a Y. M. e. A.
hut.
Mr.. Wilson has been connected with
the A. S. g. r. Company for the past
twenty-five years and during this time
has steadily advanced until he has at
tanned the position of employment
manger-one to which there is no
little responsibility attached in q
plant employing the large amount OF
help as does the A. S. & r.
Two sons of Mr.. Wilson's are now
in uniform, his eldest, William H. VIII
son attending the aviation training
school at Cambridge. and his next old
est boy, Robert 4. Wilson, being in
/ the artillery, training at Fort Totten.
Thus with the father and two sons do
ing active war work their names can
well appear on Perth Amboy's roll of
honor.
the A. 8. & r. Mr.. Wilson had the op
portunity to meet many men and made
many friends. His popularity is
shown by the fact that he was elected
and reelected time and again to head
the Perth Amboy Republican Club as
its president and when the Republi-
cans went into control here little
over a year ago Mr.. Wilson was se-
lected as water board commissioner.
At the annual election of the Board
of Water Commissioners this year Mr..
Wilson was elected president to sue
| ceed Charles 8. Snedeker. Since his
appointments to the board Mr.. Wilson
| has worked hard in order TO have the
reservoir project put through and has
succeeded to large degree, the mat
ter having reached such stage now
that everything is ready for a bond
issue.
Mr.. Wilson may we'll be called "the
father of the reservoir" as he steadily
worked on this proposition until the
other members of the board saw the
necessity of immediate action and CO.
operated with him In getting plans
and specifications drawn which would
give Perth Amboy a reservoir suffi-
ciently large to guard against fire and
scarcity of water in the future.
It Is not known what action will
be taken in filling his place on the
water Doard. he VIII be present 1or
the last time with this board at its
meeting next Wednesday night.
In addition to being president Of
the Perth Amboy Republican Club.
Mr.. Wilson Is managing director of
the Asarco Employees Store Company,
a member of the Republican county
and city executive committee, men,
Der of the National Geographic So
ciety, member OF the Y. NJ. c. A. and
the Raritan Yacht Club. member of
the Lafayette Fencing Club, past re-
gent of the Royal Arcanum. past
councillor and treasurer OF the Loyal
Association and chairman of the In
dustrial Welfare and Safety Commit
tee of the Perth Amboy Board of
Trade.
The action of Mr.. Wilson in taking
up Y. M. G. A. work comes as a great
surprise but there is no doubt that
he will be well fitted for his new un-
dertaking owing to his experience
with men for the past twenty or
twenty-five years. An urgent call for
men has been sent out by the Y. NJ.
c. A. and Mr.. Wilson has felt II his
duty TO answer. He is the first Perth
Amboyan to enter this branch of the
service. He has not been informed
as yet whether he will be sent to
France or TO Italy. His residence here
is at 1S6 State street