Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-09-30
Certain of Victory, City Leaps
Into Task of Securing Rest
of Our Quota
TEAMS CANVASSIN6 CITY
Van Syckle Subscribes $5, 900
--Others Come Across Gener-
0usIy for the Loan
Saturdays subscriptions

4 Saturdays subscriptions to the
Fourth Liberty Loan In this city
amounted to sS3, 3,2te-
This amount, added to the wonder
full response at Friday nights open
ing meeting, shows that Perth AM
boy Is up and doing and that with
the passing days in the next three
weeks. the city will pass the alottea
quota and leave it too far behind 10
be recognizable.
with this confidence imbued in
Them. the workers for the loan are
cut on the job today. busily signing
mn citizens for their subscriptions TO
the biggest loan of them all. ana
what ii is firmly beiieved, VIII turn
cut to be the most successful OF them
all. 49,
rarians of the city held mass meetings
Yesterday in different parts OF the city
where indescribable enthusiasm pre-
vailed over the loan and large SUD
scrintion lists were obtained at both
nlaces. Both can be depended upon
for wonderful returns when their re-
porss are made to the loan heaoQuAV1
ters at 101 Smith street.
Teams Of other nationalities are 40
,nc very similar work. They are keep
ing the lists on the jump and expect
~ heat out the other when the totals
are finally added up.
THE largest single donation received
eif,ce the announcement Friuay hlsnt
,s that reported by the automobile
dealers committee through the CHAIR
man, John ]. Powers. This donation
was from the vanSyckle Garage and
was Tor s6,100.. OF which amount
Frank VanSyclxle subscribed S5,OOO.
The other subscriptions We're; Mar
Uo n a
Jr.. 800: Peter H. VanSyciSle, 500;
blanche yanSyckle, 800; Mrs. Peter
Vansyckle, 800; Borge Jensen, 800;
j. A. Layden, $50: John Jacobsen,
$50; Thomas Cattano. $50: Nicholas
Cusatf. $50; John Gardner, $50; Oscar
Lins, $50; Chris Lonne, $50g John
Brennan, $50. John Fox, $50.
District No. o, Of which Clarence
Wright is chairman, reported $3.50.
District No. 9, OF which John Peter
son Is chairman. reported $3.50.
Albert Terhune subscribed $500.
The Polish Division of the Liberty
Loan reports subscriptions amounting
to s1s.250. The large subscriptions
received by this division were from
Frank Yak, $500; Wozciech Zak,
$500; r. ]. zawiiinski, $500.
The Prudential Insurance Com
pany's agents and workers in this city
have formed a free lance team of can
vasserp which have received the sane
tion OF the executive committee TO so
licit subscriptions TO the loan. Thers
are twenty of~<hem altogether
and In the opening parade-op Friday
night they marched, being the~~Qnly
organization or team to carry q flag
among the line Of campaigners.
Only about twenty people attended
the Liberty Loan meeting in the high
school auditorium yesterday after
noon held by the Hungarians. The
reason for this was the fact that
hardly anyone knew of the affair
Patriotism was the keynote of those
who did attend, however, and every
person subscribed for Liberty Bonds
The total amount Of bonds subscribed
at the meeting was 5000. The com.
mittee in charge OF the Hungarian
work OF the city win carry on can.
vass OF their citizens here and a spe.
cial endeavor win be made by them
to reach the people from whom ths
American canvassers are unable Il
secure subscriptions.
The thousand members of the Slo
yak League of America, Branch No
60. attended the Liberty Loan meet
ing In Pulaski hall yesterday after
noon which was one of the most pa
triotic meetings yet held in the drive
Following the speaking subscription
worth were sold. Addresses Wer
made by Rev A. b. Konkol OF New
York. Rev. Paul Siska OF Bridgeport
|. Corn. and Rev. Wllbert Westcott
tor OF the Simpson Methods
wch here.