Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-15
IS GIVEN
FOR RELIEF WORK
Meeting of Committee Held
Last Night When Much Bust
ness is Transacted

Donations amounting to $4.450
were made last night at the meeting
BIZ the Citizens Emergency Relief
Committee at the East Jersey Club.
This was the first meeting of the
eommittee since the influenza cpl
femic and much important business
was transacted. In the absence Of
The chairman, oliver w. Ramsay,
chnuncey G. Baldwin presided.
A petition vas received from the
City Committee of the Civic Depart
ment OF the Woman's Club requesting
that the committee furnish the sum
pf $4,000, which 1t did, to carry on
Americanization WORK IN this city.
This is n of the greatest move
ments for the Americanizing Of wom-
en- and children now under way, and
Is being carried on through the In
ternational Institute. BY h donat-
Ing of the $500 for the use of the
City Committee in this work. the
committee is able to obtain from the
Institute a sum of $500. Mrs. A.
clayton Clark was present at the
meeting and told the committee of
the work carried ont by the institute.
Great things are accomplished in
this Americanization movement.
Workers speaking the various Ian
kuages of the people are sent into the
ISL ANL2 nv III AAAtA -
tongue tell the different classes how
to live as Americans do. One of the
Features in spreading the Americana
cation movement Is the establishing
of a community house. where these
people are taken and shown how
Americans live. and are taught the
keeping of their homes sanitary.
The petition from the City Com
mittee as submitted to the Emergency
Committee and read by the secretary
follows:
1--WE, the undersigned. City Com
mittee, under the auspices of the Civic
department of the Woman's Club, ap-
peal to your Committee to help us
financially in the very great work in
Americanization we have at this mo-
mient the opportunity to do.
.Through the International Insti-
tute. this Committee, under the aus
pieces of the Woman's Club may have
the services of several trained work
ers whose expenses are paid by the
Institute il we can maintain the equip
ment. This mainly consists of Head
quarters. properly furnished, where
the workers may hold classes, conduct
~recreationaI periods,-hold conferen-
ces-in general be a clearing house
for the activities of the neighborhood
that have to do with women. girls and
children. The sum asked for IS
twenty-five hundred dollars which
win maintain the work for n year,
the Institute putting in an even larg-
err amount.
THE time is very pressing. this Of
fer is open only for the year and it Is
reiteration to tell you how greatly the
work is needed.
This particular group of women
have pledged themselves for n years
honest service in this work, and we
believe at the end of the year to fully
demonstrate our usefulness.
ave feel at liberty to ask for his
amount OF money from the Citizens
Relief Committee because u is city
work, because we will improve citi-
ems permanently and because this
plan Is the first sane. f~ar-reaching
plan for this work that Perth Amboy
has ever had laid before it.
This work does not conflict with
War Camp Community. it works hand.
inI Aand with every permaRSSt force
in the city, s~peh-aSNGfty Government
scaseJis. xssM. C. aAa-ehurches. Health
Boards and Box Scouts
Eve beg your earnest consideration
of this petition. it is really our only
chance to help Perth Amboy become
an American City.
"a member of this Committee will
be present at your meeting with YOU
kind permission to answer any ques-
ton on this work.
1--WE earnestly beg your co-opera-
ton and consideration"
Yours sincerely,
Mrs Adrian Lyon,
Mrs. Theodore Degenring,
Mrs. o. w. Ramsey.
Mrs. Mortimer j. Brown,
Mrs. F. A. Brown,
Mrs. John r Haywood,
Mrs. A. Clayton Clark.
Mrs. G.. w. Fithian, captain of the
Motor Corps of this city, through a
written communication requested
that $3.50 be donated by the COM
mittee to the motor corps for the
purchase of a seven-passenger tour
Ing car with which to carry on the
work of this organization. At the
present time the corps has an ambu-
lance which was donated by the or
ganized labor of this city and also a
1900 station wagon. Because of lack
Of equipment the corps has been UNI
able to answer all the calls made up
on ii by the Red Cross and hospitals.
The committee voted to furnish the
money with which to purchase the
car and needed equipment.
The establishing of a general clinic
at the hospital was discussed as was
also the question of making the COM
mittee a permanent organization but
no action was taken.
Chairman Oliver w. Ramsay sent
a communication to the meeting stat
ing that he regretted his inability to
attend the meeting as he would be
pleased TO meet all those who worked
so u%ntiringly and faithfully during
the trying times in October n that
he had many things to talk over
with the committee which would
have To wait until some future time.
The committee passed a resolution
of sympathy for the chairman who
is confined to his home following an
operation and expressed hope for his
rapid recovery.