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Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-30
ORGANIZATIONS
AIDED THE MEN
Different Activities for Men In
Service Played Important
Part in Morale

Entertaining the service men was
the problem that confronted b peo-
pie of the city. Men from all Over the
country were being quartered in our
midst in the position Of the u. s. Coast
Guards. at nearby camps such as Rari-
tan and Morgan and it was up to the
people of the city to see that they had
more to do when on short passes away
from the rigid routine of the camp
than to loaf about the streets of the
city.
At first the men were entertained in
dividually by the people of the city.
They were asked into the best homes
and welcomed everywhere. Gradually
organizations started coming here and
took tho burden off individuals and en-
tertained the men in a wholesale
fashion.
How the Work Started
As the spirit of the man in service
who has been" upon first entering this
city at the beginning of the war. a
little canteen was run by a small band
of women over Meetings. drug store.
Here every night near s o'clock the
service men tramped upstairs and ate
plate after plate of goodies hal made
one homesick just to smell of. They
knew they couldn't go home and liked
to go up there just to get away from
that military atmosphere.
A little while later this place became
consolidated with the large canteen
which was on the ground floor of the
Army and Navy Club and was under
the running auspicesof the Wa Camp
Community Service. This organization
ploughed its way through a myriad of
conyentionalities and finally brought
young ladies from the best homes in
the city down TO the Army N Navy
Club and taught them how to entertain
and receive these men in Uncle SANS
service. This organization got the
boys together. took them away from
their military homes and gave them a
new home IN the Army and Navy Club
Dances were run in the dance hall
upstairs every Tuesday and Saturday
nights. Invitations were issued through
the Girls Division Branch of the War
Camp Community Service and a good
time" was the motto OF the evening. II
was an unwritten law among the girls
that no lad should be refused a dance
because he was not a good dancer SO
no one suffered hat terrible fate of be-
ing a wall1ower.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-30
NURSES CORPS
REPRESENTED
Some Local Women Saw Duty
Overseas While Others Work
Kept Them in America

( Seven young women in this city as
nurses entered the service of their
country. Mrs. Mable G. O'Hara, Misses
Camilla Harmsen and Bertha Jost went
across and official reports show hat
their work over there was of such merit
that this city can feel as proud of its
daughters who were on the firing line
as of its sons.
Mrs. Glen Harker, the Misses Caro-
line Juhl, Elsie Olsen and Jenny Ras-
mussen, also nurses, did work among
the service men in this country under
the heading of Red Cross and like the
lads the girl behind the gun did her
bit too, just as well as the lass with the
spur of the firing line.
the Women Overseas
Two other young women are also
overseas at present doing work along
welfare lines. Miss Alice Goddard.
who was head librarian at the local
library before h resigned her posi-
ton, left June. 1913, and took up work
with the Y. M. c. A. overseas. She did
canteen work in the morning and CO.
operated with the American Library
Association in the afternoon and eve
ming. At present she is stationed in
Dillon in France The other, who went
over with the library association. Is
Miss Edith Croweli. She left a short
time ago and is doing excellent work
along reconstruction lines and at
tempting to keep the lads who have
time heavy on their hands to keep
occupied.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-30
NAVY ri AIMED MANY PERTH AMbOY MEN
WHO HAVE MADE GOOD WITH J.. S. FLEET


heard on all sides as they continued to
work the engines of their big craft to
the utmost in order to land their
human cargo on the other side in time
t. stem the tide of battle.
Record Breaking Performance
Upon the arrival in port there was
no time to waste and the leaves given
the men were few and far between. In
record-breaking time they were soon
on their way back to this country
again. sometimes bringing those who
had been taken across earlier in the
war and had been stopped by the
enemy's bullets or put out Of the fight
ing by the Hun gas attacks.
Back and forth went these ships dur-
ing the long summer and winter
months of the war, each trip bringing
nearer the day when the defeat OF
Germany and her allies would come.
With the signing OF the armistice
came a lull in the shipping of men to
Europe but the work OF provisioning
the million and a half over there had
to be continued. When it was decided
to withdraw practically all of the
American troops from foreign shores
the navy again had placed before it a
task which was almost as great as that
experienced during the actual fighting
although the n great perilEthe Hun
tU-boat-was a thing of the past and
mot to be feared.
And the Navy Brought En- Back
Daily thousands of American sol
diers, many of them battle-scarred,
are arriving at ports along the Atlantic
seaboard from overseas and although
their work is completed the men in
the navy will not have finished theil
LOB" until the last Yank has beer
landed safely again on the soil Of
Gods country" which is HI popuial
conception Of the United States to tht
American soldier who has seen ser
vice in France
The defeat of the elaborate submarine
warfare planned by the Germans wal
due largely to the work of the Amer.
lican navy. In addition to the under.
sea craft sunk by ships escorting the
conveys and transports the work o.
1.-The Suicide squadron"-the bomf
laying division of the United States
navy-was one of the great achieve
ments OF the war.
Taking their lives in their hands. a.
It were. these men on board the u
of thousands of death-dealing bomb!
in the North Sea from England across
to Norway which completely bottled
up the German feet and made 1t i'm
possible for them to get out into thu
Atlantic any reserve submarines the,
might have constructed during ths
war.
Work OF Mine Layers
Not only In the North Sea but a
1other advantageous points and along
49, chArou 80 &hsu rruufrv afa nina
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-30

While the boys returning from over
seas are being enthusiastically re-
| ceived as the heroes of the war-and
they are well deserving of every bit
of praise they get-we at home must
not forget the important part played
in the successful conduct of the war
by the men who Joined one of h other
big divisions of the government SER
vice, namely-the navy.
Little has been said of their doings
but it was only through the greatest
efficiency on their part that the trans
porting of about two million men over
| seas in O little over a year was made
possible and all of this without any
great tragedy to mar the success or
this wonderful accomplishment
The young men who selected the
navy as the place in which they would
do their bit" to help win the war
were not indicted into the service,
many of the local boys joining the sea
forces as soon as this country entered
the a
The Naval Reserve
The naval reserve was the branch
! selected by many, owing to-the fact
that the ranks of the regular navy
itself were full to capacity.
Many of the Perth Amboyans who
entered the naval branch were sent
Ito Pelham Bay for preliminary in
| struction after which they were soon
assigned to transports. small yachts
land cutters in the mosquito heet,
coastwise ships and even to h war
ships of the big fleet OF Uncle sam
Although the boys who served In
the navy are not wearing gold chew
irons on the right sleeves as are many
iof the local fellows who saw active
service in France and Flanders ano
were wounded in the thick of the
fighting, they have been through many
perilous trips, ~endeavoring to speedil,
take across reinforcements for Genera
t~Pershing's men when the ocean wa.
literally swarming with b death
dealing U-boats.
Many were the combats with the
Hun undersea craft which never were
Announced officially but the tales re
lated by many OF the returning sail.
ors give some idea of what the,
CHANGED in negotiating TO keep thu
lAmerican Expeditionary Forces sup
piled with men, ammunition. clothe:
land food.
No Complete Record
No record is available here of thu
humber of local men who enlisted IL
the navy, but Perth Amboy was wei
Represented on ships of all kinds dur
ing the eighteen months the United
States was in the war. Because o.
the strict censorship on all stories hav
ling to do with U-boat activities it wa
impossible to learn much concerning
1.-The brushes" between transports ant
the subs but now that the crisis hai
J been passed and more has been toll
of the almost hopeless chances takei
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-30
Mosouito Fleet

The fleet OF mosquitoes" which
acted as patrol boats and conveys for
the larger but slower vessels were the
means of many of the boys getting
their first lessons in seamanship. Be-
cause OF the small crew on these craft
it was ~ easy matter to secure more
individual instruction than II oil a
larger boat and after a few months
evera1 local men were placed N charge
of a number of these small boats or
GIVEN positions Of high rank on them.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-30

Then came the Jewish Welfare Board.
Many men were made welcome at
the local Y. M. H. A. hall, the j. w. b.
headquarters, A writing room similar
to tina of the Army and Navy Club was
found and also a pool room of no mean
merit which was for the use of the SOL
diers. AT Camp Raritan and Camp
Morgan this organization staged box
ing bouts hat proved most popular.
They sent young ladies from this city
out to the camps in trucks and ran
dances at the camps themselves. They
held regular dances every Wednesday
evenings, invitation affairs parallel to
the other organization dances. Every
Sunday night they had local talent
which entertained the lads.
s. A. Rest Rooms
The Salvation Army opened UP a
rest room, a sort of clubhouse to the
men in service and although all of the
entertaining has been on a quieter
scale than the other two organizations
vet they have reached the many lads
who would not dance and mingle with
the crowds. With the return of the
men from overseas the work of the
Salvation Army seemed to grow for
that holds first place in my heart the
men would say. Here in this club as
in the other two without regard Tor
creed or nationality the local women
worked hand in hand as hostess of the
evening and BENT all energies to max
ing their evening a banner one. Diff
ferent evenings were set aside here for
different sets Of lads and lassies and
they played games and sang songs and
had real honey oid-fashioned times.
X. of G. Aided Work
The local X. of c. was open to all
men in uniform whether. he was a
member or not, the rooms were open to
him. At all the dances of the organi-
zation an open invitation vas always
extended TO the men in khaki and blue.
The Y. NJ. H. A. was also open and
to its dances the man in service was
welcome, with his uniform as his
v. NJ @. A. a Soldiers Home
The local Y. M. G. A played a con-
'spicuous part in making the boys fee
at home. Its entire building was al
the disposal of the lads in service. A;
1T contains a splendid swimming poo
this. needless to say, was considered Q
great privilege. The local Y. NJ. c.. A
was always ready with open doors tt
the man In service asd here IS every
where throughout the city his uniform
was his pass
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-30

duty, was to bring the SpreckIes yacht
back to this country and turn Il over
to its n Captain Howell has re-
Gently been home on a two weeks
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-30
GREAT PATRIOTIC RESPONSE HERE
IN ENUSTMENTS N CALL To THE
COLORSS SINCE WE ENTERED WAR

Perth Amboy's Enlistment Quota Was Heavy, But City Came
Across NobIy At Every caIl--Draft Quota Was Also Large,
But City "carried on' and at End Of Fighting Had Almost
100 Men In Uncle Sans Ranks.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-30
HISTORY OF PERTH AMBOYs DEEDS nv WORLD WAR
DIV LAND w SEA IS TRADITIONAL OF PATRIOTIC
SPIEL SHOWN BY CITY Al ALL THMES; Nv AL WIS
FROM CAMP DIX TO GRANDPRE;
STORY OF 311 INFANTRY FROM
START UPTOLAST BATTLE

How Men Marched Away to Camp Dix, Then to France, Where
They, with Their Heroic Deeds, Made Glorious History
for Perth Amboy As Well As for America---PIayed Inn
portant Part In Fighting on Western Front.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-30

Not only In the North Sea but at
other advantageous points and along
the shores of this country did the mine
layers do their work.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1919-05-10

his absence upon the Vice President
or, in the absence of both officers,
service shall be made in accordance
with law.
This corporation, unless sooner,
dissolved, shall enjoy, and continue
in, existence for a period of fifty
years.
ARTICLE 5
All the corporate powers of this
ment of it's affairs shall be vested
in and exercised by a Board of Dr.
r~ectors to be composed of three ca
Stockholders, two of whom shall
constitute a quorum for the trans
action of business, which Board of
Directors shall be elected annually
at a stockholders meeting on the
first Monday after the first day of
the month of January of each year,
beginning with the year, 1929.
All elections shall be by ballot,
each stakeholder being entitled to
n vote for each share of stock
; owned by him and a majority OF the
votes shall elect.
Written notice Of each annual
stockholders meeting shall b.
mailed to each stakeholder at least
ten days prior thereto; but any
failure to hold such meetings or
elect directors shall not invalidate
this corporation, nor the acts OF
any Of the officers, but the an
cumbent Board Of Directors shall
! continue to serve until their sue
cessors are elected and qualified
at n stockholders meeting called
and held for that particular pur-
pose after ten days written notice
to each stakeholder.
Each Board Of Directors shall,
at it's first meeting select from its
number a president, a vice presi-
dent, and they shall also elect q
secretary and a treasurer and may
combine these two offices in one
person. They may appoint other
agents and employees who shall
respectively have sueh power an6
perform such duties as may be pre-
scribed by the bylaws and who
may be removed at the pleasure Of
the directors. They shall also have
power to fill any vacancy In their
number.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1919-05-10

which this corporation is formed
and organized, and the nature and
kind of business to be carried on
by it, are hereby declared to be to
buy, sell, manufacture, and traf-
fic in oyster shells for sundry pur-
poses, to establish plants for the
manufacture, agencies for the sale
of it's products, and to do all things
necessary or incidental pertaining
to the said products and business,
and to make and contracts
and agreements requisite and ex-
pedient. for the accomplishment of
the purposes sought herein.
ARTICLE 8
The capital stock of this corpora
ton is hereby fixed at Twenty
Thousand Dollars, to be represent
ed by Two Hundred shares of stock
of the par value of one hundred
dollars, which shall be paid for in
cash when subscribed for or the
same may be issued at par in pay
ment of property transferred to the
said corporation or for labor or
services performed for the corpora.
ton, as the Board of Directors may
elect.
The Capital Stock, In compliance
with law, may be increased to Nf'
ty Thousand ($50.0O0.00) Dollars
This corporation shall be an
thorized to commence business
when One Hundred and Sixty
Shares or more Of it's capital stock
shall have been subscribed for il
accordance with Article 8, and thu
capital stock shall be transferable
on the books of the Company by the
stockholders in person or by writ
ten proxy.
All shares of stock shall be ful
paid and non assessable and nc
transfer or stock shall be binding
on the corporation unless recorded
on the books. provided that moth.
ing in this act shall prevent the en-
dorsement of said stock in blank
or validity pledging it as collatera'
security.
ARTICLE 4
The domicile of this corporation
shall be in Houma, Terrebonns
Parish, Louisiana, and all citation:
and other legal process shall b.
served upon the Secretary, and II
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1919-05-10
said Road District No. Z are hereby
fixed, defined and established -

said Road District No. 2 are h0f1ty
fixed, defined and established -
follows, t0-wit:
Commencing at the northwest
corner Of section II IN Township II
s. r.. II East, running In Z south
westerly direction upper linz. ofj
Section IS in T. Is s.. r. ~ East.
thence west along the northern line
Of sections Is and 16 to the lines
between range 16 and range N,
thence south along said range line
to the southeast + Of Sec. II
in T. II s.. r. 16 East, THENCE west
along the lower line OF sections 10,
IL, 10, 3. s, and z, at which point
The line touches the range lire be-
tween ranges Is and range 49,
thence following said range line
south to the township line between
township 10 and township 20,
thence following said township line
west to the back line of the lands
fronting on the left descending
bank of Bayou DuLarge, thence
following the back line Of the lands
fronting on the left descending
bank Of Bayou DuIarge to the up-
per line Of section AZ T. II 8. r..
IL East, thence following the up
per line Of said section 48 in a
southwesterly direction to the up
per line Of section II thence west
to the point of beginning.
Section 2. Be it further ordain-
ed, ETC., That the territory embrace
ed within the limits and bounds
hereinabove described be and it is
hereby declared to be and shall con-
stitute Road District No. z Of the
Parish of Terrebonne.
Section 8. Be it further ordain-
ed, etc., that all ordinances Of the
Police Jury of Terrebonne Parish,
contrary to or in conflict with this
ordinance be and the same are
hereby repealed.
Adopted April 18th, 1919.
Approved April 18TH 1919.
j. L. CAILLOUET,
President Police Jury
Parish of Terrebonne.
o. J. THEREOF,
Secretary.
IN motion by Mr.. Sanders, second
ed by Mr.. Gilbert and carried this
body was hereby declared adjourn
ed as Police Jury to proceed to
meet as the Governing Authority OF
Road District No. 2.
J. L. CAILLoUET,
o. J. THEREOF, President
Secretary:
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1919-05-10

~ DhAl % the duty OF the
Board ~ Directors to formulate
such bylaws, rules and regula-
tions, defining the duties. rights,
salaries and powers Of the several
officers ana concerning the man
agement and conduct Of the cor
porate business, as they may deem
advisable and wise, consistent with
this Chatter and the laws Of the
State and to alter, revoke or change
the same at any regular meeting Of
the Board Of Directors.
The First Board OF Directors shall
be COMPOSED Of Mrs. Sadie R.
Elms. President; George E. Elms.
Vice-President; and Charles s,
Elms, Secretary and treasurer, and
shall continue In office until the
next annual stockholders meeting,
or until their uccessors are duly
elected and qualified.
ARTICLE s
This let Of incorporation may
be amended or the corporation may
be dissolved in accordance with the
provisions Of the law in such cases
made and provided.
ARTICLE Z
No stakeholder of this corporation
shall Yer be liable or responsible
for the contracts or the faults
thereof in any further sum than
the unpaid balance due on the
stock subscribed for, nor shall any
informally in organization have
the effect of rendering this Charter
null or Of exposing a stakeholder to
any greater liability than any I'M
paid balance due upon the par
value OF his stock.
The subscribers have written. OPP
posite their names the number of
shares subscribed so that this act
may serve also as the original
subscription list. j.
Thus done and passed at my
office in the city Of Houma, Parish
Of Terrebonne, State of Louisiana,
on the day month and year first
above written.
In faith whereof the parties, wit
nesses hereinabove named ana I,
said Notary, have SIGNED these
presents after due reading of the
whole.
SADIE r. Films,
GEORGE e. ELMs,
Per Charles S, Elms,
CHARLES s. ELMS,
Witnesses:
CALVIN WURZLOW,
r. .WURZLOW.
(SEAL)
ROBT. B. BUTLER,
F Notary Publ,
hereby certify that the abov,
h4a sf54e and correct copy Of tn
UffklSz fzxsEdted bsfUrsszne.
Witness my hand and Seal,
ROBT. B. BUTLER,
Notary Public
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1919-05-10
NO.. SIS

ORDINANCE NO. SIS
J An ordinance creating Road
District No. 8 of the Parish OF Ter
rebonne and defining the limits OF
, said Road District.
Section /. Be ii ordained by the
Police Jury Of the Parish Of Terre-
bonnie, in regular session conven-
ed, that there Is hereby created and
established a Road District In the
Parish Of Terrerbonne, to be known
as Road District No. 6 and that
the boundaries and limits Of said
Road District No. 6 are hereby fix
ed, defined and established as fol-
lows, to-wit:
Commencing at the lower line of
the Presquille plantation of Terre-
bonn Sugar Co. on the right des-
cending bank Of Bayou Little Call
lou, al the point where section 10
T. II s.. R. Is. East strikes said
bayou Little Caillou, thence west
to the eastern boundary line of
Section 20 in said township and
range, thence south following the
eastern boundary of said section 20
and again South along the East
ern boundary of Section SO in
township 18 s. R. IS East and
southwest along the eastern boun-
dairy line of section ~ and South
along the eastern boundary lines
of sections IL, IA and Z
same township and range, thence
| south following the line dividing
, range 174and range 18 until the
, lower line of Township 10 is reach
ed, thence following the said town
ship east until the back line
Of the lands fronting on Bayou
T~errebonne is reached. thence
following the back line of the lands
fronting on the right descending
bank of Bayou Terrebonne in a
northerly direction to the upper
line of section Z in Township II
S. r. 10 East thence west to the
point of beginning.
Section 2. Be it further ordain-
ed, etc. That the territory embrac-
ed within the limits and bounds
hereinabove described be and it is
hereby declared to be and shall con
stitute Road District No. s of the
Parish of Terrebonne.
Section 3. Be it further ordain-
ed, etc. That all ordinances of the
] Police Jury of the Parish of Terre-
bonnie, contrary to or in conflict
with this ordinance be and the
same are hereby repealed.
Adopted April 18th, 1919.
Approved April 18th, 1919.
J. l.. CAILLOUET,
President, Police Jury,
Parish Of T%errebonne.
Attest: J
O. J. THEREOF.
Secretary.
On motion by MI. Fanguy, sec
| onded by Mr.. Antill and carried
the following Ordinance was unan.
imously adopted.
ORDINANCE NO. $40
An Ordinance creating Road Dis
I trict No. Z Of the parish Of Terre
bonnie and defining the limits O.
said Road District.
Section i. Be 1t ordained b!
the Police Jury Of the Parish o
Terrebonne, in regular session con
yenedsthat thare is hereby. Great
ed and established a Road Distric
in tn Parish Of Terrebonne, to b,
known as Road District No. Z, an,
hat the boundaries and limits 0