Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1919-12-04
MASS MEETING
IN SURVEY HERE.
Research Workers to Tell Part
Of What They Have Found IN
This City During the Welfare
Study Of Red Gross

The mass meeting Saturday night
at s o'clock in the high school audi
torium will afford an opportunity to
all citizens of Perth Amboy to learn
what has been done during this week
by the Red Cross Survey Committee
and its workers. Brief reports will
be made by the chairman of each of
the sub-committees regarding the
conditions which have been disclosed
by the survey.
The principal speaker of the even
ing will be Clarence King, former
director of the Bureau of Municipal
Research of New York City, and at
present director of civilian relief of
the Red Cross of the Atlantic Divi-
sion. Mr.. King Is widely known as a
speaker on social and community
welfare subjects.
An additional feature Will be film,
Just released. showing the work OF
the Red Cross in peace time. Perth
Ambcy is the first city in the country
in which this film will be shown
Community singing, led by L. A.
Ballou, of the War Camp Community
Service, who is already well known in
Perth Amboy, will complete the pro-
gram.
Three hundred men became citizens
of the I'm ted States as a result of
the night classes i'll citizenship held
by Father Urban in st. Stephens
church last winter, 1t was found by
Rev. FIR. Mahowald, of the corps of
workers Of the Know Your Com
munity Better" Study These classes
are held three times a week. the
course consisting of two months of
study. Three-fourths of the men
taking the course are married. In
addition to the three hundred Poles
who took out citizensh papers,
eighty Austrians are awaiting special
permits from Washington in order to
take out their first papers 1t is
estimated that within the last three
years over six hundred Poles have
been naturaliZed in this city. There
are now, however, a thousand un-nat-
uralized Poles in Perth Amboy.
Glasses in English for the Hungar-
ians, over half of which have been at
tended by women and girls are being
held by Rev. Francis Gross of the
Church of Our Lady Of Hungary,
three times week during the winter
months. These afford the women,
many of whom have been we'll educat-
ed in their own country, an opportun-
ity to use their previous training.
which is of no use to them without a
knowledge of English.
the Raritan Copper Works, today VOL
unteered her services on the house to
house canvass being conducted in con-
nection with the Study"
Daniel Connor, Of the American
Sine ting and Refining Company, an
nounced today that the nurse at their
plant would be available for the
house to house canvass from Thurs
day until the end of the week.
Mrs T II SnAalH oF r.
Perth Amboy Chapter OF the Red
Cross, volunteered to serve in the
house to house canvass
Miss Charlotte owen, of the Allan
tic Division staff of the Red Cross, has
arrived from New York and will as
sist the Survey Committee In the
study being made of the city.
A we'll attended meeting of the
study workers was held yesterday af-
ternoon at four thirty in the Public
Library. The hearty cooperation of
the various agencies concerned in the
study was shown by the enthusiastic
reports from representatives of the
public schools. the parochial schools,
the Boy Scouts. and the Industrial
pants of the city. all of whom have
offered the time and efforts of their
workers in making the study sue
cess.
The final one of the MONDAY get
together luncheons, which have been
a feature of the study, will be held
on Saturday at twelve-t thirty at the
Elks Club. This will be the final op-
portunity for the workers to report,
prior to the big meeting on Saturday
night. A full attendance of all COM
mittee members and volunteer assist
ants Is expected. Reservations should
be sent not later than Friday to the
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