Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-05-29
s1,959
IN DRIVE HERE
Salvation Army Pushes Cam
paign--Tag Day Was Great
Success Many Donations

A total of s1,959.20 has so far been
collected by the Salvation Army in It's
campaign for $4,000 in his city Il
help pay off the mortgage on the
W~orkingmen's Hotel on Madison ave
nue.. OF this amount the tag day on
last Saturday netted a total of s1.-
S2S.11. A count of the boxes of the
cadets of the New York; Training Col
lcge shows that Cadet Miss st. John,
working on a Staten Island ferry had
the largest sum-, her receipts being
S66.s2. The next highest amour. was
turned in by Orderly Becker, one of
the men Salvationists, being $63.1O.
Several Of the cadets collected more
than $50. while a large number Sc
cured over $40. the general average
being between $50 and $35. Miss Lii
lian Berking, one of the Salvationists
OF the local corps collected sS1.2S.
Other contributions to the local
campaign are: Thomas Lyons, $40;
Porto Rican Cigar Company employees
s12.49; three contributions Of 81 each
sent to headquarters: Perth AmJoy
Camp Woodmen of the World s25;
BtsCk Masons and Plasterers Union.
- Hebrew Progressive Association,
s.: Niddlesex Council Jr. O. l.. A. NJ,
IS: National Asscc citation Stationary
Engineers So; Fraternal order of Ea-
giles So; Pc Ambo Haymakcrs Asso-
NlAAlOll, 80 IAdtlloD Ndiiip W. ~ Ns
81; Court Standard Foresters of Amer
lea, So: Goodwill Association, So: L,
b. Carpenters and Joiners. IS; Ma
tioHal Brotherhood of Operative Pot
t"rs, So: Court Ainboy No. 5, F)rest-
ers of America. IS; Liberty Camp No.
G.. Woodmen of the Word, So; White
Rose Grove, No. IA, Woodmen Circle,
So; Mohawk Council No. SO, D.. of Z.
So Raritan Camp No. 80 w. o. w. So.
Excellent progress Is being made
with the campaign throughout Mid
dlesex county, a total of S7,749.27 be-
ing reported to date with several
communities yet to make their first
reports.
The Borough of Roosevelt where
the campaign was in charge of Sec
rotary Hennessy of the Industrial as
ISOLATION has finished the campaign.
Starting with a quota of 5000, Roose-
welt has raised $596.97.
New Brunswick so far has reported
$3,400 and IS yet to receive a first
report from the Elks Club, Knights
of Columbus, Jr. @. U. A. NJ, odd
Fellows and Masonic orders, all of
which are making a personal V
of their members which is expected
to net from the combined o%rganiza-
tions approximately $4,000 additional
to the amount so far received by I.
Ely Schanck, the New Brunswick
treasurer.
Metuchen has practically finished
its campaign n with a quota Of
$500, Treasurer A. c. Litterst of the
Metuchen National Bank reports $503
collected.
Midtown under the chairmansh
of Mrs. Christian w. kuhlthau, w
of the mayor, reports $6O1. Hi
land Park has SO far recorded STU
with one of the three polling distr.c,
yet to make its first report.
Treasurer Robert Fountain, of tho
South River campaign. reports $3.50
so far with several -canVassers yet to
be heard from.
Piscataway with a quota of SlO0
has finished Its campaign and under
the Craftsmanship of Paul Berrnes
has collected S139.
The campaign in Woodbridge is TO
be held from June / to 10 and the
chairman is Mrs. T.. II. Boynton.i
Jamesburg, with +. II. Pownall as.
chairman, is also to hold its cam
paign during the same period, as Will
Dayton. with Mrs. II. r. Dey as
chairman.
Other communities in the county.
holding campaigns and their chalr-'
men are: Cranbury, Alva w. For
man: New Market and Stelton, Ru-
dolph Kampf; S~ayreville, Mayor John
J.. Quade: Helmetta, r. J. Franklin;
SpotsWood, Herman Lepeau.
The only important community IN
the county where a campaign for the
Salvation Army hasn't as yet been or
ganized is South Amboy and a held
worker of the army will visit that
Mace next week with the hope or
getting some action.