Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-09-28
GETTING TEAMS
FOR BIC DRIVE
Organization to Get New
Members of Chamber of
Commerce on Military Line

Fred A. BRIGGS, chairman of the
team committee of the reorganiza-
ton campaign of the Chamber of
Commerce, and his fellow workers,
Maurice Leon. William J. Willsey,
Theodore Spawn, j. F. Burke and
John Pfeiffer are working hard to-
day on the formation of the team
organization which is to conduct the
drive next week. The organization
will have military character, being
comprised of majors, captains and
teams of six men each. The city
will be divided into four districts,
each of which will be In command
of a major. Each of the districts
will include a part of the business
and a part of the residential sec
tion. In each district. will be five
teams of six mer- each working un-
der the direction of captains. This
will mean a team organization of
lao men. not including the four
majors.
Representatives of a number Of
the industries of Perth Amboy met
at the headquarters late yesterday
afternoon in order to learn addition
al details regarding the plans for
the new chamber. In addition to
l.. w. Sprague, director of the cam
paign, Lewis Buddy, manager OF the
northeastern division of the eastern
district of the American City Bu-
reau, was present. Mr.. Buddy de-
scribed the type of organization
which will be set up in Perth Am
boy following the membership drive
next week. He spoke of the new
election of board of directors in
which each member shares by Sec
ret ballot in nominating and elect
ing, the preparation of the program
of activities through questionnaires
submitted to the members, the for
nm meetings, and the committee
work.
Team work is needed to promote
Perth Amboy and make 1t a finer
and more prosperous city, said
Judge G. G. Hommann this morn
ing. THE modern type of Chamber
for the city, is the organized en-
bodiment of this idea. A large. live
membership distributed among all
the different classes and interests
can make history for Perth AM
1T is remarkable what an organ
ization but up on the principles of
all pulling together for the general
welfare OF the community through a
big community organization such as
a Chamber of Commerce can do"
said L. w. Sprague, director of the
local campaign, this morning. "In-
fiuenza was so prevalent in Wheel
ing, w. Va, city about the size OF
Perth Amboy, when the campaign
was conducted, that in the period of
reorganization when it was desired
to construct the program of work,
the questions on which it was based
had to be sent out by mail. No
meetings could be held. Out of a
membership of perhaps 900, about
100 replies were received. Those
replies were assorted, arranged as
to subjects and filed with the result
that as each item was taken up in
the program of work, 1t was neces-
sary only to refer to the question
naires in selecting the working COM
mittees of members vitality interest
ed in this particular project.
After one year of existence, the
reorganized Chamber reported
among its activities, the street rail-
way problem, Americanization,
water filtration. good roads, etc.
One interesting item reported was a
Joint luncheon meeting of the Cham
ber of Commerce directors and city
officials to discuss needed improve
ments for Wheeling. This meeting
was characterized by a unanimity of
opinion as to the necessity for early
action that would give the citizens
of Wheeling filtered water, better
streets, better sewage disposal. bet
ter water mains, more parks, etc.
AS a result of this meeting the city
council appointed an advisory COM
mittee composed of representatives
of the city. the public, the chamber
and labor to make recommendations
concerning needed improvements
for Wheeling"