Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1920-05-01
CAMPAIGN STARTS MONDAY
FOR DAY NURSERY FINANCES
Want at Least SO, 900 for Up
keep of Nursery---House to
House Canvass is Planned

The Board OF Managers of the
Perth Amboy Day Nursery hes COM
pleted Its plans for the campaign
which will begin Monday and con-
tinue throughout the week. for the
purpose of raising at least $4,000 for
the upkeep OF the nursery. A house
to house canvass will be made by the
board, each member of which will
have an assistant who is not a m en-
Der of the board. In order that no
two solicitors will approach the same
person, the system of assigning the
workers to certain streets Will be
carried out. An excellent system has
been devised as a result of the hard
work of Mrs. III. S. Huke, chairman
of the membership committee.
The Board of Education has given
the use of room in the high school
as headquarters for the campaign.
Here the ladies will report daily,
from p. m. to 6 p. m.
Every one realizes how necessary
the Day Nursery is to the city, and
what excellent work it does. 1t makes
1t possible for widows or wives whose
husbands are physically incapacitat-
ed for work, to be self-supporting
for they can leave their children at
the nursery while they go 10 their
various places of employment. Here.
from a. m. to p. m, the children
are cared for, under the supervision
of the matron, Mrs. A. +. Dunton.
who also sees to 1t that the children
of school age attend school regularly.
Two meals are served the children
daily for the small fee of ten cents
each, except in cases where two or
more children come from one fam
lily, when the maximum fee is fifteen
cents. Some idea of the popularity
of the Day Nursery may be cleaned
from Mrs. Dunton's report of last
month, in which she stated the aver
age daily attendance at the nursery
was twenty-five.
The Day Nursery is maintained
through private subscription, but as
is the case with every undertaking of
this kind, the contributions do not
always meet the needs. The advanced
cost of all kinds of supplies has
greatly increased the cost of main
tanning the nursery and for this rea-
son the board is seeking many new
yearly contributors.
The Day Nursery movement was
first begun by the civic department
Perth Amboy Day Nursery Associa-
ton was formed, with Mrs. William
III. Bawden as president Mrs. Baw-
den continued to be head of the as
ISOLATION until last January, when
she found 1t necessary to resign be-
cause of change of residence. She
was succeeded by Mrs. Peter 9.
Olsen, who has been an ardent work
er for the association since its organ
iZation.
The members of the Board of
Managers of the Day Nursery, who
are always zealously working for Its
success are: Mrs. Peter G. Olsen,
president Mrs. Adrian Lyon, first
vice president; Mrs. +. l.. Antisell
second vice president; Miss Katha-
rine l.. Mccormick, recording secre-
tary; Mrs. Frank Dorsey, treasurer;
Mrs. A. p. Kennedy, Mrs. A. Green
baum, Mrs. +. Andrews. Mrs. Liddle,
Mrs. Charles Seguine, Mrs. /. II. Rob-
bins. Mrs. II. S.. Huke, Mrs. A. Leon,
Mrs. X. McComas, Mrs. A. Olsen.
Mrs. NJ. Wurtzel, Mrs. l.. Goldberger.
Mrs. Forrest Smith, Mrs George
Meade, Mrs Thomas Brown, Mrs X.
Rock, Mrs. Frederick Niedermeyer.
Miss Alma Widerstrom and Miss
Florence Donegan. Mrs. William II.
Bawden is an honorary member or
tho board. There is one vacancy on
the board at present, caused by the
recent resignation of Mrs. Theodore
Degenring, which will be filed at the
next meeting.
The cause for which these ladies
are working is a good one, and one
which should appeal to every resi-
dent Of the city. In the belief that
everyone will be willing to aid the
association, the members are confi-
dent that there will be generous re-
sponse to the appeal of the canvass