Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-05-26
GIRLS WORKING
FOR !. ". c. A.
Hope That Start Already
Made Will Lead to m
thing Big in Campaign.

For several years. in fact ever
| since the erection of the Y. NJ. c. A.
some six years ago, there has been
the wish in the hearts and minds or
many of the girls, little and big. and
of the women, young and old, Tor a
Y. w. c. A. in the city OF Perth
Amboy. At first for various reasons
few had the courage to express TINS
desire but it would crop up from
time to time in most unexpected
ways.
Then came the organization of
the Girls Club two years g this
coming fall, a club organized Tor
girls with an eye for civic and social
Improvement under the direction of
their late president, Mrs. j. Scott
Burns. formerly Miss Ruth Fletcher.
The speaker at the very first meet
ing held in Roessler's Gymnasium
was a director from the Lexington
Avenue Y. w. G. A. in New York
City and although the gym was
crowded and all went away most
enthused, the project seemed too
large to be undertaken during the
first year of the club. At Christmas
time of that same year the president
coached and presented THE Birds
Christmas Carol" which was pre-
ScIlltu at tlt nidJOoIAS
proceeds of which were put into a
separate fund, later to be the begin
ming of the Ruth Fletcher Burns Y.
w. C. A. Memorial Fund. =
Then Mrs. Whitney w. Oliver,
president of the Ladies' Auxiliary of
the Y. M. G. A. realizing the re
markable advantages that the Y. w.
| c.. A. would mean to the girls ana
women in the city, after several ef-
| forts succeeded in securing Wednes-
day of every week at the local I.
| NJ. G. A. for them. AT the opening
Wednesday in October these Hooked
In great numbers to MEM
| bers of the various classes and now
with a membership of over 600. even
vet, each week finds more joining
the "Y' to take advantage Of the
use of the gym and pool under the
| direction of the capable directors.
The Girls Club were most enthu-
siastic and nearly every
Joined the "Y" within the first two
weeks, and the president, Miss Helen
NJ. Grannis, proposed that the club
set as it's main objective a ~. W.
A." Since that time nearly every
bit of money outside of the usual
amount disposed of for charitable
purposes, raised in various ways
Jne CluD, lldS ocSi oNNSN
to the Ruth Fletcher Burns Y w. c.
A.. Memorial Fund, until the fund
has grown large enough to be rec
ognized as the beginning of a suit
able memorial.
The Y. w. C. A. cafeteria run each
week in the "Y" under the direc-
ton of Miss Elsie Bernard and a
| committee from the club, has been
the most substantial means of fund
| addition, realizing an average OF va
each Wednesday.
The club is at present concentra-
ting all efforts on the presentation
of the musical comedy All Aboard
in the Majestic Theatre on June IL
and IA, the proceeds of which II Is
hoped will at least double the pres
ent fund and make enough to pay
an option on q suitable site for q
Y. w. C. A.
Six hundred dollars now stands In
the treasury of the Girls CLUB a
the beginning of a fund for a Y. w:
G.. A., the result of eight months
work at hefcafeteria and the play
presented in the Majestic last year.
| TAs money has been raised In a
| comparatively simple manner WITH
out the concentrated efforts or very
many people, leaving the question 10
be considered as to what the con-
| centrated efforts of 1000 people. Tor
there are at least 1000 who want a
Y. w. C. A. in a city of this size
might do in a year.
Perth Amboy needs a Y. w. c. A,
those supporting the movement say
and the number of women and girls
Hocking to the "Y" each week, the
donations generously contributed by
people throughout the city for the
| cafeteria, the spirit of the Girls
Club-all prove that it is badly
wanted. When present conditions
are improved a big campaign.
building site and then the buildlns
will accomplish the impossible, is
the aim of those in back of the pro
ject.