Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-29
WORK
At WOODBRIDGE
Registration Will be Held To-
morrow Afternoon From |
to 9 O'clock at Night
BOTH SIDES ARE BUSY
Series of Meetings for and
Against Commission Gov
ernment to be Held
BOTH SIDES ARE BUSY

WOODBRIDGE, May 29:-To-
morrow afternoon from 1 to 9 P. NJ.
standard time or from to 10 p. NJ.
daylight saving time those residents
of Woodbridge township now elig-
ible to vote but who were not regis
tered in the last general election In
November will have an opportunity
to register in order that they may
vote in the referendum vote on COM
mission government.
The first ward polling places will
be at the firehouse, town hall, high
school and No. IL school in James
street.
In the second ward at Fords
school, Iseln school, Hopelawn
school and Smith & Ostergaard's IS
garage.
In the third ward, Port Reading
school, Avenel school. new school
at Sewaren and parish house in
Railway avenue.
The County Board of Registry
will sit in the town hall on Thursday
and Friday. June l and 2. for the
purpose of revising the registry list
of the township of Woodbridge.
The fight on the commission is
sue is on in earnest and from pres
ent indication there will not be a
place in the township where the
voters will not be fully eplig6e-
ened on the facts in connection with
commission government. On Satur-
day night big meeting was held
at Avenel under the auspices Of the
Citizens Committee in Favor of
Commission Government. At this
meeting the speakers were Mayor
Furber of Railway. Committeeman
William H. Gardner and Harry
jackson.
Tonight there will be meeting
in Masonic hall. Woodbridge. under
the auspices of the Citizens Associa-
tion opposed to the Commission
Government movement. This meet
ing has been called for o'clock
and arrangements have been made
for out of town speakers to be
present.
The citizens committee in favor of
the movement will hold another
, meeting next Thursday night, June
1 on the lot adjoining the Wood
bridge theatre on Main street, Wood
bridge. The meeting is called for
$3.50 o'clock and four prominent
speakers who are familiar with the
commissiVR form of government will
| address the taxpayers and citizens
An invitation is extended to all to
be present and hear the merits and
| advantages of commission govern
ment expressed by experienced pub
! lie officials. If the weather should
prove inclement Thursday night the
meeting will be held in the Wood
bridge theatre. :.
Arrangements have been made
| where the same speakers who ad-
| dress the crowds in Woodbridge
that night, will also make addresses
| in Fords and Avenel. Meetings will
| be held in both of these places and
the speakers will be rushed from the
! Woodbridge meeting in AUTOMOBILES
| to the other gatherings.
On Thursday night also the CIT
| izen's Association opposed to Com
| mission Government. will hold meet
| ings at the Iselin and Avenel schools
| The meetings will start at O'CLOCK
| and the arguments against the com
| mission government will be made
| by special speakers.
On Friday night the Association
opposed to the movement VIII hole
a big meeting in the High school a
| Woodbridge. at O'Clock.
Meeting at Avenel
AVENEL, May 29.-The taxpay'
ers and citizens of Avenel and vicin'
lity crowded into the Avenel Fire
House Friday night to attend
meeting for the advancement o.
commission government for Wood
bridge township. The meeting wal
called by the taxpayers and citizens
committee of the township. Josepf
FELTON, of Avenel presided.
The first speaker. Mayor E. w
Christie, spoke on the merits o.
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