Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-02-09
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At JAMEsBURG
Were Guests of Welfare
Club at State Home for .
Boys

JAMESBURG, Feb. 9-Odd Fell |
lows and their friends to the num- |
Der of over a hundred were guests
of the Welfare Club of the State
Home for Boys Tuesday evening in
the first os a series of get >ac-
quainted" meetings planned by TIT
club in an effort to bring the resi-
dents of the surrounding towns into
a closer relationship.
The efforts of the Welfare Club at
their first session was voted d COM
plete success and during the even
ing Nthe guests and their friends
were pleasantly entertained at cards,
pocket billiards, checkers and other
amusements. Speech making play
cd an important part in the gather
ing that was second to the fine re-
freshments served at near the mid
night hour, consisting of sand
witches, cakes, coffee and cigars.
The party was held i'm the new |
club house at the home. Tables were
set about the place and the whole
atmosphere was one of the most
entertaining nature.
Frederick Slower. president of the
Welfare Club, acted as POSTMASTER
and introduced Superintendent CAL
win H. Derrick of the home.
superintendent Derrick welcomed
the members of the Odd Fellows and
the ex-service men, who also were
guests of the club, in a few well
chosen words. He said that the idea
Of inviting the neighbor5 of the
home to the institution to be the |
guests of the employees had struck a |
popular chord if the large represent
tation present was any proof and
said that it would do much to wipe
-.k a. 4vao t1 = |
village" residents and The home
Apologizing for not being an eX-
service man, Mr.. Derrick gave in de-
tail the work of Am%ericanism that
he was employed in on the congested
East side of New York during the
war, when eighty entertainments
had been arranged for six weeks ~
the heart of Bolshevism n instead
of being shot with bullets his ner-
vous system had been pretty well
wounded.
That the Home means a lot to
J~amesburg and vicinity in dollars
and cents vas brought out in the
seric us n humorous vein, the lat
ter on account O the large amounts
won on tho recapiure of runaways.
This feature has been nearly wiped
out n the system Of self-government
in the Home. But few of the boys
at the Home had L fifty-fifty chance
in the<world was one of the excuses
given for TIE low mentality on their
recent at the Home: the reason for
truaacy, that seems to be charged
against every commitment was be-
cause of the low mentality of the
boy who Stunned schools on ccount
Of .he.i ins bilit" to keep up with
their studies at school. II the boys
were given encouragement by the
Y. NJ c. A S and other institutions
and II thu stigma of being a reform
school boy< were not followed by
the police and other agencies of the
law much better reports would be
received of the boy after his dis
charge. .
Stealing was caused by the condl-
tione at hcme. Large families and
the In billy to, properly MAINTAIN
them caused the children to steal as
a matter of self-preservation and not
as u criminal instinct but this does
not come to the surface. Il
Superintendent Derdick ~eulogized
the Lodge of Odd Fellows, their prin-
cip,es taught and\ the examples that
the officers were supposed to set for
the boys in their supervision.
Mr., Derrick closed with a cordial
invitation to all to come to h Home
regularly and become, a part of 1t
ana this vii; give encouragement to
the officers and boys
Frank Fl. PownaI. representing
Fidelity Lodge, responded to the re-
marks of Ny. Derrick and dwelt on
the fact that the boys were probably
a liability on their commitment but
should be an asset ON their discharge.
That the home should be more of an
elementary college than a reforma-
tory was the opinion of the speaker.
Representing the American Legion
Commander Supplee, of the star
Post, of Jamesburg. said a few words
in his effort to extend to the nome
and the Welfare ClIb the best wishes
OF the Ieeionaries.
The following members of the
Welfare Club were present and act
ed as a COLE mittee in the entertain
ment of the visitors
Calvin Derrick. William Ecker.
Frank Dintruff, Stanley Petty, Fred
erick Stovor, Dayton Buchanan. CIlt-
ford Morton, William Robertson, Ru-
dolph Geigher, Frank Flanaghan,
Michael Quirk. Joseph Kiner. Oliver
Tyrrell, Harry Kessel, John Erick-
son. Charles Phillips Kenneth Steele,
Frank Clark, J. e. Williams, William
Mills. James Donohue. John Murray.
Herman Deutcnman, herman roe-
staff, Johnson Applegate. George
Strobel, james B. Pownall, Frederick
Fowler. Frederick Jacobs. William
Kearnev, CT aries Thompson, Fred
erick Nodocker..
Tie guests of the evening were.
Frank Fl. Pownall, j. G. Ffllhower.
Frank FL. Denton, Harry A. Edwards,
Norman Jotes, Frank-Tracey, Ken
meth Edwards. Fari Reid. William
Schade, Johr Vohman. Albert Lange,
Charles Roberts, Elias Bennett, Will
liam Mount, John, Ritter, Hartley
Wheeler. Ray Wheeler. David H.
Smith, Condit NJ. Dawson, Harold
Flumerfelt. Addison Conover. Reu-
hen Christies Frederick Gunson, W.
E. Supplec William Perrine, Ralph
Brown. Oliver Richards, John Price.
Frei Perrire, Howard Killey, John
.rornSnn Ta MEL CLARK. ]
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