Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-09
Y. M. G.. A. DRIVE GOES OVER
WITH GREAT SUCCESS
CONTINUED from Page Il


mark OF 800 aad the woIne passif
their 500 mark by So. Yesterd1,
teport shovel 44G members secui,
since Friday night. of this nLnn
?f9 being mtn and boys and
ome ard girls
There we've twenty-seven TIA
entered IN :he race. Every tain
tempted To cover the distance lrt
San Francisco to Perth Arab ~.
distance of 1900 miles, dur.nI i
week.
Twenty-one of the twenty-seveh
trains reached Perth AmboY. Three
OF this number completed the return
trip to the Pacific coast and again
started back to Amboy. Ii each of
the twenty-seven teams had crossed
the country the total ground cover
ed would have been $1,000 miles.
Although a few did not succeed. the
others covered so much additional
distance that the total mileage of all
teams in the race was 107,S35.
The Financial Special. piloted by
D.. P. Olmstead. set a new record this
year also. This train was originally
given the task of covering 5000
miles at the rate of one dollar a mile
but 500 miles were added to this
trains route when it was found that
$500 more was needed to meet ex-
penses. This increased goal failed
to prevent the Special from going
across with the fastest trains and
the report that $3.50 had been Sc
cured in donations with an equal
mileage was received by rounds of
applause. This figure also sets a new
record for the Financial Special
which has been running every year
and always has been at its destina-
ton at the finish.
In the women's division, Miss Err
lea Dettmer's train took on early
lead in the race and held it through
out. Securing SO members, this train
covered 6,916 miles representing a
return trip and 916 miles on the
third lap. Miss Frances Hance's
train was a close second with 95
members and 6.214 miles.
In the mems division Richard
Freston's train took individual hon.
ors, securing 70 members and COW
ering 7,071 miles. John Billings
train with 5,876 miles and 81 mem
bers and John f. Melko's flyer with
81 members and 5,129 miles were
second and third respectively.
Gus Pappas. well known local
bowler. made a new individual rec
ord in this campaign, securing thirty
members of which tw~enty-four were
new members. Pappas' mileage was
sufficient to put him across the IN
tinent alone with no assistance from
fellow workers.
The Canadian Pacific division,
headed by Superintendent A. J. Per-
chard, made the best showing among
the mems trains. covering 1902
miles. C. H. Wright's Union Paci-
f1c was second and c. NJ. Peterson's
Northern Pacific third.
The two mems divisions ran neck
and neck through the entire race.
Mrs. Francis Seaman's leading Mrs.
Jean Howell's by a close margin,
both in members and in mileage. The
winning division secured 2S4 mem
bers and covered 1897 miles, the
losers turning in 274 members and
1878 miles.
Two challenges were settled last
night. superintendent Wright's di-
vision again defeated superintendent
Peterson's and superintendent Per-
chard's division won from Superin-
tendent McComas' Lehigh Valley.
The dinner which was prepared
by Mrs. War Larsen and served by
members of the Ladies Auxiliary,
was more elaborate than usual last
night in keeping with the spirit of
satisfaction and JOY manifested by all
present. The dinner was a victory
dinner in every sense of the word
and the members of the various
crews sang n cheered until their
voices failed them. A feature of the
dinner was the rendition by mem
bers of the financial special. officials
and guests of a song which might
have been anything. No one
would vouch for the selection win
ming first prize at a glee club con-
test, but the men were ":game" and
their efforts were loudly %applauded.
Boys Work Secretary Fenby Scott
was on the job leading the singing
and cheering with Johnnie Jago act
ing as an efficient assistant. Huy-
Ter Romond was at the piano and
Judge Lyon in charge of the cere-
monies. James A. Larcombe. in
dustrial secretary. told of the work
being done along characterization
lines.
Social Secretary Herman A. Mel
sen urged the WOTkeIS 10 see ina the
new members are brought to the as
ISOLATION so hat they can be made
to feel at home and enjoy the priv
ileges to which they are entitled
Louis Bradshaw. of the state com
mlttee, spoke on the need of a
stronger feeling of brotherhood and
complimented the association mem
bers upon the manner in which they
had put across the campaign.
Mr.. Bradshaw paid a high tribute
to the work which Judge Lyon has
done and is doing for the advance
ment of the Y. NJ. c. A. The presi-
dent of the local association is chair
man of the Committee of Thirty
Three the most important commit
tee at the constitutional convention
which is to be held in Cleveland
commencing on Wednesday of next
week.
George w. Sharp. Jr., general
manager of all OF the trains entered
in this race was the power behind
the throne in urging the workers on
to success. All of the preliminary
work was cared for by him and
"Cobby' Nielsen. the train dispatch
err, and to these w men the workers
expressed their thanks and apprecia-
ton. MIR. Sharp urged all of the
trainmen to serve again next year
when the race is again launched.