Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1923-10-08
!. N. {. A. DRIVE
CLOSES TONIGHT
Will Flag Trains Entered in
Annual TranscontinentaI
R. R. Membership Race
NEED $40 MEMBERS
All Engineers Endeavoring to
Reach Perth Amboy Tonight
and Start Back

The annual Y. M. c. A. trans
continental membership railroad
race closes tonight at dinner which
will be served in the gymnasium at
6:30 In order to reach the goal set
in this campaign the train crews
mus report 80 member.
The goal is LOO members. OF
this number 700 have already been
secured. The various division su-
perintendents are urging thir engi-
n9ers to make tonight's report the
largest of the drive and the engi-
GERS in turn are squirting their
crews on so that the goal will not
only be reached but left far behind
This year 500 men, 100 boys and 600
women and girls are sought. To
date the women's trains have report
ed 394, making 1t necessary TO Sc
cure 106 more. The men have pro-
cured 396 members. leaving 210
which they must bring IN by tonight
The financial special" seeking
contributions and not members, has
reported $1,775 to date which leaves
$1,225 to be reported tonight If the
goal of $4,000 is to be reached.
The race was so arranged that If
every train that left San Francisco
last Monday night arrived in Perth
AInboy tonight the goal would be
reached. Some trains have not only
reached Perth Amboy but are we'll
on their return trip. others, be-
cause of mechanical trouble, poor
coal and labor disorders have not
proceeded more than halfway
across the continent. These engi-
neers hope to have all repairs made
today so that they might steam into
Perth Amboy tonight
There arc piphtaep trains IN tha
mems division and eight in the wo-
mems. OF the eighteen racers man
ned by male crews seven have reach
ed Perth Amboy and starting back
These trains are engineered by Rich
ard Preston, Derben w. Bartholo-
new, John r. Bernard. John Bit
ting, Earl Lake, Charles Wiblralske
and Whitney G. Leeson. In the wo-
mems division six OF the eight trains
have reached this city and started
back for Frisco. These successful
trainG are engineered by Miss Fran
ces Hance, Miss Claire Pfeiffer. Mrs.
George w Fithian. Miss Ruth Ma
can. Miss Erica Dettmer and Mrs
Virginia Coddington. The train pi-
1oted by Miss Dettmer is the blue
ribbon express of all divisions this
flyer having been within stones
throw of San Francisco last Friday
night.
1t is known that many of the
trains have been holding back mem
berships and 1t would not be sur
prising to have more than one train
steam back into San Francisco to-
nigh. making the return trip In one
week.
Louis Bradshaw secretary IN
charge of association work In this
particular district, will be one of
the speakes at tonight's supper. A
graduate of Springfield College Mr..
Bradshaw spent fifteen years in "Y"
worl, after which he went into busi-
ness, He was pursuaded to re-enter
"Y" work and has been assigned to
this district to assist present asso-
Citations and to organize new asso-
Citations Industrial Secretary James
A. Larcombe also will speak to
night.
Meriden "Y" Honors Roseboro
General Secretary V. v. Roseboro
of the local Y. M. G. A. has just re-
ceived from the Board of Directors
of the Meriden, Conn, Y. M. C. A., a
copy of a resolution passed by that
body thanking him for the excellent
work done by him during the eight
years he was secretary in that city
ana wishing MIN success In his new
undertaking as head of the secre-
tarial force of the Perth Amboy "Y."
During his stay in Meriden Mr..
Roseboro was instrumental in having
launched and successfully carried
out a series of building campaigns
which brought in sufficient funds to
permit of the erection of a new as
sociation building. A membership
campaign tripled the number of
members Mr.. Roseboro found in
Meriden when he first took charge
Mr.. Roseboro has been in charge
at the local "Y" since w. H. War;
left last summer and during his two
months stay here the new secretary
has been making a study of local
conditions. The success being at
tanned by the present membership
campaign, he said in speaking one
night last week, has shown him that
wonderful working organization
exists at the local association which
should be able to put over'' any
thing 1t attempts.
CONTINUED on Page p