Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-18

The TALL meeting OF the Mlddle'
sex County Council of Parent-Teach-
err Associations in the New Jersey
Congress of Mothers was held in the
South Plainfleld school yesterday
with the county chairman, Mrs. AL
bert l.. Gardner, of Fords, presiding.
The officers Of the county are:
Mrs. Albert l.. Gardner, county
chairman, Fords; Mrs. C. w. Crouch,
vice chairman. IS Jones avenue,
New Brunswick; Mrs. C. H. Bruce,
recording secretary, 249 Harrison
avenue, New Brunswick; Mrs. Steph-
en-, Wyld, corresponding secretary,
Woodbridge; Mrs. Christian Kul-
than, treasurer, 515 Main street,
Midtown.
The standing committees: Press
Mrs. +. S. Stein, 38 Guilden street,
New Brunswick; Membership-Mrs.
VIM. Rastall, 10 Senior street, New
Brunswick; Child Welfare Day-Mrs.
Howard Bloomfield, Metuchen; Leg
islation-Mrs. Henry Moraff, 11S
North Fourth avenue, Highland
Park; Priesthood Circles-Mrs. j. ].
Kleine. SO Adelaide avenue, High
land Park; Mothers Circles in
Churches-Mrs. Anthony Luidens,
% South Second avenue, Highland
Park.
In the morning the executive
meeting was held first. This was
followed by reports of officers and
chairmen. Then reports from is
of the % associations in the county
were given. All associations how
ed an increased membership, the as
Gnpio finnu ronnrffnr oo,,a san
members. Mrs. c. A. de Russy, State
Legislative chairman, spoke on the
proposed bill for the Improvement
n development of the State In
stitutions," and also of the state
speakers available for the ~associa-
TONS. Luncheon was then served in
the Domestic Science lunch room of
the school by the South Plainfeld
Association. The luncheon was truly
bountiful and greatly enjoyed by the
delegates. The afternoon session
opened with a vocal solo by Miss
Marvel Bray.
Greetings were given by Mrs. John
p. Terry, of the hostess association.
Frank Meskill, principal of the
school and Mr.. Melz, supervising
principal of the Piscataway Town
ship schools.
County Superintendent Willis
name appeared on the program but
Mr.. Willis was unable to be present.
Mrs. Gardner outlined the county
work and told of the state conven~
ton to be held in Trenton, October
81 and November 1 and 2.
h roll call of associations gave
the following:
Avenel 2, Germantown 4, High.
land Park 6, Oak Tree /, Clara Bar
ton 2, Piscataway 3, Metuchen 5,
SayreVille 2; No. z school, Perth
Amboy, none; Grammar school,.
Perth Amboy, none; Parsons Grove,
10; New Brunswick high, s; South
~Plainheld, 81; South River, 4: Bar
ron avenue Woodbridge, o; No. 1
and NO. IL, Woodbridge, IL; Maple
Meade and Spotswood, nnoe; Mill
town, 4; Fords, IA; Lincoln school,
New Brunswick, 6.
Mrs. Stephen Wyld of Woodbridge
a most inspiring report of the
national convention held in Louis |
Vile, Kentucky.
Mrs. e. H. Boynton Of Wood
bridge, state chairman of Priesthood
circles, gave a most excellent adj
dress filled with many practical sug-
gestions for pre-school work.
Miss Katherine Sloan Ward, assist
ant membership director of the Ma
Child Labor Committee, was
the last speaker. Miss Ward gave a
resume of the establishing of
the national committee, what they
had learned through following child
labor problems in all parts of the
and eIhD1ittad tho fo11owip0
resolution which was unanimously
adopted:
Resolution; Whereas there are
over a million child laborers between
the ages of ten and fifteen in the
United States according to the 1920
census,
Whereas, many of these are being
exploited far beyond their years; }