Perth Amboy evening news., 1924-10-08

First Reports Tonight
I'm ssY'' 'ROund World
Membership Campaign
AirpIane and Zeppelin Crews
Expect to Cover Much
Territory by Night

The first reports from the twenty
airplanes and the lone dirigible
which are racing around the world
in the annual Y. M. c. A. member
ship drive will be received at to-
nights supper meeting which will be
held at $3.50 o'clock in the gymna-
SUM. The planes, seeking members,
and the airship, seeking funds,
hoped off Monday night at an en-
thusiastic banquet and it is expected
most Of the racing craft will have
covered one-third the distance
around the globe by tonight.
Twelve planes, manned by men
and boys, seek 500 memberships,
new ones and renewals, while eight
other aircraft, the crews of which
are women, are striving to secure
500 members. The Zeppelin, seek
ing $4,000 in contributions, is expect
ed to set new speed records in prov
ing its ability to keep up with the
planes.
John Pfeiffer, chairman of the in
dustrial committee, will preside over
tonight's meeting. Adrian Lyon,
president of the association, will be
unable to attend the remaining din
ners, much to his regret, as he Is
now attending the State Y. M. C. A.
convention of Illinois where he is
one of the principal speakers. At
the close of this convention he will
attend a meeting of the Committee
of Thirty-three being held in Chi
cago for the purpose of taking up
3 consideration of the associations s
constitution.
The supper will be served prompt
ly at 6:30 and the meeting will be
. speeded up so that those having
other engagements this evening will
not be detained. Full instructions
to captains, commanders and mem
bers of the crew were given Monday
night by Chairman sGe orges w. Sharp
Jr., and the method of computing
the mileage covered by the aircraft
has been explained.
Abel Larson will preside at the
piano, Boys Work Secretary F'enby
! w. Scott will be the song leader and
| Irwin Kipp will be the soloist. Min
.ature planes and a model Zeppelin
will indicate the progress made by
each team in the race.
AT the present time workers are
permitted to approach only those
whose assignment cards they hold.
Later in the week these restrictions
will likely be lifted, leaving an open
field to the campaigners.
The Y. M. C. A. membership drive,
typical of all other campaigns held
in Perth Amboy during the war, has
always been a success and the work
ers are confident that this year will
be no exception. There are many
who have held memberships ever
since the erection of the building
and seldom, If ever, take advantage
of the privileges which are theirs
at the building, these persons being
contented to know that they are
doing their share in making it pos
sible for the local Y. M. c. A. to
exist and for the boys of the city
to pass their spare time under con-
ditions which were denied to them
when they were boys.
The scope of the work included
In the yearly program of the Y. M.
c. A.. is increasing annually. The
work done along Americanization
lines to aid foreign born men to Sc
cure their citizenship papers is one
of the big accomplishments of the
local institution. The boys have an
attractive game and reading room.
various clubs, entertainments. and
use of the gymnasium and swim
ming pool which tend to develop the
best that is in a boy under ideal con-
ditions. The business men of the
city and vicinity have found in the
| late afternoon gymnasium classes
that which they need to refresh
them after the days work and per-
NIT them to Improve their physical
condition as well as forget their
troubles. Eighty business men at
tended these classes regularly last
year.
To the young men of the city the
evening gym classes appeal with the
opportunity to play basketball, base
ball, box, wrestle, take regular APP
paratus exercises under the leader
ship of expert instructors and de-
velop their athletic prowess.
The women and girls have been
given the use of the building one
day a week for several years and
they have snatched up this oppor-
tunity to make the Y. M. c. A. a
real Y. w. C. A. every Wednesday
with alacrity. They have their own
physical directress. swimming in
structor, representative volley ball
and bowling teams.
The local association boasts OF
four of the best bowling alleys in
this section and these. together with
1 the billiard room, appeal to lovers
of these indoor sports.