Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1924-10-11
Fine Showing Being Made by
Teams in Annual Men,
bership Race at "Y"
DRIVE ENDS TUESDAY
Necessary to Get 450 More
Members in Order to
Reach Goal


tions in their second reports made
last night, the $50 mark being pass
ed. making it necessary to secure
only $50 more members by Tuesday
ni,glt in order to successfully reach
the goal of LOO. This should be ac-
complished without difficulty as
there is now an open field for the
workers. no assignment cards being
necessary from now until the end Oh
the drive.
A total of 653 members has been
reported thus far in the campaign OIL
which 3S6 were announced last
night, 22O of these being men and
boys and 166 women and girls. Inc
financial division, with a goal Oh
$4,000 has reported pledges amount
ing to $1,S45 of which sS25 in cash
has already been turned in.
There are twenty membership
teams, each representing racing
plane, flying in round the world
race, The distance to be covered is
$4,000 miles and if each plane sue
cessfully covers this distance the
goal of LOO members will have been
reaG he'd. Eight of the twenty racing
craft have completed their circum-
navigation of the world by air al
ready and the other captains VIII
ftrive to bring their machines safely
back by Tuesday night.
Although the women have only
eight planes in the race, as COM
pared to the mems twelve, they are
putting up a splendid race, four or
their entries having crossed the
finish line while three others are
within coasting distance of their
goal The mems machines, heavier
than the women's, have been slow
in getting up full speed but now that
their engines are in perfect working
order they expect to gain more mo-
mentum in the remaining few days
and sweep on to a successful finish.
Richard L. Preston's plane, Y-11,
is the fiagplane of the racers and Is
setting a pace, largely due to the in
dividual work of N. Christian Mel
sen, the champion "go-getter" of the
mems division, which it will be difff-
cult for other planes to follow. This
crew reported So members yesterday,
making e total of 20 to date. The
plane has twice sailed around the
world and is now starting its third
lap, having covered 53,02S miles.
John Bitting's Y-15 is the second
leading plane in the race, having
completed its trip around the globe
and almost reached the halfway
mark on its second lar, having COW
cred 36,220 miles. This plane re-
ported 35 members yesterday, MAX
Ing d total of 43 for the entire drive.
Mrs. Virginia Coddington's plane
Y-5 Is third in the race, being less
than 1000 miles in the rear of Bit
ting's machine. The Y-5 has cover
ed 35,400 miles. securing 81 MEM
bers, of which 81 were reported yes
terday. A close fourth is the Y-3,
Miss Elizabeth Nebel's plane, with
35,140 miles to its credit, the result
of obtaining 40 members. 33 of
which were reported last night.
I. R. Robbins Y-12 is next in line
with 31,490 miles, last nights report
of 22 members boosting this crews
total to 3S members. Ronald Kleck-
ner's Y-16 has 30,460 miles to its
credit having reported 81 members,
Is of which were announced last
night.
The other two planes which have
encircled the globe once are the VI,
Miss Ruth Macan's plane with 26. 200
miles, 40 members, of which 81 came
in last night, and Miss Frances
Hance's VI with 25,465 miles, a
total of Al members and IA member
ships reported yesterday.
Several challenges were made be-
tween captains and commanders last
night and the biggest reports of the
campaign should come in Monday
night when an effort will be made
to get more than 500 members. Last
nights meeting was well attended,
Rev. Wilbert Westcott making the
prayer, General Chairman George w.
Sharp, Jr., presiding. and Boys Work
Secretary Scott leading in the sing
ing. Harvey Dey was the soloist of
the evening and Abel Larson again
played.
= Owing to Monday being a holiday
1t was voted to hold the concluding
banquet on next Tuesday night in
stead of Monday at which all re-
ports must be in. The pilots are
asked to have their entire crews on
hand for this final meeting.
The women who served last nights
supper were: Mrs. Adrian Lyon,
Mrs. w. Van Schoick, Mrs. J. Hend-
erson, Mrs. c. M. Peterson, Mrs. G.
w. Sharp, Jr., Mrs. G. E. Ullman.
Mrs. l.. J. Keyes. Mrs. John Biting.
Mrs. L. Hope, Mrs. e. Ward. Mrs
r. Preston, Mrs. w. e. Coe, Mrs
w. VanPelt. Mrs. p. J. Ryan. Mrs.
r. Evner, Mrs. John Shoe, Mrs. A.
B. Mcdowell and Mrs. Whitney
Leeson.