The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-07-12
PLAN SYSTEMATIC
COUNTRYCAMP PA|GN
Monument Committeeman
Commence Work; SlOO
Already Subscribed
SUB-CONINIITTEES APPOINTED
TO CARRY OUT DETAILS OF
CONIMEMORATION PRO-
JECT.

An adjourned meeting of the
Stourbridge Lion-Horatio Allen
monument committee was held last
Friday evening in the law office of
Homer Greene The chairman called
the session to order and the minutes
of the first meeting of the committee,
held June 2S, were read by the secre
tary and approved.
The following members of the
committee were present: Homer
Greene, Miss Caroline Petersen, s. 7.
Ham, w. T. Heft, F. w. Kreitner,
John Kuhbach, Martin Caufield, E. A.
Penniman, and E. B. Galloway
Mr.. Greene made few remarks in
which he said:
THE project is a large one, and
one of deep significance, and, if sue
cessfully carried out, will mean much
for Honesdale. | am fully convinced,
however, that the citizens of Homes
dale cannot and should not try by
themselves to erect this memorial.
The appeal must be made to the
country at large, or else the project
should be abandoned. If the scope
of the work of this committee is en-
larged in accordance with this idea,
a thorough and business-like organi-
zation must be effected, and sub-com-
mittees appointed charged with the
duties and invested with the powers
necessary to carry on the work.
'"The first thing to be done is to
raise a sufficient fund contributed by
our citizens to pay expenses of the
campaign, such as postage, station
cry, printing, and other preliminary
expenses. This fund should come in
small amounts from large number
of people. In no sense and at no
time should any considerable finan-
cial burden be imposed upon the
people of Honesdale in connection
with the project. For this purpose
a committee on local subscriptions
should be appointed.
"An important feature of our
work will consist of getting the
proposition before the public and
interesting the people at large in
the enterprise. For this purpose an
effeetive working committee on
publicity should be appointed.
GAS | have already stated. the
successful carrying out of our pro-
ject means the raising of a large
fund and an appeal to the county.
This should be done under the aus
pices of men who are well and ia
vorably known, not only locally, but
outside our borders as well, men of
business prominence and large in
fuences, with whose names We can
go before the people whom we de-
sire particularly to interest, assur-
ed that our backing will be recog-
niZed as Substantial. For this pur-
pose a committee on finance should
be appointed, consisting of such
men, with power to use such means
and methods as they may adopt to
effectuate the purposes of the COM
mittee.
"One other suggestion l desire to
make: The bulk of our contribu-
tions must come from the great
railroad companies, and industrial
and beneficial organizations affiliat-
ed with them. Therefore one of
the first things for us to do, in my
judgment, is to obtain if possible,
the permission of the heads of some
such organizations to use their
names as members of an advisory
committee. This being accomplish
ed, and the other suggestions l have
made being carried out with the ap-
proval and cooperation of this COM
mittee, our project will be fairly
launched and we will have every
brought to successful conclusion.
And such being the case, Honesdale
may congratulate herself on having
inaugurated the enterprise"
On motion of Mr.. Kuhbach, sec
onded by Mr.. Ham, the chairman
was authorized to appoint such COM
mittees as are necessary to carry
out the project; and that the chair
man be a member eX-officio of all
committees so appointed.
In accordance with the above res
olution the chairman appointed the
following committees:
Publicity-E. A. Penniman, chair
man, E. B. Galloway, John Kuhbach,
and Martin Caufield. Homer Greene
eX-oficio.
Local Subscription-F. w. Kreit-
ner, chairman, S. T. Ham, l.. Blum
enthal, w. T. Heft, Homer Greene
ex-oficio.
Finance. D. Weston, E. B.
Hardenbergh, A. T. Searle, l.. j..
Dorhinger. Homer Greene, ex-offi-
clio.
The basic committee then approx
ed OF the following resolution:
The finance committee appointed
at this meeting is hereby empowered
to employ such methods as it may
deem appropriate and necessary to
raise the funds required for carry
ing out the purpose named in the
resolution of June 2S, 1911.
On motion of S. Il. Ham, second
ed by f. w. Kreitner, it was carried
that the chairman be authorized to
appoint an advisory committee con-
sisting of such persons prominent in
business and railway circles in the
United States as will consent to
serve on such committee.
e. A. Penniman offered to give the