Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-09

These We're some remarkable facts
given TO the Sunday morning congre-
CATION al the Church OF Christ by for
mer secretary of the Y. NJ. c. A, Mr..
j. H. Fellingham. Mr.. Fellingham
spoke regarding the work accomplished
by new building in Des Moines and
incidentally told the people OF Mar
shalltown what their building had been
doing for them. He said that within
the last ten Years every city of any
consequence west of the Mississippi
except Minneapolis. had built a new
Y. NJ. c. A. building III order to meet
the public demand. He said that when
he went 10 Des ,Moi:ies !. was difficult
to keep a Y. NJ c. A going upon an
annual income Of $4,000. while now
with the impetus given TO the work by
a new building. il was much easier to
bring in an annual income of 100000
and the calls at the building were now
averaging two per minute for every
hour in the day.
In speaking of the gift Of swim
ming pool made to the Marshalltown
building by Hon. G. a. Turner in MEM
DRY of his beloved son Frank. Mr.. Fell
$4,000 had already rendered service of
1900 10 the community figuring each
plunge and bath in the pool at % cents.
Such was the measure Of service to the
public in a mans investment III q 7. NJ
c. A.
We are doing an inter-church work
explained FellinGham. Churches ought
to do the Y. NJ. c. A. work and would
II they could but no one church is
strong enough to do it alone so the Y.
NJ. c. A. does the work for all the
churches and for all the people outside
the churches. He quoted Archbishop
Ireland as saying that he envied pro-
testantism its Y. NJ. c. A. more than
any other institution 1t had built. and
Mr.. Fellinsham explained that the Y.
VI c. \. opened the door of welcome to
Catholics and to unbelievers just as the
Catholic hospitals welcomed protes-
tants and all others when they were
sick.
Misinformation Abroad.
There is already an impression
abroad that 4 committee has appraised
the men Of the city assessing them for
what they ought TO give to the new y.
NJ. C. A. and this is the usual custom
but Mr. Ward coming from personal
experience with over eighty building
campaigns insists that this plan has
been abandoned and his plan here
calls for purely voluntary gifts. His
committees will be instructed to let
men give what they want to give and
+he cards given out with names to be
seen will not contain an appraisal or
assessment amount Ward says that
if has now become a citizens privilege
and an opportunity all over the world
10 give or TO invest in a Y. NJ. c. A.
and by actual trial more money has
been raised upon the voluntary plan
than upon the assessment or appraisal
method.
1t has also been reported that the
Y. N. C. a. board traded its old build
ing for land and made poor trade
The property was appraised by four OF
the hest Judges of real estate in the
CITY and was sold for $4,000, which
was considerably more than the pest
appraisal. The board received s4.Oop
,1oy.r and received notes at per cent
interest for 81 900, due in four eauas
annual payments, secured by first
mortgage on the building. The building
REPRESENTED $4,000 of actual money
invested almost nine years before and
the association had had over eight
wears use of it without interest or
taxes and without much repair.