Arizona republican., 1914-03-29
PRINTERS BALL
 F0R GOOD CAUSE
Phoenix Typogra phic a l Union Arranging Annual Affair to Secure Funds to Care for Indigent Sick

In arranging for it's sixth annual ball to be given in Patrick Hall, on | Monday evening, April 13, Phoenix Typographical Union No. 352. is l leaving no stone unturned in an eff 1 fort to make the affair one that will l long be remembered as the most sue cessful in the history of the local | organization. There will be features | in the way of decorations, music and I souvenir programs that will instantly appeal to all who are present upon | the occasion whether q dancer or q l looker-on.
 Union, usually designated as the l Printers Ball." has come to be an affair looked forward to by hundreds | of the best people of Phoenix. In l other years it has been the rule that 1 even the largest hall in Phoenix has been inadequate to accommodate | those who sought to attend, and this year promises to be no exception. | This is due this year in no small measure to the selection of the most active arrangement committee that
 ever handled the details of a similar affair This committee consists of 1 A H. Tebben, Thomas H. Adams and l Harry Frederick the latter acting as l secretary.
 l Not content with making of the
 sixth annual ball a local success, this committee some days ago resolved that the name of the Phoenix Typo graphical Union should be known throughout every state in the union
 as well as in Canada. To this end a circular letter was addressed to every typographical union affiliated l with the international organization, extending an invitation to the mem bers throughout North America to be present in Phoenix on the night of
 April 13 Tickets were forwarded the hundreds of local secretaries ask
 ing that these be disposed of to the
 various members. The object of the
 affair and the purpose to which the proceeds are to be devoted were set
 forth in the accompanying letter.
 While it may not be generally
 known the Phoenix Typographical
 Union has been enabled through the 1 liberal response of the merchants and 1 other friends of the local union ill
 other years to give care and atten-
 ton to no inconsiderable number of
 indigent sick printers who have come
 to the Salt River Valley seeking
 health in the milder climate. In or 1 der to care for these sick who come
 from the eastern, northern southern
 and more western cities, the dues
 of the local union are often very high
 and the assessments numerous Were
 it not for the proceeds from the an
 nual ball, the caring for these sick incoming printers would be a burden
 the Phoenix local would be unable to
 bear, no matter how sincere spirit actuated the efforts to accomplish this Even the members of the arrange ment committee who drafted most urgent appeal for assistance from tier locals through the purchase of
 tickets are surprised al the ready re- ) sponse with which the appeal has been met From five to twenty five tickets have been taken by unions as far removed from Phoenix as Toron- to, Canada. Only a few days have elapsed since the tickets and circu-
 lars were sent out over the country end it is believed that before the l cate set for the ball several hundred
 will have been disposed of in this
 manner. thereby adding just that
 many additional dollars to the sick
 fund of the Phoenix local.
 This work is carried on throughout | the year by the local printers, ! through committee named for that J purpose. There is no blare of trum-
 pets. no publicity attached to the
 york of aiding a needy printer. But
 dt the end of each fiscal year, when . ar accounting is made. there is a glow of satisfaction in the hearts and
 minds of every printer who has con Il tributed his share to the worthy cause. There have been instances within ,. the past two years where sick print CTS have been cared for in local in- stitutions at the expense of the Phoenix local, sometimes such care ,xtending over periods varying from u several weeks to several months
 Others have had their expenses met in private roOming houses. and all l. without any person outside of those ; most closely connected with the work II being aware. This work has result ed in the creating of condition ir T Phoenix where it is almost an un- known thing for printer to be t seeking aid from other; than those ' engaged in his own line.
 For the next few days the indivd- e nal printers will visit friends an( acquaintances and all whom they fec
 might be interested in helping il the good work and ctfer for sal, e tickets for the greatest of all print