The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-12-03
FLYING SQUADRON BRINGS JOY
Zones Which Had Been Seemingly
Forgotten on Thanksgiving Day Find
Joy When Automobiles Arrive With
Provisions for Thanksgiving Dinners

The determination of one woman
backed up with the loyal support of
seven thousand school children and a
lot of other good hearted people,
brought Thanksgiving day cheer to
record number of homes in Kenosha
on THURSDAY. Three weeks ago Dr.
Helen Harbert proposed to one of the
clubs in the city that provision be
made for Thanksgiving dinners for the
poor of the city. The suggestion met
with some support, but not the support
that DR.. Harbert had hoped for so she
started out to work out the plan her
self. In few days she had the sup
port of the school children and the re-
suits attained were the most notable
ever seen in any movement of the
kind in Kenosha.
On Wednesday when the baskets
were taken out from the city school
buildings under the direction of DIR.
Harbert plans had been made to take
care Of lis families. This was only the
start of the work and before the tired
charity workers got through just before
they were called to their Thanksgiving
day dinners at noon on Thursday more
than 100 baskets of provisions had
been sent out and there is still stored
in the basement of the city hall more
than two tons of provisions which are
to be given to the poor of the city
later. When it was found that the pro-
visions sent by the children of. the
schools were more than enough to take
care of the children and parents named
in the original list a scouting commit
tee was sent out to seek out the homes
where the people were too proud to ask
for aid. They found them in plenty
and early Thursday morning with the
aid of The clerks at the city hall, the
pauper commissioner, teachers of the
schools and score Of good people who
donated the services Of their automo-
biles, the flying squadron of relief
started sout.
It was real relief expedition and
there were more than forty baskets of
provisions to be delivered. Pathetic
stories of gloom turned to JOY were told
by the people in charge of these de-
liveries. Many homes were found where
the children had given up hope of hav-
ing real Thanksgiving dinner and
the children shouted with joy when the
automobiles arrived bringing the well
filled baskets. The men and women
who were fortunate enough to get in
on the final round up of the big move
ment never had a happier Thanksgiv-
ing In some of the homes the dinner
was little late, but it was a real din
ner and this made up for all the delay
that there was in it's coming The hap
piness of the children of the poor in
Kenosha on Thursday was the real re-
ward for the hundreds of people who
aided in making this Thanksgiving din
ner distribution the success that it was.
It is certain that the plan inaugurated
by DR.. Harbert will be followed in sue
ceeding years.
Nor is this all. On Thursday morn
ing scores of suits of warm clothing
were brought to the city hall and these
clothes will be sent out later in the
month. There are plenty of families
looking for the clothing. In some
eases families were given enough provi-
sions to last them for week.
The people in charge Of the distribu-
ton learned real lesson Wednesday
afternoon and Thursday evening and
that was that there are a lot of peo-
pie in need of aid in Kenosha whose
names does not appear on any of the
relief organization lists.