The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-03-11
Securing Subscriptions to
Barre Hospital Build
ing Fund
BIG ENTHUSIASTIC
MEETING HELD
Clocks Will Turn Tonight,
Showing Progress Of
the Campaign

The campaign to raise $4,000 or more
| for the Barre City hospital building fund
i is on in real earnest now. To-day $50
workers and hundreds of subscribers
were responding to one of the catch
phrase appeals of the campaign, pulling
strong and long together with the single
idea OF giving the big movement the inn
petns that ii needs. Last night the
| hand on the big clock over the Drown
pharmacy pointed to S25,900, the amount
raised by initial subscriptions. When
the workers file their returns tonight
and the totals are figured, the indicator
will lift its point to a margin several
degrees higher, it is expected.
Big Enthusiastic Conference.
| In an unusual sense, the meeting Of
the mems and women's teams, captains,
and committees in the yestry of the
Universalist church last evening was an
accurate barometer of the enthusiasm
that has been aroused over the move
ment. AT the 6 o'clock dinner, covers
were laid for IT'S people The attend
anee did not fall short of that figure.
committee, presided and he called upon
Rev. Duncan Salmond, pastor of the
Presbyterian church to offer the invoca-
ton. The dinner was served by the la
dies Of the Hospital Aid association, who
will have charge of all meals served each
evening during the campaign. +. +.
Langley read the list of initial sub
seriptions and C. G. Fencil. the campaign
director, gave minute explanations as to
how the workers are to go about their
duties. Everyone present manifested a
deep interest in the directors remarks
and no one seemed to leave the meeting
with any misapprehensions as to the
meaning of the movement and the re-
sponsibility which devolves upon the
workers as well as the subscribers. Not
a little time was given over to distrib-
uting the cards to the teams.
To-day every team listed at the head
quarters was busy at the harvest. Late
reports from the allied towns indicate
that the fever of enthusiasm is quite
as contagious in the outlying districts
as here in the city. Suppers, instead
of dinners, as previously announced, win
be served each evening in the vestry.
An invitation il extended the workers
of the allied town teams to be present
at the supper hour whenever the oppor.
tunity offers.
Careful System of Auditing.
In Justice TO those whose magnanimity
has already been shown and to the many
who are contemplating contributions dur
ing the 10 days, it should be explained
that careful system of auditing has
been introduced by the campaign COM
mittee and nothing win prevent the
movement from being safely and aecur-
ately financed. Six auditors, four OF
whom have been chosen from several of
the city banks, have been appointed to
keep in constant touch with the returns.
Their names are: w. A. Drew of the
Barre Savings bank, chairman; John T.
Averill of the Granite Savings bank,
Frank X Beard of the Peoples National
bank, Archie Taft of the Quarry Savings
bank, o. j. L. Mathews. recently one of
the city auditors, and John L. Wallace,
a well-known local bookkeeper.
Each night the envelopes received from
the campaigners will be received by the
auditors and turned over to the treas
urer, who viii give the auditors his re-
ceipt. The treasurer, in turn, is to make
a certified deposit of the money in the
bank No money is to be paid out for
any purpose without the treasurer's sig |
nature and the counter signature of two |
of the finance committee, which |
consists of George b. Milne, chairman;
d. NJ. Miles. f. G.. Howland, DIR. w. E. |
I.azell and George n. Tilden. Both at |
the campaign headquarters in the Manu-
hall and at the workers quar- !
ters in the church, men are ready always |
to explain the purpose and the workings !
Of the campaign to anyone.
Names to Be Published
Announcement was made to-day of
plan to publish the names of all sub
scribers to the hospital fund Each
daily issue of The Times will contain
list of the subscriptions of the day be-
fore. Tomorrow's paper will include an
account of the doings to-day and the
names of those who subscribed, togeth
sr with the amounts. In cases where
The person contributing requests that his
or her name be not used, the solicitor
is to mark the subscription card thus:
Not to be published" Money collected
]
Ter general head in the reports. Peo-
pie interested in the success of the move
ment, and there are few in Barre and
.he towns about who are not interested.
are asked to watch the illuminated
locks that have been located in strate-
gic places along the firing line. From
.he Whitcomb Bros plant on North
Main street at the Blackwell street in
.ersection the progress of the workers
S told each day and night by one of the
big me-pieces. Another clock is sit
iated in the heart of the business sec
ion and the third may be Seen on the 4
". H. Miles store at Graniteville.
Support from quarters high and low
,ame in with a rush at the very outset
,o.day. Everywhere the campaigners
ire assisted wherever assistance can be
given. The ranks of S. ,
2izzi's team were augmented to-day by
he addition of Gerolimo Yalli and Pat
ick McNulty. c. S. Andrews is one Of
he late acquisitions to Dan A. Perry's
cam. Since none of the teams are to
eport on the first days work until to-
light, the only announcement of the {