The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-12-17
Auto Truck Travels Over
City Collecting Goods
Promised Solicitors by
Many Generous Citizens.
FUNDS REACH $500
Distribution Committee Gets
Right to Provide Clothes
for Any Children Found in
Need.

Toys. clothes for children, shoes.
candies and other contributions for
the city Christmas tree, the glories of
which will be revealed to the young
sters of Richmond at the Coliseum
Sunday evening at 7:3O O'Clock. pour
ed into the city building this morning
in steady stream. One big hearted
merchant sent forty-five pairs of boys
short trousers
This afternoon an auto truck Sc
cured by the committee went about the
city collecting various contributions
which had been promised to the solici-
tors yesterday. This truck when 1t
brought in it's first burden impressed
every one who helped unload it with
what wonderful Christmas spirit has
been aroused in this community and
how extremely anxious the citizens are
to have every little boy and girl en-
JOY a very merry Christmas.
Get List Of Children.
Most of the toys are too large to be
distributed at the Coliseum Sunday
evening and it has been decided to
distribute large number of them
some time the first of next week to
the homes of the poorest children.
list of such children Is being COM
piled, the names being furnished by
the teachers in the various public and
parochial schools, by the Central
Charitable Bureau and by the chair
man Of the gift distribution commit
tee, Mrs. H. L. Monarch. Superintend-
ent Giles Of the public schools today
instructed his principals to name a
representative from each Of their
schools on Mrs. Monarch's committee,
which also includes the members Of
council and other city officials. Each
parochial school has also been invited
to name representative on this COM
mittee. which meets at the CONNER
cial club rooms tomorrow evening.
From the big store of contributions
this committee has it will also be able
to give the poorest children things
more substantial than toys.
In the various schools of the city to-
day children were requested to bring
contributions for the poor boys and
girls to their schools tomorrow and
these will be collected Saturday.
With the cash contributions received
today, a good part OF the money COM
ing from people who had not been so
licited, it is expected that the Christ
mas tree fund will be in excess of $500
bv Saturday. Use can be found for
every penny contributed.
Members Of the police department
today subscribed about $40 to the
fund.
At meeting of the executive COM
mittee last night report from Secre
tary Melpolder and Mrs. Gambler OF
the Central Bureau was received. stat
ing that the cases Of twenty-eight chill
dren reported as having insufficient
clothing so that they could not attend
the Christmas tree celebration. had
been investigated with the assistance
of the school principals and it was
found that all the children except five
had been cared for and that these
would be provided for by the bureau.
The gift distribution committee was
given the authority to provide for any
children with clothing If it was found
that they were in need Of 1t. Truant
Officer Bishop informed committee
man that he would promptly make
provision for any child reported to
him as being in need Of shoes or
clothing.