The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-02-21
rs Hospital Building Fund
Campaign, Which Is
Being Organized
GEO. B. MILNE HEADS
CITIZENS, COMMITTEE
Meeting for Organization
Was Held This
Afternoon

One Of the most significant OF the pre-
liminary steps that are TO lead up to
the launching Of a campaign to procure
a minimum amount of $4,000 for the
City hospital was taken this afternoon
when the Citizens Campaign committee
was organized at an enthusiastic meet
! ing of citizens from Barre and towns
about in the Granite Manufacturers
| hall. Upwards of 100 men were present.
| The committee is to number eonsidera
! bly, more than q hundred and those who
are to constitute it were variously rep
resented to-day. Nearly every town that
| is to come within the scope of the cam
lpaign had a representative present and
those few towns that were not repre-
sented made it known that the cam
paign would receive their substantial in
dorsement.
| The organization was effected soon
after the meeting convened. George B.
Milne was elected chairman of the Cit
izens' Campaign committee and w. G.
Reynolds of Barre, w. H. Miles of Gran
iteyille, City Clerk James Mackay and
| ID. M. Miles were elected first, second,
third and fourth vice-ehairman, respec-
lively, and Dr. j. w jackson, treasurer
| Members of the committee responded to
the call to serve with a spontaneity
that was fraught with promise for the
success OF one of the greatest civic un-
ldertakings in the history of Barre.
The principal speaker of the after
noon was Judge A. G. Fay, who set forth
the history of the Barre City hospital,
defined its present status, and forecast
ed its mission in the future Mr.. Fay's
remarks showed the results of painstak-
| ing research and careful inquiry into
the functions OF the institution. He en-
larged upon some of the crying needs OF
the hospital and spoke of the fact that
its welfare depends largely on the meas
ure in which the people of Barre see
their plain duty and then perform it.
Organization plans for the big CAM
paign go on without interruption. Daily
the workers and the staff of office clerks
at headquarters are working nearer TO
that perfection of unit organization that
is expected to make the campaign an
epochal affair in the history of this city.
To-day the completion of the women's
working committee was announced and
from its personnel is to radiate all of
the organized effort which the women OF
Barre and vicinity are desirous of put
ting into the campaign. Mrs. George n.
Tilden is the chairman of the committee
and the vice-chairmen are Mrs. s. II.
Barnes and Mrs. James Scott. Mrs II.
A. Richardson is the secretary and the
remaining members are as follows: Mrs.
Leon Carroll Miss Penelope Gall and
Mrs. T. ]. Batchelder. Friday after
noon the committee met and set in mo-
tion the plans for the women's end Of
the campaign. Women's teams for Barre
and all of the surrounding territory are
to be organized at once and announced.
Already requests for permission to
serve have come in from towns nearby
If preparations for the campaign have
been active this week, the scene at
headquarters next week is to be even
more animated Monday at noon all the
ministers in this section will be enter
tanned at luncheon in the Manufaetir
ers' hall At that time they will receive
more detailed information as to the pur-
pose Of the campaign and its scope. All
during the week the days will be days
of the most vigorous preparation.