South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-11-05
|. NJ. WORKERS
ARE REWARDED
B The Right Overcoat for You
Watch Fobs and Pins Presented
10 Men Making Highest
Scores in Campaign.

or next Monday, Nov. S, those
wishing TO Join the Y. NJ g A VIII DC
given the privilege of doing SO on INC
EpeciaI membership rate which pre-
vailed during the week OF the mem
bership campaign. Announcement OF
this was made Thursday night by w
r Nitsche at a banquet tehoeIsu -
the new members OF the assoclaioh
and the campaign workers. Inc priv
fI~ze Il extended one day Tor the rea-
aor that many persons VINO became
fntereeted IN the association during
the campaign week have since de-
cided TO Join. -,
The feature Of the banquet wnlcn
was attended by 100 men, was the
nresentation OF watch fobs and pins
on those workers who secured the
highest numbe Of points during the
campaign and also the announcement
that a certain South Bend man had
uronised TO purchase an electric sign
for the association IL additional funds
would be secured for its maintenance
Twelve men pledged themselves 10
the year the membership fees from
the ~ going 10 maintain the sign.
Five Get Watch Fobs.
Those who were presented with
watch fobs were the five men VINO
made the highest individual scores
during the campaign. These were
Charles A. Loring, s79 points; W. ..
Davies, 611; Fred Sax. 247; A. T..
Beyrer, 23O, and II. +. Josephson, 2OS-
The fobs are of ribbon with gold med
ais showing the association emblem
circled by a wreath. The pins were
presented 10 those workers who Sc
cured more than 100 points each.
These were, w. S Hubbard. 2O1
points: Rev. II. L. Davis. 1856; G. Fass-
nacht, $50; Howard Emmons. 177: s
II. Arbogast, 1853; Elmer Rodgers, l4S;
Charles Rachel. 140: L. A. Walker,
Ito, and James Taylor. 10 The pins
are silver engraved with the initials
~. NJ 9. A" and the association en-
blem.
Preceding the presentation Of the
fobs and pins Mr.. Nitsche reviewed
the work that had been accomplished
during the campaign. He pointed out
that although the South Bend associa-
ton had finished third in the total
mum Der OF points secured it was sec
ond IN the total amount Of money col
lected and second fl the number of
membership renewals. The city finish
ed fourth in the number Of new mem
berships secured.
Rabbi Cronbach Speaks.
The banquet was held in the north
lobby of the main building at $50
o'clock. Sec'y ]. Q. Ames acted as
POSTMASTER. Following the dinner
brief addresses were made by cam
paign workers who reviewed the work
OF the campaign week. Preceding
these actresses a short talk was given
by Rabbi Cronbach n behalf of the
work Of Federation OF Social service
during the coming Good Will week.
He pleaded for moral as well as finan-
cial support in the campaign 10 raise
10000 for the work OF the IL char
table institutions In the federation.
The federation" he said, wants not
only money, but II wants the predis-
position on the part OF all 10 be in
harmony with the work OF the fedora
ton"
Mayor Ralph Gaylor Of Mishawaka
told Of the growing interest i'm Y. NJ
G. A. work which has been aroused in
his city as proved by the fact that the
Mishawaka team secured the largest
number OF points OF any team during
the campaign. He held forth the hope
that within the next two years, when,
he predicted, Mishawaka would have a
population OF 10000, there would be
separate association building in that
city There was necessity for such a
building. he declared. to meet the
needs Of those factory workers who
could not take advantage OF privileges
so far from home.
The other speakers were Charles
Loring. w. Q. Davies, p. c. Stanley
and l. A. Walker. These speakers
detailed the work that had been done
by their teams in securing members
and called attention TO the general
good that was being accomplished by
the Y. NJ. c. A. in the city.