New Britain herald., 1916-04-25
BOYS CLUB WORKERS GOING AFTER $85,OOO First Gun in Ten Days Campaign
 to Be Fired Tomorrow
 NAME LADY SOLICITORS
Men Who Will Help Raise This Amount Receive Final Instructions At Meeting Held In Y. M C. A. Women Meet Today.

At Meeting Held In Y. NJ. C. A. 1 Women Meet Today.
 All is in readiness for the opening ] of the ten days campaign to raise
 sS5,0O0 for the erection and part maintainance of a New Britain Boys club home which will begin at noon tomorrow with an informal luncheon at the state armory when all of the workers will assemble at l215 o'clock for final instructions. l Preparatory to starting out, upon this big money raising campaign, sev- eral speakers of ability will address the workers and w. l.. Hatch is away 1 this afternoon securing the services of one prominent speaker. Among the other speakers will be Hon. A. J. sloper, Campaign Organizer s. M. Bard and one or two others who are | prime movers in this affair.
 l Receive Final Instructions. l majority of the team captains and team members met with the campaign organizers at the Y. M. c. A. last night and were addressed by l President E. w. Christ and Organizer
 
 1 routine to be followed during the l coming campaign and explained definitely just what each captain and l worker must do. Those present Were l furnished with envelopes which con- tained all credentials and necessary l data and after the meeting each work CT was given the privilege of selecting 1 such names as they desired to solicit 1 funds from. The entire campaign is 1 to be conducted in an efficient and sys- 1 tematic manner and the various "pos- ! sibilities' about the city will be so i divided among the workers that no l person will be accosted by more than l one. Also, arrangements have been l made whereby. some of the more 1 wealthy and Influential men in the 1 city will be solicited by men of their own stamp so that better results will l be obtained and there will be no un- l equal distribution of better chances among the various workers. The 1 campaigners have had a small com- mittee working for several days, so ] that an military fund has already been raised.
 l Each day during the campaign the workers will meet at noon-day lunch con at the state armory when daily reports will be made and remarks made by various speakers. J. J. Walsh will cater.
 Souvenir Book Published.
 Of much interest to the workers and the public at large is the new 1 Boys Club Silver Jubilee souvenir program arranged by Superintendent 1 R. H. Crawford and distributed last evening. It is a neatly bound booklet of thirty-one pages containin, many interesting facts about the Boys club. It contains a group photo of the di- rectors, phOtOgra phs and short sketches of some of the various super intendents during the past twenty five years and also photographs of various workers. A number of other pho tographs and statements from pub lie men here add to the value of this book.
 Lady Workers Named.
 At 4:30 o'clock this afternoon the women's teams in the campaign will met at the Y. w. c. A. where Organ izer Bard will outline plans for their part in the campaign. Names of many of the lady workers, including the team captain, are herewith printed:
 Mrs. Geo. Traut, captain; Mrs. \ l Mrs. Hemingway, Miss L. Learned, Mrs. C. H. Mitchell and Miss Ger trude Hine.
 Mrs. Ernest Pelton. captain Mrs. H. H. Pease, IFS. E. M. Beacher, Mrs. c. S. Bennett, Mrs. F. H. Searle, Mrs. w. H. Booth, Miss Cornelia Cham berlain and Miss Ruth Hutchinson.
 Mrs. John Purney, captain; Mrs. c. w. Upson, Mrs. Carl Ramsay, Mrs. Paul Rogers, Miss Maud Lamb, Mrs. Clarke Smith and Mrs. Wachter.
 Mrs. H. L. Mills, captain; Mrs. Is- aac Russell, Mrs. Geo. P. Hart, Mrs. F. B. Eddy, Mrs. c. J. White, Mrs. w Felt and Mrs. E. A. Moore.
 Mrs. John Kirkham, captain; Mrs. $. w. Irving, Mrs. Francis Joy, Mrs. Crowell, Mrs. Bradley, Miss Bertha Bowers, Miss Mary Campbell and Miss Jane Vessels.
 Mrs William $. Rowlands, captain; Mrs. J. E. Cooper, Mrs. Wm. Judd Mrs. Raymond Healey, Miss Mary Whittlesey, Miss Goodwin, Miss Ma bel Crawford and Miss Bertha Cham berlain.
 Miss Katherine Wilbur captain; Mrs. H. M. Bates Mrs. Harold Hatch Miss Agnes Vance, Miss Edith White Miss Eleanor White. Miss Alice Hart and Miss Florine Parker.
 Mrs. Howard Platt. captain; Mrs F. G. Platt, Mrs. c. B. Parsons, Mrs s. G. Goss, Mrs. Robert F'risbie, Mrs Russell Gemond and Miss Frances Whittlesey.
 Miss Gertrude Carlson, captain; l Miss Emma Zanzinger, Miss Ruth l Hubbard, Miss Gertrude Breummer, l Miss Dorothy Thomas Miss Dorothy l