New Britain herald., 1916-04-27
-ENTY-ONE THOUSAND
DOLLARS.

'hIt C 1>CIi " 1IlI SI 1SC1IlAS oI hat the citizens of New Britain 8 the great therm Ometer on the 8 the National bank building Bay and saw thereon recorded 8 days achievement in the cam 8o raise money for a permanent 3 3ub. Twenty-on thousand dol
 eW cities of the country could better response to a wor-
 few cities in the land ever A4y to d better start on a sim mpaign. The popu1ace will
 pardoned for experiencing the aat goes with a noble work well M for glowing with just pride Pmething that means for the bent of the boys of the city and
 city itself.
 men and women who, by their generosity, made it possible to
 such wonderful amount of on the first day of a campaign Rs as it's ultimate object the
 of eighty-five thousand dollars Pt only contributed dollars and hey have done more;- they have
 in the hearts of the citizens put a certain spirit that argues
 the future of New Britain. Bv lorious sentiment that was
 through the city yesterday he news of the achievement nto every home the men and
 behind this altruistic movement up a latent sense of obligation. pant feeling of partnership. a ing that means the closer re-
 of all those who dwell within fines of New Britain. And this is an accomplishment great bigger than the mere gathering
 Is to construct building of nd mortar; greater because it that many more such enter can be put under way with
 a happy ending. There is no ity that the boys club fund t reach the mark set by those hve started on the venture.
 shall it go over and above the
 desired. If needs be, New Brit
 gather, money for these good les far and away past all reck- t happened yesterday merely ks the wonderful ssibilities TX in New Britain, city whose hnce is not readily weighed or y many people outside it's DOT One of the youngest towns in ,ticut, it has grown gradually, leaps and bounds, to be we'll up
 list of municipalities in this and has taken a place among Enified and elect. Overcoming zFtacles set in it's way, natural Rntages that would have halted lbitious spirits, New Britain has ID a manufacturing center that bgnized from one end of the to the other. The great amount 1th incorporated within the rel
 small area here is what made lays collection possible, is what promise of 8 greater future. For twenty-one thousand dollars is a comparatively small sum of 8 sum that might be scattered uandered by any idle son of a y father, it is not so insignifi- when viewed in the light of a ion for a cause" It then takes erent garments, arrays itself ill
 beautiful robes of big-h earted- nd generosity, aligns itself with y, the greatest of virtues, and
 the message of peace and good nong men. All this because it 1tified with one of the hapDiest s that the mind of man can be Id upon-the betterment of the When these twenty-one thou- dollars shall have been expended with other twenty-one thou, and the doors of the new boys bpened, then will there be grea ing among the mothers an' -s. the brothers and sisters o Britain, because a great deed wa fon the twenty-sixth day of Apri
 It is a day that shall ever b back on by those boys of tn 5, who will reap the benefits o hbor expended by noble-heartet ns of a worthy community.