Evening journal., 1917-04-21
100000 Church
FUND IN SIGHT
With Two Working Days
Remaining $S3,I3S.O5 of
Amount Is 10 Hand
YESTERDAYS RECEIPTS
GO TO $H,S56.3O


As the ten-day campaign TO secure
s1oO 600 for the now st. Thomas K
c. Church nears an end, the attain
ment Of the goal, by next Monday
night. when the campaign closes,
seems absolutely certain. Yesterdays
total contributions OF $ll.S56.SO,
which swelled the grand total for the
past eight DAYS TO SSS,1SS.05 helped
greatly to bring about the splendid
outlook for the undertaking.
When the executive committee re-
ported total contributions OF SSOll
for the day. the cheers OF the workers
almost shook the solid and sub
stantial walls OF the Hotel DUPONT
in which the rally luncheon was held.
of this amount. $4,000 represented a
contribution from friend whose
name was not announced. and $1,000
was contributed by Joseph Kelly. The
other contributions included in the
executive total were in smaller
amounts.
The women's teams, reporting 81
$50 yesterday. beat the mems teams
which reported S1,465. The women
have been promising to get back lost
honors and last night they ayailed
themselves Of that opportunity.
Mrs. Harry Yous' Team won the
banner last night in the wOmen's di-
vision by reporting St.235. II. r..
Pcarce is captain OF Team 3, which
won the pennant in the mems diyi-
sion. outside OF the parish. once
again last night Capt Sylvester Healy
and his 'invncibles' were members
OF the mems winning team of the
parish. reporting S525.
Throughout the campaign the work
ers have Just as faithfully attended
the nightly rally luncheOns as they
have attended TO their outside work.
which has scored sucn great success.
One OF those interested in the cause
who has been present at almost every
luncheon is Postmaster James J. Eng
lish. He has entered whole-heart-
edly into promoting the success OF
the movement. and his enthusiasm
when the good reports came in was
hardly exceeded by that of anyone
present. State Senator Thomas +.
Cormloy. who is secretary of the
executive committee, has, at great
sacrifice. attended eytry one OF the
luncheons.
Grantley Parke Postles was also
a welcome visitor at last nights
luncheon. and he was applauded sew
oral times during the evening. one
OF these occasions was when he Of
ferei 10 secure contributions from a
number of persons in the outlying
districts: another when he contri-
hutcd 500 in behalf of Wilmington
Lodge. b. p. o. Elks; another when
he read a poem Of Rudyard Kipling's
which was quite appropos, and again
when he gave a brief address to the
workers.
The report of the team captains were
as follows:
Women's
Team Captain. Amount.
A-Miss Jennie d. Daley ..... $4,000
B-Alrs. Grace NJ. Edwards .. l6l.OO
C-Alrs. Margaret c. Kane .... 2OslO
D-Miss Bertha Lilly ........ 5O5OO
E--Nrs. Max Staszesly ...... lO3.OO
F-Alrs. Helen Naklyes ....... $500
C-Airs. Harry Yous ......... l.2S5.O0
Mems Team. Crptain.
l-Iames ]. Corripan ......... $4,000
9-William f. Dorsey ........ 1880
3-Ioseph A. Hanley .......... 45.00
4-Sylvester Healy ........... $500
5-Daniel Horgan ............. 26S.00
G.lohn j. Kennedy .......... 1900
Joseph y Mention ...... 5000
S-Frank p. ODonnell. ........ 1920
a-Herbert y. Pearce ......... 1900
l0-Rudolph p. Otteni ......... 5000