Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-11-14
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Y. M. G. A. CAMPAIGN
GOING STRONG.
Orleans County Living Up to Best
Tradition in Giving for Worthy
Work. Barton Pledges over
$500 Already.

men met, divided the town into six
sections, chose canvassing teams of
two and three in each group, pledged
$3.50 for the work themselves and
are turning IN splendid results of the
canvass. To the time of going to
press the amount turned in in cash
and pledges to Wallace H. Gilpin,
who is acting as chairman of the
Barton committee is $629.45.
There is little doubt about the de-
sired $500 to $1,000 being reached in
Barton, if those who are now out of
town and who have not yet been able
to pledge, do as we'll as those already
seen. Any outside the village who
have not been seen and desire TO add
their bit for the work may do SO by
sending or giving the same to Mr..
Gilpin. A more complete and detailed
report will be given next week.
Under the dynamic force Of M. M.
Taplin Of Orleans, chairman in
charge Of the Orleans county Y. M. c.
A drive this week, the county has
awakened to the urgent needs of the
RED Triangle" organization, as it is
known in the army, and is making
winning drive toward our just share
Of the $35, 100000 needed Immediate
ly for the work here and in France.
Mr.. Taplin has spoken in some half
dozen towns of the county in the in
tereSt of this work, Rev. Fl. 3. Ran
kin of Newport has also been making
addresses and Sunday was a great
day for Newport, Orleans and Barton
when c.. Howard Ellinwood, Y. M.
c. A. secretary from the camps where
our Vermont boys had been stationed
the past summer, gave three straight
om-the-shoulder talks on the work
to large audiences.
In the morning he addressed a
union Newport audience at the Con-
gregational church and following the
address then and there, $1274 was
pledged for the work. A can
vass of the place will bring the fig
ures to $4,000 or more it is expected.
At 3 o'clock in the afternoon Mr..
Ellinwood spoke to a union audience
in Orleans and following his address
committees made canvass of the
village before night, securing pledg-
es for large amount.
In the evening he addressed large
union audience at the Congregational
plain that this work was entirely dis
tinct from all local Y. M. G. A. work
and the work was for our fighting
boys. He told of the work in and
about the cantOnments in this coqn-
try and carried the story of this
great organization to the very front
line trenches. By the very earnest
ness Of his words, the plainness and
simplicity of his description of the
wants and needs of the boys, he made
a deep impression upon his hearers.
It is the morale of the troops which
counts for so much in the War-the
pep" in the language of the day.
And this can only be secured and held
by clean lives among the men. This
the Y M. c. A. tries to foster by
erecting tents or temporary buildings
within the very camp itself where
wholesome amusements are provided
and so far as possible a little of
"home" brought to them. This work
is sanctioned and recognized by the
government itself and army officers
aid in every possible way the work of
the Red Triangle for they above all
others know that good fighting men
must have just the things the 7. M.
C. A. provides but which the govern
ment does not and cannot.
Every person who heard Mr.. Ellin-
wood was convinced of the need Of
the work he represented and local
organization was perfected which is
asking our people to pledge moneyfor
the cause.
The needs of the work in France
were strikingly brought home on
Monday morning when a letter was
received from one of our boys across
who wrote upon the stationery of the
Y. M. c.. A. and said, "Must apologize
for writing with pencil. The Y. M
c.. A. is so crowded one can hardly
get in and is lucky with corner. 1t
is the one place we have"
The boys have a campaign mapped
out for them and New England is
asking for 100000 boys who will
pledge $40 each for the work before
April 1. They are asked to earn, not
beg the money.
There is an organization in each
town of the county and the work IS
being pushed vigorously everywhere,
more particularly in the larger towns
with high schools. In each of these
teams have been organized and the
captains are trying to land their
teams in the front place. The results
of each days work are posted in the
store windows and ingenious ways
are used to attract attention. In some
Of the places, particularly Orleans,
the girls bid fair to outdo the boys,
while some lucky boy from winning
team of this section of the state will
nave free trip to Boston to help car
ry the news of Vermont's work to the
New ENGLAND headquarters.
The men in charge of this work in
he larner towns are: Newport, Rev.
II. B. Rankin; Orleans, A. D. Seaver;
Barton, c. L. Erwin; North Troy, III.
V. Wheelock; Derby, H. C. Taylor;
Craftsbury, F. B. Root; Irasburg, Mr..
Washer.
In the first two hours of the Barton
IL boys pledged them
selves to this work The cap
aims are Walter Buckley, Leigh
Comstock, Henry Cutler and Ralph
McGorty. Any who have work for
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