Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-12
PERFECT PLANS
FOR BIG DRIVE
Methodists Will Have Help OF
Hundreds in Campaign
For Educational Fund

Local Methodists, both ministers
and laymen, are now engaged III Pei
fecting the local organization 10 ne
used in the big educational enooW
ment campaign which VIII pe lol-
mally launched in the near iutu[e
The campaign, which has as lts o.
iectiye over million dollars lor
Methodist educational institutions IN
this area, is big business, and as such
If will be handled in no haphaZaru
fashion.
In each of the conference distrlctS'
the district superintendent VIII po p
in charge of the local organlzatlol
and will have as his helpers ministers
in his district who are especla'iS
qualified for the work, ana iaS MI M
who will bring their business Know
edge and experience to the ana Vi 'ho
church in her time of need.
DIR. SwartZ in Charge
nr Norris SWartZ, district super
intendent and a graduate OF Dlcklli-
son College, one of the lnstltu Iioi'o ,..
interested, will be in lmmeula.t,e,
charge of the local situation ana VIII VIII
have under him lieutenants VINO VII
he responsible for subdlstrlcts, INC
smallest unit of jubilee orSanlzaIion.
The Rev. E. A. Pyles, OF f1ttl'
street Church. is Harrisburgs chalr-
man. having in his group the Ganap
curtin Memorial, Epworth, Ridge
Avenue, Grace, st. Paul $ ana oleNsli'
Memorial churches, all of TINS ci.y.
Thomas S. Wilcox, OF the New 5o
Cumberland church, is leader oi ~
New Cumberland group, comp IIiii
the Riverside, Enoia' oahiP .h,,rn
Bressler, LewisperrS All"
charges. TT AT peiIv
of First Church. York, as leader IS
composed of the Duke street. Ep
worth, Ridge Avenue and West
street churches in the city OF AorN'
and the Wrightsville charge.
York county, A. {. shue' 1',i,Ie ie1'
represents the churches at AirNiiie'
. Ernee Roads and CatchellsVilie'
Cbrnwsbury and Stewartstown.
7 II. Price is in charge at Gar.
usIa having with him the Mount
Holly, Rehoboth, Newville, j1ollil,s
springs and Hickorytown churches;;
Chambersburg, with j, Howard
Axe as leader. has the Champers-
burg Shippensburg, Green TlilaSe'
Mercersburg and Fort Lo''u0''
churches. ,dor w
y Shriner, has the Waynesporo'
1reencastle and Rouzersville charges
within it's bounds. a,,,
McConnellsburg subdistrict, under
the leadership of Edward JACKSON,
has McConnellsburg, Hustonto"h
and Harrisenville churches:
Duncannon has the services vi n
T. Schuchart in the DIVISION com. N%,,
nosed of the Duncannon' New
bloomfield, Blain, Liverpool al"
Marvsville charges. ,,oa h,,
The Hanover group is headeu ps
w. L. Armstrong and comprises tl1
Hanover. Gettysburg, New oNIoru'
Iittlestown and Ortana churches;
The Mechanicsburg group, under
the supervision of ]. Ellis BeIi; Is
made up of the Mechanicsburg. Dills-
burg, Wellsville and York springs
charges. ,,,,o, .ro
All these men and churches are
now engaged in "setting-up meer-
inps. at which a member of the JUDI,
Ice commission meets with them ana
assists in getting the work under
way. c,,,>.
Under the influence of 7. =. GlaN-
ton. national commissioner OF euuca-
tion President Wilson, who has re
neatedly made a plea for increased
enrollment in our schools throughout
the neriod of the war, and OF many
other men influential in educatioh
circles. people generally are coming
ia realize the need for increased
school facilities and to look with la-
yor on the movement of the Memo
diets for more money for schools.