Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-17
Y. M. c. A. CAMPA
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district. The boys have passed
their quota by a wide margin of
80, 4S1, and have now raised .heIr
aim to $4,000. Boys Campaign
Manager Arch d. Dinsmore says,
"We'll get it, too"
MIR. Dinsmore, this morning, re-
ceived telegram from State Boys
Campaign Manager II. j. Schmidt,
saying, Put terrific pressure on
your local directors for quick re-
suits. Pennsylvania boys must not
fail"
Report Next Week
A full report of contributions to
the War Work Fund will not be
| available until the middle of next
week. This statement was made
this morning by officers in charge of
statistics for the district.
we are gathering up the loose
ends of the campaign" said Secre-
tary r. b. Reeves. Because of the
county campaigns, it is impossible
for us to give a full report before
! next week. In several counties the
campaign has not yet been under
way and intensive campaigning will
not be started until tomorrow in the
churches.
At least $4,000 will be the sum of
Harrisburgs contribution to the
( campaign, judging from present lndi-
/ cations. Offerings in the churches
: tomorrow, and contributions from
playgoers will bring the total up
, to this amount, the local officers esti-
| mate.
A mass meeting will be held at
/ Shiremanstown, tomorrow evening,
! at $50 in the schoolhouse. Among
| the speakers will be ]. e. 3. Cum
ningham. former deputy attorney
| general, and Professor f. E. Downes.
! city superintendent of the schools.
| The meeting has been arranged by
the district headquarters.
To Reach New Goal
| I'VE have had many inquiries as
to why the quota is being raised"
| said Chairman Z. J. Stackpole, of the
| district council. I'VE are doing this
/ because, since the budget was made
up, there have been increased de-
mands from the warning countries.
for the help or the Y. NJ. C. A. The
! conditions in Russia, Italy and
France make it Imperative that the
| Y. M. c. A. enlarge the field of it's
| activities in the camps of those coun-
| tries. The Harrisburg district has
been asked to increase it's subscrip-
tions thirty-three and one-third per
cent. and 1 think our goal will be
| gained"
The team captained by Mrs. Will
liam Jennings, did double duty dur
/ ing the week. The members OBJ
| tanned a list of soldiers families and
| called on these, interesting them in
the various war-relief organizations.
Thcatergoers Liberal
Chairman Charles w. Boil, of the
! committee on theaters, to-day re-
ported these contributions from pat
! rons of the following theaters yes
| terday:
Victoria theater. $12.15; Colonial
theater, $39.71; Regent theater,
! S27.3O; Majestic theater, $SS.74; to-
tai, $16S.50; grand total, $410.03.
! That the appeal or the campaign
! is popular is shown by the contribu-
! tions by theatergoers. In the collec-
uons at the Colonial these contribu-
tions were noted:
| ters, 20 half dollars, dimes. 4
nickels and / penny.
! The committee on theaters desire
to express its thanks to Major l.. V.
| Rausch, Kirk Brown, Lieutenant
Lesher, Sergeants Moran and Blake,
the Boy Scouts, and the theater man.
| ayers for their cooperation,
Cumberland Forges Ahead
Cumberland county is forging
| ahead rapidly. A telegram to head
! quarters this morning announced a
total of $50 from the county The
| days report of boys pledges was q
total of $500, and the adult total
is $1,450. The grand total for the
boys is $500, and for the main cam
paign, $3.50.