The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-10

Grand total to date. $24,O2S II
The women's division again out
distanced the mems, as it has done
successfully day after day during the
early stages of the campaign.
First honors went to Team 16, cap
tanned by Mrs. George H. Edwards,
who reported as the results of the eff
forts of her coterie $663.
A close second in this division was
Team II, captained by Miss Chary
Smith, which had $577 to it's credit
Other teams in the women's divis-
ion reported the following amounts:
Team Is, Mrs. P. Howard Powell, cap
tain ,$A1 6; Team 10, Miss Betty Payne
captain, $40; Team 20, Mrs. E. W.
Downs, captain ,$1O6.5O; Team FL,
Miss Utah Haines, captain, $50; Team
22 Mrs. Gerald H. Beard, captain,
s245.50; Team %, Mrs. Robert Eames,
captain, $233.10; Team "a, Mrs. Sher-
man Cole, captain, $40.
Team 4, captained by A. M. Engel-
hard, led the mems division with
$625.s5.
Other teams in this division report
ed the following amounts: Team l.,
James M. Saxton, captain, 500; Team
2. George Catl1n, captain, $45; Team
8, Abner Mitchell, captain, $254.50;
Team 5, S. M. Keough, captain, 1884,;
Team 6, H. A. Goldstein, captain, $50;
Team 7, Frederick Harrison, captain,
$115.01; Team 8, Charles Green, cap
tain, 1888; Team 9, George D. Roberts,
captain, Sill; Team 10, John B. Ell
wood, captain, $210; Team II, A. H:
Eyles, Jr SAL; Team 13, John w.
Moore, captain, $28; Team IA, E. H.
Miner, captain, $146.
After a day of depression, OCCASION
ed by the small amount reported at
Thursdays get-together luncheon,
coupled with the untoward weather
conditions, the twenty-odd teams pull
ed themselves together and started out
with renewed energy, with the result
thata substantial increase was shown
at Fridays luncheon.
Yesterdays gathering was featured
by a peppery talk by Albert E. La
very, a member of the executive COM
mittee Of the campaign, who injected
additional fighting spirit into the VOL
unteer workers
Announcement of a contribution Of
$500 made by D. M. Read & Co. and
reported by Team 4, A. M. Engel-
hard. captain, elected much applause,
as did several other substantial dona-
tons.
The following subscriptions Of 800
and over are announced at campaign
headquarters:
J. G. Rowland, $1,000; E. II. Har-
raj, $1,000; Ellen lB. Harrall, ST.
600; A. C. and w. B. Wheeler, ST.
900; Bridgeport Hydraulic Company,
$500; Bridgeport Gas Light Com
pany, $500; Warner Brothers Com
pany, $500; d. HfWarner, $500; Ed
ma G. Morris, $500; H. A. Chaffee,
500; DR.. and Mrs. Blodgett, $3.50;
Sarah H. Beardsley, $500: Russell G.
Wilmot, 800; F. L. Bradbury, 5000;
Alice A. Bartram, 500; c. Barnum
Seeley, $3.50; Grant & Tanning, 800;
Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Pullman, 200; Mrs.
J. H. Van Tassell, $500; Mrs. Ed
mund Sterling, $500; Mrs. c. 3. Read,
500; Harvey Hubbell, $5o0;\ Mac
Kenzie Brothers. $1,000; Chary G.
5000; George M. Brown, 500; r. Fl.
w. Strang, 800; Dwight and E. L.
Graves 500; Edward B. Caldwell,
$500; B. B. Lewis 100; Carl F. Sic
mon, 500; E. H. Judson, 5000; c. N.
Payne, 500; Fl. F. Stenstream, 500;
Bridgeport Christian Union Converts
Club, 800; Mrs E. B. Billiard, 800;
Alice Billiard, 500; Horace w. Smith,
800; Mrs. F. w. Rennell, 500; Egg
bert. Marsh, 5000; Mrs. I. De Yer
Warner, 500.
Governor Whitman has signed spe-
cial act permitting the widow of DAN