The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-11-29
COUNTY LINES up STRONG
First Meeting of Committees from
Towns at Court House Tuesday After
noon Starts Campaign With Enthus~
ACKNOWLEDGMENT for Towns.

With the sounding of score OF
factory whistles, thousands of Keno
shans with a vim and vigor began at
eleven-t thirty this morning the first
cording to the provisions of the
"Kenosha Plan In every factory
and business house the plan was put
into force this morning. Thousands
have yet to sign the pledges because
the committee has not been able to
complete their work but these subscrip-
tions will be expected to date back to
include the half hour of this week.
Everywhere 1000 per cent subscrip-
tions have been the rule. The Hannahs
Manufacturing Company has completed
its canvas of its employees and reported
every one of them as a subscriber to
the fund. At Il American Brass Com
pany and the Simmons Company, the
members of the committee have met
with the same success, and at the n.
R. Allen Sons tannery, while only one
department has reported, this has kept
up the record of unanimous patriotism.
Among otherssreporting 1000 was the
Wisconsin Telephone Company and the
Kenosha News Publishing Company.
The total taIs 1n04ssi.igs was 3 Q ,0eez
from $500 subscribers. The commit
tee was confident that by this evening
this would be raised to at least $4,000
with a total of eight or nine thousand
subscriptions. An innovation in the
application of the plan was made public
today when it was announced that the
Board of Trustees of the First Congre-
gational Church had included in it's
yearly budget a subscription of one
per cent additional as its part of the
Patriots Fund. This is in keeping with
the action taken by the board of the
Park Ave. M. E. Church school recently
and is Indicative that the churches are
thoroughly behind the movement.
Kenosha county lined up for its
campaign for the Patriots Fund at
the meeting Of the general committee
of the various towns in the County
Court room Tuesday afternoon. All
but four of the more than thirty MEM
bers were present and enthusiastically
voiced the support of every corner Of
the county for the adoption Of the
FFKenosha Plan" On Monday of
next week the committees will begin
their canvas of the county which they
hope to have completed by the tenth
of December. The allOtments for the
various towns as based on the Liberty
Loan subscriptions and on the valua-
ton of the property of the towns was
made public as follows: Brighton,
81 800; Bristol, $1,000; Paris, $1,700;
Pleasant Prairie, $4,000; Randall,
$4,000; Salem, $4,000; somers, $4,000;
Wheatland, 81 600. The total which
the county is expected to raise for the
year will be $4,000.
The public and parochial schools of
Kenosha had prominent part in the
inaugurating of the "Kenosha Plan"
When the whistles blew this morning,
IL all the public schools the pupils laid
aside their work and for a few min
utes devoted their though to their
country In some schools all children
rose and gave the salute to the flag; at
others the children sang patriotic songs
or recited poems and in other news
items from the front were read to stir
their hearts with pride at the achieve
ments of their country. Similar exer-
cises were carried on in the parochial
schools. People may know that on ev-
cry Wednesday, at 1870 in the morn
ing, the children as well as their par
ents will devote their energy in their
own way to serving their country. The
patriotism of the schools was also at
tested by the fact that report was
handed in today by Mrs. Mary D. Brad
fcrd, which showed that every teacher,
janitor or employee, 30 in all, had
signed the patriotic pledge and would
begin this week to serve for the sol
diers.