Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-16
CITY PASSES ITS
Y. NJ. c. A. QUOTA


| Continued from First Pagc.1
featuring Company, s41.7O; Harris
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ployes of Mrs. NJ. E. Olmsted, $40.
Much Selfsacrificc
Many were the tales of selfsacrifice
which were told by captains in their
reports. One S4-year-old woman,
who was saving Lincoln pennies,
gave fifty of them to the cause. An
other interesting tale was that of a
boy who is under parole 10y the
| Dauphin county courts, and who is
working on salary of Sc pea week.
| He pays 81 for boarding and lodging
and subscribed $40 to the fund. An
/ other subscription was that of u
! Prussian boy, fresh from the war
zone. A man who, in the first part of
the campaign, wrote some antagon-
istic sentiments on the pledge card
! and who was vigorously denounced
al the Wednesday luncheon, gave
SO to the fund and apologized for his
hasty words.
| One captain told story of a wom-
an, who wept as she told what the
Y. NJ. c. A. had done for her son,
who is in the Army. He had not at
tended church and Sunday school
services for years, and she sobbed as
she told the workers that the Y.
faith of his parents!
| Reports From Elsewhere
Secretary r. b. Reeves announced
the following as partial reports from
some of the counties:
Lebanon county boys committee,
$1,190: York county, $24,504; Lam
1 caster county, $SS,596; Adams coun-
ty, 500; Franklin county, ss,2SS;
| Cumberland county, S4,500; Perry
county. $3,415; Juniata county, ST.
! 500; Miffiin county, $4,000.
The theater committee announced
contributions from patrons of these
theaters as follows:
Victoria, S27.43; Regent, S40.44;
! Colonial, $6O.59; Majestic, S113.27.
! These collections will be continued
tonight and tomorrow.
Mayor Bowman's Praise
Mayor Bowman took occasion, as
presiding officer to thank those who
had made the campaign a success
and said that it is the intention of
| those who have had active part in
similar movements. to organize a
! permanent campaign bureau, per-
haps in connection with the Cham
Der of Commerce, in order to con-
! tinue the war along organized lines
when the time comes when another
! fund musD be subscribed.
Mayor Bowman has had active
! charge of the Harrisburg organiza-
| tion and it was under his personal
! supervision, assisted by Robert b.
| Reeves, secretary, and Arch II. Dins-
! more, boys work secretary of The
| Harrisburg Y. NJ. c. A., that the
| movement was so successfully car
ried through. He was highly COM
! plimented by Mr.. Reeves, who spoke
| briefly TO the campaigners on the
manner in which the work was done.
| Mr.. Reeves said that Mayor Bow
man had given almost all of his
! time for several weeks to the enter
| prise. Mr.. Dinsmore, speaking of
| the large sum pledged by the boys
! and girls of the city, gave high praise
! to DR.. F. E. Downes, superintendent
! of the Harrisburg school district,
who was in charge. DR.. Downes, who
| spent the better part of q fortnight
in the work, paid a high tribute 10
| the boys of the city and said that
| the large sum they had given meant
real work and sacrifice. School boys,
| continuation schools lads and work
| ing boys lined up alike for their old
er brothers in the camps and trench
es, DR.. Downes said, in a manner that
! speaks well for their manhood and
| loyalty.
ss-Ee-.Js--Stac ackpole, chairman of the
| ported for the whole Central Penn
! sylvania district, saying that in every
| county the Harrisburg results are be-
| ing dupicated-up to and over quo
! tas everywhere, with the campaign
! still going. He spoke enthusiast
! cally of the assistance of the women
| workers, who collected more money
I per individual engaged than did the
men. He said that the enthusiasm
: nd 90 thpN- hoA licp1nN.aI no a
! made their cooperation indispensa-
BILE in future campaigns and that he
was proud indeed to have been asso-
I ciated with such a devoted band Of
! patriotic women in SO great a work.
| The men present showed their ap-
! probation of his remarks and their
/, agreement with the sentiments he
expressed by continued applause.
Sergeant ICY" Heckert, of this
city, told of the great good the Y.
NJ. c. A. has done and is doing at
Camp Hancock and said he would
take back to camp on Monday an
earful of good news as to how Har-
risburg is supporting the move
ment."
Theaters Help
! At the Majestic theater, Kirk
Brown, one of the actors, gave a plea
for the funds, which moved many
of S113.27 was the result of his plea.
Boy Scouts stood at the doors of the
| theater holding plates on which
| theatergoers dropped their contribu-
tions.
The general committee expressed
| its thanks to the committee on the
aters for their support. These are
the members of the theater commit
/ tee:
c. w. Boil. chairman; william S.
Essick, c. f. Hopkins, E. T.. Lenney,
l. Marcus and Pete Magaro.
Mrs. Marlin f. Olmsted. district
| chairman of the Y. w. c. A. war
work fund, was delighted with the
success of the work in the district
1T is a splendid success" she said.
"In our meetings throughout the
counties, we have been greeted with
much enthusiasm by the citizens of
! the county. The whole tone of the
meetings is of very high character
and 1t is giving women a sense of
| independence and responsibility, for
we feel that we. too, our doing our
part in the war
women who attend the meetings
are much interested" she continued
| They ask questions and become en-
thusiastic. The fires are lighted in
all districts of this organization and
the Harrisburg district will surely
pass its allotment. The women are
responding with fine sort of spirit
We are deeply impressed by. the
spirit of self-denial with which ev-
cry meeting is imbued. Girls of Will
son and Bucknell Colleges are es-
| pecially enthusiastic and have sacri-
| feed much for the cause"