The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-14
CAMP AICN Teams
I'm COMPETITION
FOR BIG AWARD
One Thousand Dollars to Be
Added to Total of Squad
That Breaks Record.

kAuuCN w OGdl VI ~ AdA
That Breaks Record.
AS challenge to the teams engag-
ed in the $4,000 campaign of the
Bridgeport Christian Union, Director
General Frederick Courtenay Barber
at the Tuesday rally announced that
to the team which at Wednesdays
MONDAY meeting went farthest be-
yond the present high record for a
days report he would turn over ST.
600 contribution which he himself had
secured from an individual giver
Team IT, with $1,996, holds the rec
ord to date. The enthusiastic re-
Spouse of the workers to this sugges-
ton assures a hot competition for the
prize to be awarded to the team whose
efforts are most fruitful in the period
between the Tuesday and Wednesday
MONDAY rallies.
The keynote Of the rally yesterday
was confidence. Despite the fact
that several teams were unable to
present complete reports, the sum ad-
ded to the amount previously report
ed was well above the five thousand
dollar mark, and the assurance that
several large subscriptions were in
prospect encouraged the workers to
continue their valiant efforts.
Team No. FL, captained by Mrs.
Utah IIaines, had a perfect attend
ance record on Tuesday, every one of
the ten members being present. Di-'
rector General Barber again called the
attention Of the campaigners to the
Importance of having a full attendance
at each of the rallies, and congratu-
lated them on the excellent record
made at the luncheons to date.
when you ask a man for contri-
button to this fund you're doing him
favor" declared The Rev. Gerald
Fl. Beard, pastor of the Park street
Congregational Church, who spoke at
Tuesdays rally. Don't apologize;
you are giving him an opportunity
which he will appreciate when he un-
derstands the work for which his sup
port is solicited"
The speaker expressed his amaze
'nent at the small number Of large
contributions reported during the early
days Of the campaign, and stated his
conviction that when citizens of large
means fully realize the liberality with
which less fortunate persons have
subscribed to this fund their own
gifts will be very largely increased.
Rev. Mr.. Beard told of one young man
whose subscription of $40 represented
a tremendous personal sacrifice, and
contrasted with this the contribution
of persons Of much larger means who
have not as yet given in accordance
with their possibilities.
The ringing appeal of Mr.. Beard to
the workers, urging them to redouble
their efforts and bring in tomorrow
the best reports Of the campaign, stat
ed most effectively the determination
Of every individual connected with the
undertaking to see the thing through
to a successful termination. $5.186.65
was the amount added to- the cam
tan Union by the reports of the team
captains at the Tuesday noon rally at
The Hotel Stratfield. $3,646.15 of this
amount came in as a result of the
efforts Of the women's teams, while
the mems division accounted for the
remaining $1,540.50. This addition
to the amount previously reported
brought the grand total to date to
$42,635.21.
Not content with leading the mems
division in the total amount report
ed Yesterday, the women's contingent
produced the leading team. Team No.
10, captained by Ms. P. H. Powell,
brought the workers to their feet by
the. announcement of gifts aggregat-
ing $1,543.00, a splendid evidence of
the fact that the members of this di-
vision are working with added zeal
from day to day and that their pledges
will continue to increase right up to
the conclusion of the movement.
Second to Team Is in the amount
reported yesterday was Team No. 10,
Miss Betty Payne, its captain, an
nouncing the sum Of $593. The best
days work of team in the mems
division was that of No. IA. Captain
e. H. Minor, with 1898 to show TO the
"a hour period.
The amounts reported by the other
teams were as follows:
No. /, James M. Saxton, $14o; No. 2,
George Catlin, s251; No. 8, Abner
Mitchell, $137; No. 4, A. M. Engle-
hard, 5000; No. 5, S. M. Keough, SIG:
No. 7, Frederick Harrison, 5000; No.
8, Charles Greene, S110; No. 9, Geo.
D. Roberts, s51; No. 10 John B. Ell
wood. Sill; No. II, A. R. Eyles. Jr.,
s44; No IS, John w. Moore, $122.
Team No. IS, led by Mrs. George H.
Edwards, brought in pledges amount
ing to $271.15; Team No. II, Miss
Chary Smith. ,$242; No. 20, Mrs. E.
w. Downs, s44.50; No. ri, Miss Utah
Haines, 800; No. %, Mrs. G. H. Beard
$432; No. 20, Mrs. Robert Games,
$3255O, and No. "a. Mrs. Sherman
Cole, SOS.
Included in the sums reported at
this. rally was a 500 gift from the
Park Street Congregational Church,
of which The Rev. Gerald H. Beard,
the speaker Of tie day is pastor. This