Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-01-14
To Take Part in First Meet ing of Campaign for
 $l0,000 Fund.
DIRECTOR BOYS
 WORK PROPOSED
In Addition to Providing for Salary of Experienced Man, Plan Is 10 Purchase New Furniture
 and Equipment.
With pr. Charles Hiliman Brough,


 governor of the state of Arkansas, as the guest of honor :nd principal speaker. citizens dinner conferenG, will be held at the auditorium of the Young Mems Christian association building the evening Of Friday Of thlS week, which will mark the opening of campaign whereby t IS hoped and expected the big association will raise, in cash and pledses. the sum of $1OO0O, for special purposes and for it's regular yearly budget.
 Prof. ]. H. Reynolds, president of Hendlix college, at Conway, also vii. be a guest of honor at the dinner x.onference, and will make an address, while Blake w. Godfrey, state secre tary for the Young Mems Christian association of Mississippi not only will be a guest and speaker. but wilt remain ;n Pine Bluff to take active part in the campaign itself
 The dinner conference will be In formal in it's nature. and it is speci- fically stated on tho handsome invita- tions which have been issued tha. there will be no solicitation of funds made during the affai". The G,nfer encc will be the formal opening Of the camraign, when the members of the various teams of workers will Dc announced. The dinner conference will begin at 6:30 o'clock Friday even ing, and will be preceded by an in w. M. Taylor. J. H. Means and s. C.. Alexander are the committee n charges of the affair.",
 The executive committee wlch will have charge of the campaign, is com posed of the following citizens:
 s. Q, Alexander, J. M. Sowards, J. n. Mcintyre, Fred Fox. J. E. Boyce, C.. A. Cunning, Simon Bloom, pr. J. M Lemons, B. c. Fowles, H. " Bahlau R. Carnahan, Jas. Gould. Elmo Marsh, H. c. Fox, Judge l.. E. Cheek. E.. Richards. E. B. Bloom, II. D. Palmer, W. w. Taylor, D. B. Niven, w. T. Miller, R. R. Mcintyre, S. c. SeabrooK.. F. w. Freeman. R. H. Williams, A. G. 'Whidden, Judge w. B. Sorrells, Henry Marx.
 Want Boys Secretary.
 First and foremost of the special objects is the raising of fund of approximately $500, which will 1e the annual compensation of a trained boys secretary, to have full charge of the boys department of the as suciation. and build it up to what t should be, bringing in the boys who : do not now share ill the benefits of the institution, moral, mental or physical.
 It is proposed also to raise another $1,000 with which to install an appa ratus by means of which the water in the big swimming pool can be kept at fixed temperature throughout tho year. This is q need that has long teen felt, but provision for which has not been made until more necessary wants have been filled.
 The sum of about $1.00O is wanted for new furniture for the building anl new apparatus for the gymnasium both of which items also are of great < Importance.
 The remainder of the $10,000 it s hoped to raise will be needed for the srl!rent expenses and minor improve ments. such as are always under way at the big building.
 !. Organization Is "Liye."
 The Pine Bluff Y. M. c. A. is ad- mittedly one of the real live" organi cations of the state, and in no re- spect does it show this quality moro ~ greatly than by the changes and i'm ' provements recently completed in the ' Dig building it now occupies
 The lobby is far different from what :it was year ago. The secretary $ Dffise is at the rear. south of the x stairway leading to the auditorium. x The rooms formerly occupied by the secretary now are used as the ladies parlOrs and retiring rooms. There has been separate stairway provii ed, for the use of persons desiring :u mount to the gymnasium or dormi- tory floors. without having to pass through the auditoriu h. The audi tcrium is set aside for .he use eXclu- Giycly Of meetings and social gather ings, the Fellowship luncheons and the boys bean suppers. The kitchen las received complete new equip ment of utensils, inc uding bi, range. And no. the least importanl tf the Improvements, has been the establishment of public comfort sra ti0n, for the benefit of any and all men an boys.
 I:.e membership has shown con stant increase, in boys and adults departments. and under the guidance X .cf some of Pine Bluffs most conserva tive and most successful bushes, men. the finances of the institutio. have been so managed as to bring tht greatest results from the Money ex pended. The dinner conference Fri day is expected to be largely attenl cd by the most representative bust ness and professional men of the city ard to result in the beginning of z wave of enthusiasm which will giv, the campaign a nest satisfactory launching
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