The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-11-16
Large Attendance
At Y. c. A. Meeting
DRIVE FOR FUNDS BEING MADE TODAY
indications Are That BeneWah COunty'S Allotment
Will Be OveFSubSCribed.

Every seat at the Grand
Theatre was taken and many were
Obliged to stand at the mass
meeting held Tuesday evening i'm
the interest of the drive for funds
for the army Y NJ. C.. A. Judge
r. N. Dunn was introduced and
presided over the meeting. He
made an eloquent and patriotic
address ON taking the chair and
referred in a feeling manner to
our own sons or brothers now
in France or i'm the cantOnmenls
being trained for service. lie told
something of the work being
done for them by the y. NJ. c.. A..
and made a strong plea for funds
to aid i'm carrying ON this work.
He then introduced Rev. b. e..
Bauer, a y. NJ. G.. A. speaker who
had recently returned from the
front in France. He told of the
conditions there and what the
y. NJ. C.. A. was doing for the
sufferings of the men at the front
and in the trenches. lie told of
the Y. M. G.. A. "huts" i'm dugouts
right back of The trenches, where
the boys could get pen, ink and
paper to send a letter home and
a drink of hot coffee just before
going over the top He spoke
lfcelingly of the need of the kind
of work being done by the Y. M.
c.. A., especially in France, Italy
and Russia and made a special
plea for funds to help carry ON
this work.
At the close of Mr. Bauer's ad-
dress Judge Dunn introduced
Sergeant j. II. Thomas of the
famous Canadian regiment, the
"Princess Pats" who gave a
very interesting account of his
experiences and also explained
conditions at the front as we'll as
gave an account of the work of
the Y. NJ. C. A. at the front.
He is one of only "a survivors
o. the original 116O men with
which that famous regiment en-
tered the war. He himself has
heen wounded once, has beer
| overcome with gas and at one
time was buried i'm a trench b!
the explosion of a shell and re
mained there from between sever
and eight hours before he wa,
dug out. He was invalided home
because of injuries from the gas
which nearly destroyed one lung
and is now on recruiting duty
for the English government. IIC
and the officer with him have
sent back between five and si2
hundred recruits for the Englisi
and Canadian armies, all of whom
were British subjects. He came
here mainly TO work among
Canadian and British subjects
and has five or six i'm line i'm thi0
city who he thinks are likely e
enlist.
In the course Of remarks tha
evening he asked for question
from the audience, which he an
swered In response TO ques
ton from J. p. Goodwin he state
that he had seen Howard Good
win, Johns brother, who is a sol
dier in a Canadian regiment, an
7 met him last June.
The meeting was a decide
e success and gave a good impetu
e to the drive for Y. NJ. c.. A. fund:
Four teams have been organize
in this city and one in each @
r the following towns: Plumme
Fernwood, Santa Emida and S
- Joe and a house to house canvas
r is being made today. Reports re
Y ceived as we go to press indicat
{ that the amount desired will j
n considerably oversubscribed.
e special assembly was held at th
- high school today and Miss Mi
k dred Boutwell,, who had been ar
(. pointed by Chairman H. L. AlcoI
e Ia solicit subscriptions at I'll
e school, secured pledges amoun
ing to over S62.