The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-11-23
"OVER THE TOP" FOR Y.M.C.A.
IN THE MERIDIAN SECTION

The drive for the army Y. M. G. A.
was completed Saturday night and
was an unqualified success for this
section. The weeks activities began
at union meeting held at the NJ. e.
church of Meridian, last Sunday
night, the 11th. Judge w. @. Dunbar
of Boise, was present and gave fine
talk on why the Army Y. M. G, a..
was necessary and what results had
already been obtained There was
a good crowd, and all enjoyed this
address, as well as the short talks
given by Rev. Quinn of the M. E.
church and Rev. .Straub OF the Christ
ian church of Meridian.
Rev. Knight, of the Fairyiew Con
gregational church dismissed for the
evening and he and his people were
present. Mr.. Knight gave the inyo-
cation.
A small but enthusiastic band of
workers were present at Locust
Grove on Tuesday night, when Rev.
Straub, Rev. Quinn, ]. F. Baird, j. j.
Caldwell, and Robert Pfost made
short talks supporting the Y.M.C.A.
The principal speaker was Rev. Aid
rich, of Emmanuel M. e. church of
Boise, who gave a very interesting
talk.
The next evening was the regular
meeting night of the Grange at Lo-
Gust Grove and through the courtesy
of that body we were asked to come
back and present our cause to them.
Rev. Quinn, j. J. Caldwell and
H. It. Cook responded and the folks
gathered there raised $51.00 for the
fund. After which an interesting
literary program was given by the
Grange, and thoroughly enjoyed.
At the same time of this meeting
Rev. Knight and Rev. Shelton Bissell
were speaking at mass meeting at
the Fairview Congregational church
in the White Cross precinct. Rev.
knight had the campaign in charge
in the latter district and he and his
workers were responsible for 1882
in cash and pledges from that pre-
cinct.
In Meridian Chester c. Minden of
the Rural High School raised for the
boys work, at the two schools, $500
in cash and pledges.
]. +. Baird, through the Meridian
Times, kindly gave the matter pub
licity without cost to the committee
which helped them to make the cam
paign without one cent of expense
coming out of the funds donated
Mrs. A. G. Laster, Arthur Mers-
dorf, j. A. Fenton E. E. Sims, VIM
Moreland. Walter Evans, Rev. CA
Quinn, o. E. Carpenter, Geo. Parkin
j. ]. Rowbury, Charles 0nwiler, and
the chairman, solicited the people OF
Meridian and Hillsdale precincts
This section of the county was
asked by Frank Newhouse the county
chairman, for $500, and and includ-
ing the schools and White Cross We
raised within a few dollars of $500
Folks in this part of the county, al
usual, did their bit. ard not only
that but went over the top in the
Y. NJ. G. A. drive just closed. All fell
that it was duty we owed our Goo
and our country to keep the home
fires burning for our boys at al
costs.
The committee takes this oppor
tunity of thanking every donor, be i
money, time or moral support, in be
half of the boys in khaki.
On account of the high price o
feed, several of the larger dairy herd
Of the Meridian country have beel
reduced, by auction sale, recently
including a portion of the cows o
t. H. McDermott, F. o. johnson
C. A. Holt, and Cam Davidson, Fo
this reason the COW testing associ
alton activities have been suspended
or the time being, and R. G. john
son. official tester, has been assignee
to other work.
The next payment on the Libert
Loan--40 per cent is due Dec, ?