El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-07
RESULTSFR0M
THE !. DRIVE
Campaign Continues tC
Add Members to the
Local Rolls.

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/ campaign is coming along with real
zip" New workers are being added
I to the forces already at work and thus
! bigger returns are coming in at the
''Y' office every hour. Almost every
member Of the association is out this
week TO boost the membership Of the
! local association above the 1000 mark
a large number Of the business
concerns Of the city who believe In
the work Of the association are max
/ ing Il possible for their employees
Z who are working on the various teams
! TO give almost all of their time 10
/ securing new members. Then other
| business houses who know the value
Z OF having their employees members OF
/ the Y. ". c. A. are offering to pay
one-half Of the membership fee. pro-
viding the employee pays the other
half. Both the Texas Bank and Trust
] company and the First National bank
have issued bulletins to this effect
Z to their employees.
Going foI n Thousand
With the senior membership at
| 499 at the beginning Of the campais n
and the 204 boy members, which
brings the total Of the entire mem
bership Of the local association up to
I 703, il is the ambition Of every mem
Z Der OF LllE GAAl NdAEA LNe4AAE 10 At
( the membership away over the lvvV
mark The desire Of every member
is to keep the membership well over
( the 1000 mark all the time.
Not only is the local association
boosting its membership but number
/ Of other associations throughout the
country are doing SO.
Marion, Ohio, with a population OF
10000 and a building which was erect
ed in 1884. has just put across
membership drive in which 5SS new
members were signed up.
Appleton, Wis. with a population
I Of $4,000, finished a campaign with
1926 new members. AppletOn's build
ing, which was completed IN 1919
was one Of the big drawing cards IN
the member ship drive.
The last words from kankakee. an
Illinois town Of 5000 population. is
! that 500 new members were lined up
/ in a campaign which closed the other
day.
Sterling. Ill. with a population OF
10000 and a building which was
erected in 1905. has just closed q
membership campaign in which 500
new members signed up with the as
ISOLATION.
Time Extended Here.
The local campaigners are conf
dent that by the extension Of the time
TO Monday noon from Saturday night
the real vital work viii be done All
the ministers who have been ap-
preached in this matter are heartily
in favor OF doing all they possibly
can to put the local association up
among the tOpnotchers in the mem
bership list.
\ meeting Of the ministers will be
called to put forth the best and most
feasible plans in securing a large
number of members next sunday al
the churches. Plans are being made
to get in touch with every mems class
and put up to them the work OF the
association.
Not only is the present campaign
bringing in new members. but a num-
Der Of young men and older men have
called up over the telephone or called
in person at the y. " c. A. office and
volunteered tFeir services for any as
ISOLATION work One man telephoned
in Thursday afternoon that he would
gladly teach a boys Bible class An
other said he would spend part OF his
evenings behind the desk at the Y II.
c. A. Another man walked up to
acting secretary W A Young, in the
~" and handed him a check for
s., saying i get a great deal OF
pleasure out OF this whenever 1 can
do IL. The amount isn't as large as {
would like to see II, but just use IL In
your work" The money was turned
over to boys work director c. A
Brown, who will see that some boy
who can not afford the Y. II C A.
membership viii have the privilege
Of the "Y.'
Many Are interested.
A bank emoloye called up and asked
on what evenings the gymnasium
could be used by a group from the
bank who are planning to join the
"" and go TO the association build
ing from the bank A superintendent
Of one Of the big railroad shops said
over the phone that he would gladly
make arrangements with any team
calling to see that the men at the
place were seen IN regard to I. NJ -.
A membership.
Elated over the numerous incidents
OF this kind. the "Y'' campaigners are
confident that not only will the pres
ent membership campaign be ali that
was set out for Il to be. but alsg
that this splendid spirit makes the
future the brightest and most prom
Using in the history Of the associa-
ton
Reports are constantly coming in Al
the office which are bringing up the
membership figures every Few MI
utes.
About 225 Secured.
Because of incomplete reports from
teams engaged in the work at the
luncheon at Hotel Sheldon. Friday. il
was impossible to give an accurate
total Of members received. From the
figures given, however, II was estl-
mated that probably at least 2z5
memberships had been obtained to
date and perhaps more.
There will be no luncheon SatuT-
day. On Sunday teams viii work
among the various churches and
Sunday afternoon there viii be a
final meeting Of teams following the
mems meeting at 1880 o'clock.
The campaign Will be extended 20
Monday evening. when there viii be a
big meeting at the Y NJ. c. A, with
music. talks and other features.
The big report 1t the luncheon Fri
dav was made by Z. Q. Wade, jr., who
reported 65 memberships obtained to
date.