Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-13
CITY OPENS HEART AND
PURSE TOY.M.C.A.FUND
CONTINUED from First Pagc.1

the Board of Trade Assembly room.
No official statement of contribu-
, tions Will be made until the luncheon.
Perry county's contribution to the
war fund was the first to be reported
to the local headquarters in the Y.
NJ. c. ~. building. Second and Lo-
Gust streets. The mems contribution
! in the county, yesterday. was ST..
I22.S5; and the boys of the county
have already pled~"i $3.50.
Had Many Experiences
The campaigners had many pecu-
liar experiences, most of them pleas
ant and encouraging. Generally
they found the minds of the people
well prepared. Ii is generally un-
derstood that the money is TO make
the lot of the boy in camp md
trench easier and to provide little
comforts for him.
Out on Allison Hill swo cam
paigners drove up in front of a door
aud repeatedly endeavored to get 'he
resident to answer. Just as they
were about to drive away a CHEEKY
faced, pleasant appearing little
woman hustled out and asked them
IL they were Y. NJ. {. A. collectors,
she was told that they were.
We'll, come right in said she.
II was next door when l saw the
automobile come up and ran all the
way over TO answer your call. I've
been waiting for you for two davS
| have the money all ready and here
IL is, | have young men relatives 1T
Camp Hancock and they tell NE
there is nothing like1the Y. NJ. G.
A. for the boy in camp, l thank
you for coming"
The Widows Mite
At a little house on a side street
the collectors call was answered by
an old lady. bent with years and ap-
parently possessed of none too much
of this worlds goods.
NO, I'm not the woman you are
looking for" she said, but il YOU
are collecting for the Y. NJ. c. ~
ia like to give something. l don't
have much, but | have a grandson
At Hancock and would like to put
in - cents, If YOU will take sum
50 small"
She was told that quarter dol
lar was very acceptable and the
mpaigners left with the story Of
the widow and her mite i'm mind.
one of the most cheerful g.vers
the Campaigners met in their early
rounds was the Rev. +. Luther Cum
nirghs pastor of ST. Paul's Baptist
Church, who was given to the Red
Cross and who has subscribed 10
both issues of Liberty Bonds.
Sure I'll give" said he: This
is our fight and the boys who are
going out are our boys. Not only
that, but 1 have urged our people
tc give. It's n good cause"
Boys Are Patriotic
District Boys Campaign Manager
Arch II. DinSmore announced con.
II buttons of $3.50 from Lancaster
county: $500 from York county. and
S20c from Technical High school
boys. Harrisburg's first day of the
campaign will bring about $500 for
the boys fund according to manager
binsmore's unofficial estimate.
The first four pledges from boys
OF the county came from Williams
town High School. They were for
'on dollars each. and were signed
by these boys: John J. Meyer.
chester Warlow, d. Frank Stiner.
Harvey Kuntzelman.
Half OF Store Sales
The chain of stores owned bv the
5. 5. kresge Company will give fifty
per cent. of to-day'S sales to the y.
Nj. c. a. war fund. This was the
announcement made by Z. B. Cheno-
worth. manager of the local store.
Mr.. Chenoworth estimated that the
days sales in the Harrisburg store
will amount to about $500 and $3.50
of this will be given TO the fund. The
daily sales of the entire chain of
stores is about $4,000 The war
funds share OF this will he $4,000.
Z. J. Stackpole, district chairman.
and W. II. Bennethum last evening
addressed the girls in the store and
found them enthusiastic.
Telegrams late this afternoon an
nounced that Miffiin county had con-
tributed $4,000 to the fund and that
Cumberland had raised $500 on the
first day Of the drive.