The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1917-02-08
$11OO GAINED
UP TO NOON IN
The Y.M.C.A.
CAMPA AIGN

The absorbing thing in Canon City
today is the Y. NJ. C. A. financial cam
paign, which started off this morn
ing with vigor that was highly
gratifying to those in charge. The
campaign is being carried on by eight
teams of men, or subcommittee, and
they are injecting pep" and energy
into their work that means ultimate
success in their undertaking. Their
work must be completed by Friday
evening, if possible, and an effort is
being made to finish it before that
time. The right kind of cooperation
on the part of the public will permit
them to make their final reports on
Thursday.
The magnificent work of the Y. NJ.
C. A.. in Canon City during the last
few years enables the canvassers to
ask the public for sustaining membar-
ships without apologies or excuses
of any kind. The association is a
big asset for the town and as an econ
omic proposition has won its right to
encouragement and support. 1t is a
center from which radiates moral
and religious influences, high ideals
of life and Christian citizenship. and,
because of its usefulness in the better
ment of the town and its surroundings
should be generously maintained.
The members of the soliciting COM
mittees and their assistants met at
the Y. NJ. c. A. at noon today for
luncheon to talk over the campaign
and make reports of the mornings
work. About thirty men were in at
tendance, many of whom are actively
enlisted in the campaign. Re. .orts
from each of the eight teams en-
gagged in the canvass were ready
when the men entered the dining room
and at the conclusion of the lunch
con were read by their chairman.
These reports were encouraging and
showed eleven hundred dollars had
been raised during the morning;
which was ninety-five dollars in ex-
cess of the first half days work last
year. The amount credited to the
various soliciting committees was as
follows: Team No. 1, s165.O0; No.
2, $2O5.00: No. 3, s65.00; No. 4, 800:
No. 5. SOS; No. s. s165.0O; No. Z,
$4,000; No. 8. $500.
The announcement of the results
was greeted by an applause which
showed the satisfaction of all pres
ent and was assurance to them that
the full amount required for a con-
tinuance of the association work dur
ing the coming twelve months would
be subscribed within the time set
apart for the campaign. The teams
had nothing TO complain of in the
matter of their reception by the pub
lie, altho in a few instances they
were disappointed in the size of the
subscriptions they received. II was
realized beforehand that there would
be some disappointments in some
cases. as such things are inseparable
from such an undertaking. but they
were not OF discouraging character
as what was lost in some anticipated
subscriptions were made up in others
from an unexpected source.
The committees started out again
at l o'clock this afternoon on their
round of solicitation and are conf
dent of raising considerable sum OF
money before the day is over. Watch
the hands of the big clock at the as
sociation building and see just how
fast the campaign is going. II is an
index to the public-spiritedness of our
people and TO their appreciation of
the Y. NJ. C. A. and its work. At noon
tomorrow there will be another lun.
cheon for the campaign workers
when it is hoped to announce that
another thousand dollars to the sus-
tanning fund has been subscribed.