Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-07-28
PUBLIC URGED
TO GIVE AID TO
N. G. CONCERT
Citizens Asked to Purchase
Tickets for Tuesday
Entertainment.

The president Of the Commercial
club recently appointed Tracy r.
Bangs, Chas. J. Murphy and Geo. A.
Bangs a committee to take charge or
the raising of funds for the Machine
Gun company and Company NJ Of the
North Dakota National Guard. The
committee this afternoon issued an
appeal to the people of the city ask
ing their generous support of the con-
cert which takes place in the Audi
torium next Tuesday evening for the
benefit Of the guardsmen.
The open letter, signed by the three
members Of the committee. follows:
.'To the Grand Forks Public:
Zone year ago less nom was rails
than in any other town of the state.
In the collection Of funds for the Red
Cross war relief, Grand Forks fell be-
hind Bismarck and Minot.
This year, with the organization Of
a new regiment, we find that the new
towns. Darlington, New Rockford,
Harvey and other places are raising
more money for their boys who are
going to training camps than was rails
ed by Grand Forks a year ago
"As yet nothing has been raised in
this town, and the undersigned were
recently appointed a committee by the
President Of the Commercial club to
take charge of the raising Of funds for
the Machine Gun company and Com
pany NJ.
Immediately after our appoint
ment, we were rendered h services
OF the KEN Temple band and others,
whose names appear in the program
Of a musical entertainment that will
be given at 8 o'clock on Tuesday even
ing, July 81, at the Auditorium. the
money to be turned in to Company
NJ and the Machine Gun company as
q company fund.
Many busy men and women are
giving their time free Of charge to
make this entertainment a success,
and we come to the public asking the
people Of Grand Forks to aid in this
very worthy enterprise.
There are q. great many things that
are necessary not only to the comfort
but. to the health and we'll being of
the soldier not furnished by the gov
eminent.
THESE boys taken from Offices.
stores, shops, farms and from every
other avenue of business life, and put
into the training camps or upon the
field in active army service are en-
titled to every service we can render,
These boys are going out to fight
our battles. They are leaving their
various lines of business to enter
these training camps to prepare them
selves to offer their lives as a sacrifice
that we and our property may be pro-
tected, and we cannot but feel thai
the citizens of Grand Forks are just
as patriotic as the citizens of Bis
marck, Minot, Darlington or any other
Of the towns in the state, and we fee
that when the citizens of Grand Forks
are given the opportunity they will re.
spond to the call
1Now is the opportunity. The en-
tertainment is staged for Tuesday
night. The tickets are 81 each. Tick
cts can be purchased from any mem.
Der Of either company. 1t is the duty
the patriotic duty Of every nan il
Grand Forks to buy a ticket whether
he expects to attend the entertain
ment or not, because the fund is to b,
used for a patriotic purpose and tn,
more who buy the tickets, the large
the fund. This should be made
popular subscription and not be lef
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