The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-16
Barre Orga ation Was
Complete ST Meeting
ofy tizens
EVERYS DY is SOUGHT
ASA CONTRIBUTOR
Arrangement Is Provided to
Meet All of the Recog-
nized War Calls

How much will you give to the war
chestg To every man and woman, and
to good many children, it is hoped, will
come this question within a short time
as the result of an enthusiastic war
meeting in the court room at city hall
last evening, when prominent citizens Of
Barre formed the Barre War Chest asso-
citation, and thereby committed this COM
munity to the war chest as medium of
contributing to various war charities.
such as the Red Cross, the Knights OF
Columbus, the y. M. c. A., etc. 1t was
a largely attended meeting, and discus
sion of plans carried the assembly so far
as to result in tangible organization to
guide the forthcoming community effort
The officers elected are as follows:
President, City Clerk James Mackay;
vice president, Henry Alexander, presi-
dent of the granite cutters local; secre-
tary, V. f. Ayers; directors, B. Lucchna,
Arthur c. Moore s. H. Jackson, William
Barclay, Alderman A. j. Loranger. Harry
Dale, i. E. Langley, Supt. C. H. White of
the city schools, James T. Marion and
James Smart.
Afterward the directors met and elect
ed committees to carry forward plans
already roughly outlined. Supt. G.. III.
White and j. T. Marion of the school
constitute a committee to
arrange for taking a preliminary census
through the medium of high school stu
dents. A committee consisting of Messrs.
Smart, Barclay, Langley and Moore was
assigned to the task of formulating
working plan for the campaign. The
1ry hlicitvr anrla Yg aa iS ~ aonSist rF
Hinman and Athol Bell
Adoption of the war chest method has
net with the approval of large number
If people, and as Barre has not failed
n any effort it has undertaken since the
var began, it may be guessed that a
most strenuous campaign will carry this
community over the top. No minimum
las been fixed, but it is believed that
he sum of $4,000 and perhaps more
nay be raised for the chest. At the
meeting last evening frank and open dis
ussion of the question, pro and con,
Gems to have composed many differences
# opinion. and it may be said that the
ommunity is squarely behind the Barre
Var Chest association in its endeavor to
rovide a simple and logical plan for
aising patriotic funds without waste or
DUPLICATION of effort. The impending
ampaign viii take the place of the Red
ross drive locally, as the Red Cross is
0 be the first war charity to receive q
contribution.
A war chest is plain, common sense
Ian of providing fund for expenses
-hich the community in all human prob
bility will be required to meet during
he year, and by subscribing to it as lib
rally as one possibly can he is merely
his share to the financial
,sponsibility resting upon this city and
very mans home which this war, for
ne defense of the freedom of our insti-
itions, has forced upon us. The war
lest plan should appeal to every citizen.
poradic campaigns are not only tre-
endous waste of energy and effort,
hen it is considered that the same end
light be attained through one drive or
mpaign for a war chest. When the
ar chest is finally established it is in
nded that such fund shall meet all re-
tests for special contributions for war
irposes, whether it be for the Red
'oss, Armenian relief or any of the
veral good causes to which Barre peo-
e have been contributing in the past
ar.
Right here it may be said that local
,r charities are not to be overlooked.
miies impoverished by reason of the
lr, families in straitened circumstances
the result of the enlistment of bread
nners are to benefit by the war chest.
le man who contributes to the war
est will have the satisfaction of know
: that he is helping in carrying on,
[ merely one or two or three branches
war relief work, but that he is doing
bit to furnish bread and safety to the
rsecuted to provide comforts for the
diers in the trenches and in the hos
al and to do a thousand and one other
cd works.
Payments may be made as best suits
convenience. Monthly or
m weekly installments are being con-
cred, and each person approached in
coming campaign will be asked to
Ike a pledge. Subscriptions in other
les have ranged from $1,000 to 25
It's per week. Whatever an individual
v subscribe he has the satisfaction of
ling that his contribution is a part of
tesdy income for the war chest. I'VE
st dress our dollars in khaki and send
m over the top" is one of the slogans
I will be sounded from the house tops
the opening day of the campaign ap-
aches Before that day. however, ad
onal details Of the campaign and the
kings of the war chest plan will be
,ussed from time to time