New Britain herald., 1918-05-13
$IOo,OOO IS GOAL IN RED GROSS DRIVE
Committees Prepared to Comb
 City for Funds for Fighters


 ain district all next week Vice President Clarence F. Bennett of the Stanley Works, one of New Britain's most capable executives, is the gen of the entire campaign. Philip B. Stanley, another very efficient execu- tive, is the assistant chairman, and has been active chairman during the past two weeks while MT. Bennett has been called out of the city MT. Bennett is now back home, and both men are right on the Red Cross job every spare moment they have, and they are giving unstintingly of their time to it from other important en- agreements besides, as it is every where recognized that the Red Cross
 has the right of way through New Britain for the next two weeks To day begins g. comprehensive advertis- ing campaign, which the publicity committee has mapped out for the big drive. F. c. Platt, who is a past master in raising money for public spirited movements in New Britain and is undoubtedly New Britain's
 heaviest giver, is chairman of the corporati tion subscriptions committee
 and his associates are A. J. Sloper and William E. Atwood. The teams com
 mittee is composed of live wires, F.
 A. Searle, chairman, E. w. Christ and William J. Farley. The commit tee on special subscriptions is Frank G. Vibhert, chairman; E. H. Cooper and Paul K. Rogers. The speakers ic
 Platt, chairman; George w. Klett and Patrick F. King, The committee on lists and estimates Is William H.
 Judd, chairman; J. c. Loomis and R. R. Healey. The publicity committee is composed of Herbert v. Camp, chairman; c. w. Nichols D. L. Bart lett, Lewis Stephenson, A. F. J. Reilly and J. B. Comstock Charles E. Parsons is chairman of the con- m1ttee on group organization, and P F. McDonough of the committee on
 branches. Senator Frank W. Wilcox has charge of the Berlin branch Stanley Gwillim of PIainville and w T. Wells of Newington; Miss Cornelia Cham berlain and Mrs. John Purney,
 chairmen of the woman's booth com l mittee; Mrs. Howard s. Parsons of the noon day lunches, and H. F. Err win in charge of the tables.
 The edict went forth from New Haven that the campaign had to be financed outside of the subscriptions. and it devolved upon H. " Camp as chairman of the publicity committte to take care of this feature. He went out with the following paper for sig natures:
 T will be one of twenty or more to finance expenses of the second Red Cross drive, and to pay my share pro rata not to exceed $1o0 for the New Britain District He did not stop with 20 names, but secured 65 names, so instead of s100 apiece, the gener-- ous slgners of the paper will get off much more lightly than they figured. The following are the ones who signed up to bear the campaign ex- penses: Clarence F. Bennett, William E Atwood, Frank G. V1bberts Her bert V. Camp, Andrew J. Sloper, Frederick $. Cham berlain, James M. Curtin, T. Frank Lee, Frank l.. Will COX Of Berlin. Frank J. Porter. F. J. Porter, Albert N. Abbe, Henry c. M Thompson, George T. kimball How l ard l.. Platt, William J. Farley P F. 1 McDonough, E. Allen Moore, Charles J. Parker, George P. Hart, l.. Hoyt Pease, r. M. Holmes, William C. Hungerford, Philip B. Stanley, C. w. Nichols, William L. Hatch.
 Dugald McAIillan, Frank H. Afford, William E. Martin, c. F. Frisbie, Frederick G. P1att Herbert H. Pease, Robert s. Brown, Mrs D. o. Rogers, George ". Klett, Henry T. Bray, Will liam T, Sloper, Mortimer H. Camp, B. A. Hawley, Charles Glover, George To. ' Rossberg, F.. M. Wightman, c. D. No ble, H. c. Noble, George W. Traut, A. Buol, Robert N. Peck, Alix w. Stanley, Elford B. Eddy, J. B. Minor of Plainville, Albert F. Corbin, A. c. Kimbal, F. A. Searle, Charles F. Smith, B. F. Gaffney. H. $. Hart. C. B. Parsons. c. H. Baldwin. Patrck S. McMahon, F. H. Davison J. H. Kirk ham, Philip Corbin and Frank H. Johnston. In only two or three cases was the Red Cross appeal met with refusal and if this response is a cri- terion of the coming campaign New Britain won't stop at it's support of Griswold, Chamberlain, Paulson, Cal lahan and the other heroes at the 5000 mark.
 Every patriotic woman in New Britain is expected to participate in Saturdays big parade. The women are requested either to send in or tel ephone their names to Mrs. A. C. Me Kinnie, chairman, at the Red Cross headquarters, Court street, before Tuesday noon. Many have already sent in their names and it will be a great help to the committee if the women will attend to the matter without de- lay.