Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-22

yesterday and III the afternoon $50
enthusiastic men and women again
bent to their task Of soliciting with
such enthusiasm and such determi-
nation as 10 pre- mise big things when
the reports are read at the second
noon meeting today.
Never did team workers solicit
with finer spirit than in this drive
and never were they greeted by NOR
willing contributors No worker Fad
to argue or plead for funds. \ mere
statement of the object was enough
the gift or the pledge followed
Team after team reported calls rE
| The hundreds and not a refusal.
One woman who makes her living
by washing dishes gave $50. Another
no is q washWoman, pledged 81. Il
haven't got it now" she said. but
| | guess | can whang it out Of the old
washboard." A woman on a farm
near Augusta had no money. Size
heard her husband say he wou.tt
give 81 day for d man to help nm
plant. I'm the man." she said, and
She worked all day in the fields in
the hot sun to earn her s. for the
Rcd Cross. The same spirit perNadc'l
all ranks and all walks of life. One
rich man in Augusta told the SPECIAL
committee, just put me down for
what is right-you decide; and they
did.
With a spirit like that it was pla in
sailing for the $50 team workers,
many Of whom put in l. or l. con"
secutiNe hours of work Monday and
Tuesday, cleaning up their lists uf
names. BY noon Tuesday many work
crS had worked through their entire
lists OF names and were clamoring
for more cards. The "discards'-t!, )
people who had been tried and given
Up by one Soicitor-unualIy dis
dained by drive workers-we1e
snapped up by the handful yester-
day and names of people on the
remote rural routes were in as great
demand rs millonaires cards are
in the ordinary drives. Mid-after-
room found a steady stream of solic-
itor5 calling at War Fund headqu1r-
tors at the Augusta House, wringing
/ their hands, beWailing the dcaYtn Of
prospects and demanding more cards.
While al this was going on in
Augusta. Hallowell aud Winthrop
people We're working steadily and IN
every town in the territory of the o.
cal chapter separate drives Were in
Progress.
Al drive actiyitlcs came to a 70
Gus yesterday at 12.39 in the Angus
Ia House, when the teams met 1Oi'
the first MONDAY luncheon. The din
ing room was decorated with Red
Cross flags and posters. Music wa
furnished Wy Miss Bertha Merrill sod
Alden Merrill and an especial feature
was tile singing of After the War
is over" by Mr.. Merrill
The eating of luncneon was punctua,-
ed with brief talks by Campaign Man
aSer Dunnack and Treasurer Roy Ward
we'll about various business and routine
points of the drive.
After the tables were cleared Lewis
Smith, Jr.. field director for the State
of Maine, made a brief address and this
was followed by the reading of reports.
When Team | announced s733, so, Team
No. s34S, team No. 1851 and Team No.
$Sl6.O5, the listeners realized that the
total was going to be about the largest
ever known in Augusta for the first day
of the drive. Then came 5000 from
Team No >. captained by Charles l[ins-
man. and the hall rang with cheers. II
was the largest sum raised by d team
composed Of men. Teams c. :, s and 9
reported substantial sums and were
heartily applauded. Then came Team
10 with sSSS.50. Manager Dunnack paus-
ed here to explain that Team 10. cap
tanned by Richard Goodwin, was picket
out after every other team had selected
its members; that it assembled its pros
poets from what the other teams left,
and that it then reported the second
largest sum turned in by any man )
team. After that came the reports from
the womens teams. No II started with
$1,000, and Mrs. G.. p. Gannett of Team
No. Il followed with 1923 25. d larger
sum than was collected by any mans
team. This was greeted with a round
of cheers but was eclipsed a minute
later when Mrs. Fl. w. Cobb of Team
10 reported s974-thc top figures for the
day
The team elections footed up $685.. 70
To this was added s52W. reported by
Charles Hichborn for the special com
mittee, bringing the days totals I'D to
s1512542
Campaign Manager Harris Woodman
of Winthrop reported such substantial
progress that his announcement was
followed by three hearty cheers; and
fine work was reported also by the DO
Your Bit Club of North Augusta, by
! South China and by Readfeld Depot
These sums were not. however, added
into the days totals.
The exact figures by teams follow:
Team No. ]. ?. Y, Hill captain. s733 50
Team No. ?. Walter S. Wyman cap
tain, s34s.
Team No. 3, John E. Hanson captain,
s6Sl
Team No. T. D. W. Adams captain,
sS1605
Team No 5. Chas. P. Kinsman cap
tain, 1908 90
Team No. 6, Willis E. Swift captain,
s799
Team No. :, Samuel Stewart captain,
s44450
Team No. 8. Geo. E. Macomber cap
tain, sos
Team No Q. Chas p Rilodeau cap
tain, s57o