Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1918-02-15
LOCAL DISTRICT
EXCEEDS QUOTA
X. Of c. Fund from Brattleboro
and Vicinity $4,I53.l5
No Other Places in the State Ahead of
the Local Community Except Rutland
and Burlington.

The Knights of Columbus War Fund
campaign in Brattleboro and the towns
assigned to the Brattleboro district is
practically ended, with few scatter
ing amounts to be turned in. The to-
tai receipts surpassed all expectations
and amounted to $4,1j3.15, with small
additional amount promised. OF this
sum S3,659.Ql was raised in Brattleboio
alone, the balance of $40324 coming
from the other towns in the county in
cludcd in the Brattleboro district, a
summary of which is given below.
The amount subscribed in Brattle-
horo is exceeded by Rutland aud Bur
lington only. Montpelier may possibly
equal Brattlcboro S total, but from pres
cnt indications it is doubtful if any
other place in the state will come up
to it.
The expense Of the entire campaign
in the Brattlcboro district was small,
amounting to only 1921. This in
cmdes every item of eXpcnsc--postage
telephone, advertising, etc. Or TINS
amount S20.56 was paid out for the
work in the towns outside of Brattle'
boro for postage and telephone, lcaN-
ing an expense of $316J for the cam
paign in Brattleboro. The net amount
sent state headquarters from Brattlc
boro alone amounts to $3,62S.26, and
$472.6S for the balance of the district
This is a total net amount of $4,10O.94
from the BrattlcbOro district.
In the Brattleboro campaign there
were 1,4l7 subscribers names turned
in by the solicitors. In addition tc
these there were a number of donation;
of small sums by persons whose names
were not recorded. Two hundred TWEEN
tv-fve buttons were used in the collec
ton at the high school by the STU
dent Activities society, which turncC
in 1919 to the fund. The Holstem
Fricsian association offices collected
$3.50, the telephone operators $4.S5
the AuStinc institution 1924 and tn,
Owai,Sa Camp Fire Girls 50, The Gar
mcnt Workers union added $40 to tn,
fund.
The individual subscribers were made
up as follows: Three contributions OF
500, five of $50, 81 of $25, seven OF
500, two of SO, two of $l3, 80 of $40
127 of 50. three of 81, 20 of So, four o
$3.50. ia of 50, 5Gl of 81, also $50 in
dividuals gave 80 cents and us gav'
% cents, the balance of the l,4l7 gav'
various sums ranging from 50 cent
down to one cent. Nearly 1000 people
in BrattlcbOrO were subscribers to TIT
fund in one way or another.
In the towns outside of Brattlcbort
OIL individual names arc recorded al
T-1 I'M, IN ct1t
IFS, Vernon 7S, Putney E3, Somerset SO
Guilford co. Marlboro, d 10, Athens 9
Stratton 6, Newfane 6, Londonderry 8
and Brooklinc, Dover, Jamaica AM
WardshorO one each.
Wilmington led the towns with 1926
The campaign in Wilmington was lat
in starting, owing to the difficulty o
getting anyone to take hold of tn
work, and for that reason there was les
than week to organize and collec
the funds.
Dummerston made remarkabl
showing with $94 collected in Eas
Dummerston and $l4 in West Drummer
Ston, a total of sos.
Vernon added $70.65 to the fund an
Guilford $40.
Putney contributed $3.50, SomcrsC
$3.50, Marlboro $lS, Stratton $40!
Ncwfanc $l3, Athens $ll, Londonderr
50, Wardsboro So, Brookline 81, Dove
81, and Jamaica 80 cents
The work of collecting in all tn
towns was extremely difficult becaus
of the severe cold weather during tn
campaign, the numerous storms, tn
great depth of snow and other cause
In every ease where an organizatio
was perfected the solicitors collocte
far in excess of the amount that tn
committee expected under existing ci
cumstances. The work of soliciting
Brattleboro was an easy task compare
to the difficulties encountered in til
smaller places and to all those who a
sisted in the work and assisted the cal
vasscrs the county committee is deepl
al