The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1918-10-25
CARROLL COUNTY PRE-.
PARES FOR UNITED
WAR WORK CAMPAIGN
$35,o00 is ALLOTTED T0TRIS COUNTY
And III is The LARGEST OFFERING
EVER ATTEMPTED COMMITTEES
APPOINTED.

The campaign for $170, 0,600 900 tho
week or November 11th To 18Th, fOF
United War Work is the largest fre6
win offering ever attempted in thig
country or probably ia the history OK
the world.
The money will be divided among
the seven organizations recognized
and authorized by the Government to
These organizations are the Young
Mems Christian Association, thG
Young Woman's Christian Associa-
tiOn, The National Catholic War
Council, The Jewish Welfare Board,
The War Camp Community Service
The American Library Association
and The Salvation Army.
At the request Of President Wilson
these organizations have combined
their appeals for funds and instead OE
seven independent campaigns there
will b. only one united drive to se-
cure the amount needed fer the great
essential work that is being done fOr
the welfare and morale OF our men
who are 10 splendidly fighting onr
battles.
Carroll county has been allotted
$33,500 and active preparations have
begun to- carry OH the work Of th@
campaign.
At meeting on Monday night af
the Council 0f Defense rooms thly
city, an organization was effected by
the election of George IT. MathHT,
chairman, Joseph N. Shriver, vice
chairman, J. Pearre WantE, treasurer
nArvm NrasT
following executive c0mmittee. E-
Neal Parke, Or. wv. R. Mcdaniel, Guy
W. Steele, Rev, IT,. T. Read, O- D- Gll-
bert, Mrs. Otto w. Diefrenbach, W. H.
Davis, @. R. Emigh, Gloyd Lynch, Car
roll Albaugh, John III. Cunningham, H-
Peyton Gorsuch. On Tuesday after
noon the Executive Committee held m
meeting and discussed plans f0r tha
Campaign.
/ A Publicity COMMITTEES was named
with Guy W Steele as chairman AMM
the following members: Rev. y. r.
Read, Major A M Hall, O. D.A Gilhert
7 and I'll. p. Gorsuch.
4 The Finance COnnMittee: DT. W. R4
Y McDaniET, chairman, J0E w. ShrfysF,
N F. Neal Parke, Ernest J- $ponaeller
and John H Cunningham.
Additional members Of these COM
mittees and other committees will be
named later.
The Publicity and Finance Com
mittees held meetings Tuesday even
i'm and considered details and plans
for. the campaign which were reported
at meeting Of the Executive Com
mittee Thursday evening and viii be
submitted for the approval of thG
county meeting, Friday afternoon 81
\ the chairman of the Council of Dau
tense under whose direction the cam
paign in the districts will be CON
Quoted.
Ii "A most comprehensive and aggres-
sive educational campaign viii he
made for two weeks prior to the %eel
OF the drive November 11th.
!. Literature and posters will b. dis
tributed, large advertisements in tMe
papers df the county and II the fiu
conditions improve and tine baM cM
public meetings Is lifted, meetings
will b. held in every section of thd
county with one or more large cOun-
ty meetings in Westminster. Sunday
November 10th will be United War
Work Sunday in at the churches and
the ministers on the county viii De
asked to speak i'm the interest Of the
campaign.
All the lodges and fraternal organi-
zations Of tine county will be asked I'd
cooperate with the committees II
their districts and NV their moral Ani
active support assist in the campaign
The Committee will ask and expect
the earnest support apd work OF every
man and woman dn The county that
the campaign may be complete
success