Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-24


of the Red Cross campaign is over
and some of the team captains have
made their final reports, nevarthe
| less the work of actual completion
was being carried on; faithfully on
Thursday. Several of the solicitors
still had a few people to see and not
withstanding the thoroughness of the
/ canvass, there were many calls and
several letters received at headquar-
tiers during the day either bringing
remittances or reminding that they
had not been called upon.
! Miss Beatrice Hamilton of Team
No. pressed a car and driver into
service and completed the work on
outer Maple street 'and at the same
| time covered a wide circle OF ad-
/ joining territory on her return. The
net result of a couple of hours work
was total Of IS individual sub
scriptions. In one instance. Miss
Hamilton, had already received a
subscription from the two parents Of
a family and was just starting away
| i'll the car when she was called back
/ by the little 10-year-old son, saying
that he wished to give a dollar-anu
| it was a dollar he himself had earned
too.
| Too much credit cannot be given
to the three teams captained by Mr..
Powers, Mr.. Clancy and Mr.. Grimes.
in Johnson Bros, Marston and Brooks
and American Glue Co. organizations
respectively. Each of these corpora
tons enlisted 100 per cent. strong.
The final results from Johnson Bros.
bringing the total amount subscribed
in their factory up to the round fig
ure of s1001.
Another most happy feature Of the
Gay was the receiving by Nj. NJ. john
son of a letter from Miss Bertha
Vaughan Of Cambridge, Mass, who
makes Hallowell her summer home.
In this letter Miss Vaughan renews
all her love for the city of her faith
er's nativity ard gives tangible evil
dence of this and of her great SYM
pathy for the American Red Cross
ny inclosing a check for a most sui
stantial amount.
The afternoon mail also brought to
Judge Stafford a letter of similar ne
ture and also inclosins check in
generous figures for the benefit of
the cause. This last was from John
Hubbard of New York. son of the
late Gen. Thomas H. Hubbard, who
has already remembered Eallowell as
his birthplace III many substantial
ways.
Altogether the net total raised for
this splendid enterprise in Hallowell
will be very close to $500. 1t is d
record of which not only the work
ers but the givcrs-in fact, every
citizen of Hallowell-has good rea-
son to be unreservedly proud.
From start to finish the only cloud
in an otherwise blue and sunlit sky
has been the appearance in Thurs
days Journal in bold face Gothic
headlines the statement Augusta the
First City in the State to Go Over
the Top" This statement is untrue.
And the disturbing point is that Au-
gusta knows it to be untrue. The
journal and the managers of the
campaign for Augusta knew positive
/
appeared in these columns on
Wednesday morning that where the
| Red Cross organization had asked
/ Hallowell to contribute S23S7 as their
per capita apportionment, within 48
hours after the campaign started we
! had easily passed our quota and
! placed more than $4,000 in the lap
of the greatest mother in the
world"
In great humanitarian enterprise
such as this the only prize that can
possibly be won is the prize of COM
plete success. That Hallowell has
Won this great prize today just as
she won it in the first Food Conser-
walton pledge campaign and in other
instances is too well known through
out the State to be smothered or ig-
nored. And having won fairly,
squarely and unconditionally. we
shall maintain and defend our posi-
! ton as the winner.
Mr.. Clearwater, who has acted as
campaign manager, devoting mis- en-
tire time and that of several members
VI HIS VI ~ a. large exLCn1
to the work, has asked the Jouina
to kindly thank all the team cap
tains and particularly the individual
workers for their intelligent, concert
ed and productive cooperation.
No body of busy men and womer
could possibly work together more
willingly and enthusiastically, by
giving largely of their time through
the day and then coming together
during the evening for meetings,
which in at least several instances
held until II o'clock.
1.-THE Journal wishes to say that
the statement that Augusta was the
first city in Maine to exceed its quo
"a was quoted from the Associated
/ Press service sent out from Port :
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