Norwich bulletin., 1918-11-19

tremely difficult to select anyone fer specific mention. but l think l may safely say that a great deal of credit
 is due the general committee. Col. Charles W. Gale, chairman, and com
 posed of five representatives of each
 of the seven organizations associated
 in this campaign. The members Of
 that general committee are all busy
 people who by their unselflsh service,
 untiring work. and wise counsel, have maS1t possible the splendid campaign
 organization which we had and who
 aided materially in the development of
 the comprehensive plan which en-
 abled us to reach our goal. l am sat isfied that a great deal of the credit for the success of the drive is due to the thereughness with which the work was planned and the earnest cooper ation of Chairman Gale and his -asSa7
 coates on the general committee" Sneaking of the working 6rganiza- tion, the campaign director said.
 T cannot commend too highly the work of the captains and the team members Every assignment given them was cheerfully accepted and their accomplishments, notWithstand- ing many diseoura gements, is now a Dart of the records of this campaign. Not only did they give freely of their time and services but the contfibu- tions of the team members were as generously given as their services were willingly rendered. I am deeply grateful for their splendid co-opera- | ton and support"
 1 Women Workers Especially Praised.
 q am especially grateful te the we men workers, :" said MT. Case. "In no
 previous campaign has their work been so important a factor as in this 1 canvass. Organized as they were into lteams, uader the leadership of Mrs Charming M. Huntington as general I chairman of that department, and
 with a speeiaIfeld assigned them l they did their Hl share Of the work l involved in the preliminary canvass, l and when after five days of intensive l campaigning, strenuous at times. Il was thought essential to make house 1 to house canvass, they cheerfully vol unteered to undertake the additional work which seemed to be so necessars
 tq the ultimate success Of the drive 1 Our homage and the thanks of the | community are due to the army oi deyoted women whose work was SC conspicuous in this campaign.
 Cooperation of Town chairmen. 'The town chairmen and the enthu-
 siastie corps of workers which they l organized in their respective district 1 are also deserving of a great deal O 1 credit" said the campaign director
 "PYaetieaIly everyone of the outlyins districts eyersulasorihed it's allotment 1. several of them reporting genereu eversubscriptien on the first day O 1 the campaign. Without the help o the outlying towns that are includes in the Norwich district. our achieve ment would have been impossible. H Norwich Papers Help.
 \ "our thanks are also due to tn press which gave such magnifieen
 support both in the preparatory wor
 and during the progress of the cam paign. Other aseneies which contrib
 uted to the publicity end of the drive
 were the individuals, firms and busi
 ness institutions generally, includin
 banks, who donated advertising spac
 in the newspapers, thereby cabling tn
 publicity committee to present to tn public the purposes of the drive in way that made possible the raising f that vast sum of money, the larges sum ever raised in the community fc relief work"
 Victory Boys and Girls.
 Not the least important oentribu ton to the campaign was the splendi ehFellment of Victory Boys and Cir through the efforts of Chairman Al ] lyn [. Brown and his energetic con