New Britain herald., 1918-05-14
RED CROSS SUNDAY
IN CHURCHES MAY 70
all Pastors to Appeal for Con-
tributions to 100000 Fund

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city irrespective of denomination
| Protestant, Catholic and Jewish, and
| the strongest sort of an appeal Will
! be made from the puIpits on behalf
! of the 800 drive to start the follow
| ing Monday morning. J. b Com
| stock, advertising manager at P. &
| F. COrbin's, as a mem Der of the pub
lictty committee, had this Red Cross
Sunday feature of the paign in
charge and he has attended to it with
characteristic efficiency. Not a single
church has been skipped and it will
be an eye-opener to some New Brit
atnites to find out how many different
denominations and creeds there are
represented here Irrespectiv of re-
| ligious beliefs Mr.. Comstock found
the clergy united in a single purpose
to do their utmost for the work. At
the South church, Rev. w. r. Cook
pastor of the Methodist church, will
occupy the pulpit and will give a
special Red Cross address in the alb
sence Of Rev. DR.. G. W. Hill. The
Red Cross campaign will be adver-
alsed on the church calendar.
Rev Henry w. Maier will make
strong appeal at the First church on
behalf of the Red Cross and will also
see that it gets a conspicuous place
on the church calendar.
q Rev. DR.. S. G. Gilman, pastor Of
the Swedish Lutheran church, has
arranged an elaborate service for the
dedication Of a service flag. A spe-
cial ceremony will be arranged and
an admission fee of fifty cents will be
charged. They expect to receive
$500 in this way, one-half Of which
will go to the Red Cross and one half
to the Swedish Lutheran orphanage.
The ladies are meeting at the church
two evenings a week to sew for the
Red Cross. The parish also has a
Junior Red Cross society and he
takes occasion every Sunday to men
ton the Red Gross work and urge the
people to do all they can for the
cause.
Rev. A. G. Theodore Steege, pastor
Of st, Mathews German Lutheran
church, will make strong appeal
from his pulpit.
Rev. e. V. Grikis, pastor Of st.
Andrews church, will speak on behalf
of the Red Cross at all the services
Sunday morning, and in the evening
he will preside at a Lithuanian Mass
meeting in the United Lithuanian
societies hall on Park street. Speeches
will be made by Mayor George A,
Quigley, State Treasurer Frederick s.
Chamberlain, Principal Marcus White
Of the State Normal school, and Rev.
J. A Ambot Of Hartford, The choir
will sing, and a collection will be
taken up by the young women Red
Cross members Of his parish in the
garb of nurses.
Rev. John T. Winters of st. Mary's
church will make an appeal for the
Red Cross at all the masses Sunday
CO
as usual does her part in this great
movement. The parish is strongly
represented with her loyal sons lover
there.
Rev. Charles Coppens, pastor Of st.
Peters church. who administers to
the German, French and Austrian
catholics, gave Mr.. Comstock his as
surance that he will cooperate to the
fullest extent. HIS congregation made
liberal contributions to the last Red
Cross campaign, and he believes they
will do even better this time.
Rev. Andrew A. Fanyush Of the
Russian Orthodox Holy Trinity church
will devote a portion Of the morning
discourse to the Red Cross. He has
just started a class in sewing for the
Red Cross. He has also offered to
put out bulletin boards and cooperate
in any other way possible.
Rev. Stefan Waszcyzszyn of the
Ruthenian Greek Catholic church will
speak in behalf of the Red Cross from
his pulpit.
Stanley Memorial church will give
place to the Red Cross canvass in |
its morning program, and devote a |
portion Of the service to it.
Rev. Patrick DAILY of st. Josephs |
church will mention the Red Cross |
ION ut no To n
At the Swedish Film church Rev |
J. E. Klingberg will mention the Red |
Cross work from his pulpit at all the |
services, and Rev. M. S. Anderson |
will do the same at the Emanuel Cos |
pei church.
At st. Johns German Lutheran |
church, Rev M. w. Gaudian spoke |
for the Red Cross last Sunday. and |
NJ Comstock expects that he will |
also make an appeal next Sunday.
At the First Baptist church. the |
supply minister will be asked to men
ton the Red Cross CANVASS. The bull
letin board and calendar will also be |
at the service of the publicity COM
mittee to advertise the campaign.
Elder Giles will speak for the Red |
Cross at the Second Advent church.
Rev. Lucyan Bojnowski pastor of |
the Sacred Heart church, has notified |
MIR. Comstocl1 that he will be very |
willing to do all in his power to as
sist the campaign and will follow any |
instructions desired. He asked for |
additional facts about the canvass so |
as to fully acquaint his people with |
them
The board OF the Evangelical |
Lutheran church has decided that a |
strong appeal shall be made In be- !