The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-12
Total from BrattlebOrO and
Vicinity to X. of c. Fund
Amounts to $4,153.15
1.417 SUBSCRIBERS
IN THE TOWN ALONE
No Other Places in the State Ahead Of
the Local Community Except Rutland
and Observation-Disclosures Leads
Among Smaller Towns.

The knights of Columbus War Fund
campaign. in Brattleboro and the towns
assigned to the Brattleboro district is
practically ended, with a few scatter
ing amounts to be turned in. The to-
tai receipts surpassed all expectations
and amounted to 4,153l5, with small
additional amount promised. Of this
sum S3.659.91 was raised in Brattleboro
alone, the balance of $493.24 coming
from the other towns in the county in
cluded in the Brattleboro district, a
summary of which is given below.
The amount subscribed in Brattle-
boro is exceeded by Rutland and Bur
lington only Montpelier may possibly
equal Brattleboro' s total, but from pres
ent indications it is doubtful if any
other place in the state will come up
| to it.
The expense of the entire campaign
| in the Brattleboro district was small,
| amounting to only S52.2l. This in
cludes every item of expense-postage,
telephone, advertising, etc. OF this
amount $2056 was paid out for the
work in the towns outside of Brattle-
boro for postage and telephone, leav-
ing an expense of $3l.65 for the cam
paign in Brattleboro. The net amount
sent state headquarters from Brattlc-
boro alone amounts to S3.62Ss6, and
$4726s for the balance of the district.
This is total net amount of $4, ,10O.9i
from the Brattleboro district.
! T., ~,
were 1.4l7 subscribers names turned
in hy the solicitors. In addition 10
these there were a number of donations
Of small sums by persons whose names
were not recorded. Two hundred TWEEN
tv-iive buttons were used in the eollee
ton at the high school by the Stu
dent Activities society, which turned
in $3715 to the fund The Holstein-
Friesian association offices collected
S42. 80. the telephone operators $4S5,
the Austine institution 1924 and the
Owaissa Camp Fire Girls $5. The Gar
| ment Workers union added SO to the
fund
The individual subscribers were made
up as follows: Three contributions of
500, FIVE of $50, 81 of $25, seven of
$40, two of SIS, two of $l3, 80 of SO
127 of IS, three of ST, 90 of So, four OF
r $3.50. III of 81, sci of ST, also 2s6 in
dividuals gave 50 cents and lis gave
25 cents, the balance of the 1,4l1 gave
! various sums ranging from 65 cents
down to one cent. Nearly 1000 people
in Brattlebcro were subscribers TO the
fund in one way or another.
In the towns outside of Brattlebort
671 Individual names are recorded a
IL | = ,crfo 0H0 IY,n rSf n,
lis, Vernon rs, Putney 73, Somerset SIS
!, Guilford so, Marlboro 13, Athens 9
: Stratton 8, Newfane 6, Londonderry 3
and Brookline, Dover, Jamaica an
Wardsboro one each.
] Wilmington led the towns with SIPS
Z The campaign in Wilmington was lat
= i'll 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 eollec
: the funds.
/ Dummerston made remarkabl
). showing with $94 collected in Eas
! Dummerston and $l4 in West Dummer
q ston, a total of $l0S.
Vernon added $7065 to the fund an
: Guilford $40.
# Putney contributed $3.50, Somerse
, $29.50, Marlboro S1S, Stratton $40!
d Newfane $13, Athens $ll, Londonderr
It So, Wardsboro So, Brookline 81, Dove
-e 81, and Jamaica 80 cents.
N The work of collecting in all th
towns was extremely difficult becaus
of the severe cold weather during til
campaign, the numerous storms, III
great depth of snow and other cause
In every case where an organizatio
I'd was perfected the solicitors collecte
far in excess of the amount that II
committee expected under existing ci
O. cumstances. The work of soliciting
t. Brattleboro was an easy task compare
is to the difficulties encountered in Il
1t smaller places and to all those who a
D. sisted in the work and assisted the cal
es vassers the county committee is deep
| grateful