Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-15

Plans for day drive to raise
SIS. 900 of debts and maintenance fund
of the Y. NJ. C. \. were completed at
meeting of more than thirty cap
tains of soliciting committees which are
TO go out next week, which was Held at
the association building Thursday af-
ternoon. An appraisemen, Of the COM
mittee chairman was made, and all OF
the committeeman present, excepting
three, consented to subscribe the
amount they had been assessed, which
ranged from 500 to $40 each. All
agreed also to head the teams which
they were chosen to lead and to make
the campaign in one day, Wednesday,.
March 90 The three committeeman
who demurrcd regarding the amount
Of their assessment later adjusted the
amount of their individual. assessment
with the general committee in charge
of the campaign.
The campaign is to be made on the
proposal of the building committee of
twelve mel that they would raise
among themselves the $4,000 deficiency
in the building fund if the general
committee raised an additional $4,000
This latter sum is made UP of an &C
emulation o. $4,000 which represents
the amount the association has run be-
hind, covering a period of years, am
$4,000 more, the latter being main
tenance fund for this year.
What Money is Needed For
The deficiency in the building fund
was caused by interest that the associ-
alton had to pay on deferred pay
ments of subscriptions and because
some pledges have never been paid and
probably never will be. OF the unpaid
pledges there is a total Of some 3d.
600 of which about $1,000 IS believed to
be collectiole.
The debt of $4,000 has been accumu-
lating. beginning with the time before
the association left the old building,
and especially during the more than
a year when the association was NOV
ing from the old building and building
the new one, when the work of the
association was at almost a standstill.
Necessary repairs and changes made
to the building in the last year, which
have now put the building IN good con-
dition for several years, have added
to this debt.
The $4,000 Of maintenance is for this
year when the income of the associa-
ton will not equal its expense because
OF the decrease in income, due to the
fact that the normal income of the
association does not pay the expenses
and for the added reason that the war
has taken many members OF the asso-
citation and has reduced it's member
ship and income materially.
To Divide Tertiary.
Each committeeman is to have two
workers to assist him, and it is expect
ed that the canvassing VIII be COM
pleted in one day, as no one is to be
asked to subscribe more than 500. In
wasted time By committeeman the city
is to be divided into territories and
each committee is to be assigned to a
territory No other committee is to
work in that territory ar solicit any
one but those assigned to that com
mittce. This should prevent dupli-
cate solicitation.
In addition to the more than thirty
committees that will canvass. a special
committee Of high school boys is to so
licit the school The names of those to
be solicited are to be distributed to the
committee chairman in u few days and
final meeting to complete arrange
ments will be held by the com
mitteemen ard team captains early
next week.