Evening star., 1918-03-28
LIBERTY LOAN DRIVE
PLANNED BY Church
St. Matthew's Parish Plans to
Take 100000 in Bonds to
Be Applied on Debt.

One OF the biggest boosts that tne
liberty loan drive will have in Wash
ington will be an organized effort by
the parishioners of ST. Matthews
Church, Rhode Island avenue near Con-
necticut avenue. to take up at least
s100, 900 worth of these bonds and to
hold them in accordance with. the
wishes of the administration for at
least one year after the close of the
war.
One hundred of the best known mem
bers of the parish, leaders in society,
professional and business life. have
banded together and for three weeks
have been attending a school of in
struction learning how to make their
appeal for liberty bonds most effective
In this organization are wives of some
of the most prominent Army and Navy
officers.
The campaign will continue for ten
working days. during which time each
member of the organization will be
working hard to sell liberty bonds
st. Matthews Church, which will be
one of the three finest in the entire
country. and whose interior decora-
tions will be unequaled in the United
States.
Fourteen Soliciting Teams.
More than fifteen months ago. Rt. Rev.
Mgr. Thomas S. Lee, pastor of st. Mat
thew's parish, arranged for a campaign
to raise 100000 for liquisation of the
church debt. 1t was planned long be-
fore the date was set for the third lib
erty loan drive. but as soon as Mgr Lee
learned that the dates were to be the
same he instructed his organization to
make pleas for purchase of liberty
bers of the parish appealing to them to
give generously in the campaign, with
the understanding that every dollar con-
tributed above the actual expenses of
conducting the campaign will be in
vested in liberty bonds, with his per-
sonal pledge that these bonds will be
held. in accordance with the wishes of
the Treasury ofiicials, for at least one
year after the war.
Nine teams of women and five teams
of men, each team having eight :nem-
bers, have been chosen to make can
vass of all members of St. Matthews
parish, urging them to buy liberty
bonds and contribute them toward the
church fund. The captains of these
teams are as follows: Mrs. H. H Ben
son, Mrs. H. J. Crosson. Miss May Fen
wick, Mrs. Anna F. Haney, Miss Isabelle
May. Miss Mary Mccarthy, Miss Marian
NJ. Sands, Miss Mary J. Sullivan and
Mrs valesak, Blaine Coppinger, Henry
R. Cover, Paul E. johnson, N. r. Man
gen and Edward A. O'Brien.
Campaign Starts April 4.
This campaign will be launched
Thursday evening. April 4. at a dinner
to the campaign organization in the
new Ebbitt Hotel. Speeches will be
made by prominent citizens in behalf
N1,n all r-s11
start out Friday, April 5. Each even
ing the campaign organization will
have a dinner at the hotel, when re-
ports will be made of the daily sales
awarded to the leading teams of the
mems and women's divisions. At the
end of the campaign large silver low
ing cups will be presented to the two
leading teams. The drive closes Tues
The dupont National Bank will have
charge OF the funds. All persons
making pledges will have thirteen
months in which to pay.
A large roll of honor board, with a
huge speedometer, will be erected in
front of the church to record daily
progress of the canvass.
Parish Enthused Over Canvass.
Members of the parish are showing
great deal of enthusiasm in this
campaign. Mgr. Lee is confident that
| the 100000 will be collected. He
| has been in charge of the parish for
| twenty-siX years and is member of
an old Maryland family.
The campaign is under the direction
I of Charles Jerome Sheffeld. well known
| in Washington. having conducted sew
+. era successful church campaigns here
recently He is now conducting a
| school of instruction for the workers
| who viii go "over the top" in the big
drive.