New Britain herald., 1918-06-12
WAR SAVINGS DRIVE
 OPENS SATURDAY
Complete List Of First Ward
 Workers Made Public

firing of the first gun in the big One Million Dollar War Savings Drive of tho week Of June 20 to 2S. during which an average pledge of $20 must be received from every New Britain ite to put this city over the top. The Boys club band will tour the city, and there will be street corner ral- lies at the following places, com mencing at 7:30 o'clock: South church corner East Main and Main; Hartford avenue and Spring, Broad and Washington, and East and Jubi- Ice street. This will be the curtain raiser of a bunch of rallies, and ad- dresses by four minute speakers to follow all through the campaign, and it will be a case of a public appeal and a campaign of education right straight through to the finish. On Sunday the churches will do their part, when every pastor in the city will be expected to appeal to his congregation 10 buy war bonds. On Tuesday the 18th there will be workers rally at the Grammar school hall. All the house to house Can- vassers will assemble and receive in structiOns, and the invitation is thrown open to the general public. The hall must be packed to the fire escapes. Chairman F.. w. Christ of the committee rallies also pro- poses a big theater rally on the 20th or Fist, at which Rev. Herbert Jud- son White of Hartford. and Miss Grace Murray of Massachusetts, are expected to speak. pr. Damn has charge of big Hebrew mass meet ing, and there will also be Polish, Lithuanian and Italian rallies. MT. Christ also has plans for five big fac tory meetings in one day or else cover period of five days. At the flag day exercises Friday night, Mayor George A. Quigley will make a special appeal to the community spirit which the program is to en- courage, to show in h practical man. ner the love of the Stars and Stripes by buying Baby Bonds to protect the future generation from German atroc- itieS.
 An enthusiastic meeting of the ad- visory board was held last night at the Chamber of Commerce rooms at which Senator George w. Klett, the general director of the campaign, presided c. F. Bennett, chairman of the committee on special subscriptions, stated that he would report his list to F. G. Vibberts. chairman of the house to house canvass, by the 25th. Mr. Bennett will use the Red Cross lists to make up the special list for the War Sayings drive for $500 and $1, 900 subscriptions.
 D. McMillan reported that he would make a canvass of the stores and as- sured the committee that the mer- chants can be counted on to do their bit. A business mems lunch is being arranged for, at the Hotel Beloin next Tuesday noon at 12:30, and it is pro- posed to have a speaker there.
 Chairman Lewis Stephenson of the advertising committee announced that a circular letter had been sent out to all the factories asking them to con- tribute either page or half page advs., and three had already replied favor ably. The merchants will also be solicited to advertise the campaign in their reguar space.
 Frank G. Vibberts reported that ward chairmen have been appointed in each ward, and they have named committees of five assistants From one hundred to two hundred canvas sers will be appointed for each ward.
 k. k: Healey, chairman of the committee on names, stated that list of 27,000 would be turned over to Principal l.. P. Slade of the High school, who had arranged to address the envelopes containing the presi- dents and governors proclamations It was announced that President August MOnsees of the New Britain Liquor Dealers association had will unteered to canvass all the saloon keepers of the city and they will do their part to buy the bonds.
 H. E. Erwin will have charge of the ta|bulating of the pledges. On reg lstration day, the last of the cam paign, the pledges will be received in the wards at the following school 1 houses: First ward Monroe and High: Second, Vocational High and Smith: | Third, Lincoln and Camp; Fourth East and Grammar, Fifth, Polish and l Osgood Hill; Sixth, Smalley, New | Burritt and Stanley Quarter.
 Senator Klett announced that e r
 Danaher of Meriden will be asked to
 speak for the campaign at the F,111s
 Flag day exercises Friday night. It is | also proposed to make a canvass ot ] the different lodges and appeal to
 them to practice thrift by voting snare
 money 1n their treasury to buy the l baby bonds
 The committee is composed of F.
 w. schultz, A. P. Marsh and William l NoWl1shaW. It was also announced
 that John Kelly ward chairman for
 the sixth ward has called @ meeting
 or his workers for Friday evening at
 $ o'clock at the Knights of Columbus l hall.
 1 Arrangements will be made to ap- 1 point young women to follow uD the 1 appeals at all the rallies and at the | four-minutc speeches at the theaters l by taking up pledges