New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-11-18
POLES SET OUT TO
RAISE $4,000 FUND
Money Will Be Used to Alleviate
SuferingS Abroad

AT the National Polish Congress
held in Detroit. Mich. August $3.50,
1918, the Polish people of America,
through their duly accredited repre-
sentatives, pledged themselves to raise
s1O,0OO,000 for the rebuilding and
rehabilitating Of devasted Poland. The
quota assigned New Britain by the
National Polish Department of
Chicago, is $4,000. This amount
seemingly large, is really small in
comparison TO the sufferings of the
destitute inhabitants of war-torn
l'oland. The sutferings are to be
alleviated by the money collected in
this campaign.
The greatest crime of the eighteenth
century was committed when Ger
many. Austria and Russia partitioned
and claimed a part each of the then
helpless Poland.
America, fighting for liberty and
justice to oppressed peoples, has not
overlooked the aims and ambitions of
the Poles in their desire to bring Po-
land into its former glory and great
ness and to reinstate it among the
great nations of the world.
Just as Poland, when in the height
of its greatness, hearkened to the call
Of Austria in 1851 to save the empire
threatened Christendom, when the
Turk was oVerrunlng and enSlaVing
the Christian peoples of Southeastern
Europe when John GID SobieskA
king of Poland sent an army and
halted the raVageS of the Turk under
the very walls of Nienna-so today,
America backed by the ulexampled
loyalty of it's people has put n stop
to the ravages of the Hun and iber
ated nations long smarting under the
yoke Of their oppressors.
Americe, through it's great Presi-
dent Woodrow Wilson, has given as
surance that no peace will be con-
Guided until Poland will be given it's
dependence. Having this moral sup
port of the greatest republic, the
Poles of America are DESTROYS of
doing everything in their power to
help the country of their forefathers.
They have made sacrifices and many
Of them. They are willing to make
many more.
In this latest campaign the quota
being $4,000, it will be rather diff
ficult to realize this amount without
the help of our friends knowing the
sacrifices that the people Of New Bri-
tain have been asked to make during
this war, We are very reluctant to
ask their aid, yet having in mind the
needs of ,devasted Poland and the
starvation facing it's inhabitants, we
canot refrain from appealing to their
generous spirit and humane feeling
We ask our friends to give to a
worthy cause.
The public is asked to give to q
fund which will be used for feeding
no ta inc ,of1 md ol>; Of
Poland. They need clothing; they
ought to have homes wherein to rest
their weary heads. This fund will
provide for their needs
The Polish Civic Council with Rev.
Lucyan Bojnowsski as the president Is
the only authorized agent of the Ma
tional Polish Department, in New
Britain. All donations are to be sent
to Rev. Lucyan Bojnowski. Orange
street New Britain, or to Mr.. Antoni
Mlewski, ITO Gold street.
Collectors Are Named.
Names of collectors who are auth
orized to collect funds are:
KS. l.. Bojnowski, II Orange ST.;
Jozef KloskwoslSi, 20 Albany Ave,
Jan Blejewski, 4oz Allen ST.; Wo-
joiech Fills, 479 Myrtle St.; Teofil
Bednarczyk, 4g Orange St; Jan
Kowalczyk, so Grove ST., Ignacy
Niksa, 343 High St: stanislaw Wro-
bel, 102 Grove ST.; Wladyslaw God
lewski, 70 Broad St: Andrezei Wild
lax, 33 Smith St; Jan Zamojsl1i, 357
High St; Antoni Milewski. 10 Gold
ST.; Apolinary Nowak, Cor Broad
and Gold ST.; Stanislaw Ogonowski,
1856 Washington St; Stanislaw
Rzezniak, II Silver ST.; Franciszek
Galka, 80 Orange St; Antoni Cor
ska, 43 Orange ST.; Tekla Janajtis
czyk, p Horace St; Antonina Krem-
ska, III Broad ST.; Tekla Janajtis
sc Sexton ST.; Stanislawa Rozanska
SO Orange ST.; Stefania Kowalczyk
rs Silver St; Leo Bojnowski A.
Orange St; A. AndreleNzicz 242