The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-06-10
ia CANVASSERS
WILL START OUT
FOR VAR CHEST
Barre's House-to-H House Canvass Will Be
Held Tomorrow and Everyone Is
Urged to Be Ready with Generous
Response-Pre- Canvass Meeting
Will Be Held Tonight.

Every worker who is 10 participate In
to- morTow's big drive for the Barre wal
chest Is urged TO attend the rally in the
assembly hall at Spsulding school this
evening at o'clock. -Four minute
speakers will be present TO. add their
word to the explanatory message from
the campaign managers. Supplies will
be distributed. and the closing details
of the campaign announced. This after
noon at 4 o'clock the various ward cap
tains are to meet at campaign headquar-
ters in the Church street schoolhouse.
AT the evening meeting all who are in
terested in the campaign are invited to
be present.
Little more remains TO be said. Most
everyone who will be solicited for pledges
by the workers tomorrow has decided
hoy much to give. He must be armed
with very worthy excuse who plans to
give the solicitors negative answer. 1t
should be borne in mind that the dollar
given to BaUe's war chest goes for the
relief of Barres manhood at the front.
Every dollar helps shorten the war and
hasten the day when the United States
and her allies may conclude a peace that
shall rightemrsly eliminate from the
scheme OF things which is TO obtain in
the future all traces of autocracy. The
dollar given to morrow is the dollar that
Will help perpetuate democracy. The dol
lar withheld softens the Prussian task
Of imposing on the free peoples of the
world the fendish system that is grind
ing Belgium, northern France and Rus.
sia under the iron heel of the Hun. II is
the duty of every man, woman and child
to give ungrudgingly and then to double
that gift.
Eve can't complain here at home
while the boys are at the 'front.'" was
he explanation of a Barre granite
worker as he signed his pledge Sat
irday. Another worker, an employe of
he Gerard Barclay Co., has eight chill
lren and his wife in his list of depend |
.nts. Did he plead hard times? Not for
! minute. He is down for 25 cents per |
month, which is one of the biggest gifts |
Il the campaign, no matter who contrib |
ties. He exemplified the spirit of the
var chest campaign, and it is hoped
hat the same spirit of sacrifice, abe sac
hiee OF the army behind the army, will
inmate those who are asked to contrib.
tie tomorrow
Reports from the stoneshed canvass
his forenoon indicate that upward of
$4,000 has been pledged, with num-
er of the large plants still to be heard
rom. It is plainly evident, therefore,
hat the granite industry is holding up
- end, and 1T remains for the givers in
he house toulouse canvass tomorrow to
0 their part.
HA Phelps and Mrs George Tilden are
the head of the canvassing COMMITTEES,
nd they are working in close co-opera-
on with Chairman James Mackay and
Ianager V. E. Ayers. In eightysseyen
istricts Tomorrow morning ia workers
i'll begin the canvass under the direc-
on of the following ward captains: I
Tard |, Mr.. and Mrs. f. H. Rogers; {
ard ., Frank Small and Mrs James /
ackay; ward 3, DR.. J. w. Stewart and a
ISIS Penelope Gall; ward 4, Mr. and /
rs. Clyde III. Reynolds; ward 5, Joseph 1
Sanguinetti and Miss Ellen NJ NJ 8
oar; ward 6, A. e. Campbell and Mrs. f
w. Steele Iu