Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-19
CLEAR OF DEBT
Y. M. c. A. ENDS
BUDGET DRIVE
Fine Showing Made by All
Force Workers Meeting
at Luncheon Today

The Central Y. NJ. c. A. will be free
of debt and it's budget for the ensu-
ing year provided for.
Harrisburg citizens have subscrib-
ed and oversubscribed the $4,000
asked of them to pay off the indebt-
edness on the Institution and to meet
its budget for the ensuing year.
Pledges totaling $16,733 were re-
ported to-day. Pledges from persons
volunteering aid will raise the total
and no doubt put it beyond the S17.-
900 figure.
That the campaign for the neces-
sary funds has been successful was
made known at to-day's luncheon at
the Y. NJ. C. A. of the committees in
charge of the drive. Pledges report
ed at the luncheon to-day totaled $2,-
S15.
Complete figures of the drive are:
Finance Committee, William T. Hill
drup chairman ..............$S,100
Team /. Arthur d. Bacon.
captain .................... ..$1,151
Team 2, AL. X Thomas.
captain ................... .5Os.5O
Team 3, Flavel L. Wright
captain ..s1,690
Team 4, Joseph Fl. waIlazz.
captain ............... S1,266
Team 5, Harry L. Leonard,
captain .................., .O16.5 80
.. Reported before com
mencement of drive ......$2,OOO
In order that money might be saw
, ed for the institution. the finance
committee reported that it's members
will pay at once the money that il
had pledged. The debt of $1,000 will
be paid of by part of this amount
Immediately after the next meeting
of the board of directors This will
result in saving of approximately
S420
With the announcement that the
drive had been successful, Secretary
Reeves of the institution made a few
remarks. extending his congratula-
tions to the workers for their sue
cessful efforts. The oversubscriptions
can well be utilized. he declared, in
expanding the scope of the activities
of the institution.
Highly gratifed by the success OF
the efforts of the committee. Chair
ma nHildrup proudly whatever that
Harrisburg can do whatever she
wants; she needs only to get started -
He announced that no further sub
scriptions. would be asked by the in
stitution until June 1919.
EX-Mayor william ]. Bowman was
/
was highly gratif1ed at the success OF
the drive He has been active in the
establishment of the boys camp near
Liverpool. when it was decided to
have no State Y. NJ. c. A. camp. and
is highly elated over the success with
which the camp is being conducted.
He believes that the scope of the
Y. NJ. c. AS camp could well be
broadened he said. The camp might
| be made to extend over a greater
period of time with more boys. II
might be well he thought. to estab.
lsh camp for the men at some con.
venient location under the auspice:
of the Y. NJ. c. A.
The Harrisburg Rotary Club came
in for an especially large share o.
I.praise from Secretary Reeves for
the efforts they have put forth in be-
half of the drive. Outside of the Y
NJ. c. A. board of directors, he be
lieves there is not a group of men IN
Harrisburg that have done mor'
hearty work to make the drive a sue
ces. President Eli N. Hershey, of the
Rotary Club a member of one of thu
teams, when called on for a few re
marks said that the Rotary Club ha'
been only too glad to give its hearty
support to the Y. M C. A. and the
cause for which II is working. "Th'
organization will continue to give iti
best efforts" he said towards an,
work that means anything to the wei
fare of Harrisburg and its citizens.