The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-30
GOAL IS PASSED
IN BRATTlEBOR0
Knights of Columbus Fund
Reached $3,338 Last
Evening
CAMPAIGN ENDS AT
9 THIS EVENING
Telephone Calls Will Be Answered by
Canvassers Until Then-Town' s
Quota Was s3,ooo-Encouraging Re
ports from County Towns

When Oscar Guiheen entered the
headquarters of the knights of Column
bus war camp fund canvassers early
last evening and laid down his receipts
for the day he pushed the campaign
IN Brattleboro across the $4,000 goal
line. The margin was passed by so
cents From that time until $50 clock
the receipts continued to grow, as can
vassers returned from their trips, and
at that hour the total receipts for the
campaign footed up $3,33s, and there
was general rejoicing. The amount
turned in yesterday was $50l No tab
ulation has been made since then
The campaign has today to go, clos
ing at 9 clock tonight A surprising
ly large number of persons telephoned
TO the headquarters yesterday stating
that they wished to contribute, and
eanvas9ers were sent TO see them. Eha
telephone number is 5000, and the head
quarters are in the vacant store north
of the Western Union Telegraph of
flee b. courtesy Of the telegraph com
pany, and any who notify headquarters
up to 8 o clock tonight will be called
upon by some member of the canvass
| ing committee
Much interest has been shown by the
| 20 solicitors, and the work accom-
plished by them has been really re.
markable when ii is considered that
not one of them had any previous ex-
| perlence in that kind of work 1t has
| been an education to them also, and the
many anecdotes and experiences which
! they relate after gathering about the
| room IN the evening are amusing and
entertaining
The results thus far in other sections
| OF the county as we'll as Brattleboro
| are very gratifying to the county chair
| man, CharleS r. Mann of this town. and
| TO all interested in the campaign. In
East Dummerston $s3 has been collect
| ed and IN West Dummerston Sl3. by
Ora Knapp and Rev. L. s. Beardslee,
who have been doing excellent work.
robert e. Prentiss of Marlboro has
been out on snowshoes, which shows
eommendable interest, and has raised
SlS. Athens thus far has reported
So.'5 and Vernon $50 AS previously
reported, Somerset quadrupled its quota
and turned in 5000 Wilmington start
ed late, and the time probably will be
extended in that town to the end of the
week.
The official closing hour of the big
drive for $4,000 in Vermont for the
Knights of Columbus war work is set Al
1890 tonight. Throughout the state
there will be a gathering together of
workers TO begin the accurate tabulation
OF results, and in scores of places laroe
meetings will be held to celebrate a s1Ic-
cess that Is now positively assured.
At state headquarters in Burlington
state Chairman Wright says it is toe
early to make an estimate of the actual
amount collected, but enough Is known OF
the result to say that the S5O,OOO fund
mas been more than raised. 1t is expected
that IN many OF the best districts TODAY
Will be one of the best of the canvas In
many districts nearby towns have be-
come rivals TOR first honors and it is moi
unlikely that substantial sums have beer
held Tor the eleventh hour report.
Realizing that every dollar that can be
raised Will be needed for the great work
OF the n. OF g. organization, state head
quarters has urged every district man
agef TO Keep his teams active to the last
minute and not to allow any let-up oi
effort because of quotas having beer
raised. In Montpelier, where the ground
mas been pretty thoroughly gone over, Ger,
tam parts OF the city are being worked
again in the hope of materially increas
ing the funds now paid in. At last ac
counts the quota in that city was not
quite raised, but a new and larger figure
has been set as the goal of the local man
ager.
The final results of the campaign vii
be sent to the press from state head
quarters just as soon as they can bs
completely tabulated. All local and dis
trict managers have been urged to turr
IN their complete reports as early as pos
lsible