Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-11-14
The United War Work Drive.

The drive for the United War Works
Fund, including t..e (. Nj. c. A., the 7.
w. G. A, the NauOnal Catholic War
Council, the Salvs..on Army and other
worthy causes, is Delng pushed all over
the country this wees. Jefferson coun-
ty is busy, and She ..erdstown district
has been doing sple.idld work the past
week or two. There have been a number
OF very generous contributions and al
most eyerybody has shown commend
able interest in this worthy cause. The
allotment for Jefferson county is So
600, and for Shepherdstown district
$780, Word has come this week, how
ever, that an oyer-Subscription OF 50
per cent will be most welcome, for the
President himself has declared that the
need for money in these funds will be
greater now than ever before. II you
do so now if you have given, give
again. Let US provide comfort and
entertainment for our men in camp, here
and abroad, in the long and lonely days
OF inaction or reconstruction that lie
before them ere they can be brought
back home.
Consult with the chairman for this
district, II. L. Snyder, the secretary, ].
d. Muldoon, the treasurer, W. P. Lick
lider, or any member Of the committees
heretofore named in the Register.
Every Sunday school in Shepherds
town district is asked to take special
| collection for the cause on Sunday, No
vember 18th.
Frank L. Johnson, formerly of Shep-
| herdstown, now manager OF the Ameri-
| can Y. M. c. A. restaurant for enlisted
men in Gibraltar writes us letter from
which We take the following timely mes
sage:
Having observed the work of the
American Y. M. c. A. in Europe, can
| truthfully say that one in the States can
hardly appreciate the wonderful work
| being done, and on such vast scale.
| Ii supplies the only real American home
| for our boys lover here" Many things
for their social, spiritual, physical and
| moral welfare are always ION tap"
| Thousands of our boys are giving their
precious lives for the creation OF world
wide and permanent peace. Friends
are you giving all you can TO help sup
ply these boys with the necessary com
forts which they rightfully deserve?
The Y. M. c. A. is doing this work with
the funds supplied them by the folks
"back home" Give freely-cheerfully
Look up the local Y. M. c. A. man and
tell him you want to help your boy
someone's boy.
Here is what DR.. John r. Mott, the
great leader of the Y. M. c. A., has to
say of the relation Of peace to the great
drive for Sl70,000,000
"In view of the peace, in which we
greatly rejoice, the work Of our united
agencies is much more needed and i'm
portant than ever and requires over
subscription of fifty per cent. The entire
nation is rising up with enthusiasm to
back this great patriotic, cooperative
undertaking to the limit We know every
county in Maryland will be with us.
These great counties owe il to their
splendid records in this war, to their
equally splendid boys over seas, whom
| have seen in my journeys, and they
owe il to our nation in true gratitude
for the great victory now assured"
Mr. ]. D. Muldoon, secretary Of the
drive for Shepherdstown district, gives
us the following report this morning
which shows that the work is progress
ing well. This is a table showing the
amount raised by the different districts
into which Shepherdstown district has
been divided for the purpose of the