Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-26

Scouts will be asked to earn and pay in between Nov. II and April sums ranging from So to $50. It was esti- mated at Boston, that the boys and girls would in this way raise one tenth of the whole amount
 There will be colored team, a Polish team and a Jewish team to work among the people of their re- spective races and nationalities.
 In adopting the slogan of "Over the Top in One Day" the committee voted to have all pledges to meet the. Nor Wleh figure in on Monday, Nov. il. l On Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 2 and i 3, there will be special services in the churches and synagogues. relating to the campaign. On Sunday afternoon, l Nov. 3, there will be mass meeting 1 at a place to be announced later at which out of town speakers will make l addresses.
 On the evening of Monday. Nov 4, | the special teams and comm crees will l be addressed by a campaign expert and at this meeting the assignment of prospects to the different teams will hegin. This will probably be held at tSe headquarters in the Thayer build 1 ing as Judge John NJ. Thayer has very generously placed one of his large stores at the disposal of the cornmit- 1 tee.
 1 On Friday, Nov. 8. there will be an 1 other meeting of the committees and teams to be addressed by campaign experts. At this time every captain will be expected to see that every name has been assigned.
 Special services will be held on Saturday and Sunday, Nov g and 10 in the synagogues and churches, and on Sunday evening, Nov. 10 there will be a mass meeting at which repre- sentatives of the Catholic societies Jewish societies, Y. NJ C. A., ana Sal vation Army will make addresses. Monday Nov II. is to bee'the first official day of the campaign with ev- erybody at it and over the top by night
 The teams will report at 6.So D. m the results will be tabulated as fast
 as possible and the announcement ot
 the total made as soon as possible The rest of the week will be used 1T
 a follow-up absent from the city who
 would like to contribute and those no
 reached in the first day
 The Norwich district includes, be .sides the town of Norwich, the fol
 lowing towns: Baltic. Bozrah, Colches
 ter, Franklin, Gales Ferry, Glasgo, Gris
 wold, Jewett City. Lebanon, Ledyard Lisbon, Occum. Preston, Sprague
 Taftville and Voluntown. Tn each o
 these towns there will be a specia committee appointed to canvass fo the territory in order that the amour
 assigned to it may be raised ard it i
 planned to have these special com mittees called together here some tim next week so that the plan may be ex , plained to them.
 In several previous campaigns thes l communities have more than don
 their part and the general committe is counting on their continued and in
 creasing cooperation.
 After the adoption of the plan ha ) been voted by the meeting, Thoma l II. Beckley and General Secretary Ed
 win Hill were called upon to give thei 5 impressions of the meeting in Bosto l which they attended. both speakin } earnestly of the remarkable inspira
 tion which the meeting gave. to a 9 who attended
 Thomas Mcdonald and Fred Bray C : Voluntown were among those who at = tended the meeting here on F'rida 7 night, pledging the cooperation C l their community.