The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-06-11
|COMBING CITY
| FOR WAR CHEST
The Workers Are Going into
Every Street and Ev-
cry House
EARLY RETURNS
EXCEED EXPECTATION
The Reports on Drive Will
Be Submitted This
Evening

With a rising $4,000 already in hand
but not all compiled, from the granite
manufacturing plants and few initial
subscribers, one long, shrill blast from
the fire whistle at the gas plant this
morning at $3.50 o'clock proclaimed the
fact that la workers were launching
out on the last lap of the drive that is TO
carry over the top and, it is hoped, far
beyond in Barre's war chest campaign.
The canvass in the stonesheds last week
was the first tangible indication that
Barre's war chest was going to strike
l2 with big majority of its population.
That canvass has thus far yielded sum
bigger than had been expected. and there
remain several of the large manufactur-
ing firms that have not reported.
To-day all interest centered around the
| house toulouse canvass which the com
munity committee has inaugurated as a
sort of a garrison finish TO a movement
that Is expected to put Barre on level
with those of its sister towns and cities
! in Vermont where the war chest idea is
already in successful operation The
city is divided into 81 precincts, TO which
have been assigned two canvassers, all Of
whom are under instructions to put the
issue squarely before each prospective
contributor II may be that the canvass
will not be completed by tonight. In
deed, the managers do not expect that
the returns will have been reported in
their entirety before the end of the
week but enough will be in hand at the
roundup this evening TO determine
whether Barre's minimum aggregate is |
to be realized
Not without preparation did the work |
ers embark on their canvass to-day. |
Weeks and weeks of labor preceded the |
final drive. A census in which more
than 100 school children covered the city
in a thoroughgoing manner brought to
the committee the data necessary for
examination and compilation before the
work could be gotten under way. Then
the names had to be indexed, duplica
tions had to be eliminated and thous
and and one other details attended to.
Frequent committee meetings have been
held and on each occasion an effort has
been made TO emphasize the fact that 5;
Barre must give and give until it hurts if !
this city is TO bear the burden of the
cost of a war in which the young man
hood of the country is making a sacri-
fee that cannot be measured in dollars 1
An Italian American war rally in City [
park was another big feature of the pc
riod of preparation. Local and visiting I
speakers appealed to the patriotism of |
large crowd. Before and after the rally
in divers places four minute speakers q
brought their heavy artillery into range a
The war chest fever was contagious, and v
t reports CLEANED from various sources e
his noon are authentic, the response is $
yoing to be magnificent. t
A hi., sapal -, h. l.,
embly hall at Spaulding school added to
he enthusiasm. Workers in to-day's
anyass assembled TO receive cards and
Instructions. City Clerk James Mackay, +
hartman of the war chest committees.
resided, and there were numerous
peeches. All stressed the Importance Of
not the money that will e
ever be missed, but the money that one I
ives through sacrifice. Vivid, outstand- !;
ne comparisons of the sacrifices which r
ur boys over there are making and the n
small sacrifices which the folks a
t home have made thus far Men and a
'omen cheered the speakers to the echo lt
nd then left the hall with the deter
lination TO do their utmost in filling
be victory chest. Among those who
poke were V. +. Ayers, general manager L
the campaign, James r. Marion, H. p.
inman, w. c. johnson, William Wish
rt, Joseph b. Sanguinetti, Daniel J.
ullivan and Alexander Duncan VI
War chest workers are asked to gath | :.
: at the campaign headquarters in the " "
hurch street schoolhouse this evening -
ny time after o'clock. Captains are o'
rged to report tonight, even though
leir reports may be only partially COM
etc. A good deal of time will be con
lmed by the headquarters workers in n
lie days to come in arranging the re-
rms. and the results obtained to-day
ould be forwarded to the committee to
is evening. ou