The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-15
Men Behind the Movement THAT Gives
the Soldiers the Red Triangle
Joys, Get Busy in
keokuk.
NOT MUCH MONEY ASKED
Memberships Cost Only Few Dol
lars, But Large Number Are
Required to Keep the
Huts Going

the Y. M. G. A. of keOkuk, is the OBJ
jective of the campaign, which will
occupy tomorrow and the next day.
| Everybody appreciates the work
for soldiers Of the Red Triangle, but
everybody does not stop to think
that there can be no huts near the
trenches and in the environments, I'M
less there is the Y. M. c. A. member
ship here at home" said ]. G. Thorn
as this morning, land the whole thing
has for its foundation stone, good,
strong universal membership in the
~. NJ C. A. in Keokuk and every
where else in America
"Keokuk is going to do her share
| OF this foundation work Thursday and
! Friday, and do it right.
the fine splendid super-structure
back home praising to the skies on
~. NJ. C. A. letter paper in Y. M. C.
A. writing room at the front.
All Classes of Citizens.
Mr.. Thomas has not been actively
identified with the Y. M. c.. A. work,
/! but says he is very willing to take
charge of this membership campaign,
| because it is a work without any
class divisions whatever. He was
given complete charge of the mem
bership drive and has organized
! sales force to sell the memberships
to all Keokuk in two days.
There are eleven teams, ten to COW
| er ten districts in Keokuk and one
held in reserve as a flying squadron.
The team captains are ]. j. Chapman,
James W. Huiskamp, Ben f. Krch,
J Stephen Irwin, T. r. Bartholomew,
Hubert Schouten, M. F. King, c. D.
Streeter, E. S. Phillips, J. o. Boyd
and G. l.. Norman.
These men belong to nearly every,
church, occupation and connection IN
town. In the personnel Of the teams
literally every phase of Keokuk life
and activity is represented.
Not Big Money Proposition.
mot much money from anybody,
but few dollars membership fee
from everybody" is what is wanted,
said one Of the captains today.
| Every man with a boy can make
no better investment than a Y. M. G.
A. membership for that boy, and ev-
| cry man without a boy should get
| one for the Y. NJ. C. A. membership
campaign, exactly as he gets one to
take him to the circus" said DR.. G.
Walter Barr, director of publicity
for the campaign at committee
meeting.
| The whole force meets this evening
at 6:15 o'clock at the Y. M. G. A.
dining room for final instructions
from Chairman Thomas. Tomorrow
morning they start out on high gear
and keep it up all day Thursday and
Friday.
The speakers at the conference
this evening will be Mayor Ed 5.
Lotion, Edward w. McManus, DR.. G.
Walter Barr, c. r. Joy and E. S.
Phillips, of the Standard Four tire
company.
Boys to Get Busy.
Chairman Thomas has offered
three prizes for the most member
ships obtained by the boys of the Y.
M. c. A. divided into three groups
according to age and then into two
divisions.
The props, or boys under thirteen
wears old have William Tracy as
captain of the reds and Don Single
ton as captain of the blues. The jun
iors, between thirteen and sixteen
years of age have Byron Hart for
captain of the reds and Calvin Alling
for captain of the blues. The inter-
mediates, over sixteen years old,
have Byron Schaefer as captain Of
the reds and Ludwig Lantz as cap
tain of the blues.