Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-01-06
plan FOR RI.
LIEF 4 !! Campaign A \! A a
Ministers of County Ar
range for Armenian, Sy-
rian, Persian and
Jewish Relief.
COUNTY QUOTA $4,000
Drive to be Put On Jan.
1929 Complete Or
ganizati0n.
COUNTY QUOTA $4,000

A meeting of the ministers of Hamil.
ton county was held Thursday after
noon at the Methodist church in this
city to perfect an organization to carry
on the campaign for Armenian, Syrian
Persian and Jewish relief. The follow
| ing general officers were elected:
| County chairman-Rev. Arthur Met
calf.
Secretary and publicity chairman
c. Want Hui.
Treasurer Murray McMurray.
Chairman speakers bureau-Dr. r
7. Chipperfield.
Hamilton county's quota in the drive
is $13,50O and it will be raised through
the ministers Of the county. Rev. J. r
Burling Of Des Moines, chairman of the
state speakers committee, was present
at the meeting and outlined the reasons
and the need for this drive.
A General Committee.
The general committee in charge OF
the campaign in Hamilton county CON
sists of the officers above named and
Rev. G. III. Flescher of Williams and
Rev. Martin Norstad of Jewell.
The township representatives outside
Of Webster City follow:
Blairsburg-Rev.W w. ID. Spiker.
Cass-L. S. Fairchild.
Clear Lake-Lawrence Riley.
Ellsworth G. o. Paulsrud.
Freedom. r. Silver.
Fremont Jas. Yungclas.
Hamilton-Wm. Stearns.
Independence-v. H. Wehrheim.
Liberty-Rev. III. n Gerdes.
LincolnTo be. filled by Rev. J. NJ.
Herbst.
Lyon-Rev. Martin NOrstad.
Marion-Rev. III. L. Pharo.
Rose Grove-Rev. NJ. J. Westphal.
Webster-A. f. Elkins.
Scott Martin Tjernagel.
Williams-C. H. Flescher.
The ministers present at yesterdays
meeting were Revs. j. w. Stiverson, ].
NJ. Herbst, L. E. Vets and Father T. A.
Barry of Webster City; Revs. w. d.
Spiker of harrisburg, Rev. H. N. Gerdes
of Kamrar and Rev. G. H. Flescher Of
Williams.
The campaign in Webster City and
the territory Immediately adjacent will
be handled by Father I. A. Barry,
chairman; Rev. Viets, Herbst, Silver
son and Secretary Want HUI.
Plan Of Campaign.
Rev. Metcalf announced that native
of Turkey was available for a mass
meeting on Sunday, the 10Th, and it
was agreed that he be used at the Eng
lish Lutheran church in the morning
and that mass meeting be held in the
Methodist church that evening.
1t was taken as the sense of the meet
ing, subject to action by the local ex-
ecutive committee, that the city be di-
vided into the ward and block plan and
a house to house canvass be arranged
for.
It was also taken as the sense of the
meeting that each township chairman
shall choose and appoint his own help
ers, and that the plan of campaign in
each township be left to the discretion
of that township committee.
The county quota was announced as
one per cent OF the fourth Liberty loan,
or $13,5OO.0O, and it was felt that a
minimum of $1.OO per capita should be
the general basis. However, since there
will be many who cannot contribute
that amount, $1.0O per capita shall not
be the maximum, and committees and
workers shall encourage subscriptions
in any amount upwards.
Supervised by Churches.
This campaign, which will be held
one week later than in most commune
ties in order to allow more time to per-
feet the organization, will be held dur
ing the week of January 1926. 1t will
be supervised and held under the direct
auspices of the churches of all denOm-
nations in this county. The various
clergymen will he held responsible for
the success of the drive. This, prin-
cipally for the reason that every other
agency has been used, over and over
again in various other war campaigns,
and it is essential that new faces and
new energies be used in this campaign,
which appeals much more directly to
church members than to any other class
of individuals.
All clergymen are therefore request
ed to Immediately take hold OF this
work.
FOR SALE-single comb Buff Orp.
ingtOn cockerels, large. heavy boned
and good colors. $500 each. Mrs.
G. e. Farley, Blairsburg, Iowa.
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