St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1919-01-15
Thirteen Teams of Workers
Will Canvass st. Johns
= bury as in Previous
Campaigns
THE TOWNS QUOTA
FIXED AT $2,914
Mass Meeting in Armory To-
night Addressed by
Chairman Stevens and
Oriental Officer

Oriental Officer
The campaign to raise $3O,G00,OO'
for relief Of the homeless, starving
people of Asia Minor, the Caucasus
Armenia, Persia and Northern Egyp
is now on.
The chm ches of St. Johnsbury
have already given the campaign q
good start. Notices have been give!
in all the churches. In some of them
collections have been taken of sub
stantial amounts and the people have
been urgently exhortcd to give gen
erously to this much needed fund.
St. Johnsbury will be canvassed by
10 teams of workers. The local or
ganization and division of territory is
similar to that of previous drives and
a large number of solicitors who have
done such excellent work in raising
funds since the beginning of the
great war have generously consented
to work again to help send relief to
the destitute peoples of the "Near
East"
The executive committee for St.
Johnsbury is c. w. Steele, J. c. Clark,
2. S. Waterman, II. A. Power, j. H.
Brooks and James Cosgrove.
The division of territory and the
captains of the teams which will can
vass the various sections arc as fol-
lows:
No. ALL territory cast of, Gale,
donia and Elm streets, including Elm
street. B. B. Scribner.
No. 2-West of Elm street to
Railroad street, including Caledonia
and st. Mary street. DR.. j. A. Drou-
in.
No. darlington. All territory be-
tween Town Farm bridge on east and
Passumpsic River on west. Mrs.
Harry d. Waite.
No. 4-North side of Eastern Ave-,
and north of Eastern Ave-, between
and including Railroad street and
Pearl street to Arlington bridge, also
includes North Ave, Spruce street
and Sand hill. c. C. Locke.
No. 5-South side of Eastern Ave-,
and south of Eastern Ave-, between
and including Railroad street and
Pearl street to and including Fair
Ground Hill. F. S. Lanctot.
No 6-North of Eastern Avenue
between Pearl street and Main street
but not including Pearl and Main, al
so north side of Eastern Ave. C. r.
Calderwood.
No. East side of Main street,
north side of Mt Pleasant street,
Boynton Hill, Green street and Hast
ings Hill. Mrs. Alvin Flint.
No. 8-W est side of Main street
and east side of Summer street, also
South Park and Valley street. Miss
Josephine Woods.
No. 9-West side of Summer street
and east side of Spring street, inclu-
sive. r. C. Baker.
No. lowest side of Spring street
and all erl:tory west including High
land Ave-, and Underclyffe. f. C. |
Beck.
No. list. Johnsbury Center, Mrs.
Ernest Merrill.
No. 12-East St. Johnsbury, Miss
Bertha NJ. Lee
No. 13-Fairbanks Factory and
Fairbanks Village. B. r. Wells.
The meeting tonight at the Armory
which will be addressed by Gen. Mes
10 Azgapetain and State Chairman
Roland e. Stevens will give St.
Johnsbury people accurate, first hand
knowledge Of the desperate condi-
tions which exist in these war strick-
en- territories. St. Johnsbury will |
respond promptly and generously to
this call. Several hundred dollars
have already been subscribed here
for this campaign and the local treas
urcr, w. J. Farr had already received |
over $500, up to Saturday night. The
local canvasscrs were at work yes
terday and today and results of their
efforts will be announced at the meet
ing at the Armory tonight.
General Azgapctian who speaks at
the Armory tonight is a graduate of
Robert College, Constantinoplc, the
University of Geneva, Switzerland
and Columbia University, New York.
For many years he was engaged in
the military and dipl, attic life of
Persia, where he rc he rank of
Majcr General. H aidc-dc-
camp to the Sd his re-
turn to Amcri' i, was an
pointed first he legation
at Washing mrably fitted
TO speak ting conditions