New Britain herald., 1919-11-01
APPEAL FROM PULPIT FOR RED GROSS FUND
Membership Campaign Will Be
 Launched Here Tomorrow

Red Cross Sunday will be observed in the churches tomorrow and every
 pastor in the city is expected to make an appeal in behalf of the annual membership roll call some, Il IS hoped, although the notice has been short, will take occasion to preach Red Cross sermons IOday the cap tains of the teams put in a busy time
 getting the workers lined up. lt IS expected to have printed instructions in the hands of all the workers by
 Monday, so that the campaign can
 be formally inauguratcd then. The
 workers will be assigned 10 streets, and the city will be gone over with a fine tooth comb. IL is hoped to put into operation am organization, which will make any ward politician green with envy While not much regular campaigning will be started before Monday, it is expected that a large number of workers will put in a busy time tomorrow gathering in the dol lars The campaign managers stand ready to substitute any number of John Does for any public spirited citizens, who will give more than a dollar. If anyone walks into hcad- quarters and deposits a $10 bill he needn't feel at all sore if the efficient worker in charge has a lapse of memory and forgets to give him back the G~change.
 Mayor George \. QuiglCy, who is always ready to encourage any good movement in behalf of the city, has generously granted the use of the front of his Main street office for the Red Cross headQuarters. General I ply of posters, buttons and literature in New Haven yesterday, and they, were deposited in the office of Chair- man H. V. Camp of the publicity, committee at Rooms 305-G New Brit ain National bank building. w. R. Fletcher got the window decorators busy yesterday, and they started put ting up the Red Cross posters about the city. General Chairman Pcasc will endeaVor to get four minute speakers to appear at the theatcrs during the campaign to help boost up the membership. These speakers did some very effective work in the war time, which will never be forgot ten.
 II should be remembered that fifty cents out of every dollar raised re- mains right here in New Britain for Red Cross Homc service work. George
 P. Spear is chairman of the home service department and. huff 'ced to be assured that it is most efficiently mana ged.
 R. R. Healey is treasurer of the campaign and will take charge of tho dollars deposited daily by the captains at the New Britain Trust Co. Thomas J. Lynch arranged today to placard the Central Park billboard with Red Cross posters
 Arrangemonts have been made to have the first reports of the progress of the campaign made on "Wednesday. The second report will be made Fri day, after which daily reports will be made in the press. It is no easy job, with the indifference which has na- tlrally arisen after the armisticc was signed to conduct a drive, and if New Britain is going 10 reach it's quota of 1 5,675, it will mean that every work CT will have to keep on his toes every minute.
 Mrs. Howard s. Parsons was today appointed chairman of the woman's booth committee. She is also d mem Der of the general committee i'm charge of the drive, which is now composed l of Maurice II. Peasc, Patrick r. King, 1 Fl. F. Erwin, Mrs. Howard s. Parsons E. W. Irving, w. F. Brooks and C. H. Barnes. Donald l.. Bartlett will have ! charge of the erection of the booths 1 which will be put up Monday, so 1 that the Red Cross nurses may begin 1 duty Monday afternoon