The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-03-04
BOARD REACHES
POOL AGREEMENT;
WILL TAKE HALF

! Ice pool cpposltlon, which threat
ened for time 10 disrupt the plans
of the local Board of Charities, has
been satisfactorily disposed of, the
which insure the retention of half
the receipts of all pools for use in
local charity and relief work The
board has taken over the Macauley
pool, which was to have been start
ed yesterday, and local businessmen
have agreed that any pools started
by them will be divided equally be-
tween the winners and the Board
of Charities.
The following statement, issued
by the Board of Charities, covers
the situation fully:
The Board of Associated Charities
wishes TO announce that they have
agreed upon the plan OF the equal
division Of the moneys from all ice
pools collected in the stores and
pool rooms Of Nenana, the winners
taking half and the board half of
all pools. The leading pool rooms
in Nenana have agreed to this ar
rangement, and while the stores,
pool ooms and others so inclined
may arrange for any kind of pool
or number guessing contests for the
time of the ice going out, the
beard will issue the tickets for The
big ice pool.
These tickets will be provide by
the secretary-treasurer of the beard,
P. l. Waechter, to anybody willing
to dispose OF them. He can De
reached by phone and will distribute
tickets wherever desired.
In addition to this, the boa,d VII
issue annual sustaining membership
cards at one dollar each, which in
rovation will give everybody so in
clined or interested an opportunity
10 assist III an organized and sys-
tematic control of all relief and
charity work rendered necessary n
the district.
In c. -r further to explaln the
object and attitude of this board
to the public at large and to those
who, in the past, so generously gave
contributed to all relief work, we
take this opportunity briefly to out
line the object and plan Of oar
work
The board was created about a
year ago, by all the organized
bodies in Nenana electing or ap-
pointing one representative each, in
order 10 insure the public against
all unworthy and indiscriminate
solicitation Of funds. which in manv
instances during the year previous
to the creation of this board, was
imposed upon the businessmen and
public at large. Hence the object
of the board is
To create and maintain a general
relief fund.
To investigate all cases caused by
sickness and financial distress, when
relief is asked and, if justified, to
render relief TO such extent as the
board deems necessary, and in pro-
portion to the funds available.
And further to investigate all
cases where calls on the public are
issued outside of the board, in the
form of subscriptions, raffles, etc,
and if considered necessary and jus
titled, afix their approval of such
calls, signed by the president and
secretary-treasurer; provided, how
ever, that this board reserves the
right to collect and distribute all
funds so contributed. 1t is under
stood, however, that this board does
not propose to interfere with any
relief work carried on within and
among the members of any organ
ICED body in Nenana, nor any pri-
waite effort among personal friends
to render relief to those who may
not wish to become dependent upon
the public at large.
Respectfully,