The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-11-29
YEAR \. /
GOODFELLOWS
PLAN; HELP Us
Early Contributions to Santa
Claus Club Show Real Spirit
Of GoOdfeIloWS-Appea
Also Flow In.
N sY A. ooopFELLow.C

t.H 9T n, SOODF z ILOWs.
s.you are. Goodfellows! The fol- |
d MAS received in Saturday morn
IN u fSail for the Goodfellows- Santa |
'In memory of Peggy Foster. Born
april ~ N9l7. Died Sept II, 1919. |
Peggys rtother OF such Is the king
With this contribution was inclosed a
crisp, crinkly S. note, The letter was
the first We opened turday morning,
Mentally we aske' u go. farther for
here's soIncth' 80 hil the Goodfei-
III II: u; , ::ss, T }s$ ;ss;i
all tkW = IF every true Good.
fe SlsW 3 ~ Is the mission Of
tl&WS :, tia Claus club to
nlaSFW 5. 4 y season happy one
for thff0fen, e g Inish cheer for little
tots who probably would wake up
they had heard of the jolly old chap
who wears huge red coat and has "a
big white beard really We're true.
Peggy will not have a Christmas tree
this year. She has gone to a place
where the spirit ut all times is the
Christmas spirit We're Peggy here toy
day she would have sent her contribu,,
ton 10 help In making this really and
truly good Christmas for her thousands
of little brothers and sisters who face
a dreary holiday season If you don't aid
them Think II over, Goodfellows,
Rain Adds Interest.
Fridays rain served only to add an
interest so keen in the campaign that
even the most hardened Scroogo could
not help thinking a little. Probably
this Scrooge saw little fellow hurry
ing along the street, maybe standing
| IN some doorway to gain shelter from
| the downpQur. ScTooge may have noted
| tflpt the. ehNd's shoes once Wuuld have
Il aared il A Ion troln the Heafh er, w
Il VI ~ Maybe this Ectpogis piS1eeo0s
lied hurihdlN t0 min hoHae- " here sVaftf1tr
and cheer II Surooges have cheer Were
/ waiting Was he touched by the sign,
kof this little chap? On the other ,han ne
| did he delay his homeward journey ions
| enough to return officeward and forth
with mail "a check to the GoodfelloWs
| Santa Claus club?
There are good many real Scrooge'
today. At the time Of the origlna
Scrooge the term hard boiled was un
| known. 1t applies forcibly to this char
acter. though. Don't be boiled
The Goodfeliows believe there is no mar
with heart so adamant that he car
resist Intentionally an appeal for chill
dren of unfortunate circumstances
Appeals Also Come In.
Y Already appeals to the Goodfellows
Santa Claus club have started. Ever!
mail to The News Scimitar brings al
overloaded postman. But the postmal
l. n Goodfellow, so he doesn't worry II
fi.ct he is glad. Scre of these missive
tell Of what my, little sister wants,
still more run in a vein like this: incl
fathe, died this summer; there Is n
money. | don't know what we are I
do and though hate, to ask, ! az
trusting to the Goodfellows,' and II
signed Mother" a.,
with the Thanksgiving past and tn
halliday season on the Goodfellows
santa Claus club Saturday is maxim
final arrangements for the work
committees. A majority of these a
!, resdv have started to work. A msetin
Monday night will settle for. good an
, ali last details Then will begin N
systematic work Of investigating, DIS
tricting the city, filing applications, ne
tations OF 0ut-ot-town requests ana
like endeavor, A.. uo.,,.
Quite encouraging was the result
the first days total subscriptions. Juut
ing from the manner in Whlch mum
| started this Is going TO be me GOO
he nroud Of the fact that you were
4 Goodfellow the year they set their be
= mark Remember, though, it's going
G taLe work, and more money than ev
II This Christmas But we are gong
n make il a banner year despite old
. c. l.. ,...,,,, roos .
G nurchases for the Riddles, Mail tn
! check before night. Simply address
d 70 The Goodfellows- Santa Claus Gu
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