The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-01-13
Thirteen Teams of Workers
Will Canvass st. Johns
bury as in Previous
Campaigns
THE TOWNS QUOTA
FIXED AT S2,914
Mass Meeting in Armory To-
night Addressed by
Chairman Stevens and
Oriental Officer

The campaign to raise $30,000,0O0
for relief of the homeless, starving
peo5,le of asia Minor, the CaucaSls
Armenia, Persia and Northern Egypc
is now on.
The churches of st. Johnsbury
have already given the campaign a
good start. Notices have been given
In all the churches. In some of them
collections have been taken of sub
stantlal amounts and the people have
been urgently exhorted to give gem
erously to this much needed fund.
st. Johnsbury will be canvassed by
Is teams of workers. The local or
ganization and division of territory IS
similar to that of previous drives and
q 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"
q. The executive committee for st.
Johnsbury is C. W. Steele, J. c. CLARK,
z. S. Waterman, H. 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 are as fol-
lows:
No. 1---All territory east of Gale
donia and Elm streets, including Elm
street. B. 3. 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
Passnnapessiiee River, on. stest1Mrs.
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 rot including Pearl and Main, al
so north side of Eastern Ave. C. r.
Calderwood. n
No. East side of Main street,
north side of Mt. Pleasant street
Boynton Fill, Green street and Hast
ings Hill. Mrs. Alvin Flint.
No. 8-West 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, fnclu.
sive. R. C. Baker. "
No. 10-West side of Spring street
and all territory west including High.
land Ave-, and Underclyffe. F. c
Beck
No. list. Johnsbury Center, Mrs
Ernest Morrill,.
No. 12-East st. Johnsbury, Mis-.
Bertha VI. Lee.
No. 13-Fairbanks Factory ant
Fairbanks Village. B. r. Wells.
The meeting tonight at the Armor,
which viii be addressed by Gen. Mes
ro Azgapetsin and State Chairman
Roland E. Stevens will give St
Johnsbury people accurate. first hant
knowledge of the desperate condi
tions which exist in these war strick
en- territories. st. Johnsbury viii
respond promptly and generously tt
this call. Several hundred dollar
have already been subscribed her,
for this campaign and the local treas
urer, w. ]. Farr had already received
over $400, up to Saturday night Tn,
local canvassers were at work yes
terday and today and results of thei
efforts win be announced at the meet
ing at the Armory tonight.
General Azgapetian who speaks a
the Armory tonight is a graduate O
Robert College, Constantinople, tn
University of Geneva, Switzerlan,
and Columbia University, New York
For many years he was engaged il
the military and diplomatic life o
Persia, where he rose to the rank o
Major General. He. was also aide-de
camp to the Shah and upon his re
turn to America in 1904, he was ap
pointed first secretary to the Legation
at Washington. He is admirably fitte,
TO speak upon the existing condition
OF war IN the near east and has al
important message to deliver to tn
american people before returning t
the Orient to continue the relief worl
TO which he has devoted his life.
This Is rare opportunity which i
afforded st. Johnsbury and vicinity {,
learn the facts about the re,narkabl
people OF these countries from a maj