The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-11
CAMPAIGN TO RAISE S6eO,OOO IS ROW OPEN
15O Congregationalists At tend Dinner at Country
 Club.

The campaign to raise Fairfield
 county's part of the $66O, 900 or more
 which Connecticut will give to the
 national fund to be esta blished as a
 three-hundred edth-year memorial to the Pilgrims, was opeTied in Bridgeport
 last night. About 150 of the repre-
 sentative Congregationalists from the
 Fairfield county churches were enter
 tained at dinner in the rooms of the
 Brooklawn Country club, and listen
 ed to the presentation of the Fund
 appeal by the Rev. Dr. William Hor-
 ace Day. who presided; by President
 Donald J. Cowling of Carlton College,
 Northfield, Minn., a member of the
 national commission, and by the Rev.
 William S. Beard, dean of the Con-
 necucut campaign.
 President Cowlipg. who made the
 principal address, outlined the process
 of reasoning by which the leaders Of
 the Congregational church arrived at
 the decision that a national fund.
 bearing an income to be, applied an
 nualIy to assist retiring ministers to
 secure annuities, was the best method
 of honoring the Pilgrims.
 Rev. William s. Beard state direC-
 tor of the campaign, followed with
 a report of the progress of the work
 tODnGcICuJ ana some delallS Ol the plan which is being followed here. He said that his state of Connecticut had made him proud of it by it's re- sponse, but that he expected even greater things as the campaign came into counties of larger resources. Following is a partial list of those who attended the dinner: BridgepOrt-Rev. and Mrs William Horace Day, Horace ". Smith. Rich
 ard L. Swain, W. E. Seeley, MT. and Mrs. Samuel c. Shaw, MT. and Mrs. Henry w. Hincks, Mrs. Warren F. Day, G. W. Hawley, George Com stock L. T. Warner, Henry W. Walker, Mrs. Nathaniel Worthen, w. F. Hatheway Percy P. Anderson, Rev. Gerald H. Beard. c. s. Flames, , Lewis F. Hall, Nr. and Mrs. W. B. Boardman, MT. and Mrs. Roy E.
 Clark c. NJ. Bassett, Henry c. Wood
 ruff Thomas \. Relyea, Henry F.
 Bunce, T. J. Pardy, Milton E. Bassett,
 Egbert Marsh, Miss Marion s. Betts,
 John W. Moore, N. H. Hoyt, Mrs. George E. Somers, Miss Annie M.
 Bibbins, J. F. L. Herdman, s. Walter Proudman, George A. Brierley, H. W.
 Chapin, Rev. Herbert s. Brown, E. T.
 Buckingham, Dr. J. L. smith,. \. J.
 Abbott Rev. Albert P. Engstrom,
 Robert Lundstrom, Charles Trolin,
 Alfred H. Johnson. stratford-Rev. R. c. Whitehead,
 Farnham C. Fox, Frank H. Fargo, pr. and Mrs. W. B. Cogsweu. F'airdeld-Rev. Frank s. Child. Dwight NJ Banks Bacon Wakeman, James T. Roche. Frederick c. Banks. Arthur w. Deyo, William Hull, Ray m0nd Wilson Miss Martha w Will Hams.
 Shelton-Rev. Watson L. Phillips. MT. and Mrs. Luther M. Kenston, Miss Florence L. Frembes, MT. and Mrs. H. O. Combs, Stiles A. Nichols, R. s. Little, Burton s. Hall, EIgin Sherk. South Norwalk-Lewis H. Nash, F. H. Jacobs.
 Norwalk-Rev. Ernest F. Me Gregor, c. B. Strong, Miss Minnie J. Wixon, Christian Swartz, Mrs. Mary G. Rider. Greenwich-Rev. and Mrs. Oliver Huckel, Miss Harriet Reynolds Southport-John H. Perry, W. F. Purdy, G. w. Phillips, Mrs. George Hughes.
 Westport-Austin Wakeman, M. H Cooley, Fdward w. HubbeI1, Fred erick B. Hubbel1, Mrs. B. L. Wood worth.
 Wilton-Rev. and Mrs. Frederick M. Hol1ister, Strong Comstock, Fred erick E. Bennett.
 Greenfield IIill-W. H. Sturges. Greens Farms-George P. Jennings. Newtown-Rev. F. o. Grisbrook. Arthur T. Nettleton, A. F'airchild, F. 1T. Duncomb. Monroe-Charles W. Deane. Weston-Rev. Charles W. Burt.