New Britain herald., 1920-12-01
Reports Receive| Noon Show Corpd
 Have Financed To Extent of $
 With Hope Fol
Machine Company E
 Pledge $12,O72, and Workers PrOrnis. 1A.75 More -.l Men Urged to Civ

The total amount subG the New Britain Hospital nounced at the luncheon $190,833.50. This amount ia from yesterdays subscri corrected, namely, $64.650. reports from canvassers, and corporation financing.
 The largest gathering of of canvassers and worke Hospital drive was held tod Elks' club.
 Rev. H. w. Mafer, of fI church, and w. E. Atwood, of the New Britain Trust spoke of the tremendous | new hospital. Their sincerity ed and brought sincere appl the men who are doing th{ obtaining the pledges.
 An especially encouraginU was the announcement of Bennett that the corporat agreed to finance the cam the extent of $60,000. Chair nett insinuated that they mi6 through" with other pledgeI asserted that he had nothin sleeve" and that the succeJ drive depended upon all tl| and their willingness to SUI cam mpaign.
 MT. Bennett also urged d tickets for the benefit perl at the Lyceum tomorrow syl --. Local Men Landed.
 Chairman Bennett, in ind Rev. H. W. Maier said thai glad that there were businessl clengynnen in, New Britain of est character and the possessc highest ideals. He introduced speaker as one who knew s. of the hospital from persons fence.
 Rev. H. w. Mailer declared had been taken to the hosp life ebbing out" as the physic expressed it. There he had fo But one of the men who spoke day., said MT. Maier, should re, followed him as a speaker, man had found in the hosY only life. but a wife.
 The speaker made a strong the fact that the degree of cfv reached was marked by the l erected during a certain peri spoke of the archeologists { years from now. Were they earth New Britain. as it is tod would find one set of great b we'll equipped, we'll preserved would find another set of b, similarly splendid in construc still another. These three gr edifices would be our manufs plants, our schools and our cl
 "Ah," the student of 5,OOl from today would remark "th, have been a great city. They manufacturing plants. fine cl and fine schools" There the g would stop.
 dnd the new hospital we wi new hospital is built" said MT. the student of ancient ruins VI able to go farther-for then he ind the new hospital we will built
 They had civilization to a I, sree," the speaker asserted t. lent of the year 1000 wou They had schools, churches, 'acturing plants and a wone equipped hospital"
 The speaker urged that, we ,e able to say to the newcom ve have reached that height ot :ation.
 A Personal Experience.
 MT. Maier then told of bel " a street car; of Knowing r ntil three weeks afterward, wi istory of his case was told. f Ie found himself lying in d 7ith two others .'The man ve," the physician had prone unless he is placed in a roc olutely alone, where he can erfect quiet" Other patients aken from the room; MT. Ma overed.
 The plea of one who had bee aved from death was an el ne. It so happened that room e made for him; it might ne again. If the hospita .rger, as the new one is to be yould have been no difficult
 is to remain small and CT tch cases as Rev. H. W. ! 'ould be fatal.
 Impressively, at the conclus Tr. Maier's talk, Chairman B eclared that if MT Maier ha , be carried to Hartford or ork. following his accident