The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-06-05
,Iii1GE ". c. BANKS
IS MADE CHAIRMAN
..omINENT OIL MAN HEADS a
100000 CRUSADE FOR EK-
pANsloR or METHODIST
oRPHANAoE.
NALL OF THE KIDDIES' HEARD
a.v.,,snt To Give Home To $50
LouJsIana Orphans Strikes
Response.

Shreveport, May 24.-RecOgniztng
tha paramount Importance of building |
citizens for tomorrow and the crying |
need Of providing a permanent home |
Gar $50 orphans in the state, Judge W.
d. Banks, of the Potter Palmer Trust
on and Gas Division Of Shreveport
haa accepted the position OF executive
shairnsn Of the state for the half mil
lion dollar expansion campaign now
hang launched for the Ruston Metho-
dist orpharage.
Judge Banks, before removing here
from Eastland, Texas, had charge of
various war drives, all OF which
reached their goal
During the coming week Judge
ranks viii name the members OF the
various committees to handle the
campaign and will coordinate all Of
his forces in order that the great
campaign for helpless, homeless or
phans may be put under way by the
ARst week IN June.
The preliminary work OF thu cru
ss4e e already bearing fruit and in
tArsst is being awakened all over the
seaGs.
Campaign Director Niekerson stat
M yesterday that the outlook made
safe the prediction that the result Of
the orphanage crusade would mark .
NV milestone In pnilanthroplc work
IN this state. Mr.. Nickerson has sur
rounded himself with force Of active
sad experienced campaigners all over
the state and no stone is being left un-
turned to make the crusade one Of the
SrRhest epoehs In the history Of be-
nSVolent effort.
The city and country press are re-
spondinS to the appeal OF the home
less kiddies and locally and editoFially
are giving the crusade unqualified sup
port
During the week past the SaengSr
Amusement Company through Mans
Rsr Richards put it's influence behind
ths movement and offered free Of
charge to advertise the half-milliOn
dollar campaign on the screen Of
every one of their theGters in the
state This will be Of immense valuS
to the campaign.
One Of the latest TO volunteer his
time and talent to the great move for
gAs uplift Of helpless Riddles ID Guy
Hmpey. the noted war author, seen
GEto writer and motion picture produo
e. Mr.. Empsy will shortly announces
. program Of publicity.
The Methodist Church will throw
all of its strength to the crusade and
this together with the effort now be-
iAE made and in the process Of making
on the part OF friendly citizens, spells
victory and q permanent home for $50
Louisiana orphans.
Save u child while he is q child,
and you have saved a soul for time
and eternity. Where could there be
an investment with a larger return?
st. James says he shall hide a multi
tude Of sins" Can anyone imagine
what saved life amounts to? The
sih, dehauchery, crime, and the fright
fal train of evils that attend the life
Of 9 sinner, with all the heart-ache,
pain and misery that follows suan
lives! Surely participation in such
work is the highest employment in
which a human being can engage.
Subscribe to the Louisiana Methodist
orphanage Expansion Fund.
Four hundred little hands are BE-
seeching you.
A visit to the Ruston Methodist Or
phanAge is a revelation. an inspiration
and benediction and its memory will
live in your hearts forever. Sheltered,
safe, happy, growing UP to useful man
hood and womanhood, saved to the
State and to the Nation-the orphan
will not be forgotten In this. an hour
Of need, neither by the people OF this
State, whose wards they are, nor by
Him who, watching over Israel. slum-
bers, not, nor sleeps"
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