The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-24
GOOD FELLOW
DRIVE CLOSED
Six Hundred Families Will Have
Merry Christmas as Result
Of Campaign.

The Good Fellow Department oil
The Washington Times closed at
noon today, to reopen a month be-
fore next Christmas.
More than 800 Good Fellows en-
rolled for service this Christmas.
and took about 600 families under
their wings. These families en-
braced a total of about 1900 poor
children and old folk.
CAMPAIGN WAS SUCCESS.
The Good Fellow Department Is
happy and gratined over it's ability
to say that Christmas cheer and
comfort will De provided for each
and every needy person whose name
was reported to IL by the various
charity organizations of the city,
policemen. police matrons and in
dividuals knowing OF distress in
their neighborhood.
In addition to the enrolment Of
the 500 odd Good Fellows, the Good
Fellow Department received about
$50 in cash. This money. together
with the names of the families or
der wing by Good Fellows. was to-
day turned over to the officials OF
the Playground Association to pur-
chase necessities, gifts and toys for
the needy families and children.
About twenty-five families remained
untaken, and this means that an
average of IS will be spent on each
family The money will be spent
equitably, the larger families re-
ceiving something to cheer and com
fort each member and give them
cause to rejoice because of the gen.
crosby of the city's Good Fellows
An eleventh hour rush just before
the Good Fellow Department closed
proved conclusivcly that the Good
Fellows Of Washington were deter
mined to see that the tragedy OF the
. empty stocking was not exacted on
Christmas morning. and that none OF
the old folk would feel neglected.
FIRMS AID WORK.
The firm of Goldenberg & Co. took
ten families under it's wing and guar
anteed TO make ample provision for
them. The flrm of Mayer Brothers
took four families and gave an equally
ironclad and generous guarantee.
The American Security and Trust
Company took five families, and
groups of Government employees TEN.
porarily adopted several families.
Managers Lehman and Burns. OF the
War Risk Indians and War Risk rep
resentative basketball teams, today
turned over to the Good Fellow De-
partment 500 in cash. the proceeds of
the basketball games played at VIII
son Normal School last night. And 1t
is well that they did, because without
this 500 the Good Fellow Department
could not have made adequate provi-
| sion for all the families and individ-
| uals on the list.
VETERANS AID ORPHANS.
And, so it is, that on the morrow
| 500 and more Good Fellows will HE
themselves forth TO brighten homes
that otherwise would have been
| dreary, desolate, gloomy, sad and sor-
rowful. These Good Fellows arc TO
be envied. They will not only make
more than ] 500 persons joyous, but
they will insure for themselves the
merriest of merry Christmases.
Tomorrow morning at ?:30 o'clock
| Navy aviation officer who positively
| forbids the use of his name VIII i'm
| pcrsonatc Santa Claus and have
| bus at the Georgetown playground.
Ten needy children. designated by the
| playground association. Will climb
| aboard the old bus and be whiZzed
out to Boiling Field. There this navy
lieutenant will make a special fancy
flight for their entertainment. I'm
medately thereafter he will take the
ten Riddles to his apartment at the
| Marlborough. where he has pro-
| fusely decorated tree, over which he
| will preside and present gifts to each
| OF his guests.
The Veterans OF Foreign Wars who
| have shown a most generous spirit
of cooperation with the Good Fellow
Department, will provide merry
Christmas for sixty-eight children, and
| also furnish Christmas baskets to
| fourteen other families.
Early tomorrow morning the vet
GRAMS will start out with three auto
mobiles filled with toys and goodies
for kiddies and will complete their
| rounds before o'clock.
| 1t looks like merry Christmas for
everybody.