Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1920-04-16
FAVOR COMMUNITY CHEST
Lodges, Labor Bodies and Clubs At
tend Meeting Friday Night and
Effect Temporary Organ
izatiOn

The first meeting of the Newark
Community Chest took place Friday
night, with twenty-five people in at
tendance. G.. Bohon Schmitt, acting
as chairman, outlined the purpose
and scope of the chest, after which
motion to effect temporary Chest
organization resulted in the election
of Rev. Schmitt, chairman, and {. +
Lender secretary. These officers will
act until such time as a larger
gathering puts into being the per-
manent organization, and appoints
committees to carry on the detailed
work.
The following clubs and lodges
were represented: Elks, Chamber of
Commerce, Trades and Labor Assem-
bly,, w. C. T. u, Women's Federated
Clubs, Knights of Pythias, Eagles
and Kiwanis. Other organizations
We're to have been represented, but
owing to the imperfect temporary or
ganization, sufficient notice, outside
the press, was not given, and to this
was added other unavoidable causes.
Rev. Schmitt spoke to some length
on the haphazard and inadequate way
in which some charities had been kept
going in the past; he mentioned the
present plight of the library; the
complaints of the past regarding the
overhead necessary to keep the AS
sociated Charities in action. Judge
Robbins Hunter spoke for the Cham
Der, stating that they had endorsed
the Chest with the reservation that
people should be allowed to contribute
to the causes they most favored, if so
desiring. Dan Simson of the Kiwanis,
said the movement would obviate
multiplicity of drives so common OF
late. julius Juch, representing the
Trades and Labor Assembly said that
his delegation, consisting OF Messrs.
Bush, Kimes and Sattler were there
to watch the progress of the Chest.
John Bush expressed himself to the
effect that gatherings such as this
are good for the community, aside
from the objects they accomplish, TO-
they bring the citizenry from various
pursuits and occupations together in
amity. Mrs. C. C. Metz and Mrs.
Jennie B. Mitchell of the w. c. T. u.
headed a delegation of five. Mrs
Metz said she favored this manne:
of providing for charities, for it Of
fered more dignified way of getting
support than the hitherto fashion OF
begging. James Irwin, of the Elks
Club, favored the Chest idea, as 1t
would provide funds with which to
relieve the misery of the worthy
poor. John Burrell spoke on behalf
Of Roland Lodge Knights of Pythias,
which had delegated him to represent
it; Mrs. Charles Spencer and Mrs. L.
A. Bazler committed the Womens
Federated Clubs to the movement,
stating that they had helped wher-
ever asked to. Capt. Burlington OF
the Salvation Army, said the help
of the Chest would tighten his work;
w. L. Grieser of the Y. M. c. A. went
on record as being heartily in favor
of the effort.
Temporary Secretary Lender gave
q tentative outline of the committees
necessary to do the work, as follows:
(a) Committee to assemble the or
ganizations' budgets, which shall par
ticipate in the benefits of the Chest;
(b) Committee to audit budgets and
expand or limit same; (c) Committee
to plan working organization; (d)
Committee to ascertain the amounts
to be asked from each class of work.
ers and from each firm, te) Com
mittee to advertise; (f) Committee TO
plan for collection of pledges, methods
and times of payments, ETC.; (g) The
Governing Committee. Regarding the
last named committee, Chairman
Schmitt said that unless this COM
mittee was one hundred percent rep
resentative, the hackers of the move
ment would withdraw; this committee
must represent the creeds, classes
and occupations of Newark.
The meeting seemed unanimous in
the intention of putting the thing
across, and adjourned until the fol-
lowing week.