The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-11-20
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G6ala4od b attaches Of other Rock
1S1snd business ccacerns has been
f66psod ~ he girls Of The Argus.
06G6rttng % many others making
distributions % The Argus Santa
CIa1s fen4 90 Of the young wom-
~ employed % ~ paper offered
~ snegs1tioa that It would b
good plaa - organise . little Santa
ClAaD club within the once. The
f1aa & once Vas approved, with the
RESULT that today the committee
Will receive Z neat sum from The
AyRus Girls santa Claus club. The
Argvo girls do not permit the men
u The once TO BE- enlisted - MEM
hoeS With their organisation. but
they let II be known that the men
( would mot b. prohibited from help |
~ 10 swell the clubs Christmas
fuud. The men in the Office took
the hint, and without further ado
there Was rush toward the young |
lady charged with the duty Of hold |
ing the funds until they are turn
cd over to the Santa Claus fund
committee.
I'VE aim to have every member
Of The Argus star enrolled as a
good fellow" one Of the members
Or The Argus Girls club said. "Ev-
cry day We see people from over
the city bringing their contribu-
tons to help make the poor kid
dos happy at Christmas time, and
We Just decided that we ought to
be IN on the giving, too. Each at
tache OF ole paper was allowed to
give any sum Of his or her choos-
ing, but as the amounts began to
come In we realized that We were
going to have Q nice total to pre-
sent to the committee. In other
business houses over the city there
are scores Of girls employed, and
We suggest that they draw inspira-
ton from our action. Each. one
can subscribe something. For in
\ stance. II there are 50 employees in
an establishment. and each sub
scribes 10 cents there is IS for the
Christmas fund. And that sum will
buy q number Of gifts that are
cheering to the hearts Of little
folks"
. 1t has been only a few days
since announcement was printed OF
the opening Of The Argus Santa
Claus fund campaign, but already
the total subscriptions has reached
almost 500. But 500 is only a
small part of the sum that will be
needed to buy gifts and goodies for
all of the children who are to be
cared for by the committee. Sew
eral of the fraternal societies Of
the city have sent in donations,
hut others that have assisted in
! former years remain to be heard
from, and 1t is hoped by the COM
mittee that these organization MS will
no: overlook q duty that they as
sumed in the past.
The committee Is urging those
Vwho expect to help in financing the
undertaking not to delay in doing
so. for the earlier the committee
receives the money required the
Y sooner 1t will be in positit to
start upon the task Of making its
purchases. In the weeks before the
purchasing trip the committee will
b, engaged in checking the names
OF children from whom 1t has heard
or whose addresses have been sup
piled by others. The committee OBJ
serves every precautiOn in seeing
that gifts go only to thos' homes
where they are needed and where
tn, parents are in accord with the
object promoted. In previnus years
the committee has received appeals
from children, and when personal
Investigation was made it was
found that the parents already had
plans for q fine Christmas for theii
youngsters. In these instances the
letters that came from the children
were turned over to the parents
On the other hand, there have beer
found some homes where there
were children who would have beer
overlooked had not kindly disposed
neighbors quietly informed the
committee Of conditions. In such
cases the committee visited the re.
ported homes. conferred with the
parents, obtained the names ani
ages of the children. and the night
before Christmas these homes were
included in the calling list Of the
| autos laden with Christmas gifts.
| The committee aims as nearly as
possible to meet the holiday hopes
/ Of the poor children. supplying such
/ gifts - little boy or girls has ex
| pressed . desire to receive from
1 Santa Claus. thereby keeping alive
| beautiful faith the childish hear,
| hes in the mysterious being fol
whose coming we all expectantly
looked in the days before We un.
! derstood.
It's up to tAe good fellows Of
Rock Island to keep alive child
hoods belief IN old Santa. The
Argus Santa Claus fund commit
tee relieves you Of the work. Your
part Ii to supply the cash with
which to successfully conduct the
enterprise.