Evening star., 1920-01-30

An elaborate program has been ar
ranged for the Line-of-Duty Club mass
meeting for the public at Liberty Hut
| Tuesday night.
Rev. DR.. ]. Shera Montgomery, pas
| tor of the Calvary NJ. E. Church. will
deliver a ten-minute address. This
will be the central address OF the
evening. DR.. Montgomery will be in
troduced by II. S. Omohundro. leader
of the ONO Bible class. of which Po-
liceman o. A. McKimmie, for whose
family of a wife and three small chill
dren the club is contributing all re-
ceipts as a benefit fund, was a MEM
Der.
Ushers will be appointed to handle
the throng.
Program Arranged.
The program will include speciality
entertainment numbers. At present
the tentative arrangement of features
is as follows:
Opening, "The Star Spangled Ban
ner, with assembled chorus, led by
Frank f. Goebel.
Mrs. D. H. Kincheloe, wife of Rep
resentative Kincheloe of Kentucky,
whistling novelties, songs and stories.
Montrose Quartet, selections
Milo Atkinson. monologue and
stories.
George Cowles. solo.
Paul and Henry" songs and mu-
Slcal novelties.
B. Eberly, Jazz" pianist.
Ruby Raymond, comedy songs and
other numbers.
Elizabeth Campbell, dances, and
Estelle Murray's dancers.
Frida Hauf, violinist.
DR.: ]. Shera Montgomery, address.
Gotham Jazz" Orchestra
Concluding. America" by assem-
bled chorus.
Admiration to Re Free.
The admission will be free, but col
lection baskets will be passed around.
and, after the principles and results
of the Line of Duty Club are ex-
planned, membership slips may be
accompanied by contributions to the
Mckimmie fund.
Contributions will be entirely volun-
tary. The Line of Duty Club member
ship consists of the contribution to the
McKimmie fund and pledge to con-
tribute in the future to similar cases
of policemen and firemen killed in the
line of duty. AS an example to show
that this pledge will not mean the con-
tribution of an amount to a bereaved
family at frequent intervals, it is
pointed out that during the past ten
years only five policemen have met
their death in line of duty from vio-
lence. This would strike an average,
it is shown, of one every two years.
But the mass meeting will be open
to all sympathizers with the bereaved
family of Policeman McKimmie. There
is need of money. If a person desires,
he or she may drop into the entertain
ment and not contribute a cent Moral
support is sought by the committee, as
we'll as the financial
Through the cooperation of Steve
Armstrong. manager of the Montrose
Quartet, and Miss Bess Davis Schreiner
Of the Community Service, the program
of entertainment numbers was made
possible. Arrangements were COM
pleted last night. q
Nearing $1,000 Mark.
In the Line of Duty Club fund to-
day the total is striking toward the
$4,000 mark, with $1,769 on hand. Po-
lice have received contributions of
$4.574 for the family. contribution
from the employees of the Connecti-
cut Pie Company today totaling $27
was recorded at police headquarters.
To The Star better came from a
girl in the second grade of the Notre
Dame School. Her name is Grace
Kostha Healey and she wrote as fol-
lows:
Il am sending 81 of my spending
money to add to the Line of Duty
Club with all good wishes"
From those who have not contribut-
ed the cashier of The Star is ready
to receive subscriptions for the fund
Address it to the Line of Duty Club,
Evening Star. Inclose the contribu-
tion of 81 or more. Drop your letter
in the mail box, and watch for ac-
acknowledgement.