Evening star., 1921-05-18
ALLFA|THS OFFER
AID NCHURCH DRIVE
S125,000 Campaign for
Chevy Chase Presbyterian
EdifiCe in Full Swing.

| ~ representative ~ FRED n. Zlniindl VI
Maryland. distinguished clergy from
| Presbyterian. Methodist and Universal
ISL churches and a large number of lay
men Of all faiths voiced their approval
yesterday Of the campaign for the new
| sl-o'ooo cdif1ce for the Chevy Chase
| Presbyterian Church. Today the cam
paisn is in full swing in both downtown
Washington and in Chevy Chase. with
a large proportion of Washington s
WhoS who as participants
The start of the Chevy Chase house
| to-houS" canvass was signalized by a
dinner conference of team captains and
campaign workers at Chevy Chase last
night, while earlier in the day large
number of leading men and women
gathered at a luncheon at the Willard
given by Edward +. Coladay. republi-
can national committeeman for the Dis
trIct of Columbia, who is chairman of
the church citizens committee. All the
speakers have urged the Importance of
awakening nation wide interest in the
enlargement of the religious facilities at
Chevy Chase because of its large COM
munity value and its relation to the
capital of the nation.
Community Character keynote.
The keynote of the campaign is the
crd"n0minatiOnai. c. IN IN u n i Y
| character of the cdificc that is soon to
tower above Chevy Chase Circle. Min
| listers of the Presbyterian. Method
ist. UniverSalist and other faiths have
pledged their support and approval
during the past twenty-four hours
and speakers have emphasized the i'm
portancc of the church to the National
capital and its significance in the
| movement for broader unification of
| int interdenominational effort and expan-
| nf re1ipi0uc ip6npprp
| Men of every creed and from every
section of Washington, prominent
e! clergy Of not only the Washington
presbytery, but of other denomina-
fcSSional and business men Of WASH
ington are aiding today in the can
| vass for funds either by direct can
| vass or by cooperation and pledged
support and approval.
Teams Engaged in Canvass.
The teams that are today engaged
in the canvass of Chevy Chase, which
they will continue during the rest of
the week, are as follows:
| j. ;. Sherry, captain; Edward
owen Roberts, Fred 1mirie. w. H.
Horne. Frank l.. Weaver. Henry A
! l-atimer. Mrs l.. W. Laudck and Mrs.
| Edward Owen.
d. sherman Hoover, captain Clar-
ence E. Frye, p. n. Bates. John S.
Riegs, Louis X. Brehm. Lee d. Lati-
mer, Mr.. and Mrs. Chace and Mrs.
Tyndall
K. Harvey Sargent. captain: c. B.
Lingamfelter, r. NJ. Mcfarland. Clin-
w. H. Wadleigh. II. G. Dickinson and
Mr.. and Mrs. Marcellus r. Shield.
| William S. Elliott. captain: G. w
Stone, Mr.. and Mrs william Y
Brady, Z. II. Russell, Prof. r. S. Wal,
ter. w. S. Garland and Mrs. w. S
W. Fl. Booth, captain: Curtis s
Freser. DR.. D. S. Mauchley. Wallace
y. Allen. Ralph n. Atherton. Arthur
r. Pienkowsky Mrs. Jennie Schofielt
and Mrs. f. D. Hathaway,
n, 4. Tyndall. captain DR.: and
Eugene Merritt. Henry w. Bearce
DR.. Edward Wichers and Mrs. c. II
Young.
Speaks for Univerxalixts.
Speaking for the Tniversalists Rev
DR.. Ulysses G. B. Pierce told these
team workers and others at a meet.
ing last night that all Washington
campaign. and he emphasized the
unity Of religious interests SO marked
in the movement.
Among those who attended the
luncheon siven by Mr.. Colladay al
the Willard, at which a dozen OF
more well known downtown business
men and women volunteered to pair
off with Chevy Chase people az teams
for the downtown Washington drive
were the following: Rudolph Kauff
mann. Representative Fred N. Zihl-
man of Maryland. Edward F. Cola
day. Rev DIR. James Shera Montgom-
cry. Rev. DR.. Charles BoughtSn Wood
Rev. DR.. Hubert Rex Johnson. f. d.
Willard Bigelow, Henry E. Bittinger
Ralph w. Lee. George S. Rees. Will
liam w. Bride, Alexander Britton,
Charles A. kram. Myer Cohen, J. S.
Gruver. Lee D. Iatimer. Grant
Leet. J. Harry Cunningham. Victor
dell, Fred l.. Fishback. James b. Hen
! derson, Charles J. Waters, Ralph V.
Sollitt. Capt. William H. Santelman,
DR.. Mllard F. Thompson. Roger J.
Whiteford. J. M. Winnemore. r. H.
Sargent. Frederick S. Stitt. Mr.: Rob
ertson. Charles w. Pimper. w. H.
Booth, c. B. Lingamfelter. Theodore
Michael. J. S. Sherry. r. S. Walter.
Miss Ina c. Emery, Miss OToole. Miss
Georgia Robertson. Mrs. Susie Root
Rhodes and Miss Cecil Norton.
Zihlman Praises Campaign.
The speakers were Representative
Zihlman f. F. Colladay. Rev. Drs.
Montgomery. Wood and Johnson; f.
d. Hathaway and Mrs. Rhodes. Mr..
/ Zihlman said the people on the Mary
| land side of the line were pleased at
the movement for the church. He
praised the representative character
| Of those engaged in the campaign in
| the city, predicted success in the fight
! for the $125.000 goal within the next
ten or fifteen days, eulogized WASH
| ington as "the most beautiful city
| in the world" and pictured Chevy
| Chase as zone of the most beautiful
| of suburbs" He refarred to the
! country as undergoing a period Of
| uncertainty and unrest. He said that
! "out of the caldron that is now fus-
ing is going to come the future citi-
, zenship and the future advancement
| of civilization not only In America,
! but throughout the world.
; Let the word go out through all
! the churches of the nation he told
| the gathering, that this splendid
! chevy Chase enterprise has been put
| through"
MIR. CoIlndny Aids Move.
! Mr.. Colladay pointed out that there
| were not only Presbyterians among
the people present, but Episcopalians,
Methodists, United Brethren. Congre-
! gationalists and men and women OF
! other faiths. He raised the slogan
! of Build it now" said the church
| should not be tagging, that the
church throughout history mas maze