New Britain herald., 1921-11-05
STATES WILL RECEIVE
 GOVERNMENT HELP FOR
 BUILDING OF HIGHWAYS
MEMBERSHIP DRIVE
 CONTINUED 4 WEEK
Weed On Return Journey
 Root Gathers Speed- Winger Drives Into Brook.

The membership drive being con. ducted by the local r. NJ. C. A. will | De continued unul next Saturday in- stead of winding up today. as was
 planned originally The reason fot
 continuing is that the teams working have been unable to complete thcil canvass in a week and require as much
 more time. The contest, represented
 on q large chart as an automobile ( race grows moro interesting every day
 and rivalry is becoming more keen as
 additional reports come in. 'Iu date 121 new members, represented as mile
 stones on the way, or passengers on the cars, have been securd.
 In the race, T. I4 Weed who started
 out at rate of not less than 60 miles an hour arrived in Springfield Id Thursday night, stopped long enough for a lunch, some gas and three new tires and started on the return jour ney. At last reports he was almost a { Long Mfadow on the way back and was going strong. Early in the race he sutst.ti:tld his car for titncy bus to carry his passengers and wire less, to Industrial Secretary F. M. Preble, sent while enroute. said he had hooked on q trailer and had 30 passengers on board.
 Coming along. steadily and strong ly, is William Van Oppcu. with 26 people on a jitncy bus. He has just stopped for gas in q little wayside station a few miles beyond ThOmp- sonville end expects to be on his way shortly.
 Harry Hatsing was rolling along at a fairly moderate speed N it'll It las- sengers aboard when he accidentally stepped on the accelerator and shot ahead all of a sudden. When he re- covered his equanimity he found him self away beyond Windsor Locks and headed for Warehouse Point with three additional people on the car.
 Fred Bacon is just one step in the rear of IIatsing and going strong. He numbers 1S on his car.
 c. F. Root, who started out with some engine trouble, was held up by a freight train and got out of NeWing- ton when the others were far ahead. is gathering momentum gradually and has climbed steadily ahead. He has just reached Windsor Locks, and af- ter a little argument with q traffic cop, has passed along the main street with 16 people on board headed fol- the next stop.
 GuStave Winger has sad tale of woe to report, according to a story said to have been brought to the 'l' office by member of the motorcycle police department of Windsor. lt n Winger suddenly sweNed to the left as he was crossing a bridge over small stream, just this side of Wind sor. He was driving along, apparent ly without difficulty when q stray cat ian in front of the car. In an effort to avoid striking the feline he turned off the course. The car struck th" frail wooden railing at the side "f the bridge and plunged into the brook. No particular damage was done, but when the car was fished out of the water and resumed it's travels with 12 passengers. all other cars had pass ed it out. leaving it several miles in the rear,
 Following is the list of new mem bers received up to date:
 Vernon Reed. Fred Green, Myer Shurberg, Clarence Brady, Clarence Nelson William NJ. CoWles, Emerson ,;. Morse. John Leubeck, John F. Nel- son, Henry s. Engel. Raymond Benko, Howard Engel, Hjalmar Paulson, E. B. Brittan. Lester M. Backus, John Scharff, Hlliard A. Proctor. Gunnal I Ryder, Gladden. Barnes, Robert Class, John s. Irwin, Paul Klambt, Russell w. Barrett, Paul Schneider. George \. Mclean, Warner Johnson, Joseph ! 5. Blanchard w. A. Clauson, Geo. Hal ! in, C. II. Curtis, William May, E. J. |, Hubert, II. E. Johnson H. A. Chrjsto- ,her, Earl V. Higbee, E. Loomis A, 1 I. Miller, Manuel saxon, Mike liar i, on, Edward W. WilametH stanley NJ. | smith, John Contaras, Michael Cor 1 lon. Stanley Hart, Harry Bamforth, Werner II. Berg, Harold Josephs, | 'lifford Faulkner, David Paulson, ames F. Fitzgerald, Norman Begley, Berkowitz, George W. Leach, W, R, foorc, Harmon Halloran, Luchary Iata, Thomas Blanchard, J. r. Rog- rs, l. NJ. Goldstein, Martin Scgal, J. !. Andrews, David Nair r.. B. Moore,
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