The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-02-26
WIDENING SCOPE
OF SALVATION ARMY
ORGANIZATION Of Local Business and
Professional Me nto Aid in
the Work

A meeting he'd Friday afternoon in
the Red Cross rooms OF Bennington
business and professional men 10 or
ganize a Salvation Army advisory
board for bennington. The principal
rea on why tn board should be form
ed were outlined by w. NJ. Kay, state
director for Vermont, as follows:
Its amazing power to foster good
citizenship.
Its Simple remedy for misery and
despair
IT. thorough provisions to meet COM
munity problems no other organiza.
ton meets.
It's great service to mankind in car
ing for victims of misfortunes which
may befall any one Of you who reads.
1t is form of insurance. 1t has
the condolences of those it serves.
On.y part of its functions may be of
value to a given community at this
time, or at any time, but the protec.
tion Of their existence cannot be
denied.
There Is no community and no indi.
vldual insurance from danger The
Salvation Army through its home ser.
vice program this year extends its ser.
vice to communities and individuals
h therto untouched by any national
Organization in an intimate way. 1t
brings to the doors of the smaller
communities a service highly success.
ful in the larger centers and which
is supplemented by homes and insti-
tutions built as needed through five
decades. For this Is distinctly a
home service designed to supplement
the activities of local we fare agencies
and place at their disposal in an or.
ganized way the wealth of experience
and training possessed by Salvation
Army officers.
As a national organization recog.
nized for the results produced by it
during a period of 40 years, the Sal.
vation Armys budget of expenditures
has been disEibuted more or less
equitably throughout all the States.
including almost every county and
community. Increasing burdens have
naturally increased the requirements in
personnel institutions and maintenance
The cost has in large way been borne
lby the communities nearest the point
where destitution and misery culmi.
nate in the unfortunates becoming n
public charge and not, as il should
be- borne at those points or organiza.
tton. In other words the large cities
are now required to bear so per cent.
OF salvation army maintenance and
thus the responsibility Of raising a
reasonable sum of money in every
community each year is a matter that
should be accepted as only fair and
Just by any resident in any community
who will undertake to learn the facts.
The service expected of the advisory
board and the service rendered by the
Sa walton Army was gone into by Mr..
Kay. At the conclusion of his re.
marks the Advisory Board was accep.
ted unanimously by those present and
the following officers were elected:
President f. l.. Bottum; vice presi.
dent, r.. j. Hansen; secretary Webster
b. Temple; treasurer, Homer H. Web
ster; organization president, Fred L.
Martini service president, w. Il. Bis.
sell; finance president, H. L. Hall. Jr.
educational president, Henry Il. Wins
low, including, meetings, Cyrus s.
Estes; speakers. Rev. j. A. Perry:
publicity, Frank e. Howe. Other mem
bers, Rev. w. A. Towart. Dr. l.. II
Ross, b. T. Grlswold Theo. L. Thom
as, W. II. Wills, Judge q, c. Bennett
Judge w. j. Meagher, ]. Burton Pow
ers.