The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-05-11
BIG PRE-CANVASS
MEETING TONIGHT
To Prepare for the Drive for Full
Time Secretary for Barre
American Legion Head
quarters the
Place.


Tonight in the American Legion
clubhouse on Church street the Barre
Board of Trade will launch its long
anticipated campaign for full-time
secretary Although the actual canvass
will begin tomorrow morning, tine
movement is expected TO gain a great
deal of impetus from the meeting TINS
evening. Board of Trade directors,
canyassers and their team captains ana
everyone else who is interested IN
Barres future is invited. Inspirational
speakers from Barre and from abroad
will take part in the program, aid finsl
arrangements for, to-morrows driVe
will be made.
The American Legion has offered to
open its clubhouse for inspection. Peo-
pie who fail to lend their presence to
the meeting will also miss an opportu-
nifty to go through one OF the finest
Legion headquarters in New England.
The meeting will open at 1880 o'clock.
Not often is community embark
ing on such a movement privileged to
have at its disposal the expert advice
of outside civic workers. For the big
effort of tomorrow and Friday, the
Board of Trade committee is being as
sisted by James p. Taylor of Burling-
ton, secretary of the Greater Yer
mont association. In addition, ore OF
the best known civic secretaries in the
Canadian northwest has been in Barre
for few days. consulting with mem
bers of the general committee. His
name is Gerald Graham, who is on his
way to England for a holiday, after
concluding a membership campaign in
Saskatoon. Sask., which netted $50
new chamber of commerce workers
Every inch of territory in Barre City
and Barre Town viii be accounted for
when the canvassers make their final
returns Friday, the 18th. Eleven team
units have been designated. Each Is
equipped with pledge cards, while at
Board Of Trade headquarters trained
accountant viii be ready at all times
to receive and check returns,
A general committee. headed by II
p. Hinman, with President Z. X. Som
ers and Secretary w. A. Drew of the
Board of Trade will direct the move
ments of the various teams. The men
who will do their bit for Barre to.
morrow are nearly all experienced can
vassers who won their spurs in the
hospital campaign of a few years ago
or in some of the numerous patriotic
drives Of the war, period Tomorrow
lineup is given below. II anyone is
overlooked, a telephone summons, nc
matter how basty, will bring a can
vasser right to the door.
District No. |, William Barclay
james Sector, jr.. James b. Carswell
No. 2, c. B. Gladding f. NJ. Tobin and
A. NJ. Celia: No. 3, L. r. Hutchinson
W. H. Ward and H. L. Campbell; No
4, G. Z. Bond, James r. Mackay and
J. b. Sanguinetti; No. 5, B. Luechina
c. ]. .LaClair. William Inglis; No. 9
G. H. Pape, Joseph Iadrie, +. J. Batch
elder; No. I. II. S. Nrks, A L. Aver
i'll, C. w. Perry; No. 5, A. B. Lane
r. @. Robinson. A. C. Moore: No. Q
S. II. Jackson, DR.. J. H. Woodruff; No
10, A. Leroy Smith, Charles Gordon
No. II. Fred Sargent, William Crowley
J. G. Pirie.
Notes of the Drivet
Friday, the 18th, is the closing day
of the Board of Trade membership
campaign. Tomorrow is the opener,
George F. Macksy has been appoint
ed campaign treasurer for the big mem
bership drive of the Board of Trade.
People in the market for fire, life and
blizzard insurance will be out of luck
to- morrow. for H. L. Campbell, James
Sector, George Mackay, g. II. Pape,
Harry Parks and r. G. Robinson will
be canvassing for Board of Trade pros
poets most OF the time.
H. p. Hinman, whose rustic resi-
dence. "Restarene, when completed
will be one Of the show places of Or
ange. returned to Barre to-day to re
sumo the active directoTship OF the
general Board Of Trade committee, OF
which he is chairman.
The American Legion clubhouse will
re-echo to the opening gun of the
Board of Trade membership campaign
tonight. Team captains. Board OF
Trade members and everyone else in
terested is urged TO attend promptly
at 1880 o'clock.
Ex Mayor Bill Ward, who is a first
lieutenant in team No. 3, will hit the
trail with Len Hutchinson in tomor-
rows Board of Trade campaign.
The visiting firemen. George Bond,
Blunt" Mackay and Joe Sanguinetti,
will he angling for Board of Trade
memberships in Granite street Thurs
day.
Residents between Blackwell and
Berlin streets will take theirs in the
ratio Of two parts granite to one
hardware, with b. Lucchina, c. J. La
Clair and Bill Inglis in tomorrow's
Board of Trade drive.
G.. Herbert Pape received brand
new commission as captain Of team
No. to-day and in tomorrow Board
Of Trade sortie he viii be assisted by
Joe Ladrie and Ernest Batchelder.
Harry Parks. who is known as Pet
er" only to Harley Cutler. will lead the
batting order Of team No. in the
Board Of Trade membership drive. His
subalterns are Fat Averill and Clyde
Perry.
The Board OF Trades membership
campaign viii be officially launched
At American Legion headquarters this
evening II You haven't been invited,
here's yours.
Daylight saving. with milking time
an hour early. viii be in order for
Charley Gordon and Roy Smith to-
morrow They are lined up Tor the
Board Of Trade membership drive and
are bound 10 deliver.