Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-12-23
BAKERS OFFER TO
HELP C|TY'S NEEDY
BY GIVING BREAD
Will Materially Aid Relief Fund
Committee Throughout
Winter.
MECHANICS ARE GRATEFUL

Bakeries of the. city have come TO
the aid Of the Emergency Relief Fund
committee, which Is raising 100000
to help relieve the needy OF this city.
Through their generosity hundreds OF
families. which arc in need OF food,
II Is hoped will be aided over the in
dusuial depression until the wage
carners are able TO obtain steady em-
ployment.
The first man TO respond was III.
y. Radclifr, head of the I,adcliif Bak-
ing Co. He conferred with Miss Null
len of the Associated Charities, and
as a result. today notified her that
he would be glad TO supply ono hun
drcd people with all the bread they
needed for their respective families,
from now on throughout tht winter.
Under the plan arranged. those
needing bread by applying TO the AS
sociatcd Charities will be supplied
with a card, and by presenting this
card at the bakery at 10 i'm the morn
ing or I in the evening, after the rush
hours, they will be supplied.
Mr.. Freihofer of the Freihofer
Baking Co, has notified the Associated
Charities that his company viii be
happy to aid in this way, and ii is
expected after the Christmas rush
is over. next week, that arrangements
of a similar character can be made
with other bakers Of the city.
Mechanics who have been supplied
/ with Jobs through the Delaware Pub
lie Employment Bureau are truly APP
preciative of the help given them
/ According to Miss c. Smith, in charge
of the employment offices in the old
| Cts Hall, four of the men who had
gotten positions through her instru-
mentality, came to her and said they
wanted to do something TO aid those
still seeking jobs.
They have arranged, it is under
stood. 10 see that some of their friends
who are seeking work shall have 4
bouutiful Christmas as far as food
goes, although the men who got
Jobs are not overly supplied with
funds. But they are willing to share
what they earned with others for
whom no Jobs have been obtained.
/ Frank McIIugh is doing his part tc
/ relieve the distress, although few
| people know anything about it. He
] is CODtIlpubtiic ~" iii'hN'As ~ ~
vide milk for babies. whose parents
are up against hard luck just now
and are unable to obtain the health
! giving food for their offspring.
The latest contributors are:
/ Employees Of Buffers Inc. 500; 8
friend. $40; Mrs. Il. +. Carr, So; Leor
Walker. $40: Florence B. Todd, $40
Albert w. Cummins. $40; George w
McCaulley & Son, Inc. $40; Demo
cratic League. s25; a friend. So; Th'
Spcakman Co, $500; Delaware Stat'
/ Dental Society, SIS; John +. Holt
SIS: Mary L. deNou. 50; friend, $40
Mrs. Alexis l. du Pont. $1,000; Mrs
Coleman du Pont, $1,000; S. G. Sim
mons 4 Bros. Co, SIS; Frank w. Be
win, $40; William II. Taylor, s5; Edit
NJ. Neeson. s5; Helen H.. Ashbrooh
81: Catherine S. Ashbrook, 81; Mr.. an
Mrs. sDonald S. Ashbrook, S25; Bes
sic NJ. Rhoades, So; Mildred J. Va
Dyke, So; a friend. ST.; Tuesday Nigh
Club. of ST. Johns P. T.. Church, IS
a friend, $40; friend. 81; Silver
brook NJ. L. Sunday School Secon
Appeal, s2o.15: Court Our Lady c
Lourdcs No. AL Catholic Daughter
Of America. 500; Mr.. and Mrs. j..
, Ferriday, $50; Colonel and Mrs.
Ernest Smith, 800: Wiltruco Clul
s5; The Diamond State Rod and Re-
Assn. 800; Aubrey Eandever Sd,s