Putnam patriot., 1921-03-25
ARRANGE CAMPAIGN
 F0R HOOVER RELIEF
Mass Meeting-Entertainments -Banquets and Tag Day
 Saturday
e.,.am's Quota s5,ooo.-state Now Behind In Amount Expected

Al meeting of the directors of Tho Chamber of Commerce and inter- ssted citizens Monday evening, ar
 .onsoments were made to conduct the eompaign for raising Putnam's quota .f the Hoover Relief Fund during the week beginning Sunday, April 3. L. stanley Kelly, supervisor of the fund for Windham county, will have charge of the campaign, and will be assisted by local committees.
 The following program has been planned:
 Sunday afternoon, April 3, there will be 6 mass meeting in the Bradley Theatre, at which vocal talent of high ability will appear. It is hoped that me of the leading singers of the east may be secured for this meeting.
 Tuesday evening, April 5, Ivan Ros- sitter. a Canadian veteran of the World War, will give lecture in Un- inn hall, telling of his experiences in Central Europe during the war. MT. Rossiter was made captive, and spent lime in no less than nine different German prison camps. He is very interesting speaker, and has held his audiences spellbound wherever he has appeared.
 Wednesday evening, April 6, Hoov- er banquets will be held in several of the churches, to which the public IS in vited. These banquets consist of the identical fare which is supplied to the children in Central Europe by the Hoover Relief Fund, and serve to bring home forcibly the needs which really exist in that territory.
 The local lodge of Elks, and the Odd Fellows, are each to devote one night to some sort of entertainment to aid the fund. According to plans so far developed, the Elks will stage their benefit Thursday evening, while the Odd Fellows will devote Friday night to this worthy cause.
 Saturday will be Tag Day, in charge of the Boy Scouts, under the super vision of Mrs. William F. Raferty.
 Judge F. F. Russell was appointed a committee to work in cooperation with MT. Kelly and MT. Reardon of state headquarters, who will have charge of the publicity, to make ar engagements for the Rossiter lecture Tuesday evening.
 Mrs. W. R. Barber and Mrs. Charles E. Dean, with other ladies from the various churches, will have charge of arrangements for the Hoover ban quets.
 The Hoover Relief Fund is perhaps the most deserving of the many caus- es which have appealed for funds through the war and after-the-war period It is expended entirely in sup plying needed food to the children of Central Europe, comprising Poland, Rumania, and the portions of the for mer Austro- Hungarian monarchy which have been included in the new ly-fcrmed and enlarged nations of that region. No part of the funds are eX- pended for adult relief.
 Putnam's quota has been set at $5,- GOO, and while present conditions are not over-encouraging for the raising of large sum, the committee is con hdent that in such cause Putnam will do her part to the very best of her ability.
 The national fund is approaching the goal which has been set, but there are few states which are still far be- low their quotas. Connecticut is one of these, still lacking about $10O, 900. An intensive effort will be made, how ever, from now on, and there is little doubt that the goal will soon be reached.