Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1922-06-08
ISSUE APPEAL
FOR near EAST
LOCAL COMMITTEE STARTS
CAMPAIGN FOR FUNDS
NEXT WEEK

The Marathon County committee of
the Near East Relief is now organized
and will commence its campaign for
$4,000 for the support of 132 Armeni-
an children, the first Of next week.
Wells E. Turner is chairman of the
campaign and c. G.. Kruger, treas
urer.
A luncheon will be held tomorrow
noon, June 9th, at the Hotel BELLS.
when George r. Laird, of Milwaukee,
a state organizer, will give an illus
trated lecture. About thirty persons
have been invited to attend. Miss
Genevieye Edmonds is executive sec
retary OF the Marathon county com
mittee.
Issue Appeal
Following is the appeal issued to-
day by Mr.. Turner and Mr.. Krueger:
The Marathon County committee
for Near East Relief appeals to all
our citizens to help us in raising
funds to relieve the desperate situa-
tion among the orphaned children
/ of that famine stricken and war raw
aged region.
"The county committee respectful
ly calls the attention of our citizens
to the fact that owing to various
conditions practically nothing has
been done for more than a year to aid
this worthy cause. None of our clubs,
schools. churches or other organiza-
tions with but few exceptions, have
made any contribution to the Near
East Relief this year.
Many Through
Nearly all other cities the size of
Wausau and many smaller ores have
already had campaigns ana have
raised their quotas or made substan-
tial offering to aid this serious situa-
tion above described. And yet other
cities have been just as hard hit and
have had just as numerous local ap-
peals to meet
I'VE are sure that our city and
county will do credit to our good
name as well as give aid to this
worthy cause if the facts concerning
the desperate situation in the Near
East are fully known
THE Near East Relief was incor-
porated by act of congress for the
special purpose of saving the Arme
MAN, Syrian and other Christian or
phans, created by war and famine. It
is today caring for more than 100, 900
|orphans in more than $50 orphanages
While outside the orphanages il is
giving a ration of one-half pound Of
bread per day to over one hundred
thousand famine refugees.
America Is Alone
America alone began and America
alone is carrying on this great work.
N, trIo md Et,.at, ~xI. A
have millions of orphans of their
own so they cannot help. Unless
America finishes this great work It
cannot succeed and thousands of in
nocent victims of war and famine will
perish,
Unless Marathon county does its
share in raising the quota assigned
to this county to our people those as
assigned to our care will perish OF
hunger, starvation and disease
"The quota assigned to Marathon
county as our fair share is 1872 or
phans. 1t costs only five dollars per
month or sixty dollars per year to
save an orphans life this year.
These helpless victims of war and
famine, OF Turkish cruelty and of mis-
fortune stretch pleading hands to us
from their orphan homes seven thous-
and miles away. They are our wards,
/ the children of our own christian
faith.
'If our own children were dying
we should know what this means.
with stroke of your pen, at the
price of single dinner party or Of
an automobile trip, you can deliver a
child from agony!
During the coming week an ap-
peal will be made to all our citizens
for this cause. But do not wait for
our committee to call upon you.
Reach for your check book now. Ad-
dress it to the Marathon County Near
East Relief fund, First National Bank
Of Wausau.
THANK you! May God keep you and
yours from ever knowing hunger!
(Signed, wells Turner, County
Chairman 49,