New Britain herald., 1924-05-09
NEAR EAST RELIEF
 DRIVE NETS S6,500
Report of Committee Shows grad. flying Success for Efforts

A total of s6,530.15 was raised In New Britain during the recent Near East Relief drive, according to a re- been compiled.
 A portion of Mrs. E. B. Bassette's report is as follows:5
 "The civic committee of the Wom- ans club, through Mrs. Buell. B. Bas- sette, chairman, and Mrs. M. H. Pease, vice chairman. of the committee for Near East Relief, makes the follow ing report:
 "The returns from the churches are most gratifying and the Woman's club feels just pride in this splendid report. Believing that an invitation to the members of the various church. es would bring a large attendance. the social committee of the club sent out 5000 letters, covering the member ship of the churches where Near East Relief speakers invitations, would ap- pear. This committee also sent out 2,000, covering the membership of Everyman's Bible class.
 Through the efforts of Miss Eu- genia S. Bumgardner, Near East Re- lief field worker. a committee from the women's organizations of the various churches was formed, and worked to secure a large attendance for church field day. The results of these efforts speak for themselves.
 The large donation from the Greek Orthodox church. a very small congregation. is inspiring. In this way the Greeks of New Britain have demonstrated their gratitude to the Near East Relief for the saving Of the Greek population at smyrna and tor the aid given the Greek government in its stupendous problem of estab- fishing it's refugee population. Arch bishop Joachim, Metropolitan Of Cozani, who has recently come to America, spent the Easter season Tn New Britain. speaking at several serv- ices in the Greek church. telling the marvellous story of American relief work for stricken Greece.
 Tn undertaking the community ef- fort for New Britain on behalf of Jackie Coogan's milk campaign. the civic committee felt its first duty was 10 secure contributions from the woman's club and then appeal to the community at large. The subscrip- tions amounted to s650.S6.
 Through the cooperation of Messrs. Contaras and Perokas, owners of the Capitol, the Palace and the Scenic theaters, and of MT. Deiack, of the Lyceum, Mrs. Stanley l.. Galpin. theater chairman, secured $652.54. For three days at afternoon and eve- ming performances, the theaters showed a 15-minute reel. "Construc- the Forces in the Near East" giving a vivid picture of the children in the orphanages. This was followed by . slide of Jackie Cooean pleading for milk for these little children, and then by speaker. urging contribu- | tions for Jackie's milk ship.
 "In the Capitol and the Lyceum a collection was taken b ythe Sorority girls of the high school, under the chaperonage of Mrs. Galpin, Mrs George B. Ashley and Mrs. J.. A. 1 Spragne, and in the Scenic aid the Palace by a group of boys from the Boys club, under the direction of Stanley l.. Galpin. The time given, at each performance was not less than twenty-five minutes. It was a most generous contribution on the part of the theaters and Is greatly appreciat- ed by the committee.
 "The New Britain Savings bank. the New Britain Trust company, the Com mercial Trust company, the Dickinson Drug company. the Crowell Drug company, Davidson and Leventhal, the Boston store, Raphael's and the Rail- road station gave space for booths and extended our workers every courtesy. s4o5.27 was secured from the sale of tags in these booths and the coopeda- ton of these organizations is appre- ciated."
 In her report Mrs. Bassette refers 10 the efforts of the committee to.sell Jackie Coogan milk tags fin 'the schools and to enlist the aid of the Boy Scouts. Both efforts were un- successful because Of the existing rules against permitting soliciting of \ funds in schools or the using of Boy Scouts for the solicitation of funds for any purpose. The committee dis tributed envelopes 10 school children outside of school and collected them the next day obtaining in this man. | - s---