Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-02-07

PREDICTS SUCCESS
IN LOCAL drive
mo Boys Club campaign has ever
failed yet and / know that you men
are to succeed in the drive in your
city next week." David Armstrong
of Worcester, Mass, an executive of
the National Boys Clubs of America,
said in closing his talk of advice
and instruction to the $50 men who
are to conduct the WatervilIe drive,
at their meeting at the Elmwood
hotel last evening.
The enthusiasm shown at last
nights meeting presages quick and
successful termination of the two
day campaign, which opens next
Tuesday morning and concludes ON
Wednesday night. Nat II. Barrows
asked the men whether they did not
think it best to make the amount of
the campaign $4,000 instead Of the
original $4,000. Mr.. Barrows was,
with DR.. George G. Averill, large
ly responsible for the existence of
the club today and has been one of
the most liberal donors toward it.
he. gave as the reason why the
amount should be increased the ar
gument that with the extra $4,000 the
club would have ample funds for
supporting itself until June. 1926.
The vote for the increase was prac-
tlcally unanimous.
Mr.. Barrows was called on to tell
the team members of the financial
condition of the club by DIR. J. +.
Hill, chairman Of the general COM
mittee in charge of the drive. He
sketched briefly the history of the
club from it's formation early last
summer to the present. In all there
has been an expenditure of approx
imately $4,000 and the annual rum
ming expenses are estimated to be
$4,000. The income from club men,
bers. the boys themselves and the
sale of gymnasium suits has been
$1,000. Mr.. Barrows said that it was
upon the suggestion of Mr.. Arm
strong that he had asked that the
/ extra $1,000 be added to the amount
of the drive, because this would give
the club enough to work on for the
next year and a half. To show that
no was wholly in favor of the idea
he increased his donation OF $500
to $500.
Mr.. Armstrong; talk was full of
advice which will be of great help
| TO the men when the drive gets I'M
der way. He said that he had first
come to Watervilie nearly a year
| ago when the Boys Club was but an
Idea in the minds of a few. Water
| Vile has made great impression
| on him. In all the cities in which
he has been he has never seer a
| better boys club in proportion to
| the size of the city and he has never
met with a better manifestation of
! public spirit. He said that nothing
! about the club had been done in a
| niggardly manner. All was very
suitable to it's purpose and he had
seen nothing which needed to be
| done over.
| In speaking of Frank J. Goodrich,
the superintendent of the club. Mr..
! Armstrong was most laudatory. He
| considered Mr.. Goodrich a find
and said that he had told the men
| of the Waterville club so last sum-
mer. 1t is not hard to raise money
for a club, neither was it particular
ly difficult to get the support of pub
: lie opinion, but the acquisition of a
man such as Mr.. Goodrich was a
hard task and the speaker compli-
mented the Waterville organization
on it's good fortune.
| Mr.. Armstrong will remain In the
city during the drive. After the
meeting at the hotel the team mem
bers AMI Mr. Arms trong went to the
| clubhouse where they watched the
boys ut their play and where the
! club expert talked to the boys pres.
ent on club matters.
Realizing that there are great
number OF people who have not as
yet visited The club. Mr.. Goodrich
is to hold open house this afternoon
| and evening from . until O'Clock
! and on Monday. Tuesday and Wed.
| nesday Of next week from until :
o'clock. The only way in which one
may come to full realization of al
the club is doing is to pay call and
it is hoped that everyone will avail
himself of the opportunity to do so
Sunday afternoon at 2.3O o'cloc''
| Mr.. Armstrong is to speak at d
meeting at the City Opera House tc
which everyone is invited. DR.. Her.
| bert C. Libby is to preside and Mr.
Armstrong will speak at some
| length on Boys Cllo work show.
ing many slides Of the various acti.
| vities. A special musical program
| Is being prepared. This will be the
only chance that the public will have
| to hear the Worcester man.
| New members of the Club. drawn
yesterday are as follows: Ernelic
Bolduc, Gerald Bolduc. Floward
Brassey. Albert Bilodeau, Phil.
Barron, Antonio Bourgoin. Richard
Bourgoin. Leonel Bealieu, George
| Carter, Joseph Carter. jesse Caron
Emile Density. Raymond E. Dorval
D. NormAnd Dorvsl. Arthur -Four.
Ter. Elton r. Gibbs. Elander w
Grant. Harold P. GRAY. Perecles
! Hadjiheaco, Philip ]. Hall, Gerard
Hebert. Alphonse Hackey, Roland
King. Henri P. Landry. Romeo Lam
! bier. Alfred Lagassey. Frank &C.
. trasseur. Romeo Landry. Luc Ia
! ocmbem. Benjamin Levine, Neil NC
/ Lear, Royal Lcmieux, AL aham
| Mertz, Andre Morrlsette. Alfred Nor.
/ risette. Henry O'Connor. Milton II
! Nanoleon Roderiuue, Gladstone "
| SAWYER. Joseph Talbot, Jean N1gnon