The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-30
CHARITY FUND
/. TOTAL PUSHED
TO S885,642
Scars Over Goal by $20,-
600; 35 Social Agencies
to Get Share.
SPIRIT OF CITY LAUDED
Employees Division Reports
141.6 Per Cent With
$193,101.

ease expected suffering from I'M
employment during the ensuing
year, as her Community Fund
Golfers were heaped with con-
tributions totaling $4,000 more than
the goal set.
Total donations of 1885, 642.92
we're reported at the final campaign
meeting Wednesday night in the
Claypool. The goal was $685., 900, and
prior to Wednesday nights report
$798, 74509 has been raised. Thirty
five social service agencies will share
the fund.
Reading congratulatory messages
from James H. Barnes, Washington,
president of the United States
Chamber of Commerce, and Con-
gresham Louis Ludlow, Fred Hoke,
former funC president who presided
at the meeting, said several Indian
apolis residents had telephoned the
fund headquarters during the meet
ing, offering unsolicited subScrip-
tons.
Baxter Adds Personal Gift
THAT is the spirit that continues
to prevail in the city," Hoke said.
'It means we have a glorious year
ahead Of us. I only wish that we
could all go down into the factory,
the shop, the store and the office
and shake hands with every persons
who gave to this fund. It is Won
derful the manner in which they
have come to the aid of their I'M
fortunate fellow-men and fellow
women"
-Four major divisions which sought
money in the campaign reported the
following totals, and per cent of
goals reached: Special gifts, 1884,
205, or 1915 per cent; branch house,
$26,819.50, or 81.3 per cent; en-
ployes' division, $193, 1919, or 141.6
per cent; and individual gifts divi-
sion, $371, 51703, or 101.5 per cent.
Arthur r. Baxter, chairman of
the special gifts division, first an
nounced a grand total of $884,642.92,
and then added personal gift of
$1,000
/ Oh AICend FInaI Meeting
Five hundred and seventeen per-
sons attended the final meeting.
They applauded each division re-
port, and leaders thanked workers
to whom they gave credit for raising
the amounts to complete the funds
goal.
Employees of the William H. Block
Company gave approximately three
times as much this year as last. The
1,155 employees Of the downtown de-
partment store contributed $6,751.6O,
an average of $5.95 a piece. The
contribution in 1929 was $1,956.64.
This gain was one of the most
striking recorded during the fund
campaign
Only one of ten preceding cam
paignS was oversubscribed, that in
1928, of which Walter c. Marmon
was chairman. Arthur v. Brown.
president of Union Trust Company,
was chairman, and William Insley,
president of Insley Manufacturing
Company, was president of the cur
rent drive.
The six districts in the employees
division finished as follows:
Industrial. Howard T. Griffith, chair
man. s91 ,265.16. or 1853 per cent: CONNER
cial. Leroy c. Bruenig, chairman, $I6,-
46705. or 1857 per cent: mercantile. Don A
Morrison. chairman. S34.438.86. or 1872. 5
per cent public. Postmaster Robert H. Bry-
son. chairman. 31.974.84. or 1879 per cent:
utility, Eco w. Meach. chairman. $14.-
4l3.34. or 1901 per cent. and railroads
SASHA. or 9O.s per cent.
The 1911, 51703 total or 1O1.5 per
cent reported by the individual gifts
division was raised as follows by the
ten districts of the division:
No. 1. H c. Atkins. chairman. $37.O67.47.
or l01.5 per cent; No. 2. J. J. Fitzgerald.
chairman. $37. 654.1O. or 1881 per cent; No.
3. Joseph M. Block, chairman. S36976. go.
or 101 per cent: No. 4. Herman c. Wolff
chairman. S36,3S2.76. or 98.6 per cent: No
5 A. E. Baker. chairman, S37.296.86. or
1927 per cert: No. 6. R. C. Rottger. chair
man. S36. 902 IS. or 1902 per cent; No. T.
George Terrence. chairman. S36.063.58. or
976 per cent: No. 8. H. T. Davis and Ken
Mosiman. co-chairmen. s37.683.ss, or 1914
per cent: No. 8 j. Frank Holmes. chair
man. 36.5Os.o2. or s9.2 per cent. and No
10 Robert w. Fleischer and r. S. Stemp-
fell co-chairmen. s3s 9So.61, or 1868 per
cent