The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-23
Goodfellows Goal Exceeded
Turn Attention Today to
Food, Toys, Dresses,
Suits For Needy

With their goal of 1910 ex-
ceeded in their annual sale Of the
Goodfellow Edition OF the Daily
Press, Old Newsboys are today
turning their attention to the
preparation OF baskets of food.
toys. suits and dresses for their
annual delivery on the day before
Christmas.
Investigations have been COM
pleted and lists prepared for the
various cooperating agencies by
a committee consisting of Emil
Susterka, chairman, R. A. Wier,
Don Comstock and Knowell Hart
with President f. r. Snyder sup
cruising considerable of the de-
tail work.
Nearly 175 families will receive
baskets from the Goodfellows and
other agencies who are working
with them to avoid duplication.
Including two baskets of fruit
for the County Farm Goodfellows
will have a minimum of So bask-
cts. These will include suits for
little boys. dresses for the girls
and toys for the tots.
Suits and dresses are provided
by the Rorison Dress Project who
receive part of their funds from
the Goodfellows. Delivery will be
made with four trucks under the
supervision of a committee COM
posed OF Knowell Hart, chairman,
Gerald Mead and Phelps Grouse.
This group will also deliver Is TO
20 baskets for the Normal College
Y. w. c. A. in Plat.
Capt. Albert Koch OF the Saliva
ton Army has list of 3S baskets
to be delivered now and is anti
cipating a few additions. Suits
and dresses prepared by the Rori-
son group will also be included
where there are small children in
the family.
Aid "a Families
Under the co-chairmanship of
A. j. Odette and B. F. Eddings the
American Legion will provide and
deliver baskets to "a families. In
addition to suits and dresses these
baskets will include nuts. candies
and fruit furnished by the Ameri-
can Legion Auxiliary by COM
mittee headed by Mrs. A. G. Hus-
ton Used toys which have been
repaired by the boys at Camp Lee
gion will go to many anxious
children who will be looking for
Santa Claus. For the first time
these baskets will have an identi-
fication ticket with the American
Legion Emblem. Delivery will
be made today instead of Tuesday.
In addition to Goodfellow bas,
kets delivered from SO North HUI
ron St. will be ten by members Of
the Junior Chamber of Commerce,
nine by the Izaak Walton League
and IA by the Central Specially
Co. All of these baskets will in
clude suits and dresses from the
Rorison Dress Project and toys
from the Goodfellows. The latter
two organizations are experience
ing their first years Christmas
basket program in conjunction
with the Goodfellows.
Sale Brings S51t.st
With baskets ordered. toys pur-
chased, suits and dresses com
pleted and delivery arranged,
Goodfellows' interest returns to
the results OF Saturdays news
paper sale. Receipts from this
source were $511.S1. from Kiwan-
ians $12.51 and from the odd
Fellows $40 for a total of S53432.
a new record. To accomplish this
25 Old News boys sold 2,743
papers. a new record or sc more
than in 1889. Previous high re-
cepits were s52443. including
some remittances after Christmas
which was in 1899. Receipts at
this time last year we're S50S.79.
Since their inception this organi-
zation has raised $3,310.35 OF
which $2.975.2O was secured
through their newspaper sale.
All records but two we're shat
tered and they were Dan. T..
Quirk's $685. in 1885. and the
total papers sold, 800. held Joint
ly by Dan T. Quirk in 1886 and
Emil Susterka and Glenn Ride
nour in 1899. Ernest Maddux
was way out in front with receipts
OF S67.S2. bringing his total 10