Laurel outlook., 1946-05-08
GAIL REPORTS STATE
LED IN KENNY APPEAL

Keeping up the record of national
leadership made in the Wan Loan
drives, Montana not only led all the
states of the Union in per capita
contributions to the Sister Eliza
beth Foundation, but had the lowest
campaign cost. Montana, in the
campaign which closed in January,
raised nearly $4,000 at a cost of
only sos per cent.
A tabulation of results, including
contributions received up to the
first of May, as given out by the
state campaign headquarters at Bill
ings, shows that Montana citizens
and organizations subscribed a total
of $24, 702.65, total expenses of
state and county organizations was
81 ,272.14, and net receipts $24,43O.-
81. This was not quite 500 of
Montana's assigned quota of $780,
900, or approximately 10 cents per
capita, which was approximately
two and one-half times the per cap
tia quota for the nation. The ma
tional quota was $5,000,000 of which
approximately $1,000,0O0 was rails
ed, equal to about four-fifths of a
cent per capita, whereas M%ontana's
contribution averaged five cents per
capita, six times the national aver
age.
The figures for Montana were
given out by W. w. Gail, state
chairman, and confirmed by H. j..
Coleman, treasurer and Norman
Ahrens, assistant treasurer, and the
chairman stated that Montana's
national leadership was announced
in a letter from Marvin L. Kline of
Minneapolis, Kenny Fund Admins
TRAITOR, after tabulation of national
results.
Of the funds raised, so per cent
was to go to the Kenny Founda-
ton for enlargement of the Kenny
Institute at Minneapolis, to per-
nit the training of more nurses in
the Kenny Method of treating polio,
and to provide more adequate facil-
tiles for treatment, and so per cent
was to be returned to the states
subscribing, to provide for the train
ing of nurses to be available where
ever needed. This means that after
deduction of approximately $1,70O
for the states pro rata share of
national campaign costs, about $1O,-
BOO will be available to finance the
training of nurses. The funds will
be handled by a state committee
low in process of organization.
Twenty-Five of Montana's Sc
had county chairman and
others local chairman, and
practically all the money raised
from these counties. Quotas
we're based on population, although
hose in the larger counties were
set higher than the average. On
The basis of the quotas, Mineral
county showed the highest percent
age of subscriptions-205; and II
were over 1000. Prairie
county was the first to go over
he top and Yellowstone county,
With net receipts of $9,804.01 led
II total amount subscribed, as well
Is in average per capita subscrip-
cents-or about 30 times
rational per capita average.
Montana's good showing, accord
ng to the chairman, was in large
due. to the fine work of
he women's division, of which Mrs.
Margaret Anderson of Miles City,
tate chairman of Junior Women's
lubs, was chairman. The cam
,aigns in more than half the coun-
les were conducted by women's or
,anizations, and in several of the
thers the campaigns were sponsor
ID by mems organizations. All
ampaign workers workers were
-olunteers in the cause and not one
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