The Wilmington morning star., 1946-11-17
ESTABLISHES
BIG BUILDING FUND
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all Cor their participation in the
drive.
1--WE should all be very grateful,
too. to the North Carolina Ship
building company for its very gen
erous contribution in this, its last
year Of operation in Wilmington.
We shall miss its support next
year." they added.
They pointed out that, wltnout
the assistance of the shlpyard' tnls
years campaign would have 1ali-
ed to reach its goal.
The total contributions by the
shipbuilding company and It's EN-
ployes in the live Community Chest
drives here is $272, $50, about 81
per cent Of the $795, 900 raised. VI
the $272, $50. the company ltsel1
gave $40, 900. The employees do
mated S132, $50 in four of the cam
paigns. No solicitation OF the work
ers was conducted this year be-
cause the plant was closed before
the financial effort was opened.
OF the $795, 900 raised in the
five campaigns, 1924, o66 has been
appropriated to war relief needs.
In the first effort, $4,000 was
budgeted for six war relief agen-
cies. During the next three years,
a total of 5000, 721 was obtained for
the National War Fund, which con-
Quoted a united drive of all war
RELIEF appeals.
l. This organization was iiquidated
last winter, but at the request OF
General Eisenhower and Admiral
Nimitz, the USO vas asked to
carry on independently of the War
Fun for another year. A total Of
$40. 345. 00O for USO vas included
in the budget for the latest Com
munitv Chest drive. Since the USO
has announced that this will be Its
last campaign, directors OF the
Chest have stated that the next
campaign will include only the
needs OF its twelve local Red
+ edul6r SGlV1SCo.
The two top divisions in the l941
Chest campaign were the Down
town Divisions, Lloyd w. Moore,
chairman, which raised Ill. Six
per cent of its goal, and the Corpo-
rate Gifts divisions Fred z. Little,
chairman, 10. Two Percent OF its
goal.
Honors for highest scoring team
in the Downtown division raised
172. Seven per cent. Second high
est team was that Of Louis ShrieE
in the Industrial Employees div
sion, with 139. Two per cent. Other
high scoring teams included those
headed by Peter E. Ruffin in the
Corporate Gifts division 116. Eight
per cent. Robert Newell in the In
dustrial division 119. One per cent,
J. B. McCumber in the CONNER
cial division 116. Nine per cent,
Leslie Boney, Jr., and Wallace l.
West in the Downtown division
1876. Two per cent and 121. Five PEI
cent respectively and Mrs. w. T.
Benton in the Residential divl-
sion, us. Three per cent.
The final reports of the various
divisions, with the teams, theil
captains, goals, amounts raised
and percentages, follow:
Corporate gifts, Fred E. Little
chairman: Team No. i, Howard
Penton, $s,4oo; s5,915; 92.4 pei
cent. Team No. 2, Peter B. Ruffin
s25, 200; $29, AS; 1853 per cent
Team No. 3, Alex Sprunt, 6 300;
Sc, 300; 1o1.6 per cent. Totlas, 's37,.
800; s41, $50; 1902 per cent.
Individual gifts, Davis Howes,
chairman: Team No. 1, Fred Ora:
ham, $3.50; SLIGO; 63.1 per cent
Team No. 2, Robert Tate, SIS, $50
SIS, 800; 97.3 per cent. Totals, 49,
800; $7,210; 1913 per cent.
Professional, DR.. j. Watts Earth
ing: Medical, DR.. r. B. Hare, So,
300; $1,000; SO per cent. Dental
DR.. James H. Smith, $1,000; s6O8.
QUO per cent. Legal, CldytoI
Holmes, $1,000; $1,119; 93.2 pei
cent. Totals, S. 700; 81, 796; 81
per cent.
Industrial, Gardner Greer, chair
man: Group A, Robert Newell,
81, 900; 49, 1919; 1871 per cent
Group B, Louis Shrier, $500; ST..
ia; 1892 per cent. Group c, A,
E. Gibson, 81, 300; $3,076; It's pei
cent. Totals, $1,000; Sc, 1852. IA; co.
per cent.
Commercial, Emory Switzerland,
chairman: Group A, Sam Berger,
So, 700; $3,o36.55 80 per cent.
Group B, Robert Montgomery, ST.
900; $1,634.42; SO per cent. Group