The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-02-14
~ Opens Annual
Membership Drive

Seeking goal of 300 new adult
members, the annual membership
campaign Of the local YMCA opens
this week and will continue until
March 8 when the campaign work
ers hope to achieve their goal. The
campaign is under the general di-
rection of Howard B. Allen, men,
Der of the ~ Committee of Man
agement and chairman of the men,
bership committee. Allen has been
membership chairman since the
opening of the branch five years
ago and during that time the mum.
Der OF members has increased from
a total Of $50 the first year to the
present time when the branch re-
ports total of over seventeen hun
dred members. This includes bows
and girls, and men and women.
Two main divisions make up the
organization of the campaign. The
Women's division has Mrs. Walter
Wick as general chairman, and the
mems division is headed by Herbert
{. Horst. Assisting Mrs. Wick as
section chairmen are the fol-
lowing-Mrs. Harry j. Locker. Mrs.
j. H. Steele, Mrs. j. B. Warmer.
Mrs. Harold jacobson. Mrs. G. A.
Taber, Mrs. Nina Stewart, Miss Lois
Anderson, Betty Serulla, Kathleen
Rushlow Mrs. Margaret Nolan.
Mrs. Kay Huskey, Mrs. Milton
Moore, and Miss Cora Hartman.
Working with Mr.. Horst as Sec
ton chairmen are Richard CAL
kins, P. N. Burkhard, Tom Martin.
Bruce Mckay, George Roberts,
Larry Egland, Ray Hunter. Jr.. Dr.
j H. Lewis, John c. Kreger, Carl
Bufe and John Riley.
The purpose of the annual mem
oerShip campaign is to enlist the
interest and support of men and
women in the development and ex-
panSion of the YMCA in the Down.
river Area. Since the branch opened
i've years ago the rapid growth and
expansion of the YMCA service in
the Downriver Area has been made
possible because of the increase in
the number Of men and women
who have given of their interest
and support as members of the
local ".
Since the opening of the branch
i've years ago so many requests
nave come to the " for YMCA
service that it has been impossible
10 respond to all of them. There
lore the entire program of the "
In the Downriver Area has devel-
oped IN response to the interests
and needs OF youth, and now there
IS a waiting list of a number of
additional requests for " service
that will have to await the enlist
ment of a great number of adult
members and an increase in facil-
tiles for service.
The local " is a braAch of the
Detroit YMCA and a member agen-
cy OF the Downriver Council of So
clal Agencies. The branch 'Y' was
opened in 1871 by the Detroit
fMCA as Il result of a request from
group OF local citizens With DR..
.. H. Lewis. chairman. It was their
inSistance that caused the Detroit
Y To seriously consider opening a
branch III The Downriver Area
lheh. after years experience the
response waS So great that a per-
manent branch was established
With Francis r. Griffith appointed
as chairman. Mr.. Griffith had
served Tor one year as chairman
OF the Provisional Committee At
the present time other members of
the Committee OF Management are
as follows: John c. Kreger. vice
chairman; John E. You'd, Howard
Z. Allen. F.. w. Frostic. Harold JAG
OLSON. Lee H. Clark. DR.. Warren F
Hall, Miss Lois Anderson, William
"eoo, II. c. Horst, DR.. j. Hugh
Lewis, Cyril Readhead, Bruce A.
Mckay. Mrs. Harry j. Locker. Mr..
Floyd Henig. Mr.. Bernard Mahalak
MI Earl OConnor, and Mr.. Will
liam Lltchell.