The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1950-09-21
Drive Gets AF|yins Start
AbIeLeadership In Charge

district will get off to a fly
ing start at the areas kickoff
dinner and rally to be held
on Tuesday, September 20, at
the Hong Kong Cafe, 507 May
nard Avenue. All campaign
workers - solicitors, captains
and majors are urged to at
tend the dinner, as well as the
board members of neighborhood
Chest agencies and other in
terested persons. Because of
the cooperation of the Hong
Kong Cafe, tickets for the din
ner will cost only $1.00.
William Sing, owner of the
Twentieth Century Markets
and Senior Vice-Commander of
gion, has bn egro ups(
Cath Post 1856, American Leg
ion, has been appointed colonel
for the district, according to
an announcement made by Mr..
Clayton Watkins, general Of
the Downtown Division. Sing
has participated in several OF
the previous campaigns, and
last year was captain of the
Cathy Post team which raised
157 per cent of its quota.
Seiichi Hara, veteran of 81
Chest campaigns, has been
named major for the district
in charge of organization. Serv-
ing as Northumberland will
be Mrs. Anne Luke, who has
also hal number of years ex-
perience and who served in the
same capacity last year.
Captains appointed by Sing
include Arthur T. King, Mica
nor Bocaloy, Henry Della Cruz,
Tad Yamaguchi, John Ogishi-
ma, B. B. Collandret, James
Mar, and James Matsuoka. Two
more captains to cover the en-
tire district are yet to be NAM
ed. Tickets for the dinner can
be purchased from any of the
above named captains or at the
jackson Street Council Office
826 Jackson Street.
Three veterans organizations
have accepted responsibility
for covering an area each. The
Nisei Veteran s Committee,
headed by Ogishma, and the
Puget Sound Post 212, Ameri-
san Legion, and its Auxiliary,
led by Collandret, are partici-
pating as groups for the first
time. Cathy Post and AuXil-
airy, American Legion, are So
Letting for the fourth consecu-
tive year, this time under Mr..
James Mar. Solicitor teams
for each of the areas covered
by these groups will be made
up of members of the respect
i've organizations. Also par
ticipating as a team will be the
Chong Wa, headed by Arthur
King, and the Filipino Commu-
nifty of Seattle and Vicinity
captained by Della Cruz. The
Japanese Community Service
Committee nominated Yama-
guchi to take charge of solicit
tatiOn among the Japanese.
Additional solicitors are still
needed for three areas, and
any individuals wishing to par
ticipate should notify either
the jackson Street Council, at
Elliott 1850, or the Chest of
flee, Mi-2200. The average
time required is approximately
eight hours during the first
two weeks in October. These
hours can be arranged largely
at the solicitor s convenience.
While the total amount of
time is not great, the job done
in that time is of tremendous
to 1.-THE A local
agencies who receive Commune
ty Chest funds and to the
10000 people in this county
served by agencies and who
benefit directly from the cam
paign.
at is a real privilege and a
great responsibility to be Sc
lected to head the South Dis
trict's campaign" Sing said,
the record-breaking habit Of
this area in past campaigns has
become a city-wide tradition
and which our teams this year
will make every effort to up
hold. We have always been
the first district to 90 over
the top, an in some years we
have also gone the fartherest
over the goal. We shall he