Evening star., 1952-01-31
$4,000 May Be Total in Mothers March on Polio

more to tabulate when they
stopped counting at 3 am. Money
lsti1l was coming in from houses
missed in the attempt by some
10000 workers to. call on every
lighted doorway. No specific quota
lhad been set for the District.
In addition. more than $1O0, 600
It's expected from other activities
in the annual March Of Dimes
] campaign which closed last night.
THE final total, expected later to-
day. may go higher than the
peak collections Of the war years
IIwhen the Presidents Birthday
balls were big revenue producers,
lofhcials said.
/ March of Dimes headquarters
said today several persons had
ltelephoned and asked where they
could send contributions. since
they had not been called on last
might.
Such contributions should be
sent to. March of Dimes. Room
220, District Building"
/ In Baltimore. it was estimated
. that 100000 was raised.
/ The lights were on in the resi-
Dental blocks all over the Capital
and the volunteer collectors
seemed. to enjoy the experience
despite the below-freezing tenn
Iperature.
/ Slow Tabulati0n Awaited.
The WMAL-TV studio in the
old Chevy Chase Ice Palace at
4461 Connecticut avenue NV. was
like a political headquarters last
might with workers awaiting q
slow tabulation of the vote to be
completed.
The money was all in before
midnight but the physical task of
counting small bills and coins took
hours.
More than 800 workers filled
the seats in the big studio and
lStood in the aisles to watch the
televised show Of counting the do
nations.
They cheered when Mrs. Car
roll Perry. campaign colonel Of
the seventh or Georgetown pre-
cinct. arrived carrying a huge
suitcase, followed by helpers with
several bundles, and it was an
Inounced that they contained
l$8 800.
The IA police precincts had
been made the territorial divisions
tof the canvass, with a colonel for
each, with captains responsible
for groups of blocks and lieu
tenants and block wardens under
the captains.
Second Precinct Cheered.
They cheered again when Mrs.
Helen r. M. Pinkney, colonel Of
the second precinct. where the
population is almost oil colored,
arrived with several helpers and
lit was announced they had coll
lected $4,000.
George L. Gregg, colonel Of the
18th, the Southeast section across
the Anacostia, came In with q
wash basket and several large
cartons full of money. It was
announced that the collection in
that precinct came to almost
$40, 900.
Groups Of workers with bundles
arrived in patches from the eighth
precinct, the area west Of Rock
Creek and north Of Georgetown.
The colonel was Mrs. Frank
Boucher. A preliminary addition
of the sums penciled on the bun
dies indicated that the eighth's
total was more than $14,50O.
Eight bank tellers In q row at
a long table on the stage were
speedily counting bills and putting
them is packages Of 500 each.
Men with adding machines were
totaling the contents of the bun
dies passed to them. Other bank
employees were operating electric
coin machines that automatically
separated and counted all coins
from / cent to so cent pieces.
Police Escort to Banks.
Occasionally shipment Of
money in big black Gladstone
bags guarded by police would be
sent to a bank with a night
depository.
A reporter and photographer
accompanied q group Of women
workers who set out from the
home Of William F. Pritchard, q
captain Of the 11th precinct vol
1unteers, at 2140 Thirty-second
street Sc. in the Hillcrest section.
4 The lights were on all up and
down the street. The first call
was made by Mrs. Irma Raffen-
sperger Of 2138 Thirty-second
street on the house ct 2217. w. G.
Winstead, b Veterans Administra-
ton employe, answered the door.
He got a dollar out OF his billfold
and put it in the collectors bottle
while q oto-bulb flashed.
Another worker, Mrs. Anne Sin
clair Of 2129 Thirty-second street
got a surprise on her first call.
lit was a check for $50. q donation
from q local Of the Carpenters
Union. ALI up and down the
street, the residents seemed glad
Ito be called on, asked the volun-
Iteers in and all the donations were
Isl or more.
Job Done In Half Hour.
i The workers in the immediate
vicinity Of MIR. Pritchard's home
finished their canvass In half an
lhour. At 2911 s street Sc, In
IRandle Highlands, Mr.. Gregg, the
colonel who organized the 11th
precinct, started waiting anxiously
at 8 o'clock for calls from his
captains. He had i've policemen
lin his parlor ready to drive to
1.-THE homes OF the captains and
bring the money In safely.
The first call came at 0:25 from
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