Evening star., 1952-01-31
$50 900 May Be Total in Mothers March on Polio

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lagainst polio" collected last night.
| They had an estimated $50, 900
more to tabulate when they
stopped counting at 8 am. Money
still was coming in from houses
missed in the attempt by some
10000 workers to call on every
lighted doorway.
IN addition. more than 500, 900
is expected from other activities
In the annual March Of Dimes
campaign which closed last night.
The final total may 60 higher
than the peak collections Of the
war years when the Presidents
birthday balls were big revenue
producers, officials said.
| The lights were on in the resi-
dental blocks all over the Capital
land the volunteer collectors
seemed to enjoy the experience
despite the below-freezing tenn
lperature.
Slow TabuIation Awaited.
The WdAL-TV studio In the
lold Chevy Chase Ice Palace at
4461 Connecticut avenue NV. was
like q political headquarters last
might with workers awaiting a
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 filed
the seats in the big studio and
stood 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
I$8, 300.
The IA police precincts had
been made the territorial divisions
LOT the canvass, with a colonel for
each. with captains responsible
flor 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 all colored,
arrived with several helpers and
1t was announced they had col
lected $4,000.
George l.. Gregg. colonel Of the
11th, 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
$4,000.
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 pehciled on The bum
dies indicated that the eighth's
total was more than $14,500.
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.
The television camera was taking
it all in.
Police Escort to Banks.
Occasionally q shipment Of
money in big black Gladstone
bags guarded by police would be
sent to bank with a night
depository.
A reporter and photographer
accompanied a group Of women
workers who set out from the
home Of William F. Pritchard. a.
captain of the 18th precinct VOL
Iunteers. at 2140 Thirty second
street Sc. in the Hillcrest section.
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 at 2217. w. c.
|Winstead, a Veterans Administra-
tiun employe. answered the door.
He got q dollar out Of his billfold
and put it in the collectors bottle
while a photo-bulb flashed.
Another worker, Mrs. Anne Sin
clair Of 2129 Thirty second street
lgot a surprise ON hel. first call.
lit was q check for $50, q donation
from a local of the Carpenters
Union. All up and I down the
street. the residents seemed glad
to be called on, asked the volun-
lteers in and all the donations were
Isl or more,
u & y I'll. Il
Job Dome in Hall Hour.
The workers IN the immediate
vicinity of Mr.. Pritctard's home
finished their canvass in hall, an
hour. At 2911 S street Sc, in
lRandle Highlands, Mr.. Gregg, the
lcolonel who organized the 11th
precinct, started waiting anxiously
lat 8 o'clock for calls from his
lcaptains. He had five policemen
lin his parlor ready to drive to
the homes Of the captains and
bring the money In safely.
The flrst3call came at 9:25 from
Curtis ingalls,. captain Of the
lNaylor Gardens area. He reported
la collection OF $1,000. The last
Iof the eight captains reported
labout 11p.m Then Mr.. Gregory
and his captains speeded 10 the
1WMAL studio with . motorcycle
teScort.