New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 12, 1918, Page 7

A A\ | various camps and cantonments & eastern Military department of the | national secretary, George W. Perkins | W B2 } l throughout this counry. Two similar | Y. M. C. A., held Tuesday, in Boston, 1 of New York city, and othtr prominent i campalgns held since April, 1917, te- | Mass.. stated that active steps towards | Y. M. C. A. workers. They i spoke of | ulted in over $30,000.000 in cash | waging this campaizn all over the | work carried on by the Red - f being collected Of this amount | country hav a1 been inaugu-: T 1gle, since war was declared, and - $30.000,000 has already been ox-| rated. At the conference held Tues le great need for more money and L o Uy L] i pended, the remainder, $§20,000,000, | day, an executive committee for the | workers. 1 Northeaste division was organized Wha e A R R e Has Been Done, = = next October In order that the Red ! James zan. ex-mayor of Worcester In addressing the conference, Mr A A s Triangle may continue with its good | was electod chairman. The Connecti- | Perkins gave an itemiged ; . i E nized account of tarted as soon as possible. The! W. G. Bushnell of New Haven The | the men in the service, as follow Tl] B]‘[[] m S“? 000 000 mount to he raised this time is much | quota for the entire Northeastern | including of the ship- g fly s er than ever before but the num- _diviston is $10,000,000, Connectic months since LS ber otimen ih et aoriive lso | share of this being $2.000,000. The es of athletic much larger. This requires a sreater | drive will be conducted nn practically zoods, 840,000 packa © of biscuit, The Ehdl G A (A is '] humber of Y. M. C. A. workers as | the same basis as the third Liberty | 210.000 pounds of candy, 1.400.000 y on its third nation-wide driy vell as supplies, | Loan. The Y. W. C. A. will ans of canned it. 4.000,000 pack r funds, the object heing to raise t Preltminary Plans Outlined, te with the Y. M. Q. A. in s of chewing gum, 350,000 pounds sum of $112.000,000 with which to The local general secretary, Rev. J campaign of chocolate, 400,000,000 izarette furnish recreati for the American | v Denton, who attended a confer- he conference held in Boson was | 21,000,000 cigars, 250,006 pounds of fore both at ind in the| nnae of 2 committee for the North- | addressed by Dr. John R. Mott, inter- | cocoa, 375,000 pounds of o ee, 850,- | mv— { 000 cans of condensed milk, 90 cases | | of cough drops, 300,000,000 sheets of letter paper, 28,000,000 pounds flour. 33.000 cans of jam, 65,000 vearly sub- | i scriptions to magazines, 2,000,000 . 5 New Testament nd otl cripture 3 | portion 3,000,000 other ligious | docume cases moving picture | y ercopticon machin, 6,000 :tercopticon slides, 6,000,0 pounds of s 4 chests of tea machines, 940,000 poun tobaceo, $50,000 pounds 000 tubes of oth paste. A cable received only a { short time ago called for the foliow- | ing ntain pens, 3,000,000 packag chewing gu 1,000,000 cigars, 170,000,000 cigareties, 600.000 | cans of smoking tobacco. Footballs, | tennis balls, boxing gloves and other i articles foo numerous fo mention ;hd\e been sent across, to play their part in the comfort and entettain [ ment of the boys over there. | Every precaution is being taken to /[nm»m the duplication of work be- | | | tobacco, | to o tween the Red Cross and ‘the Y. M C. A. and a sub-committee made of representatives from both organiza- tions is constantly watching this phase of the work. The Y. M. C. A. looks after the physical, religious, educational and moral welfare of the | men who are not sick. It also is doing all it possibly can to render as- tance in the matter of information | g etween the boys over there and the folks at home N The work of the War Workddoun cil of the Y. M. C. A. has assumed a broader operation than the work i of the Y. M. C. A. before we entered | the war. Buildings have been erect- | | ed not only fto be used by the Pro- | testant churches but by the Catholics | and Jews as well These buildings | [ | are used for entertainments, lectures, | In this country alone 533 building: ! have been erected, while in Europe, ! up to the first of April, 505 buildings have been purchased and erected. In | the six military departments of this | country, over £4,000.000 have been expended for operating expenses. This includes the very modest salaries of the men and women who operate the | huts and the very vast amount of equipment necessary for educational, religious and athletic operations. In | the overseas work over $10,000,900 has heen expended in a similar man- — ner. 6,700 men and women are now | engaged in the war work of the asso- ! -~ ~- > ciation both at home and abroad. $5,- g 000.000 has heen puf into canteen a3 2 Shawknit supplies overseas Every need and | desire of the soldier is represented in | 50c Fibre Silks 35¢ i the list of supplies furnished by the | 3 for $1.00 4 ® $2.00 and $1.35 3 for $4.00 .50, $4.00 and $5.00 Shirts $2.85 Silk $6.00, $7.50 and $8.50 Shiy! $4.85 The Dependable “Wilson” Shirt. The Colors Hold. AR A, Y. W. C. A. to Co-operate. | An arrangement has been made by | which the coming drive will embrace the needs of the Y. W. C. A., which | calls for an expenditurs of $12,000,- 1000 to $14,000,000. The Y. M. C. A. and the Y. W. C. A. will carry on the | campaign together, both organizatio to furnish their part of the $112,000,- 35¢ 000 named s the goal. This means | that the Y. M. C. A. must secure 3 for $1.00. | practically $100,000,000. The Y. W. C. A. has a vast field of usefulnes not only in connection with their hostess houses, bui in administering to the needs of those young women who are daily being pressed into in- dustrial service in this country and overseas to fake the places of men ; who have goue to war i Other members of the local Y. M A. who attended the conference were President E. M. Wightman and #1. H. Pease, of the board of direc- | tors. Secretary Denton remained for the dinner for general secretaries, held at the City club of Boston, Tues- day evening at 8 o'clock, when they held a conference with Dr. Mott BOOST Y. M. C. A. MEMBERSHIP. NECKWEAR This store has been pre-eminent in Neckwear since the day it opened its doers. 50c Ties 3 for $1.00 $1.00 Ties 65¢ $1.75, $2.00, $2.50 Ties $1.35 : Your Neckwear Always at Wilson’s. p UNDERWEAR Rockinchair Athletic Union Suits ¢ 81.50 value 85¢ “i Regular Bal Light Weight $1.25 Shirts 50¢ ALL STRAW HATS $1.85 and $2.85 Panamas Reduced ! You’ll Do Better at | Excellent Record Thus Far Main- | § | tained Ts to Be Continued If Possible. The membership committee of 10 | f | representative, men of the local Y. M | ¢ A, will hold » meeting in the di rectors’ room this evening, to talk the mafter of aiding ihe mem- | | bership secretary, M. D. Blanchard in securing new members for the | New Britain assoclation. The com- | | mittee will organ this time. Those on the membership commit- | | tee are Alfred Olson. Arthur Mec Nickle, Albert Kailgren, Sam Shu- man, John J. Kelly. Walter Milkey, | Joseph Chernoff. Louis Schaeffer. | Clarence Anderson. They will meet { with Mr. Blanchard, who will outline for them the plan of work. The lo- cal Y. M. C. A. is one of the few | ociations in the state that has kept its membership up to what it was be- | fore the war. Bven though many of | | its= memhers have been drafted into the service as well as having enlist- ed, yet new nembe have heen se- cured, always enou pre-war record ov Grade Turkish reties in the World to keep up a CITY ITEMS Suits 83¢ at the Advt Miss Ingeborg Fromen, daughter of | Dr. and Mrs. Ernest T. Fromen of . this city, has gone to Boston, Mass. | where she will take the summer | course at the Emerson School of Ora- [tory. While a student in the Jocal High school, M "romen was prom- inent in High schol |mok leading parts in | students of Miss Coe's | tora oy = 1