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Show IChest Wearing 1 Drive Deadline I I j : i I . LAST ROUND-UP OF CHEST BRINGS RESULTS F. S. Walden, left, and Mrs. Martin C. Lindem Workers Need $33,600 by Night To Go 'Over the Top' Community Chest 1939 campaign workers 1000 strong Were out Tuesday to "bring home the bacon." Every drive organization division, section and group had Workers in the field scouring the city from end to end in efforts to raise sufficient funds to reach the $165,000 goal by nightfall. They need $33,600 to "go over the top." The fifteenth annual appeal, under un-der way In preliminary and Intensive In-tensive stages since October 9, will close Tuesday at 7 p. m. when leaders and workers gather at the Hotel Utah to celebrate the Victory Vic-tory dinner. Final subscription reports will be filed and the grand total of gifts made known. In a final appeal for com pa i en support F. S. Walden, general campaign cam-paign chairman, and Mrs. Martin C. Lindem, chsirman of the women's wom-en's section, joined in urging all prospective subscribers to turn In their gifts during the day. Both saw victory In sight if it became physically possible to obtain reports re-ports on sums known to be "on the books" hut as yet unreported. Mrs. Lindem expressed appreci ation for the "splendid efforts put forth by the more than 300 feminine femi-nine workers," whose unabated activities ac-tivities have put the women's section sec-tion well in advance of its 12,500 quota, with more gifts to be reported re-ported Tuesday night. Mr. Walden stressed that the campaign is conducted under local lo-cal management. This, he said, saved nearly $3000 in drive expenses. ex-penses. Hugo B. Anderson, chest executive secretary. Is acting as campaign manager In place of hired outside experts. The general chairman will preside pre-side at the opening of the Victory dinner and later turn the meeting over to B. C. J. Wheatlake, president presi-dent of the Community Chest. |