Show HOSPITAL WORKERS RENEW EFFORTS AS DEADLINE NEARS Ashley Ward Women Try Novel Fund Raising Plan I To Achieve Ward Quota The hospital building fund is nearing its goal of Hugh W Colton general corn com comA A chairman disclosed com I this week A continued efort on the part I of the individual drive workers during the next few days will in in- in insure sure our going over the top in-I in he said I IAn An example of the spirit shown by the workers in the va va- va vaI various Various I rious wards is well illustrated by bythe bythe the example of Mrs H E Seeley Mrs William Morrison and Mrs William Karren of Ashley ward 4 A These three women originated a The novel plan of fund raising method used was explained by Mrs Seeley general ward chair chair- chairman man We read in the Vernal Express she said that the tha hos hos- hospital hospital pital drive would fail faU unless In in- in individual individual workers secured their wards ward's quotas We felt that we could not let the drive fail faU because of the failure of Ashley ward to reach its quota Mrs Morrison Mrs S Karren and I discussed the mat mat- matter matter ter and we decided to try a new I plan of raising the money In our ourI ward I had a box of odds and ends and we decided to take these items and sell them The money paid for them would be placed in the hospital fund Then the person buying the ar ar- ar articles tides would be asked to contrib contrib- contribute contribute ute another Item which we could sell to someone else We would then take the article contributed i ed and sell it to another who in turn would be asked to make a contribution of another article There are 60 80 families in the i ward and the women visited 57 They did not receive a refusal at any place Sale prices of the Various arious items offered ranged from to 25 Some of the deals as explained by Mrs Seeley were rather amusing At one place they sold two ties for a dollar each to two bachelors The 2 purchase price went into the hospital fund Then the purchasers were asked to make a donation of some Item which could in turn be sold to someone else They contributed tw two bushels of wheat The most profitable tion was made with Vean Col- Col Collett Collett Collett lett who had previously paid his hk hl full assessment to the roll ho-roll l 1 I fund Mr Collett purchased sev sev- sev-I sev several eral items and then contributed a pl pig The animal was sold to a for 25 Yes YE s Ashley A hley ward achieved Its quota quota How could It fail fall in the face of such determined effort |