#17 Community Chest, 1959
Dates
- Creation: 1959
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Full Extent
12 items
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
General
The Community Chest drive for funds gets underway in the residential areas next week. Making an early call at the Francis Reed hone at 515 North Ave. C. here this week was Mrs. Nick Tinnes, right, a volunteer block worker for the Community Chest. Tinnes is shown talking over the various aspects of the current chest drive with Reed who is also accompanied by her own small sized volunteer worker, her four-year-old son Gale. The Community Chest drive in the residential area in Washington will be held Monday, Oct. 19, through Saturday, Oct. 24.; Two of the many local organizations which benefit from the annual Community Chest fund drive are the Camp Fire Girls and Bluebirds. At a regular monthly meeting of two Washington girls' groups this week were Mrs. Sam McCleery, left, a leader of a Campfire group; Mrs. Tom English, center, office secretary for both the Camp Fire and Bluebirds, and Mrs. Phillip Kneen, leader of a Bluebird group. The Community Chest drive is now being carried out in the business district in Washington and, next wecek, starting Monday, Oct. 19, through Saturday, Oct. 24, the door-to-door drive in the residential areas will be held.; Claude Woods, left, checks in with Ralph Martin after being the first volunteer worker to complete his portion of the Community Chest drive in the business district here this week. Woods, who serves as executive secretary of the local chamber of commerce, is one of the many volunteer workers helping this year with the current Community Chest fund drive being held in the business district in Washington this week and in residential areas next week. Ralph Martin is co-chairman with Robert Everetts in charge of this year's drive in the business district. The house-to-house fund drive will be kicked off Monday morning, Oct. 19, and run through Saturday, Oct. 24.; Mrs. Tom Robb, left, and Mrs. William Boshart, right, were among the local YWCA members attending the volunteer leadership workshop held at the Robert Day home here Wednesday morning. The picture was taken as Robb paused to register with Boshart before the district IW workshop session. Both are leaders in the local YW group. A special guest at the workshop was Edith Dlamini of Union of South Africa who spoke to the group about the YW World Council meeting which she had attended in Mexico recently. Representatives of other groups attending the session Wednesday came from Albia, Columbus Junction, and Fairfield. The Washington YWCA is another one of the many local organizations included in the current Community Chest drive.
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