Red Triangle Day
Y.M.C.A. RECEIVES PUBLIC SUPPORT Yesterday in Palmerston North the Y.M.C.A. made its eleventh annual street appeal lor funds per medium of canvassers and a stall. The public response was reported to be a little better than last year, when £126 was raised from all sources. Yesterday’s gross figure was not a\ailable last night owing to a number of amounts from class canvassing not having been received. Under the direction of Mr. C. Woods, the director, and Mr. N. Cook, the boys’ work secretary, a large band of helpers conducted a coinprehensi\« canvass of the business houses in the Square. Sellers were also posted at street corners. Co-operating between the canvassers and the executive were members of the Board of Directors.
There was also tin excellent response to the efforts of the ladies auxiliary, under tho leadership of the president (Mrs. A. E. Edwards) at the stall situated near the Post Office. The produce for this stall was donated liberally bp supporters of the Y.M.C.A. The firms which supplied helpers from among their staffs included Woolworths Ltd., Mac Duffs Ltd., J. R. C. M. Ross Co., Ltd., P.D.C., Libertyland, Alexander Clark, Ltd., Mounsev's and the A.M.P. Societv.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 64, Issue 147, 24 June 1939, Page 4
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199Red Triangle Day Manawatu Times, Volume 64, Issue 147, 24 June 1939, Page 4
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