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OI cals.his to j theLegion GetsaIffi-j urt j ely |ivpClearance11bFor Drivenurt An amendment to the constitu-of tion and by-laws of the community •pp, chest, eliminating agency repre-ind mentation on the budget commit -ar tee and decreasing the membership the of this committee from fourteen to seven, was approved by theted board of directors at its monthlytat meeting yesterday. The amend-of ment had been recommended tolat the board by the budget commit*|npip tee and will go into effect when jr urt the new' committee is appointed 01 ig- following the annual meeting it Thursday night, old The December financial report ite showed payments in December on ion 1946 pledges totalling $26,601.75 in* and 86.9% of pledges paid at the to year-end.he A request from the Andrew' Jackson post of the American legion to “make public request for donation of funds to be used in the construction of a legion home in High Point” was presented to the board for clearance and approval. The tentative plan of the legion is to make a one afternoon house-to-house canvass of the city for this purpose, with an unde*Tie Hignanated goal.He Simultaneously, a request from for.the John McLean post of the or American legion to conduct a drive ifor $25,000 later in the year withtic a view to building a combinedm home for Negro veterans and community center for Negro citizens rf High Point, was also presented.*lt;*;| The chairman reminded board of the following fund drivesalready scheduled for 1946: Girl Scout camp, February: Red Crossin- carapaiKn, March; YMCA building ps*. drive, May and June; YWCA so I wilding drive, November and Dec* ember. In view of these plans, thenc board voted to recommend that theAndrew Jackson post conduct andjone day solicitation some time inKhjthe month of July, and that the,r*. John McLean post defer its drive is. until January. 1947,Other routine matters pertain-j he jng to the reconversion of the chest u a community and war chest,’cd to a community chest, were also cklmg. These will be given mu£h at-,the next few months.**• Chairman Horace S. HaworthE presided and urged not only the ** chest hoard and other committee] members, but all agency board and j t* committee members, as well as( friends of the chest, to attend the annual meeting on Thursday night at 8 o’clock in the Sheratonballroom, w hen Dr.. GeorgeIT. Wood will be the principal^ Amos R. Kearns, Ed Mendenhall,spiMor.The following members were present: Mrs. C. F. Carroll, Harry Bell, Mrs. C. E. Siceloff, H C.RoyT. V. Rochelle, Mrs. Willis Slane, H. N. Williard, John Kalte. andR* IMrs. Ruth
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High Point Enterprise
High Point, North Carolina, US
Wed, Jan 23, 1946
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