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Crispus Attucks Circle Seeks Million to Aid Colored Con-mvalescent SoldiersTh« fillion-dollar drive of the Crispus Attucks Circle for War Relief, with headquarters at 149 South Broad street, has as its objective the M^rcy Hospital. The building to be used is at Fiftieth street and Woodland avenue and was the Episcopal Divinity School. The funds raised in the campaign will be used to purchase, equip and maintaina negro'base hospital and convalescent home where negro soldiers invalided home can lie cared for by their own physicians and nurses of their own race and visited by their family and friends.Realizing tlie Aital need of a separate, hospital for their people, prominent citizens organized the Crispus Attucks T^ir* ele and are conducting the campaign now in progress? The drive is not confined to Philadelphia, but will include outside counties and towns. Few know what a big part the colored people took in the recent campaign for the Third Liberty fjoan; more than two million dollars wasplaced in Third Bonds in Philadelphia alore.The slogan of their present drive is, “Help the Negro Help His Own.” The Olympia Theatre, Broad and Bainbridge streets, will be used for a mass meeting ing next Sunday afternoon. Governor Harrington, of Maryland, will preside. This meeting will start the active com-paign work, which is under the personal Supervision of the following committee:Archdeacon Henry L. Phillips, general chairman; Rev. William H, Moses, chairman Executive Committer; Martin J. Iehman, treasurer: Miss Harriet M. Duer, chairman Publicity Committee;, Liena Trent Gordon, field agent; Rev. James M. Moses, chairman Steering Committee; George W. Deane, chairman Entertainment Committee; Mre. lt;g»Edith K M. Hurley, chairman Scout Committee; Charles T. Malcour-onne, supervisor of war'drive; Charles T. Brooks, secretary, and Edward C. Brpadbent, assistant supervisor of war drive.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
Sun, Jun 02, 1918
Page 27
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