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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1970 Today Marks Start for United Drives!!'lnhim I i ��IIIIIIIII III ���������IIIIIII9 Iluww�ll,� I,� uIIIIN�H i�l i II �I III I,, ��� � II'i l l l ��I�hlJli�I !I '�1II n � i IIU IIIVI i I B -CS MAYORS KICK OFF UNITED CAMPAIGN WEEK Jerome (Jack) Zubik of Bryan and D. A. (Andy) Anderson of College Station Sign Proclamations Today Marks Start For United Drives Volunteer workers in Bryan and College Station today begin the battle against two of man's most limited assets —time and money —with high hopes of beating both to raise nearly r for charity within a week. I n simultaneous efforts, climaxing next Sunday, the Bryan United Fund, chaired by Toe G. Hanover, is pushing toward a $101,000` goal and the College Station United Chest, headed by Charlie Johnson, hopes to amass $29,975. Both drives will be helped by a similar week -long effort at Texas A &M University headed by Dr. John M. Prescott. Volunteers for both agencies ` will be knocking on doors and asking the same thing: Please contribute a single day's pay to charity. This will be the first time both drives will be conducted at the same time and the first time the campaigns will be confined to a single week. Last year, the drives were held separately and lasted for several months. To remind Bryan residents to contribute, and to mark the progress in the UP Drive, a fund thermometer has been set downtown at Bryan and 25th Streets. The effort -is also being mentioned in church bulletins. In both cities, businesses with marquees will display remin- ders. Contributions may be made at any bank, or in Bryan, at the OF office at 1706 S. Texas in the Sunnyland shopping center. Publicity chairmen for the drives, B.A. Erwin and J.E. Roberts, have urged con- tributors not to wait for volunteer workers to contact them. "We need every possible contribution if we are to meet our budgets," Erwin said. At A &M, donors may say on their pledge cards - whether they want their contributions to go to the Bryan or College Station drive. If no designation is made, Dr. Prescott s a i d, the donation will be split between the two drives in proportion to their budgets.