1924: Rock County residents give food for children starving in Germany
The following appeared in the Rock County Herald on March 28, 1924:
RELIEF FOR STARVING CHILDREN OF GERMANY
People of Rock county Asked To Help In Saving Two Million Kiddies Facing Starvation
COUNTY-WIDE DRIVE FOR FUNDS SOON TO BE MADE
Mayor Leach Appoints committee, With A. O. Moreaux as Chairman to Conduct Mercy Work
A drive to raise a fund of $1,000 to aid in the relief of starving children in Germany, will be made in Rock county within a short time, according to plans formulated the first of this week.
Mayor George E. Leach, of Minneapolis, who recently returned from a visit to Germany, is heading the relief movement in Minnesota, and has appointed a committee in Rock county, with A. O. Moreaux as county chairman to conduct the local campaign. Other members of the committee named by Mr. Leach are:
A. A. Anderson, Geo. Michaelson, Frank F. Michael, Paul K. Myers, W. H. Engleking, Mrs. J. E. Treat, Mrs. C. J. Martin, Rev. P. H. Ristau, City of Luverne; Henry Rolfs, Battle Plain; O. I. Godfrey, Julius Stoterau, Beaver Creek twp.; Nick Kahler, Beaver Creek village; Rev. Goehle, Steen; Ed Ackerman, Kanaranzi; Joe Willers, Luverne twp.; Rudolph Jauert, Mound; H. J. Hemme, Denver; Peter Burmeister, Rose Dell; Fred Rockman, Martin; Wm. Priez, Clinton; F. C. Nuffer, Hills; J. C. Johansen, Hardwick; Henrig Hass, Vienna.
Some of the above members of the committee have given notice of their inability to act, and it is expected that Mayor Leach will make appointments to fill these vacancies in a day or two.
At a meeting of the members of the committee held Tuesday afternoon in the municipal court room in the city hall, it was decided to make a house-to-house campaign throughout the county to solicit funds. Tentative plans were also laid for other activities and these plans will be completed at another meeting of the whole committee some time next week. The plans include an invitation to Mayor Leach to visit Luverne at an early date to tell of conditions he found in Germany.
In view of the fact that a house-to-house campaign in the county represents quite a task, it was decided at Tuesday’s meeting to ask Mayor Leach to appoint four additional members of the committee from each township. This request has been sent to Mr. Leach, and as soon as these additional committeemen selected by him and the vacancies above referred to are filled, another meeting of the committee will be held and final plans for the drive outlined.
It is proposed to raise $250,000 in Minnesota, and Rock county’s suggested quota is 10 cents per capita. Fifty cents, it is said, will feed one child for a month, and $5 will feed one child until the next harvest. Over two million children it is claimed, are facing starvation.
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