Smyrna times., 1911-11-29
RED CROSS HOLDS ANNUAL
STATE SESSION IN SMYRNA
MISS EUNlCE ANTHONY ELECTED
TO EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Officers Elected and Excellent Reporte
Received Concerning the Good
Work Being Accomplished


Received Concerning the Good
Work Being Accomplished
Delaware Red Cross held its an
nual meeting in the Century Club
House Smyrna, last Thursday and
representatives were pesent from
Wilmington, Milford and Smvrna
There was business meeting in the
morning, followed by luncheon at
noon. In the afternoon beginning
at 2 o'clock there was an open meet.
ing. Included in the business trans
acted was the electing of officers for
the ensuing year as follows. General
Charles A. Bird, Wilmington, presi-
dent; Henry M. Candy, Wilmington.
treasurer; Miss Emily p. Bissell.
Wilmington, secretary. Executive
cOmmittee-Dr. P. w. TomIinson.
Wilmington; Miss Eunice Anthony.
Smyrna; Walter Morris, Dover; DR..
William Marshall, Jr., Milford.
Mrs. Charles H. Maull, of Lewes.
was named as delegate to the ma
tiOnal convention to be held in
Washington on December 5th. and
Mrs. Allan Jones of Milford, was
selected as alternate. To the inter-
national convention to be held in
Washington next May, General Bird
was elected to represent the society.
and DR.. William Marshall, Jr., was
elected alternate. This convention
will comprise representatives of all
the societies in the world and it will
be in session from May 7th to 18th,
in the Pan-American building. 1t
will be an affair of great Importance
and will be opened by President Taft.
In the afternoon there was an ad-
dress by Miss Elizabeth Sumner, of
the Wilmington dispensary on the
Congress and Exposition of Hygiene,
held in Dresden the past summer and
which she attended. The report of
the treasrer was read and balance
was shown of S377. 29, also a balance
Of S243. SO from the sale of Christ
mas stamps last year. The sum of
$1,000 was sent to the Chinese
famine sufferers. The report of the
secretary, Miss Bissel, was read and
was of an interesting nature.
Among some of the good things she
said we're:
Excellent Report of Miss BisseII, ,Sec'y.
"The Red Cross member is
citizen of the world. No
crisis that happens anywhere on the
globe, be it war, famine, fire, flood
hurricane or pestilence-occurs with
out the Red Cross coming to the res
cue at once. Now that we have
our National Emergency Fund of
SIS, 900 always ready, we can cable
help on the hour to any scene of
disaster. The money that is raised
by the Red Cross call is used to re
place this emergency draft, so that
the fund is never exhausted and
always at hand. Toward what large
and wide works Of mercy has your
subscription to the National Red
Cross gone this last year? 1t has
connected you with Africa and Asia,
the Philippines, the Isthmus of Pan
ANA, the Balkans and Mexico. It's
first work was done in Volean
Island, near Manila, where the Taal
Volcano broke into disastrous erup-
tion last January. The Chinese
famine sufferers were promptly aid
ed by the Red Cross this year. In
addition to this active relief work,
preventive work was started also as
the duty of preventing disaster as
far as possible is imposed by its
charter upon the Red Cross, as we'll
as the duty of mitigating the suffer-
Ing caused by disaster. 1t Ia pleas
ure TO the American Red Cross to
announce that after some delay re-
sulting from various causes, the
corner stone of the American Red |
Gross Crphanage for the care of or
phan children after the great earth
quake OF l9Oo was laid at Palml on |
June 1S. The endowment Of this in
stitution was provided from the
funds contributed in this country |
Tor the relief Of the earthquake
Victims. The Red Cross gave aid
70 the sufferers in the Colon fire on
the lsthmus of Panama up to and
Including May 2, 1911.
Fed Cross Work in Our Own Country
In our own country, the Triangle
Waist Factory fire in New York
was the most terrible disaster re-
lleved by the Red Cross. Not only
were all the needs Of the families
Of the las victims relieved, but pen
slons were given those who had been
supported by the girls who were