El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-02-26
1000 ADDED To
RED CROSS HERE
Two Arizona Sheriffs Be
come Members of Organi-
zatior in FL Paso.

The Ell Paso chapter Of the American
Red Cross closed its six day member
ship campaign at $3.50 o'clock Saturday
afternoon with total Of more than
$500 members. As two per cent OF the
population is conceded to he an extra
ordinarily large membership for a Red
Cross chapter. the Fl Paso chapter lie
claiming one of the largest percentage
of Red Cross membership of any city
in the country
At the close Of the campaign it was
announced that headquarters will be
maintained during the week at 222
! Mesa avenue, to enable those who were
unable to join the Red Cross during
the campaign to become members Many
persons postponed joining the Bed
Cross pending the receipt OF the hed
Cross badges from national headQuar-
ters These persons will be able TO
get the badges by calling at the Mesa
avenue Red Cross Headquarters THOSE
who Joined during the week and failed
TO receive their badges, Will have the
badges delivered to them by the cam
paign workers who received their mem
Campaign Captains Make Report.
Following the closing demonstration
! Saturday afternoon. final reports were
submitted by campaign captains Among
/ Adams NJ the four year old son OF
! w a Mix, % 1905 Randolph street,
Richard Stevens Smith. age Il months
and Leo Smith, age four, sons Of n L.
| smith. 314 South FL Paso street
The largest number of new members
secured by any team during the cam
! paign was secured by the members OF
Mrs B. F. Jenkins,s tema. the menOe II
! Of which are: Mesdames George H.
I Clements and J. NJ Ridley and ne
I Misses Helen StrattOn, Katherine pair.
I Emily Kemp, Clara Fink. and Mary
I Gates Redmond
Frank Fairchild, sheriff OF Coconlno
. county. Arizona. and W NJ PoiIoA'
/ sheriff OF Maricopa county, AIlI tli-s
| each took out sustaining memberships
in the n Paso Red Cross. and aided
! the members of Mrs jenkins team III
the Sheldon hotel lobby. ...o., Set
| At the closing demonstration ga
! urdav afternoon, a special musical pro-
| - vas given by the Sixth infantry
/ hand. directed by Max Muller
! The crowd which attended the DEM
onstration. consisting OF new members
] Of the Red Cross, the campaign WORK
/ ers in uniform, local nurses IN UNI
! form. Bow Scouts. officers OF the local
| Red Cross chapter. and otners 49, 49,
I filmed by Nick Macdonald Nay OF l . I'm
! "a was photographed FOR the MOVIES,
! -eceivine a Red Cross membership from
Il am extremely pleased with the
success of the Red Cross meInpeIslllP
J esnnaien" said chairman w L Brown
of the local Red Cross chapter the
! response to the appeal Of the Red cross cross
I on the part Of the people OF II Fa a;s''
has been splendid, notwithstanding the
| nccurrence of many incidents whlcn
| tended to hinder the campaign one
! week before the campaign opened We
| wired for several thousand S euseS
! Owing TO the failure of the Denver
| office to notify US that the shipment
| could not be made. We went ahead WIN WIN
/ plans for the campaign e&peSIllll5
! daily to receive the badges oe 1870 (
! the absence of the badges caused many
( persons to postpone becoming mem
| bers-'