The Alaska citizen., 1917-06-18

ed toward the organization here of
 d body of Red Cross workers, held
 last night at the Loyal League Ar mory. it was decided that q Red Cross chapter should be formed here Little remained to be done, however. except to organize and decide whcih- CT the local organiza ton should be a chapter or auxiliary of the Red Cross. as the organization now has upwards of l,2O0 members and more
 are joining daily in outlying districts
 It was also decided that the chapter shall be known as the Panama Valley Red Cross and that its boundaries shall be the limits ot the Fourth jul dicial division of Alaska. Officers of
 the organization were also elected They are:
 | President A. R Heilig
 Vice President (, F. Bunnell | Secretary John A. Clark
 i Treasurer F. C. Wood
 The meeting was called to order l by A R Heilig, who had previously been agreed upon by the Red Cross
 organization committee of the Wo- mems Loyal League Of the Panama | Valley. Mr. Heilig stated the pur- | pose of the meeting, after which the secretary of the WOmens Loyal League of the Tanana Valley. Mrs i R. F Washburn, read the report of meetings held Mrs Clark, chairman
 of the publicity and membership com mittee of the Women's Loyal League,
 afterward designated as the Red | Cross organization committee, then rendered her report. IL was as fol- lows:
 At meeting Monday, May 21, the i publicity and membership committee i was appointed and the corresponding 1 secretary instructed to request the | Alaska Loyal League to appoint a | committee to act in conjunction. The women's committee consisted of Mrs Frank R. Clark, chairman; Miss Mary Patton. Mrs. w F. Thompson,
 Mrs. Sam Sea, Jr., Mrs. J Harmon l Ca.key and Mrs Cecil II. Clegg, secretary-treasurer. The mems com
 mittee. Major Armstrong, chairman, T. H Deal. w. F. Thompson and
 F. R. Clark
 The joint committee decided that a chapter rather than an auxiliary
 be formed, if so ratified by this mass meeting, also that the name | should be the Panama Valley Red | Cross," that also to be ratified at
 the meeting this evening
 First plans, decided to have tag day on Decoration Day. No official Red Cross buttons available. White ribbon tags lettered in red Won dered in ordering them il $50 would be enough. Decided to be very ven
 turesome, ordered 800 Have since ordered that same quantity three
 times, and an extra l75, nearly 2,2o0
 in all,
 Many sold here. Cooperation SO licited and representatives appoint
 ed: Toloyana, Mrs H. J. Atwell; Chat anika, Mrs S R Weiss; Olnes, Miss Johanna Miller; Fox, Mrs. F. C.,
 Bleecker; Ester, Mrs. G. A, MacQuar- rie; Cinema, Mrs. H. o. Beldon; Ne mana, Mrs Thomas Riggs, Jr., Hot
 Springs. Mrs. Cordelia NJ. Karshner, and Panama, Commissioner J. C. Dehn.
 And as ours will be the only branch in the interior, certainly the largest in Alaska, the committee de cided to carry on a membership
 campaign on the Yukon, Mrs. Bun
 nell to appoint committee at Ruby.
 and the committee asking the fol
 lowing to take charge of the mem
 bership drive: MT, and Mrs. Percy
 Charles, Iditarod; MT. and Mrs. Ches-
 ter T. Spencer, Circle; Dr. and Mrs,
 Winecoff at Fort Yukon; Capt. J.
 J. Donovan at Franklin; Mrs. James
 Clinic, Rampant; Miss k. G. Plum
 phrey, Allakaket; Commissioner
 Thomas Wright, Bettles
 Tabulated Red Cross facts have
 been run from day to day in the
 Fairbanks papers, as it was found
 that so little was known in the in
 telor about the American Red Cross.
 The committee desires to thank
 both papers for generous space, es.
 pecaly as the full lists of members
 will be published daily until drive is
 closed on June 25. On the evening