The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-05-31

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their duties. the following telegram
was received Sunday morning:
Washington, D. c., May 1921. Mrs.
Joseph Matson. Brookings, s. D.
Referring to the Presidents recent
appointment of a Red Cross War
Council, the President is about to set
aside by proclamation Red Cross week
week June IS to 25. Full plan of cam.
palgn will be outlined at meeting OF
chairmen of Red Cross chapters and
strongest possible member Of your
special finance committee together
with your mayor, or his representative,
AMI a strong man from leading com
mercial body. all of whom you are re-
quested to invite. This meeting will
be held at Denver. Brown Palace
Hotel, Thursday, June 7th, and will
be attended by Messrs. John D. Mil
Ter, President Southern Calf. Edison
Company, Los Angeles; Lawrence C.
Phipps, senior, Denver; William G.
Croker, President Croker National
Bank, San Francisco; Henry L. Cor
bett. vice-president First National
Bank, Portland, Oregon; Chas. f.
Peabody, Seattle; Judge Geo. B. Italia.
ferro. San Antonio; Fred Harvey,
president of Fred Harvey Co., Kansas
City, Western Representative of the
War Council of the American Red
Cross and Lyman L. Pierce. Western
Executive Secretary. The President
requests representation from your
chapter and others mentioned above at
this conference. Please wire names
OF your delegation to William G..
Croker, National Bank, San Fran
cisco. Joseph H. Tumplty.
Secretary Of the President.
Bookings is becoming quite a spot
on the map! What are we going to do
about it? We are invited by the Pres.
ident Of the United States to send our
chairman, our strongest member of
the finance committee, our mayor, or
his representative, and a strong mar
from the Commercial Club to repre-.
sent the Bookings chapter of Red
Cross at a national conference in Den
yer for raising 500, 900 900; this com
mittee to bring us back a complete re-
port of how Bookings is to do hei
share in the campaign.
The chapter would feel honored t.
entrust its representation to any volun
teer who could pay his expenses t.
said meeting, and will gladly issue
him the proper credentials. Any per
son in this community who would fine
it convenient to present himself at thu
Denver meeting on June 7th as a vol
unteer representative of the Brook
ings chapter of Red Cross will com
municate with the chairman at once.
Just to show you some of the ad
vantages to your city in having a loca
Red Cross chapter, read this lette
just received:
To the Executive officers Of Char
tiers: This is to inform you that MI
Charles c. Stillman, of st. Paul, ha
been appointed as one Of our super
vising directors of relief work anon!
families of soldiers and sailors. hi
duties to cover the states of Iowa
Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota
Nebraska, and the city Of St. Paul.
Our plan is that the supervising di
r%ectors shall be of service to the chap
tiers in helping them develop the worl
for families along the best possible
lines. We bespeak for Mr.. StillmaI
your hearty cooperation. In the yer!
near future he will get in touch will
the chapters in places from which mer
have gone into the enlisted service
and review fully the plans laid out b,
the Civilian Relief Department at Ma
tional Headquarters. Later he will
visit other chapters as necessary.
Very truly yours,
Ernest p. Bicknell,
Director General of Civilian Relief
Red Cross circulars and other litera
ture on the subject Of aiding depend
ents of soldiers and sailors, togethe
with sample individual application
cards and records or aid rendered b,
the Red Cross, have been received
This phase Of the Red Cross worl
would need to be put in the hands of
social worker trained to investigat
claims, if the number of dependent
Of soldiers and sailors in Brooking
should reach any considerable numbe!
Commanding officers have been In
structed to discharge and %recruitin
officers to reject those men having ds
pendents, and if this order is rigid
enforced, the volume Of relief wor
will be reduced, but it would be quit
wrong to suppose there will be n
need for the relief and friendly SCI
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