The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-26
Red Cross Members in the
Drive Just Ended Total
1925
QUOTA is REACHED
WITHOUT THIS TOWN
Boy Scouts Turning in 325 Member
ships-Standing of Different Towns,
Subject to Slight Change.

For its part in the nation wide Red
Cross Christmas drive for 100000
new members Windham county did it
self proud and went clear tower the
top, incomplete returns crediting the
district with ,625 enrollments, which j
o@3 above the quota of ,092 which was
asked for by the New England commit
tee.
Chairman Oscar F. Benson is simply
delighted today as a result OF the ef
forts Of the organization, and especial
~ so because the exact purpose for
which this campaign was intended, viz:
to reach communities where heretofore
Red Cross membership has been low.
was accomplished. Without the aid Of
Brattleboro, which had previously ex-
ceeded its quota by several hundred, the
towns met the quota assigned TO Wind
ham county.
In this drive, in spite Of the large
proportion of residents who are already
members, this town added 534 new
I names 10 the list. OF these the Boy
Scouts, who worked under direction OF
| Scout Commissioner J. Fredrik Virgin,
turned in 1926, and 1877 paid their fee
and were given their certificates at
headquarters in the board OF trade
rooms
The four Scouts who led their respee-
tive troops and as "a result are 10 be
awarded solid gold Red Cross pins are
Karl Laundry, troop |, who secured 53
new members; Ernest Cooke, troop 2
with l6; Phillip Wheeler, troop 5, with
81, and Albert Dugan. troop 4, with 33
The memberships secured in Brattlebofo
were divided as follows: One at So5:
II at =. and 522 at 81
During the opening days of the drive
the reports turned in to Chairman Ben
son were discouraging, but he did not
lose confidence in the people of this dis
trict TO come through with what was
desired of them. In every other call for
aid in the great work Of the world war
Windham county has never been found
wanting, and, as in other instances, the
county has done all that was expected
and a great deal more.
Coming as it did on the eve of Christ
mas, when people naturally wanted
their money for other purposes, was one
handicap, but the manner in which the
people came across with the necessary
dollars speaks much for their loyalty to
the country and the boys who stand
! on the edge OF the trenches in Europe
fighting for humanity's cause.
Another thing which hindered the
work greatly was the weather aud un
usually bad travelling in the country dis
tricts. 1t is remarkable how some of tbs
localities were reached at all. In many
instances canvassers travelled on snow
shoes and carried shoyels with them tc
break paths to the houses they desirec
70 reach.
Following is the standing of th'
towns: Jamaica, IS; Nottingham, SO
: Putnev, %; Stratton, 2l; Rockingham
: including Bellows Falls, 800; Town
shend, lis; Windham, 107; Dummerston
Z 81; Wilmington, 1928; Wardsboro. AZ
South Newfane, 3; Athens, 81; Guilford
%; Londonderry and South Londondei
, ry, -; Newfane, 32; Vernon. .; Mar
: boro, 26, and Brattleboro, 534. Man,
; Of these have exceeded their quotas.
Because of the success of the canvas
il viii not be continued as is being don
in some sections of New England OWN
TO their not reaching the allotment, bu
Is a few struggling returns are expecte
70 swell the grand total still more.