Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-12-11
XMAS DRIVE
FOR RED CROSS
A. ]. KENT WILL HAVE CHARGE
OF BOUNDARY COUNTY MEN,
BERSHIP CAMPAIGN
SLOGAN is 600 MORE MEMBERS
Increase Nationally to Fifteen Mil
lion Is Hoped.

The week beginning December II
and ending December % will be de-
voted to the work of adding new
members to the American Red Cross.
There are now 100000 members in
the United States. Mr.. Davidson at
the head of the national organiza-
ton, expects that this number will
be increased to 100000 bv Christ
mas day.
Boundary county now has two hun
dred members. The apportionment of
this county is six hundred additional
members. The work in this county
is under the direction of A. J. Kent.
When interviewed, he expressed the
firm belief that this county would
add 600 more members to the pres
ent membership. 1t is his firm belief,
as he expresses it, chat when so
many of our young men have volun-
teered or gladly obeyed the selective
draft, and have given up their work
for the duration Of the war, and
are ready to give their lives, if need
be, that the world be made safe for
democracy it is indeed a small thing
for everyone to do, to buy a mem
bersh;p in the Red Cross society"
AS is we'll known the work of the
Red Cross in this war is to succor
and save the wounded, friend and
foe alike; to give relief to the desti-
tute populations of Belgium, north
ern France, Serbia and Armenia; and
to mitigate the horrors of war as
far as human help can do so.
Anyone can join the Red Cross,
men, women and children. Anyone,
whether q member or not, can buy a
membership for another. So when
you are called upon by the canvas
sers in this drive, buy membership
for yourself, if you are not mem
Der, buy a membership for some one
else. Buy as MANY memberships as
you can.
County Chairman Kent announced
this morning that he had just re-
ceived his instructions and literature
for the coming campaign. He is
appointing the rural teachers as
chairmen of their respective dis
tricts and in Boomers Ferry the city
corps of teachers will act with Supt.
Collins as chairman. On the North
side, Supt. Bangs will act as chair
man. Notifications of their appoint
ments will be mailed the teachers
of the county at once.
Mr.. Kent states that with the
Red Cross campaign literature he
has just received are a number of
Red Cross window cards which are to
be distributed among all the families
in the county. These cards will
have stickers of small red crosses to
show how many Red Cross member
ships have been taken in the family.
Following is the list of the teach
ers who have been appointed mem
bers of the Red Cross membership
campaign: Boomers Ferry-P. M.
Collins, chairman, Harriet Middaugh,
Mrs. E. M. Flood, j. F. Fries, Grace
Croker, Emma Evans, Mary Mac
lin, Abbie Chestek, Mary F. w. Daw-
son, Georgia Loughney, Marie Wales,
Mrs. G. f. Croker, Mary V. Haw-
kins, Ella Gambs, Susan Chestek;
Northside, District No. ID. Arthur
Bangs, chairman, Bessie Curren, Ruth
Buchanan, F.. May Palmer; District
No. Miss Teresa O'Brien; District
No. 2-Mrs. Beulah Clifford; Dis
trict No. 3-Loretta Lynch; District
No. Ruth Chisholm and Pearl
Crowder; District No. 6-Beatrice
Whalen; District No. Myrtle He
berling; District No. S-Vera Jones;
District No. g Genevieve Kenny;
District No. 10-Irene Murphy, Mrs
Pearl Griffin; District No. 11-Flor-
ence Cooklar; District No. PC,
D. Thaxton, Henrietta Rath; District
No. 13-Ellen Hawkins, Louizette
Moore; District No. 15-Irene Dan
forth; District No. 16-Mildred Wood
land; District No. 17-Medora Walk
er; District No. 19-Alfrieda Staff;
District No. 20-Mabel Halversen