The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-06-21
FIGHT Or GIVE !.
IS THE SLOGAN
RED CROSS CAMPAIGN IS ON
THIS. WEEK.
sloo,ooo,ooo is SUM ASKED
ockaloosa and Mahaska County Will
Do Their Sharc--Apportionment
0,oo0-SpIendid Start Has
Already Been Made.
"Flght or give"

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Eight or give"
This is the slogan adopted in the
campaign to raise $1O0,000000 in the
! United States for the Red Cross this
week
So far as Oskaloosa is concerned.
/ people here are going to both fight
/. and give. Company II is now prac-
tically up to its fighting strength, and
ready to do anything for Uncle Sam.
, Our people are going to see that the
Oskaloosa boys and all other Ameri-
can boys, are going to be well cared
for if wounded or sick in the service
! of their country, and are rallying to
the support of the Red Cross in fine
shape. 81 $3.50 tut
ed by the whole country of 81 for
each man, woman and child, Oska-
loosa and Mahaska county must raise
about 100000. Best estimates avail
able show that 0skaloosa and Mahas-
kS county already have about 1000
members of the Red Cross Society
and something like $4,000 in sight.
The rest of the money is to be raised
this week, and a lively campaign is
to be carried on under the direction
of Major General James A. Dewitt.
The first big meeting of the CAM
paign will be held at Fremont this
evening.
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At the Central M. e. church on
Sunday, the interests of thes Red
Cross Society were ably presented
and taken up in splendid way. Over
$50 responded with enlistments for
membership. OF these were two life
memberships of $500 each, one
pledge of $1,000, two of $500, and
seventeen of $500. All of the re-
mainder were the regular annual'pay-
ments of $1.00 each. In order to CO.
operate with the 0skaloosa Society,
and also to arrange for the proper
organization of the church auxiliary,
select the officers and get matters
started for active work, DR.. L. M.
Grigsby announced the following COM
mittee: Mrs. Frank Smith, Mrs. Mark
Norman, Mrs. DR.. S. w. Clark, Mrs.
/. o. Kemble and Mrs. w. A. Brady.
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The girls in the Oskaloosa Tele-
phone exchange were also early on
the ground in the good work. They
sent contribution of Sc to head
quarters early this morning.
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Special effort was directed toward
meeting held in Bethel Church of
Jefferson township Sunday evening at
which some thirty-two memberships
were enrolled and something under
half hundred Red Cross flags sold.
More would have been disposed of if
| the supply had lasted. The church
was well filed with the people of the
community and interest in the occa-
sion was manifest. Address. was
made by Rev. S. ]. Malone of the
| United Presbyterian church of Oska-
| Ioosa. Several of the Red Cross
workers of Oskaloosa went out for
! the meeting, among them being James
IA Dewitt, chairman of the Red Cross
Week campaign committee, Mr.. and
Mrs. H. 3. Mccoy, Mr.. and Mrs, John
Blalfeslee, Mr.. and Mrs, r. T. Pen
ders, Miss Rosenblatt and Rev. S. j.
! Malone. Organization of the town
ship was completed and assurance
was given that each and every home
and individual in the township would
be canvassed during the week.
| Rev. Wayne Lee Waters of the
First congregational church of Oska-
loosa held successful and respons-
i've meeting at Lakonta Sunday even!
| ing in the effort to organize for Red
Cross work in that community The
meeting was held in the United
Brethren church and an attentive
audience heard the address relative
to the work and its needs. Eighteen
members were secured and the wom-
en- of the community will Immediately
take up the organization of an auxil-
/ larry.
Sunday morning services at the
| Christian church were given over to
the Red Cross workers under the di-
rection of Miss Mabel Ware. Rev.
DeVoe delivered special sermon APP
plicable to the movement. Seventy
five or more members were secured
and several FIVE dollar memberships
included Proceeds amounted to
more than one hundred dollars. The
! Christian church society was organ
lied with. Mrs. C. H. DeVoe. presi-
dent; Mrs. Richard Hull. vice presi-
dent; Miss Mildred Ryan, treasurer,
and Miss Mabel Ware, secretary.