Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-05-23
MRS, LISTER EXPLAINS
RED CROSS RELIEF
MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN FOR RED
CROSS is MEETING WITH
SUCCESS.
EVERYONE IS INVITED TO JOIN

Purpose Of the Organization is Set
Forth in the Following Ar.
i ticle.
The membership campaign for the
Red Cross is meeting with success.
The men and women of this county
can be relied upon to support this
worthy movement. The membership
committee will afford everyone an op-
portunity to join and the organization
for the work is now being completed.
Information and preliminary plans
will be given out as available.
On last Saturday evening pictures
of the Iowa soldiers on the Mexican
border were shown at the Plaza
theatre and this appropriate oppor-
tunity to explain the Red Cross work
was afforded by the managers. Mrs.
Bertha Lister gave short talk dur
ing intermissions and The Democrat
Is pleased to print it below in full.
It gives clear and concise state
ment of the purpose of the organiza-
tion and will be read with profit by
all those who are interested in Red
4 Cross ..r
by Mrs. Bertha Lister.
Ladies and gentlemen, the man
agement has asked me to tell you
briefly something of the method of
organizing Red Cross chapter and
the nature of the work. st
"In order to form Red Cross chap
ter here it was necessary for ten men
and women to sign petition asking
for charter granting permission to
organize in Delaware county, said pc
titiOn being accompanied with ten dol
lars. The Charter has been granted
and the next step is to elect perma-
nent board of directors, consisting Of
not more than 36 members. This board
will elect it's own officers and will
from time to time appoint committees
on military and civilian relief, pur-
chasing and auditing committees and
such other committees as may be
needed.
Meanwhile an active membership
campaign will be carried on through
out the county and the goal set should
not be less than 1000 members.
The dues range from $1.00 to $100.
The $500 dues and those above in
clude the Red Cross Magazine. Out Of
/, the $1.O0 dues the local Chapter gets
SO cents and sends SO cents to Head
quarters. From the $500 dues the To-
cal Chapter gets 50cents, from $500
it gets $500, etc,
AS to the work: The first supplies
generally made are the hospital gar
ments, consisting of bath robes, bed
shoes, shoulder wraps, sheets, pillow
slips, etc., which do not require spec
ial instructions.
Then there are the four courses of
lectures which all Chapters are urged
to take, although it is not compulsory.
Only those desiring need take these
courses and an extra charge is made
for instruction and books.
/. First aid lectures for men and
women, 10 lessons given by a doctor
recommended by Red Cross.
2. Elementary Hygiene and Home
! Care of sick, lectures for women, 10
lessons given by a Red Cross nurse.
8. Home dietetics, lectures for wo-
men, Is lessons given by a dietitian
recommended by the Red Cross. y"
4. Preparation of surgical supplies,
course of s lessons for women, given
by women recommended by Red
Cross.
Iowa City is to have a two months
course this summer for women desir-
ing more thorough instruction along
these lines.
The local Red Cross will have its
headquarters in some central place
where members can work and receive
instructions, and where the supplies
ization will be kept. When once the
society is well organized every thing
is so systematized that not a false
move is made nor moment lost.
We urge and it is essential that ev-
cry church, club, lodge, movie, news
paper in fact every person in Della
ware county boost for the Red Cross
that we may have large and efficient
Chapter.
Ex-president Taft said in a procla-
nation issued in 1911, the American
National Red Cross is the only vOlun-
teer society now organized by TINS
government to render aid to its land
and naval forces in time of war
It is the only practical way that ev-
cry man, woman and child can do their
"bitp toward aiding the boys whose
pictures we have just seen. It is the
least we can do to show our love and
reverence for
"Your flag and my flag,
And oh! How much it holds,
Your land and my land
Secure within it's folds"
'"Your heart and my heart
Beat quicker at the sight;
Sun-kissed and wind-tossed,
Red, blue and white"
"The one flag, the great flag,
The flag for me and you;
Glorified all else beside,
The red, white and blue"
WAYNE SMITH WINS POSITION.
Wayne Smith, who is now in train
ing at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, was
last week picked as one of six out of
large number of men for the posi-
zI-s.