Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-10-13
.H|OALG0, WITH
1850 MEMBERS
CHAPTER
UP-vALLEY COUNTIES ACTIVE IN
RED CROSS WORK. ARE COMPLI-
MENTED BY FIELD AGENT AFT
Err VISIT TO SEVERAL.

llIdal-o county. with eight auxiliary or
.anizaiions ~ TIE American Red Gross
which have been working separately. u to
have a chapter with the central orsaniza-
iion nj Mission. II was announced m
Brownsville today by William NJ Baxter.
field agent for the southern division of the
Red Gross. after trip that took hmm
through llidalco county and ~ Rio Grandc
City. The IIidago County Chapter. which
will h. it, working name. was authorized
after II was found that the county had a
total of $50 members ot the Red Gross.
more than twice the number needed in or
der 10 form chapter.
Every town IN IIidalgo county has 4 Red
Gross society. even ~ the little village Of
ilIdalgo once the county seat situated on
\ Ia banks of The RIO Grandr IIiduleo has
thirty three members and they are ,nthu-
siastic workers IN behalf of the great work
Organizations are located at MercedeS
! Donna. San Juan. McAllen. Pharr. Ms
sion. lIdalgo and Edinburg.
| A the headquarters uf the chapter viii
b. Mission, the Officers IT that society
chapter Mrs. n u. Matte " president
and Mr. a. Wright the secretary ~ the
chapter
! Mr.. Baxter arrived IN Brownsville at
noon today to make a visit uf inspection 10
/ the Rio Grande Red Gross Chapter. aud 10
confer with the Officers lie also paid a
visit a. the Red Cross work room III the
Icity hall. lle had planned to spend day
ar ~ Ia the city. but expected this after
noon to be- called ~ San Antonio on other
important business
/ The work that has been conducted i'm
/ Illdalgo county and the enthusiasm of the
members in that county were highly COM
plmenied by Mr. Baxter. lie visited every
auxiliary IN the county. even that at iii
dalgo. which ~ about fifteen miles from a
railroad
The field agent was particularly rnthu-
sia-tic about what j. heing done at Rio
Grande City under very adverse condi.
tions. and the result of hi~ visit there has
been a determination 10 encourage the
workers there by lending them every pos
-ibe assistance tie found IN Rio Grande
NJ City that cotere of patriots there ARE
assisting the Red Gross materially without
'even m organization. Several entertain
ment~h ave been given. one Of which nettcd
about 5000 for the Red Gross. and Sevcra
Ioiher smaller entertainments have brought
that fund mp to about ~loO.
The results achieved through the larger
entertainment received the most cnrdia
recommendation ~ Mr.. Ba Xtcr. Ilc said that
the few worker banded together and witt
1.-The assistance Of carpenters from the gar
lr,on at Fort Ringgold they constructed ~
outdoor stage and thcatcr that seatc,
eight hundred persons. The entertainment
gwen was "March of Nations IN whlcl
the flags of the allies were prominent.
Mr. Baxter u planning - rccommcn'
that an agent be sent 10 Rio Grandc 4
organize an auxiliary there. some confu
sion has resulted because Of belief anon;
some of the residents that Joining the Rec
Gross meant they would be called to TIA
front for service. 1t i to explain ava
such misunderstanding that tins - pro
posed. and il II also believed that bette
organization can bc secured through send
ing an outsider ~ Rio Grande City