The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-06-19
Red Cross Subscription Week.

naGlOn-W1Qe campaign to raise
hundred million dollars for the tre-
mendous work confronting the Amer
lean Red Cross is in progress through
out the United States this week.
Every city, town and township will be
called upon to contribute.
Burlington county's share of this
contribution is approximately 800, 900,
as figured by the county chapter of the
Red Cross organization.
The American Red Cross committee
has issued an urgent appeal for help.
In its appeal it states:
eve are in this war to the hilt.
Let every American realize that fact.
Never in all it's history has the free
dom of our land faced a greater
crisis. The longer the delay in rails
ing armies, getting supplies together
and Quitting the great organization
behind the front-the American Red
Cross-the greater the crisis. Re-
member the dying message, last
month, of that great American, former
Ambassador Choate: "For Gods sake,
hurry up!'
eve want the moral and financial
support of everybody-rich, well-to-do,
poor. None other than an actual pau
per in all this broad land is too poor
to give something, and to give it now
"The crisis is now and the United
States must play her part or prepare
for such humiliation as free people
never before endured-no, not even de-
voted Belgium.
A meeting of the finance committee
of the Burlington County Red Cross
Chapter was held at headquarters in
the city hall, Burlington, Monday eve
ming, June IL, for the purpose of
mapping out the work in connection
with "Red Cross Week" June IS to
June 25. The following are members of
this committee: Walter E. Robb, Bur-
lington, chairman; Frank W. Thatcher,
Edgewater Park; John w. Hamer,
Beverly; N. Myers Filter, Riverton;
J. Carl DeLaCour, Riverton; T. Dud-
ley Perkins, Moorestown; Armit H.
Coate, Moorestown; William D. Mar
rem, Mount Holly; Walter /. Dill
Mount Holly; William Matthias, River
side; Henry P. Thorn, Medford; Robert
Turner, Burlington; Hon. Harold B.
Wells, Bordentown; Walter H. Lip
pincott, Riverton.
The following were appointed ad-
ditional members of this committee:
William Gummere, Roebling; j. H.
Sinex, Beverly; Blair Ferguson, Bev-
erly; Harry R. Davis; Wrightstown;
William d. Hunt, Pemberton; VIII
liam H. Heisler, Jr., Pemberton;
At this meeting the work was map
ped out and territory assigned to each
member of the committee. The plan
for raising this money is to appoint
team of 10 people for every 1000 of
population and then these teams are
to solicit contributions toward the
$100,000,000 fund.
This money is to be used in part in
looking after special needs of the
American troops under General Per-
shing, who will soon be on the firing
line in France. They deserve Ameri-
cas- best and the American Red Cross
will see that nothing is lacking to keep
them healthy, happy and efficient
| soldiers.
The Red Cross, in addition to other
wartime activities, will also aid in
caring for the dependents and families
of American soldiers and sailors.
The Mount Holly committee in
charge Of soliciting funds is composed
of William d. Marren, chairman; Wal
ter L. Dill, treasurer, and Benjamin
| Deacon.