Milford chronicle., 1917-06-22
RED CROSS CAMPAIGN
IN DELAWARE SUCCESS
Kent And Sussex Must Do Their
Bit.-Time Yet To Contribute.

which began on Monday with the goal
OF S500O00 to be reached was such a
surprising success that by noon on
Tuesday more than this sum had been
subscribed The managers therefore
decided that they would keep Della
ware first, as she has been ever since
she first signed the constitution, and
they fixed a new mark of S1,000,000,
which leaves S5OOOOO to be raised by
next Monday.
Dr. G. Layton Grier has gathered
together a team Of prominent men
from Kent and Sussex counties, and
they are making a strong effort to
give every person in the lower part
OF the state an opportunity to become
subscribers to this great humanitar-
ian movement. Various meetings
have been and will be held in differ
ent parts of the two counties and the
workers expect to make a substantial
contribution toward the S100,000,000
fund. Those who are deyoting their
time and energies to the movement
are:
Kent County.
Smyrna -Hervey P. Hall, Walter
Hoffecker, B A. HAZEL.
Clayton. r. Clements.
Dover-Chas. NJ. Wharton, VIII |
liam Pennewill, D. NIifflin Wilson.
Wyoming -Robt. j. Lindale.
Camden-Dr. L. S. COnwell.
Felton-Geo. c. Herring.
Frederica-Dr. VIM. F. Hoey.
Pennington and Harrington-Al-
fred Raughley, Hon. Chas. Murphy,
Vim. Sharp.
North Milford-Dr. S. NJ. D. Mar
shall, Rev. R. X. Stephenson, Dr..
Willard R. Pierce.
Sussex County.
South Milford George H. Hall, c.
D. Abbott, Rev. C. R. Dryden.
Ellendale-Joshua EllegoOd, Harry
W. Jester.
Georgetown-Roland G. Paynter,
L. L. Layton, Robert Short.
Nillsboro-Wm. Whits, Henry a.
Houston. !
Frankford-Asa Bennett, Morgan F {
Gum, Everett Hickman. /
Milton. NJ. Lank, Capt. George z
&. Mcgee, DR.. Robert B. Hopkins. y
Lewis-Dr. Wm. P. Orr, L. W.
Mustard. c
Rehoboth-Rev. Disston W. Jac- a
obs, W. P. Tappan. {
Ocean View-Louis A. DreXler. v
Bridgeville-Harry A. Cannon, H e
W. Viven, J. E. Layton, o. A. New +
ton, Chas. A. Owens. Ii
Delmar-Irving Culver, H. T. Hick- q
ay. e
Greenwood-S. S. Pennewill n
Seaford-Charles VanLear, Brooks z
Ross, H. C. Darbee.
Laurel-Wm. E. Valiant, Harry X. D
Fooks, 1 V. Adams. e.
These men will carry the Red Cross tC
Message into all parts Of the lower e.
counties and they will do more than in
merely seek contributions. Their fc
energies will be devoted in large gi
Measure, to bringing home to the peO
lie who live in fancied security the
cal dangers that confront them
Residents of rural communities ~ u,
iardly seem to realize yet that the u
ountry is at war. The government -
ensorship on war news has kept the a
alton at large in ignorance Of the az az
tupendous amount of preparation a.
hat has been made In cities where - -
he activities have been at fever heat ~
eople have realized that danger was
In the country, remote
rom those scenes of activity, the peo- Pc
le have not yet realized that the -
Ountry has taken arms against the GI, IS
-rOngest military organization the ~
orld has ever known. on ~,
Nearly 10,000,00O of our young men Ila
ave been registered for the colors. ne
ne-half million will soon be in the ou
ED in training for the battlefront. "a
thousands are already in Europe or ~
. their way.
The record of casualties during this eY'
ar has reached the gigantic total of an an
100000 of dead and injured There -.
the fearsome prediction of men WI
gh in the councils of the nation that = =
fore many months American boys iiu'
III be added to this total-that every
nerican family will be grief-strick-
and the crepe will hang from the
ors of thousands Of American a
mes. These are things which we adI
e slow to realize. n
20 Red Cross organization, in one ta
appeals for immediate SAT
uiul., and
Are the American people going to L
lit until the casualty lists come in TINS
fore they awaken to the realization Mrs
1t this country is at war? Are the iroi
1erican people going to hesitate to stra
,rlhce dollars when thousands up ara
lnOusdnuS OF youths IN the prime StaA
life are going forth to do battle for sen
and to sacrifice their most precious OF
es for Us? Il Is dollars on our vii
t and far dearer thing-life-on Fun
ir part. Where is the compari- Mrs
u" dozC
,he whole world knows, in a gen py
] way what the Red Cross stands H.
, but very few people have full re- jars
.ation of the vastness of the work to
ich 1t has undertaken in this world man
astrophe. The work of the Red theil
ss is sadly misunderstood. It is
more than battlefield Organiza-
on. It covers the country and ad-
listers to urgent needs occasioned Re
fire and flood, earthquake and tor in S
o, and to those left destitute by mem
war conditions, at home and folio
bad. 1t has tremendously in Robi
lsed needs for funds during war Argc
,. It does work that all other expe