The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-12-15
RED CROSS FLAG ON EVERY
HOME AT CHRISTMAS
This Is Aim of Those in CHARGE of
Membership Drive Soon To Be
Started.

Police aid on Christmas eve to as
certain the number of homes where
there are no Red Cross service flags
displayed has been requested by Har-
vey K. Eaton, county chairman of the
drive for 1000 memberships, and has
been promised by Mayor Harry Bach
arach, honorary chairman, who is
manifesting a keen interest in the
campaign. Through the police, too,
rumors as to mismanagement of the
Red Cross, which are without founda-
ton and which are started from time
to time, it is believed, by persons of
pro-German sympathies, will be run
down.
1t is the intention of the committee
to see to it that there is a Red Cross
service flag in the window of every
home, and each flag containing a small
red cross for every member of the
family who is a member of the Allan
tie City Chapter. This applies to the
poor as well as the comfortably fixed
families of the resort. There are peo-
pie who will not enroll because they
do not feel able to afford to eXpend
the dollar membership fee, and these
will be presented with memberships,
the funds for the purpose being taken
from contributions exceeding one dol
lar which are made by members who
can afford to pay more than the usual
fee.
This will not be by the way of char
ity, the families being urged by the
Red Cross to accept enrolment that
the 10000 memberships may be made
up. If there are any who refuse to
accept memberships or to enroll in the
chapter, they will lay themselves open
to suspicion of being in sympathy
with Germany, if not actually %disloyal,
for the Red Cross, in its work of mer-
cy among the stricken French people
and its labors for the comfort and
well-being of the American troops on
the warfront, is backed by, and is in
fact, a part of the United States Gov
eminent, working under the direct SUI
pervision of the Wal Department.
Mrs. Robert NJ. Willis, of Pleasant
vile, will have general supervision of
the house-to-house canvass in the
county outside of Atlantic City. She
will have the assistance in Absecon
of Mrs. Franklin G.. Turner n Reu-
ben Babcock; ~Pleasantville, Mrs. ia
phet Price and R. A. Gale; Harmon
ton. Miss Grace Osgood and William
L. Black; Egg Harbor City, Mrs. Hen
ry M. Gresham and William Nor
genweck, Jr.; Somers Point, Mrs. T..
George Middleton; Scullville, Miss
Flora Somers; English Creek, Miss
Clara Barratt; Steelmanville, Miss
Sarah Price; Mortified and Linwood,
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Swilkey; Leeds
Point, Mrs. ]. Frank Mathis; Port
Republic, Mrs. Richard Collins; Farm
ington, Mrs. R. j. Eccles and Miss
Sarah Eccles; Mays Landing, Miss
Margaret Abbott and Mr.. Ira T. B..
Smith; who will act as chairmen for
the various places in the County.
Each place will be divided into
wards and precincts with ward cap
tains and l~ieutenants.
In Pleasantville, Mr.. Rollin A. Gale
will be chairman of the Mems Com
mittee. Mr.. George II. Adams Treas
urer, and Mr.. Raymond P. Thompson
Secretary.
Mrs. Japhet Price will be chairman
Of the Woman's Committee, and Mrs.
MAY North Crist captain of Second
Ward and Mrs. Ezra Lake, captain of
First Ward.
DR.. Underwood Cochran will speak
for the Red Cross at the Strand The
atre on Saturday evening, Dec. 10.
DON'T fail to hear him.