The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-11-14

1 A little cooperation would also
be welcome on the part Of the Pio-
neer for uniformity. There are al
ways two sides to a question, you
Know +. s. e ss,
...ts,,.,s,~r,v@ Red Cross. Dance. r r
There will be Red Cross. dance
on Thanksgiving eve November 2S,
for the purpose of rafsing funds Tor
carrying on the work Of the chap
ter It will be given in the Elks
hall and good music9 will be fur
lnished for the occasion. Tickets are
one dollar. -'@ j2s
j. H. Ellison, a member of the
Winston Brothers contracting firm,
Minneapolis, has been appointed d.
rector of the supply department for
the Northern division of the Red
Cross. Mr.. Ellison succeeds Frank
A. Bovey who resigned on account OF
business reasons. %@t
Gem Merkle, 7-year -old daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Merkle of
Butte, Mont, did her bit for the
country when she completed sweat
ser which she turned in at the local
chapter headquarters with the ex-
press provision that it be given to.
some seaman on the battleship "Mon-
tana." 80 q ..~ y al
Belcourt, N. D., has Red Cross
chapter, with a membership of 81
persons, all Indians. Kakanewash,
a full blooded Indian and hereditary
chief of the Turtle Mountain tribe,
is vice chairman of the organization.
With the approach of Christmas,
propagandists have directed their at
lacks at the sale of Red Cross seals,
according to DR.. I. ]. Murphy, state.
manager of the Minnesota Public
Health association. Misinformation
in regard to the sale is being spread
broadcast throughout the country,
DR.. Murphy says, to the effect that
the sale of the seals will not bene-:
fit war sufferers from tuberculosis,
but will be used for private nurses
On the contrary, DR.. Murphy ;: ex-
plains that every state is supporting
war tuberculosis fund which the
sale of seals will help to swell.
Every red Cross chapter and
branch in the county has been in
vited to participate in field day
rally at Webster, S. D., on Nov. IT,.
Every branch will have represen.
tative on the program, which Will
include speeches in the morning,
football games and other sports In
the afternoon and dance in the
evening.
Khaki handkerchiefs are needed
in Christmas packets sent to SOL
, diers. In the packets already mailed
by Red Cross workers throughout
the division for the use of soldiers
in France there were-surprisingly
few such handkerchiefs included:
The director of the packet bureau for
| the division urges workers TON
clude these articles in packets for
the the soldiers in American canton
ments. " .
A Minneapolis woman, 81 years
old, celebrated her birthday yester-
day by mailing a Christmas packet
to a soldier in France, writing in
her own trembling hand message
of good cheer with the gift and ex-
pressing the wish that the recipient
would come gloriously through the
great struggle. my prayers will be
with you wherever you co." she
said.
Mrs. Conger, chairman of the knit
ting committee, says that great en-
thusiasm is being shown in this line
cf work Several circles devote
their time to knitting garments,
among which are the Nymore circle,
under Mrs. J. Smith, and Mrs. w. P.
Dyer's circle.
Mrs. Bert Getchell has been very
active in teaching people to knit and
in organizing work among her
friends, although she has no regular
circle. y =
The Woman's Study club on Mon
day afternoon kindly agreed to hold
it's meetings at private homes In
order that the library room may be
used for Red Cross purposes. This
will enable the workers to devote
Mondays to surgical dressing classes
as we'll as the other days. 81 of the
week.
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