The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-01
MAKE IT A RED
CROSS XMAS
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quarters in France, and from there it
will be bulletined to the troops in the
trenches.
The object is $1,000, 900 Red Cross
members in the United States. That
means that 100000 new members
must be secured during the drive. II
| is up to you. II each does his part
and her part the goal will be reached
If each does his part and her part
when the soldier in the trenches on
/ Christmas night looks up at the
Christmas stars,-the same Christ
mas stars that you can look up To
here in America,-he will know that
you and all America are behind him
He will know that 100000 Ameri-
cans stand pledged to help bind up
the wounds he bears for them.
1T is the best Christmas greeting
that you can send him.
Plans For Drive.
plans for Christmas membership
drive have been worked out by a
special committee named for that
purpose. Materials for use i'm the
drive are on hand. North Dakota
state headquarters is shipping them
out to each of the fifty-three chap
tiers in the state. Chapter officers
must distribute them promptly to the
branches. The time for the drive is
limited, so IL you hold up supplies in
your chapter headquarters the
branches cannot get to work and the
drive fails.
The minimum requirement for
each Red Cross chapter is fifteen per
cent Of the population of the county.
North Dakota should at least double
1t. We can do it If each chapter and
nh EVan a.mE% Oh.
branch gets its quota, the total for
the state will be reached.
I'VE have sent your chapter a re-
port on memberships as sent in by
chapters to this office as of Nov. /.
Ask to see it. Compare your chap
tiers record with that of other chap
tiers. If you chapter Is not up to
standard, your office record should
show you what branch has failed to
measure ups That is where the work
must be done. Strike there.
Some chapters have failed to re-
port TO date. The record shows 1t.
The Christmas morning report will
show the delinquents too. 1t is up to
you to determine what report from
your county is to go to the men who
are offering their lives to defend il.
They have left their homes and their
bhSAHCsB W HSHL LOT U.s. IAN We not
leave our business for the few short
hours needed to make certain that
our soldiers are given the proper
care?
Supplies Are Ready.
Sample forms Of enrolment blanks
are ready for use. They will be ship
ped with the other supplies. All
memberships secured. in this drive
run until Jan. 1, 1919.
Have you membership certificates
ready, and distribute them when you
collect the membership fee. This
saves time and postage.
Pass out the Red Cross buttons
at the same time. Your state head
quarters will send you a supply with
its first shipment OF materials for the
CHRISTMAS drive. If you need more,
just let us know.
Instruct workers in branches to
get reports in to chapter headquar-
tiers promptly, so that the chapter
can report to this office in time for
the telegTaphed message We must
send to Washington on Christmas
eve. This is important.
I'm many communities there will
be some who perhaps cannot afford
even the 81 required for an annual
membership. Let those to whom fate
has been kindlier give to these a