The Clayton news. (Clayton, N.M.) 19??-1954, 1917-11-03
LOCAL REQ CROSS CHAPTER MAKES GOOD SHOWING
OF tue WORK DONE FOR THE SOLDIER BOYS

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through membership and benefit funds
tho total sum of S97763. Paid out to
date S672.54, leaving q balance of $780,
IL in the treasury, half of which will
be used to pay for an order for yarn
sent short time ago.
| The Red Cross organization asks
membership fees from a dollar to a
hundred dollars. The hundred dollar
member Is u life member. All mem
bers paying over ten dollars receive
the Red Cross magazine. and the en-
tire membership fee is sent to head
quarters at Washington, where II is
used for general Red Cross work, hos
pital aid. nursing, etc. OF the smaller
membership fees the division Is as fol-
llows.
r' .... % ..l, .s 6UCts to the
local ei,sl5er and 5Ccta 10 headquarters.
$500 membership pays scots to the
local chapter, S1.00 for magazine, and
scots to headquarters.
$500 membership pays $2.o0 to the
local chapter, $1.00 for magazine. and
$500 to headquarters.
$1,000 membership pays $500 to the
local chapter, $1.00 for magazine and
5000 to headquarters.
The above will explain how the di-
vision Of funds collected on Tag Day
iwcrer made There were n number Of
members paying over ten dollars, ono
fifty dollar and one one hunderd dollar
member, yet the total amount OF money
sent to headquarters out of the seven
hundred dollars raised. was little
over four l.IUd.oa -pItrs. The bal
lance remained here Tor the use OF the
local chapter. We feel the money sent
to headquarters has been used most ju-
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deavored to use its funds. The treas
lprers books are audited once q year
Iby the National Red Cross, which in
sures that no errors can be made in
the handling of such important funds.
All money raised in benefits for the
Red Cross romans here in the local
chapter to be used In a manner recon-
: lmended by the national society, WhiLo
IIt Is true tho Union County Chapter
may not do anything for an individual
4 soldier, or company Of soldiers. yet are
7. mot our boys already both at homo ana
] abroad, and will we not look to the
AmetiCan Red Cross to render them the
medical aid as we'll as other comforts
they win need? :.
oar IotsaI chapter ID at preRent work
Ing On g shintnent Of two hundred dez-
leo nApHIAs, several dosen wash IaGss
; Il Hospitals At homo and abroad. A short
: Ghe ago an urgent appeal waa u4a9e
f6r kaIttinG9 Thls chapter was Aasot-
ted one hTndfed .hfty knitted sets. com.
y lprislnE sWesItsrs, wfiHtISts, Bo3hS 'aha
b acarfs. After dlBcU9Bion We felt IL rrnL
ptvossibIA, with the few who eoAlA hnA
and who we're giving their, ssrYicet4 70
q make over hfty OF these sets. An oysAer
u haH been placed for yarn and he5alSA
a TO make these sets, and all knlttern
" are asked to apply TO Mrs G. +. Wat
10 kins for materials to help knit the5a
l. nifty sets What Is being done With
'r these knitted sets will be answered BY
'r the following clippings from the Den
r. yer Post and ~. Joseph tAo.) News
~ Press:
&c The knitting fever has seized Den
o. yer women to such an extent that, NOR
Ss than 5000 women are now enrolled n
rs the knitting army which Is turning
knitted garments into the Denver chap
ter Of the American Red Cross for th'
relief of the American boys at canton
ment camps Several tons of yarn hav'
a been given out by the knitting com
C mittees."
ms Announcement was made today dl
er ST Joseph that the Red Cross has de
or cided not 10 send all of the article
VI now being knitted, to France. II wa
the Intention at first to supply none {
the cantonments in this country, bu
- at the ST. Louis meeting word was re
celved hat 100000 sweaters had to b
purchased and sent to France imme
3. diately, and that leaves some Of n
garments knitted here for the soldier
In this country. 1t also was learne
that the men in the cantonments ar
in need OF these articles now. Man
of the articles being prepared In :
-, Joseph are to be sent to the men
~. camps In this country"
This means that these nifty sets mad
IAN here in clayton viii be distributed B
80, the heau OF the Mountain Divisio
80 where needed most. and in all probabi
ity among our boys here in America.
We urge all readers of this artic
40, to read all articles written I'M the VI
rious papers and magazines about q
wonderful work of the American re
Cross. and then we feel sure that a
cir VIII want to pledge their time AZ
ek. money freely to be used by this splel
did organization In the way IL mo
rst judciously recommends
1ev Chairman Union County Cl-pt
1he Amercau National l.ei c.o.a