The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-03-25
500 MEMBERS
CAMPAIGN FOR
RED CROSS ON
90 Women in Six Teams viii
Begin Enrolling Others
Tomorrow.
WILL OPEN HEADQUARTERS
Loyal Workers Will be at All
Public Places Beginning Mon
day to Sign Up Applications
fol- Membership.

Beginning Monday, sweeping
campaign for 500 members will be
started by the local Red Cross so.
ciety, which will continue for 10 days
or longer. Mrs. Eugene Marlin is
chairman of the membership commit.
tee, and the campaign will be under
her generalship.
Six captains will lead a crew" Of
ten each. They will establish them
selves in hotels, the postoGice, city
hall, county building, and every other
conceivable public place with stands,
pen and ink and enrolment and
pledge blanks. A central headouar.
ters will also be established. it is
hoped by Monday afternoon.
Following is the line up of workers
under captains:
Captain, Miss Buford Aiken: Miss
Annie Maxey, Miss Eugenia Maxey.
Miss Mary King Hilsman. Miss An.
ME Dean Atkinson, Miss Mattic Bish.
op, Misses Leila and Alice Parker,
Mrs. Walker Oats, Mrs. j. e. Lam.
bright, Mrs Garvin.
Captain, Miss Marie Hopkins;
Misses Clara and Marion Wood. frsfn.
ME Gordon Mildred Levy Ruth Sher.
man, Guerry Green, Katherine stiles,
May Wright, Apphie Jackson. Louise
Elliott
Captain Miss Helen Branham;
Misses Nell Akin, Kezzie Conoley.
Matte Nelson, Marie Everett, Maude
and Marie Nightingale, May Joe Lott.
Jane Will Miller, Katherine O'Con.
nor, Mrs. Clyde Walker, Mrs. ]. l..
Dunn
Captain, Miss Winnie McKinnon:
Misses Leah Brown, Julia Church,
| Gladys McKinnon, Helen Miller, Mrs.
Walter Mangum, Mrs. J. A. Michel.
son, Mrs. w A. Jeter, Mrs. Albert
Smith. Mrs. William Lundberg, Mrs
R. E, Moegling.
Captain, Mrs. L. Harwell Mrs. Pot
ter Gould, Mrs. Richard Gould, Mrs.
Frank Mallard, Mrs Louis Leavy.
| Msr. ]. l.. Andrews, Mrs. D. ]. Gill.
Mrs. Jesse Gibson, Mrs " c. Bourne,
Mrs. ]. w Simmons, Mrs. Robert
Harley.
Captain, Mrs. George w. Harper;
Misses Myrtle Jones, Hilda Lomm
Margaret and Kate Hummel, Louise
and Maude Mccullough, Ruby and
Lily Sche0ppel, Carl Brown.
Every patriotic and loyal citizen is
asked to join The American Ma
tional Red Cross, Of which the local
organization is a branch, needs over
one million new members. The dues
are one dollar per year, half of which
is retained by the local organization
for civilian relief when necessary, the
purchase Of hospital dressings and
military supplies; the other half goes
to the national fund to support field
and base hospitals, its doctors and
nurses in their great humanitarian
work, and, to provide the necessities
Of military and civilian relief under.
taken by them on larger scale.
The United States, now practically
in a state of war, never in history
has been ready at the beginning OF
any war to take the proper care Of
me sick and wounded
President Wilson has issued won.
derful appeal to the American people,
calling on them to join. The Red
Cross entails no obligations. Men
members don't have 10 drive ambu.
Iances in time of war unless they vol
unteer to 90 into that service They
are not even asked to volunteer.
Women members DO not have to
nurse the wounded in time of war
unless they volunteer for that serv-
ice, and they are not asked 10 volun-
teer Children are eligible to mem
bership and of course they assume no
obligation.
The American Red Cross is a great
national institution for the relief Of