The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1917-12-14
RED CROSS SEALS.

The annual sales Of Red Cross seals
which always takes place, just prior to
and during holiday week, is now on,
and 1t is to be hoped that Oroville will
make record in the humber of seals
disposed of in this community. Mrs
Geo. w. Lee of Omak, who takes a
leading part in all philanthropic move.
ments in this county has charge of
the Red Cross seals sales in Okanogan
county. 1t is charity in which she
takes deep interest, and is giving
her time and influence to promoting
and stimulating sales lin the territory
under her jurisdiction. She has ap-
pointed Mrs. F. B. Nance as agent to
take charge of the Red Cross seal
campaign in Oroville, and Mrs Nance
is actively engaged in introducing the
seals and arousing interest in their
distribution. In the following state
ment furnished this paper bv Mrs.
Lee the purposes OF the Red Cross
seals drive are set forth most lucidly
The Red Cross seal campaign be-
gins this week and every effort will
be made to make this the most success
sful campaign ever conducted in this
county. The sale of seals is quite
necessary in order to finance the
movement, which is nation wide. and
has for its aim and object the educa-
ton of all the people with regard to
the prevention and relief of tubercu-
losis, and the bettering of working and
living conditions.
Miss Holmes, Red Cros nurse and
one who has had wide experience in
Tuberculosis institutional work has
spent several weeks in Okanogan
county and has everywhere received
the sympathy and cooperation of the
people. physicians and teachers. Miss
Holmes visited eleven towns and made
twenty-three addresses, besides max
ing any number of personal calls.
1t is because we have in past years
held Red Cross seal sales that the
Washington association for the pre-
vention and relief of tuberculosis has
given us Miss Holmes valuable time
for work in this county, that We can
adopt the modern health crusade
movement in our schools, and that we
have sent to us free literature for dis
tribution which, te1ds to improve the
general health Of every community.
Every one who buys or sells Red
Cross seals must learn that tubercu-
losis is communicable, (not inherited)
that it is, therefore, preventable and
in its early stages durable. Each cam
paign tends to give the people bet
ter knowledge of the usefulness Of
our state association and our working
force is each year increased. This year
every town in the county will have an
agent who will push the campaign.
Every teacher in the county has been
sent literature and seals, and urged
to form among the pupils health
crusade league. We have now almost
eight hundred crusaders enrolled and
new ones are added each week. This
movement is indorsed by our county
superintendent of schools, for through
the cooperation of teachers, children
and parents can the best results be
obtained.
It is estimated that we have two
hundred cases of tuberculosis in our
county and twenty of these are young
men of draft age who were found bv
our local board to have tuberculosis
We must work for some definite aid
for our people suffering from this
disease. Take advantage of the bene-
fits of this educational movement and
help it along with your interest and
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