The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-11-15
REBEKAHS LABOR FOR
RED CROSS
Four Days Entertainment This
Week-Patriotic Address
by Chairman Mains

ments for the benefit of the Red Cross
The first was held Tuesday evening
and consisted of a pleasing musical
and literary program and refresh
ments. The net receipts were s14.
Last night, an old fashioned dance,
under the management of number
of the mill employees, was given and
besides drawing good crowd, pro-
vided an evening of real enjoyment.
The Rebekah ladies served refresh
ments. This afternoon was for the
ladies exclusively and a tea was served
and Kensington and Knitting bee.
The climax of the week will be a
card party tomorrow friday even
ing. Entertainment will be provid-
ed for those who do not play cards,
and everybody will find something to
amuse and entertain.
At Tuesday evenings gathering
Mrs. G. B. Mains, head of the local
chapter, read an appealing and stir
ring address on the purposes and ac-
complishments of the Red Cross. The
address is given below in part:
1t is hardly necessary for me to tell
you that you have Red Cross Chap
ter in your midst. Its activities have
been forced upon you on all occasions,
perhaps inopportunely, some of you
are thinking, but let me say to such
persons-the war itself is inoppor
tune.
1t is with great deal of satisfac-
ton we have seen organization after
organization fall into line and make
their contribution to this great cause
your cause, not mine, not of the
handful of busy women who have
volunteered to give their time and
energy to carry on this work in your
midst, but your cause-your country's
cause. My country's cause.
In the six months our local chapter
has been organized, we have acquir-
ed a membership of 456 including 81
in the Montour branch; and since re-
strictions have recently been removed,
we are organizing at Cascade and
Roseberry. We are planning in the
near future another campaign for
memberships. However, if you are not
already a member, do not wait for
one of the membership committee to
hunt you up, you hunt them up.
The social life of the community
has been turned to the benefit of the
Red Cross and by just such affairs as
this planned by the Rebekahs, about
$3.50, along with membership dues,
and private donations totaling $1,000,
have been turned into the chapter
treasury to provide working fund,
and | dare say your are none the
poorer. Seven hundred of this fund
was donated to the Red Cross war
fund during the June campaign when
it was represented to US that the
National Red Cross could make bet
ter use of it than the chapter could.
more of it went to provide
the boys going from this section with
the necessary comfort kits, and the
letters of appreciation from the boys
made us feel the money was well
spent.
The National Red Cross has gone on
record promising that every soldier
and sailor in France and our canton
nents should receive a Christmas
packet on Christmas morning; that |
he boys at the front be made to feel |
he interest of the folks at home. We |
we're asked for so of these packets |
and given the privilege of sending |
hem in three detachments, but in |
stead of availing ourselves of the ex-
ended time our committee in less |
han week put the full quota of so |
packets into the supply house at Seat
lie one day in advance of the time set |
or the first one-third. So much did |
hey admire our promptness that they |
wrote asking for 40 ad- |
litional to be sent by December /. The
anne committee cheerfully accepted
he additional work and the packets
re being assembled and those of you
siio were not solicited in the first
Iuota will have the chance to get in
n this second call which is for the
antonments in this country.
The balance of this local fund is
eing used to buy yarn from which the
7omen and children to the number of
8 are knitting socks, sweaters, muf-
ers, wristlets and helmets. You
nay have seen some of it in evidence
he past week. The great appeal
GEMS to be for socks. "If you can
end but one thing, send socks" they
ay. The knitters are responding no.
ly and only the lack of yarn and
eedles hinders our having fully 100
nitters now at work. The woman
-ho persists in tatting or crocheting
MS winter will certainly be conspicu-
US. So much for our local work.
AS to our National Red Cross: One
ear ago, on peace basis, there were
My 200 chapters with a membership
100000 and only a few hundred
lousand dollars to handle Today
e have 5000 chapters and member
nip of over million and a war fund |
100 millions. 1t
When more than 118 million dollars
gratuitously offered by the Amer
an people for any cause, it is only !.
atural that they should be :
: solicitous as to the exact man. .
sr in which it is to be expended. For
lis reason the Red Cross is giving
lie fullest publicity to all its expend- q
ures. 4