The Detroit times., 1917-04-27
STATE IS
RED CROSS
DIVlSI0N
DIVEVHVU
Gov. Sleeper Names
Prominent Men On
the Board
OFFICES WILL
BE IN DETROIT
Michigan Is Now In
Direct Touch With
National Body

GOV Sleeper has just announced
The appointment Of a Michigan state
board OF the American Red Cross,
naming many prominent Detroit am
Michigan men 70 positions on the
board The announcement was
made ar noon on Friday by Mark
z. Mckee. Of Mt Clemens with
rmoes az No eSs Dime Bank build.
ing. who Is secretary OF the new
state board
The action was taken in accord
ance with a plan % reduce the size
n the units which 80 10 make Up
The National Red Cross organiza-
lion Gov. Sleeper ex-orlcio head
of the Michigan division OF the Red
Cross. held conferences with lhc
national officers and learned that
,hey were swamped with work The
anne was true OF the central a.
vision. of which J J O'Connor "a
director with headquarters in Chi
cage. and with which the MichisaH
division has been affiliated
The result 81 these conferen -es
was tho establishment Of a Michi
ean division. which will commuui.
cate directly with the national head
quarters q Washington GOV sleep
or before announcing the personnel
az the Michigan organization con
ferred with officers Of the National
Red Cross with the result thst IRE
latter body Endorsed his action TSe
new board became Official on Fri.
day and Immediately opened head
quarters in the Dime Bank bundines
from which il will direct The work
in the state
Gov. Sleeper appointed the follow
ne 10 the organization
Frederick " stevens Ann Arbor
chairman. Mark r. Mckee ST CIeu-
ems. secretary Emory " Clark. De-
troit. treasurer
Executive com u,ittee-Joseph p
Schiotman Crosse Point, C. p. pope
Detroit Charles II. Render Grand
Rapids J. u bort. Flint Ralph a..
Morley. Saginaw " r. Brown La
peer. Lincoln Avery. Port Huron
Members 81 the boa rd--C'hase {
Osborn. Sault ste Marie william r.
Bclden TshpewinE J " Wells Ne
nominee. r. II. Rice hOuEhton sid
ney T Miller. Detroit william -
Curtis. Detroit. Grant n Slocum De
troit Clay n Hollister, Grand Rap
IDS. J. Edward Roe Lansing John
" Haarer Lansing lanes r. David
son Ray city. Gerrit r. Dfeknr1a
IaH 70 A HH..-
Clarence W Sessions MuskeRou
William J. smith Battle Creek. Dali
las Boudeman. Kalamazoo, Fred "
Green, Tonia. Gerrit Masseilink. Big
Rapids Humphrey & Gray Benton
Harhor John = kefchan Hastings
" y culver. LudinRton. 4 MAJ
nard. Traverse city. Frank s CUM
minEs. Centrevtlle X a Boomhower
Bad Axe Jacob ~ sampson Adrian
Burt c Preston. Armada.
The board will set about immedi-
ately the organization OF local chap.
ters in every county in the STATE
with the idea OF ultimately havirg
50 chapters in the state, with l..
600 900 members
Everybody Interested IN Red
Cross work in Michigan il expected
to communicate with the new or
eanization Instead OF taking Up lie
questions with either in Washington
OF Chicago, as has been The case In
the past
The state board viii not devote
much attention 70 Detroit, as the
organization here is one % the besl
N the country and Is Just conclud.
ing remarkably successful cam.
I.aign FOR funds and members. ],
is expected that the money derived
from this campaign will total t175,
GOO. and that much more than 100
600 members Will be added
In the local campaign e,777 mem
bcrs were added In the "a hours
ended az noon Friday. making A TO-
tsl 80 far reported Of 61.sse. with
scores OF reports yet 10 hear from
In the same period money 10 the
total Of sIO.523.e3 was received
making the grand total 20 date
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