Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-07-20

The aims of the Fulton County |
Chapter American Red Cross are in
spired and controlled by the central
organization at Washington and that |
central organization is fully awake to
the stupendous task that is before it, |
a task that requires the combined eff
forts of thousands of workers and mil
lions of dollars for materials in order |
that an adequate force of doctors,
nurses and helpers of all descriptions |
may be kept in the field where there |
services are so sorely needed. Mil |
lions more of money are required to !
furnish the equipment, transportation
and maintenance of the force mention
ed in the foregoing and all of this, so
large that it is difficult for most of us
to conceive the magnitude of it is what |
shapes the policies and controls the
aims of the American Red Cross.
There can be no government bond is
sue to meet the enormous expense in |
vOlved; there can be no draft or con-
scription of workers to perform the
work that must be performed here at
home, nor can the government arsen-
ais and munition factories be utilized
Ito manufacture the mountains of sup
Iplies that are needed.
In consequence of all this the aims
of the Fulton County Chapter are TO
enlist in its membership every person
in the county, to secure the cooper
alton of every man, woman and child,
to enlist the services of every woman
hand girl who can cut, knit, sew or per-
form any other work that needs to be
done along the lines of Red Cross
work and to secure as large contribu-
tions of money as the people of the
county are willing and able to give.
This call of the American Red Cross
is to those who do not and cannot 90
to the front and it is a call not for a
loan nor for the careless giving that
means nothing to the giver. It's call
for real giving and real service that
will mean sacrifice of pleasure and
convenience and is just as important
in its sphere as the service of those
who are called to the field of actual
lighting is in its sphere. We must sus-
tain and protect to the very best of
our ability those who are representing
us and fighting for US on the battle
fields of Europe
At an executive meeting of the Ma
tional League for Womens Service,
county organization held Tuesday last,
resolution was read by the secretary
which was in essence as follows:
"In conference with Judge Wolf,
president of the Fulton County Chap
ter Red Cross, he suggested that the
National League now work under the
Red Cross, changing the name but not
the personale of the organization and
continuing present committees and
work along the lines of National Lea
que service. He also recommended
that the funds of the National League
be turned over to the Fulton Red Cross
Chapter as a donation, first paying
such bills as deemed necessary and
voting $1,000 to the purchasing agent
for immediate use. Judge Wolf fur
ther recommended that the headquar-
tiers of the. Red Cross be closed during
Chautauqua week, August 9th to 18th
and until the Monday following. Reso-
lutions embodying the foregoing sug-
gestions and recommendations were
adopted and henceforth the work II
Fulton county will all be under the
one head-that of the Red Cross.
The membership campaign is being
pushed forward and to facilitate this
work the village of Wauseon has beer
ulNlueu lHJO S6CJlOllS anu d CHdlIIlldl
for each section has been appointed al
o. follows: Southwest, Miss Adalin,
Howard; Southeast, Mrs. w. G. Fink
Northwest, L. H. Deyo. and Northeast
W. B. Harris.
Last Sunday was Red Cross Day il
the Methodist church and Sunda,
School and the membership responde,
nobly to the Red Cross call. The re
suits were: One hundred and on
new members for the Red Cross an
the total amount of money receive
from memberships, banners and loos
collections amounted to $1S3.60.
The Branches of the County Chapte
are wheeling into line for action: De
ia already well organized is doin