Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-11-28

W IN the state ana we SnOuld WIN the
prize if the other counties did not in
crease their memberships.
The campaign for members in Del
aware county will be organized along
the lines indicated by the national or
ganization, but it seems a pity that
it should be necessary for busy people
to take time from their affairs, often
at considerable sacrifice, to go and
ask their neighbors to do what the
neighbor should be just as anxious to
do as those who solicit
If one of us should find baby by
the roadside whose parents and rela-
tives had been killed, whose home had
been burned, and who was left to die
of starvation, would We stand back
and wait for someone else to come and
request our assistance? And when we
see a great organization working eff
ficiently to relieve the babies Of France
and other nations which have stood be-
tween us and a similar fate, why
should we wait to be asked to help
any more than if the baby was on our
streets? 49,.
Our soldiers are in France on the
fighting line and more are going as
fast as ships can be provided In
spite of high prices, taxes and hard
times we are immensely comfortable
compared with the boys 'over there.
The Red Cross is the only instrument
atty charged with the care of the
mems physical comfort in camp or hos
pital and we ought to be ashamed
if we are not doing a thing for the
men who are keeping us safe.
Putting our money into Liberty
Bonds is not giving but making fine
investment. Money for the Y. NJ c. A.
is we'll given and necessary, but the
only way we can extend our hands to
our boys at the front in effective help
for their tired cold or wounded bod
les, is through the Red Cross and the
need is greater than can be supplied
by the millions Of workers already en-
rolled. Surely more than 10 per cent
of the people of Delaware county want
to help in this work and the dollar
memberships help. .s..
Facts in regard to Red Cross work
can be had for the slightest invest
igation and those who know most
about it are most enthusiastic in its
support. Don't listen to stories in
spired by the devil or his representa-
tive on earth, but examine the facts
and then enroll to do what you can to
help. Don't wait for your neighbor
to ask you to join--give in your name
and ask him to join.
In the near future it is planned to
organize class in surgical dressings,
with classes probably three days a
week, from until in the afternoon.
The course consists of ten lessons at
|
alton will be given and those success
full in passing this are required to do
seventy-two hours work, after which
they are authorized to instruct others.
AS soon as enough have finished the
course to furnish instructors, work will
be begun here on making the dressings
which are so urgently needed but
which have to be made with especial
care to avoid possible infection.
Miss Dora LIE Roy, chapter secre-,
tary, took the course in Chicago, en-
tirely at her own expense, and will be
the instructor of the class here, though
she will not organize the class nor
have anything to do with the money,
as she gives her services in teaching
without expense to the Red Cross. The
charge for the course is usually five
dollars, but the executive committee
has fixed the price here at two dol
lars per pupil, which will go into the
chapter treasury. Several have al
ready indicated their desire to take
the course "nd others NAV if they Dr.
sire. r.s,
Mrs. Sarah Bradley, Mrs. H. A. Dit
mer, Mrs. A. R. LIE Roy, Mrs. E. M.
Carr and Miss Dora LIE Roy visited the
hopkinton branch Friday afternoon
and talked with the ladies in the Red
Cross work room. .-.
Thursday afternoon Miss Dora LIE
Roy talked to the High school pupils,
giving them suggestions from the con-
vention in Chicago, which she attend
ed. ..,..
Mondays mail brought a check for
$77.O0 from Earlville in payment of
dues for % new members
of whom two are life members, Mrs.
Eta Reed and Mrs. Christina Schnitt-
jer. The Silver Creek branch also has
two life members but none of the 9TH
er branches have any. The Earlville
branch is one of the most active in
the county as is shown by their con-
stantly increasing membership as we'll
as by the finished articles sent to
headquarters from time to time, and
this report Of new members will be an
encouragement to the workers all
over the county.