Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-07-27

Since last weeks issue of The Tri-
bune, Fulton County Chapter has just
about doubled its membership.
Last week we published the names
Of 275 members; this week we pub
lish list of 273 additional members,
lacking only two of being as many as
on the first list. The total member
ship of the chapter exclusive of mem
bership in branches is 548. Wauseon
and vicinity ought to have a men ber-
ship of at least 1000 and we believe
they will reach this number and we
hope, pass it before the campaign is
over. The net of the war is drawn
closer about US as the machinery of
the selective draft proceeds and the
boys that are in our own or our neigh
bors home are found to be on the list
up toward the first and as one after
another our own boys enlist and leave
US, we are made aware that war is
near US and that the heavy horrible
hand of that war is slowly but surely
descending upon our own fair land
and upon our own flesh and blood.
When the day of catastrophe comes it
is the American Red Cross that will
stand in the places of desolation to
sooth the pain and save if possible the
wavering light of life. It is not en-
couraging or continuing the raavages
and carnage of war to join or contrib
ute to the support of the Red Cross;
on the contrary it is making provision
for a possible factor of relief for q
world of suffering and the saving of
the lives it may be of our own boys
Don't take change on the speedy end
ing of the war or that "our boys" will
never get into it. Some of "o1r bovs'
are already in it and those who are
in position to know best advance no
hopes of an early termination of the
war; taking such chances is gambling
with your own flesh and bloodi Join
now and give now to this organization
that stands for humanity and mercy in
the midst of the unreasoning brutality
of war. One of the pleasant incidents
in the campaign for membership car
ried on in Wauseon last week: At the
Superior Iron and Manufacturing Co.
the committee were permitted to pre-
sent the Red Cross to the employees
in body. the men being released from
work half hour before the noon hour
on Thursday for this purpose. judge
Wolf, F. A. Stuempel and L. IT. Devo
were the committee; Mr. Stuempel
spoke to the men in their own Ian
Pguage and acted as Interpreter for
Judge Wolf. The committee were well
received and practically every man in
the plant took a Red Cross member
ship, the company supplemented the
contributions of the men with d CON
trihution of S25.00 making the tota1
directly from this plant, 5000; many
Of the men had previously been soil
cited and Joined the Red Cross.
List of New Members
Mrs. Nora Ayers; Mrs. 0. K. ALE
man; Elias Aeschliman; Mrs. Jud A
Angel.
Mrs. R. I. Bernath; Grant Bonnell:
Mrs. Grant BonnelI; Miss Edna Baer:
Mrs. Inez Brigham; Mrs. Ida Bulger:
Mrs. Grace Baer; P. H. Bayes; DAME
Brown; Mrs. F. N. Bayes; Miss Betty
Bank; Mr.. Francis Bank; Mrs. Theda
Barnes; Miss Dorothy Barnes; Miss
Marie Barnes; S. ]. Boyers; Mrs. N
W. Bowser; Miss Celia Burkholder,
Mrs. j. S. Bannister; Miss Florence
Bennett; Elmer Baer; Ida E. Bixler
H. r. Bonnell; Clark o. Biddle; C. W
Barker; VIM. Baus; Fred Becker; C
Bigelow; c. Bundy; ]. W. Becker