Arizona republican., 1918-02-10
RED CROSS ACTIVITIES

Service work in Red Cross head
quarters in the Chamber of Commerce
building does not begin to represent |
the vast amount that is being accom-
plished by the Phoenix chapter In |
addition to the women Who work so |
faithfully several days week IN the
down town sewing room, there are
many other women scattered over the |
county who are doing an equal amount
of work through their branch, auNll- |
iary, club, parent teacher or church Or
ganization. Not quite so near home |
there are other women who are doing |
their bit through the medium of the |
Phoenix chapter This was demon |
strated by a large shipment of~sWeat- |
ers and bandages from the Florence |
branch and knitted articles, bed shirts
and surgical dressings from the Ray |
and Hayden branches.
The Tempe and Mesa branches were
credited with a splendid supply OF
knitted articles within the past few
days.
The women of the Catholic church
are devoting three days week for Red
Cross activity and many other
churches have set apart days for the
work, the Presbyterian, Calvary and
0nTlSI c1uTcneS dluOllS olileiS
Surgical dressings and hospital gar
ments are being made by the Womans
club, the classes meeting on ThursGays
and Fridays. The Woman's club is
also knitting articles for the boys on
the battleship Arizona The Wash
ington Woman's club, the Madison I'm
provement club are sewing once and
often twice a week for Uncle Sam
men and the College clubs contrib
uting to the supplies That are being
sent to the Pacific division from the
local chapter. Creighton, Cartwright
and Osborn districts are holding meet
ings in the school house where the
women OF the neighborhood gather to
make the supplies for which there
comes more and more demand. The
Pythian sisters are holding weekly
meetings for Red Cross work and the
Parent Teacher associations have
charge of the Wednesday meetings at
the headquarters.
DR.. H. \. MacCracken in appealing
to the boys and girls of America to
join the Junior Red Cross says:
What is the Junior Red Cross?
1t is a department of the American
Red Cross belonging to the school chill
dren of the United States through
which they can find expression in ev
cry form of patriotic service. As Pres
ident Wilson says Learn by doing
kind things under their teachers direc-
ton to be the future good citizens of
this great country which we all love"
The Junior Red Cross is unity. When
a school has once joined the Junior Red
Cross it can engage in any form of
patriotic service which the government
has approved. 1t can work for war
savings; it can plant school gardens; it
can engage in salvage work Of the raw
material board; it can help the food
administration or the Council of De-
Tense, and all the While be acting as a
part of the Junior Red Cross which has
agreed to cooperate with all these
branches of the government work.
The Junior Red Cross is efficiency.
1t can provide you boys and girls with
work to do which viii be of real ser
vice, with opportunities for work which
are practical and which lead to definite
results with specifications of articles
to make which the Red Cross knows to
be useful at this time. You can be
| sure that your money which goes TO
| the Red Cross will not be wasted.
I The Red Cross is conservation. Ey-
| cry sweater that you knit, every box
/ that YOU make, is just as truly d piece
/ OF conservation as money put in the
/ war savings or liberty bonds. You are
/ helping the government by using your
/ school time in helping to release other
workers in other fields of which the
| government has need.
The Red cross is morale In joining
/ it you are joining that great army OF
/ citizens which stands back of the boys
at the front. You put courage in their
hearts and power in their elbows, YOU
make them feel that their country is
with them and is something to fight for
and die for, if need be-
Can you think of any reason teach
ers, and boys and girls, why you should
not join the Junior Red Cross? Their
write to the nearest Red Cross chapter
headquarters and have your school
join the rest. Make our battle cry come
true Every School a Red Cross Aux
Hilary, Center of National Service
Five boxes Of freight We're shipped
by the Phoenix chapter of the Rec
Cross to the Pacific division last week
There were three cases of surgica
dressings containing 1000 dressings
one box of pajamas and one box of bee
shirts. Two shipments of knitted ar
ticles will also be credited to the loca
chapter for the past week In the frs
shipment were 80 sweaters, y muff
lers, 40 helmets, IL dozen socks and 3
! pair of wristlets Checked in the secon,
shipment We're 20 sweaters. Is muff
lers, II helmets, 80 pair of socks and ,
Wristlets.
An auxiliary has been formed at Gil
bert where a group of women will kni
and sew for the Red Cross under tn
Craftsmanship of Mrs. S. T. Stone.
For the protection of the name an,
emblem of the American Red Cross at
tention has been called from time t