Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-12
CITY OPENS HEART AND
PURSE TO RED CROSS
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will be accepted anywhere after Fri
day night at s o'clock.
Harrisburgers who are not volun-
teers before o'clock tomorrow
night wall have to join through the
1900 "moppers up who will seize
the lines of communication Monday
morning and work for an entire
| week.
Outside Districts Ready
With all supplies shipped to the
towns and hamlets in the entire dis
trict outside of Harrisburg, Vice
Chairman Mercer B. Tate, of the
membership drive said this morning
that indications point to a very
heavy enrolment next week.
The membership of the entire dis
| trict now is only $4,000. That is less
than a fourth the population of the
district comprising the Harrisburg
chapter of the Red Cross
If Harrisburg does what is expect
ed of 1t, it will have membership
of 40, 600 or 80, 900 before the regular
drive starts Monday.
More Captains Named
Mrs. c. II. Hunter has announced
the personnel of her organization
the tops" who will name bic elk
workers in the down town section
of the city. This newspaper has ell
ready published the majors ard
captains in the districts colonel by
Mrs. G.. l.. Culmerry and Mrs. ]. b.
Markward. Mrs. Hunters list is as
| follows:
First Ward
Major, Mrs. ]. Allen Stuart, 1912
South Twelfth; captains, Mrs. Ed
ward Frazier, 1901 South Twelfth,
First precinct; Mrs. j. c. Kelley,
.030 South Cameron, Second pre-
cinct; Mary f. Sloathour 5S7 South
Front, Third precinct.
Second, Third and Ninth Wards
(Those sections in Mrs. Hunters
division)
Major, Mrs. Edward Sponsler, %
/ South Front; captains, Mrs. Dewitt
Fry, S13 South Front, First and Sec
ond precincts, Second ward; Mrs
V. Lorne Hummel, 1O7 South Front,
First precinct, Third ward: Mrs
Walter Mcguire. South Front. Sec
ond precinct, Third ward; Mrs. Ben
jamin Africa, Third precinct, Third
ward and First precinct, of Ninth
ward.
tOuftn ana Elgntn wards
(West of p. r. R)
Major, Mrs. Mabel Cronise Jones,
105 Locust street; captains, Mrs.
First precinct, Fourth ward; Mrs.
w. NJ. Hahn, S19 North Front, Sec
ond precinct. Fourth ward; Mrs.
Charles C. Steiner SIS North Sixth,
Fourth precinct. Eighth ward.
Hundred Per Cent. Start
Announcement was made to-day
that the Dauphin Deposit Company,
Brown & Company, North Third
street, and Montgomery & Company,
coal merchants, are all in the hun
dred per cent. class-every employe
having joined the Red Cross for
1919.
Merchants Are Backward
Very few city merchants are dis
playing Red Cross posters, headquar-
ters said to-day. Market street is
apparently a desert, so far as these
posters are concerned. Mercer b.
Tate has a large supply at head
quarters which he will give all
comers.
A Fine Headquarters
Mrs. George S. Reinoehl, of 2114
North Third street, has prettily dec
grated her home, Red Cross head
quarters for that block. Posters and
Red Cross flags are tastefully used.
LemOyne Is Ready
Lemoyne is ready for volunteers
and the drive proper. Registration
places are open tomorrow. Work
ers include: District No. /, AIRS.
George Fowler, Mrs. l.. c. Crow.
Mrs w. X. Klugh and Mrs. f. ID.
Shope; District No. 2, Mrs. +. X.
Lichtenberger, Mrs. Charles Wall,
Mrs. Peffiy: Third district, Mrs.
Charles Decker, Mrs. NJ. w. McIn-
tyre, Mrs. Miles Bushey; Fourth
district. Mrs. T. j. Bowers and the
Rev. p. r. Koontz.
Lemoyne headquarters urges that
the entire population become vol
unteer members of the Red Cross.