The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-07
keokuk Chapter Of Red Cross Loses
Nearly All Its Members by Ex-
piration, But Expects
All Back Again.
COSTS ONLY ONE DOLLAR
Everybody in keokuk and Southern
Lee County Will be Asked to
Belong to Great Organ
ization Soon.

In about a week the Keokuk Red
cross Will start canvass of every
BODY in Keokuk for renewal of mem
berships in the Keoluk chapter.
AT the same time, the country
townships in the Keokuk territory
are expected to renew all their mem
berships at least.
There are over 5000 members of
the Keokuk Red Cross today, but
before this month ends there will be
only few score-for nearly all of
the memberships expire in December
and must be renewed If they are to
continue.
The cost Is only one dollar-or two
dollars including subscription to
the fine magazine.
| 1t is believed that every one of
the 5000 will want the distinction OF
saying they belong to the Red Cross
during 1919.
Campaign VIII Be Big One.
| A house-tohouse canvass will be
made, and a complete organization
has been formed for the work. Tho
time Is week after next, the week
before Christmas, from December 10
to December %.
Campaign headquarters have been
opened at 625 Main street for this
important drive, which is very i'm
portant in extent, although only a
dollar or two is asked of each person.
The Odd Fellows donated the room
to the Keokuk Red Cross for this
purpose.
Miss Natalie Wahrer will be in
charge Of headquarters from $3.50
O'Clock in the morning to 5 O'Clock
in the afternoon, and will have plen-
| ty OF things to attend to every day,
| Rosters and Window Flags.
All the supplies for the campaign
will pass through there, and all
workers are expected to call there
and get information.
There will be plenty of posters,
which will be displayed in windows
all over the business district and in
outlying stores.
There will be service flags, some
marked 1009o, to hang in the win.
dows of members of the Red Cross.
There will be pins for the new men,
bers to wear proudly.
A service flag marked 1000 will
10 PldSCu III lie WluuOW OIL every
house, every resident Of which be-
comes a member Of the Red Cross.
Needed Now az Much ~ Ever.
| No public meetings will be held,
| and this time the Red Cross must
depend on personal solicitation and
| volunteer offers to renew the many
thousands OF memberships in the
Keokuk chapter, most of which were
started about year ago.
There is just as much use for the
Red Cross today as there ever was,
although its activities are taking a
somewhat different angle since the
fighting stopped.
Never again should the American
Red Cross find itself so small as it
was when we entered the war" said
one OF its directors today, "for no
body can foretell when 1t may be
needed instantly in some great pub.
lie calamity. And our work for the
soldiers will not end until they are
all at home, which means about an.
other year. anyhow"
Personnel Of the Campaign.
The organization of the campaign
for memberships in the Keokuk Red
Cross this year Is headed by Mrs.
w. N. Sage, chairman, with c. R.
Joy. Miss Cornelia Meigs, John W.
Rovane. G. F. Mcfarland and Mrs.
Beverly B. Hobbs on the executive
committee. The department heads
are:
Assistant chairman-Miss inertia
Mitchell.
Neighborhood division, for the
house-to4house canvass-Miss inertia
Mitchell.
Business district division. for the
canvass down town-Charles s.
Abel.
Factories division, to canvass the
factories-J. Albert Kiedaisch.
Business woman's division, to can
Maud Immegart.
work in the townshfps-Miss Nettie
Younker.
Publicity director-John Tumelty.
Press director-Dr. G. Walter Barr.
Supply manager-Miss Natalie
Wahrer.
Cashier-Mrs. George e. Rix
Captains OF wards under the wom-
ems committee-First, Miss Eliza
beth Collier; second, Miss Frances
Mccarthy; third, Mrs. Paul Pech-
stein; fourth, Mrs. w. L. Allen:
fifth, Miss Marguerite Belts; sixth,
Mrs. Joseph O'Brien; seventh, Mrs.
o. C. Swanson.
Nurse Won Honors.
limited Press Leased Wire Service1
CHICAGO, Dec. Miss Grace
Gassette, known as "Chicago's Flor
ence Nightingale" who spent four
years as nurse in France, is at a
sanitorium at Kenosha, Wis, re-
operating from breakdown, 1t was