The Marietta journal and courier., 1918-10-04
OFFICIAL NOTES OF The
COBB CHAPTER A, R. C.
branches to Hold Elections Second
Saturday in October.

branches to Hold Elections Second
Saturday in October.
All branches in the County must
hold elections on the second Saturday
in October. The Chairman and one
representative from each Branch are
n,embers of the Executive Board and
these representatives of the Branches
will meet in Marietta on the fourth
Wednesday in October. (the 23rd)
and elect the County officers.
Notice of the place of meeting OF
this Executive Board will be sent 10
each County Secretary, Miss Cortei-
you.
Meeting of the Executive Board
The Executive Board held the regu-
lar meeting for October at the home
of the iVce-C Chairman, Mrs. j. III.
Graham. on Tuesday afternoon.
Marietta, Smyrna, Acworth and
Merritts Branches were represented.
Conservative Chairman Appointed
Mrs. S. D. RamDo, of Marietta was
appsinted to fill this important CHAIR
manship.
The request for appointment OF
this committee came from headquart-
ers. aad every Branch is requested TO
appoint local chairman, who is to
report to Mrs. Rambo.
The call has been issued to the
Red Cross by Brig. Hugh S. Johnson
of Ae War Department, for collect
ion of fruit pits and nut shells, artl-
cles which have been considered ab-
solutely waste products and which
housewives have always sought to
consign as quickly as possible to the
refuse pile.
The call will be needed by every
American citizen when it is gene
rally known that from this refuse
NAV be manufactured the much need
ed carbon which will protect our SOL
diers from the German poison gas.
Fowler Brothers Store, Marietta, Is
The Depot
Fowler Brothers have generously
offered their warehouse to Mrs. Ram
bo as a depot where the nut and
peach stones may be sent.
The stones must be dry, and put
ND in sacks, if possible. There must
be a large number Of peach stones
on the ground under the trees in the
county.
Mrs. Rambo is asking for a car
load from the county.
Other Seeds, Stones and Shells
Vented
The following are the materials to
be collected: Peace stones or seeds,
apricot pits, prune pits, plum pits,
olive pits, date seed, cherry pits,
Brazil nut shells, walnut shells, ENG
lsh or native), hickory nut shells,
butternut shells.
1t is not necessary to separate the
SHELLS and seeds and pits. Any of
these materials, if sound, no matter
how old, will be acceptable.
Contributions to this committee
has already reached large amount.
Howells District is already repre-
sented by sack from Mr.. r. D. Bry-
ant, who brought it in Tuesday morn
ing.
Special Chairman TO Collect TinfOii
and Collapsible Tubes
Save every tube that comes lnto
your home or Office. Tin can be ex-
tracted from them. Tin cans are
not wanted, as they are tin in name
only. Tinfoil comes around any num-
Der of ARTICLES, cigars, chewing-gum,
camera films, chocolate, hot-house
flowers, etc.
Every School in the County Should
Be a Red Gross Unit
Every school should be unit, but
whether it is unit or not it should
be depot for the collection of these
conservation products. Every schoO
child in the county should go to work
Immediately to collect the articles
The principal of every school II
requested by the Red Cross.
the county is requested to enroll the
school into a Red Cross unit. Every
child on the roll of the school must
be represented by a membership fee
of twenty-five cents, or over, for tht
school to be a Red Cross unit. Al
the membership fees are given to th'
schools for Red Cross work. Thi:
work of collecting conservation pro
ducts is ideal work for school units
aad can be done at little or no cos
in dollars and cents, but means much
in patriotism and in teaching conser
vation.
Honnr RoH