St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1918-11-30

Dierctor POitevent announces that
there will be meeting of the Red
Cross at the school house in Coving-
ton, Sunday, December !. Matters
relative to the coming Christmas
membership drive will be discussed.
All members are asked to be present
The meeting will be at 1870 p. M.
Mr.. Poitevent has been such an
earnest worker for the Red Cross,
and he has been so loyal to his home
parish in seeing that all monies spent
4 by the Poitevent & Favre Company
have been credited to St. Tammany
\ parish-and this money has been
considerable sum-that he should be
rewarded by the very best support
that Red Cross members of this par
ish can give him.
Everybody come to the meeting
and be prepared to give some sug-
restion for boosting the drive.
The Poitevent & Favre Company
are the first to take a page ad. in the
Farmer boosting the Christmas Men,
bership Drive.
The Red Cross rooms have been
busy this week. 1t is no fun making
up and inspecting the Christmas
packages that will be mailed to the
bows who will spend their Christmas
abroad. and to see that they get OIL
in time to meet the requirements OF
the Government. November ~ IS
the last day.
Seventy-six packages were inspect
ed and mailed up to the time we
went to press Friday evening, ana
more were expected for to-day.
Coyington sent off 81 packages,
Slidell l3, Vaudeville II, Madison
Vile 6. Abita Springs, 3, Sun 1, Fol
som 1, Waldheim l.
An especial appeal is made by the
Coyington Red Cross for workers To
make knitted garments and band
ages.
The war is not over for our boys
across the sea. as far as assistance
from the Red Cross goes, nor can
our wounded do without bandages.
The call should be promptly answer
ed by all who can.
New Orleans, Nov. 29.-"Soap.
soap, my kingdom for some soap
and some good homemade like
mother-used- -to-make stuff. o boy:
This is the plea that comes from one
! Of our Southern boys in a German
prison camp. And the Red Cross Is
going to see that he gets what ne
wants.
Here is the story. Last March,
Robert Caballero, of New Orleans.
son of Mrs. Dominique Caballero, OF
Paincourtville. La, reached france
with the U. S. Marines. Several
months later, Mrs. Caballero receiV-
ed a letter from a delegate OF the
Catholic Mission of Switzerland. IN
u forming her that he had seen ner
\ son in a German prison camp:
Through the Red Cross Bureau OF
Communication a cOrrespondce oe-
tween young Caballero and his ram
lily was arranged.
When Mrs. Caballero received the
above unusual request, she lmmed'-
ately got to work and packed box
with fg preserves, fruit cake, pies,
and all sorts of eats-and soap. But
as many things we're smuggled IN
/, contrary to the Red Cross regula-
I 1ions-"they surely won't deny my
4 poor boy some preserves and just a
/ little bit of fruit cake" thought the
eager mother-the box plus all the
] good things was returned from New
York.
But Robert must have what ne
4 asks for. His brother, Jos. CaDal-
lero. Of New Orleans. came TO the
/ Headquarters of the Gulf Division ~
the A. R. c., in New Orleans. with
his problem. In short time Roo-
ert will have his goodies and soap.
II feel sure that Bob will be taken
good care of now that the Red Cross
people are on his track" says ms
brother. ST can never say enough
for the Red Cross. It's some organl-
\ 1ation, take it from me-and the
\ way they get people out of difficulties
= simply great
New Orleans, Nov. 2S.-According
to 4 report from Washington head
snnarters OF the American Red Cross,