The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-04-24
COUNTY JUNIOR
RED CROSS
Junior Society Of the Red Cross Order
Being Organized in Towns of
Crawford County.
f. l. HOFFMAN is CHAIRMAN
0enison Auxiliary Organized Saturday
and Includes Schools Of 0enison
Township and Nearby Ones

The Junior Red Cross work. approx.
ed by President Wilson. in a special
proclamation. and urged by the Ma
tional Red Cross Organization, and in
dorsed by leading educators through
out the United States. is being organ
ized in Crawford county. 1t is a great
work and is receiving the most hearty
endorsement and support in every To-
ca1ity.>
Around each Red Cross branch in
the county, Junior Red Cross school
auxiliary is organized which helps in
every way possible the work of the
senior branch. Then the workers take
up work which the Red Cross does not
undertake as an organization.
The Crawford County Junior Red
Cross AuXillaries are planning to do
work along a wide range of activities.
The purchase CT thrift stamps. war
gardens, pig clubs, poultry raising.
salvage work. saving of food and cloth
ing. sewing. knitting, mending, study
and practice of hygiene and first aid.
surgical dressings, sanitation of home.
city and locality, prevention of waste
and extravaganza in all forms, ETC.,
are few of the lines of activity plan
ned to be undertaken by the boys and
girls. Each school will do what it
can best do in its locality.
The plan of organization is as fol-
lows: II the school officers and the
teachers of a locally decide to do some
Of the Junior Red Cross work, meet.
ing is called and school committee
OF five are chosen. to have charge of
the work. This is school auxiliary
and works in touch with the local
Red Cross branch. Each school room
or building is school unit OF the aux.
Hilary. The teacher or committee
Of three may have direction OF the
work Of each unit which is under the
direction of the school auxiliary and
this under the direction somewhat. of
the local branch.
The county committee is made up
as follows: F.. L. Hoffman, County
Chairman, Miss Anna Flynn, County
Secretary and Treasurer: Prof. Stan.
field, Mrs. ]. l.. Boyd, and Mrs. R.
p. Plimpton. They are busy now Or
ganizipg the school auxiliaries in the
county and getting the work organiz-
ed where 1t has not already been
started. .
The Denison auxiliary was organized
last Saturday This auxiliary will in
cllde all the Denison city schools, the
schools OF Denison township and the
nearest rural schools in East Boyer,
Paradise. Goodrich. Hanover and Mil
fnod townships. Miss Anna Flynn
is chairman. and Mrs. Frank WoOlston
secretary and Mr. l.. Seeman. treasur-
or OF the Denison auxiliary. Miss
Edith Jacobsen and Miss Myrtle Nc
Ahren are the other members of the
Denison auxiliary school committee.
AuxillarieS have been organized III
Manila. Charter Oak. West Side. Den
ison. Kiron, and Arion. Deloit. Buck
Grove. Kenwood. Vail. Dow City. As
pinwall. Boyer township and Jackson
organize. Some of them will be Or
ganized and in operation by the time
this article is in print.
Many of our schools have been car
rying on work for Uncle Sam and
humanity for quite while which is
now planned to include in the Junior
Red Cross program of activities.
Soon we shall publish in our county
papers. a report of the work done by
the different schools SO that each aux
Hilary may know what others are do
ing. and SO that every school and To-
cality will receive full credit for all
work done.
Let every teacher in the county get
III touch with the school committee Of
her locality and receive supplies and
directions as to how to organize her
school unit. We do not now have
the complete list of officers Of these
auxillaries. We shall publish them
next week.
The, growing of large gardens. rails.
ing OF poultry and domestic animals
and the saving of food and clothing
are the most important things to do
right now. If the amount OF work
done is to depend upon the spirit with
which the work is taken up. great