Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-17
ADDS 1900 MEMBERS TO
RED CROSS ON FIRST DAY
Christmas Roll Call Makes Fine
Start Despite tho Bad
Weather.
HoUsE-TO-noUsE CANVASS ON
Four-Minutc Speakers Also Lend
Aid in Great Campaign. aud Thea
ter Audiences Arc Not Overlooked
by Energetic Solicitors.

Fifteen hundred men and women en-
rolled , as lsis members OF the Mich
day OF the Red Cross Christmas roll
call In making this announcement
i23si night H. G. Eoykin. director Of
!Siaciioon over the initial days show
irS, lie said he regarded it as an
oNcellent one. PARTICULARLY III view o.:
the inclcmcnt weather conditions
No quota has been fixed for Rich-
mond but we hope il will be 100 per
cent OF the entire nopuiaticn:" the di-
ors and others i'll the service OF their
country. as we'll as the helpless. tho
very poor and children are not eX
iut every other able-bodied. patriotic
adult i'll the city will have an oppor-
unity 10 enroll. and We are looking
10 them 10 take advantage % IT,"
rIIEATER AUDIENCES ARE
CALLED UPON TO JOIN
Mir. Boykin said he had been advised
mat the Red Cross hopes 10 report a
membership of at ieas, 100000
Monday night when the roll call closes.
NJ present there are 22.0oo,000 MEM
hcrS.
Four-minute speakers made their
appearance in the ;heaters last night.
bringing the Red Cross story to the
attenti"n OF audiences who received
tons OF approval and enthusiasm.
Members of the AS You Like 1t AuN.
i!iary of the Richmond Red Cross Chap
ter were present a, ali the theaters
to enroll those in the audiences who
wished TO respond to the Injunction To
.l0in nov: AL You need is a heart
ana dollar This auxiliary will fur
nish tho women solicitors at the the
aters tonight anG tomorrow night.
Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights
and next Monday night the theater So
Letting vii! be done by members OF
the Red Cross canteen committee.
HotSE-TO-HoUSE CANVASS
GETS IN FULL SWING
Under. the direction OF Airs. c. T. w.
Kern. the house-to- house canvass for
members got under way yesterday and
judging from the results produced on
ne ne; "peninE day will be the means of
adding many thousands OF names To
the rolls of the local chapter. The
city has been divided into districts in
order to insure a systematic canvass
charge OF chairman.
The districts and those who will SUI
Giay War de fanv rs gre as M fG,iH%s
Ward. North side. Mrs. stuart NichauX:
Madison Ward, South Side. Mrs. James
srs effe ise Ward Mrs Ms 'Sifn ar Mg
Highland Park. Mrs l.. Is. Enslow and
Mrs r }. Elinpin: Barton Heights,
Mrs Mr. William Blnkey: Ginter Park, Mrs.
and River Road, Mrs. T. y. Miller:
Eairmoun,, AID Fulton. Mrs. L. y.
JIp rksmS MSn III Mrs Henry cnrier;
tcolOrcd).
The membership booths. which arc
located NJ Red Cross headquarters and
at several convenient places in differ
cnt sections OF the city, reported an
encouraging volume oi business the
opening day Of the campaign Many
enrolled at headquarters
and asked TO be supplies with pastors
for the windshields of their cars The
pastors bear an injunction to join the
Red Cross and are expected 10 prove
one OF the valuable publicity mediums
during the week of the roll call.
Because of adverse weather condi-
lions tho scheduled alrpianc flight
over Richmond yesterday in tho IN
tcrest Of the roll call was Abandoned