The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1918-05-29

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lets, and six knitted afghans. This
does not include a large amount Of
knitting which is being done in Val
ley City and turned into the chap
ter headquarters.
Ten pounds of brass in the shape
Of nearly 1000 old dog license tags
were given to the salvage depart
ment of the Red Cross in Mime
apolis. recently. The old dog-tags
are turned in when new licenses are
! obtained, and instead of selling the
! brass, as in former years, the city
decided to turn the metal over to the
Red Cross.
H. L. Sweet, an employee in the
postoffice at Roundup, Mont, fol-
many years, has been appointed field
director of the American Red Cross
to serve somewhere in France"
Mr.. Sweet offered his services gra-
tbs to the Red Cross for the duration
of the war, agreeing to accept only
his board and bare personal expenses.
Members of the Roundup lodge No
SO, Knights of Pythias, of which Mr.
Sweet is a member. have raised a
sufficient sum to start him on his
work.
A modern "Golden Calf is the
propertyy of the Red Cross branch
at Ethan, S. D. This calf brought
S2.2O5 at sale held recently, and
promises to do as well at future sales
as it still belongs to the local organ
ization, having been presented by the
highest bidder.
The entire proceeds of the sale
amounted to $4,000.
The ever-increasing number OF
American fighting men on land and
on sea make it imperative that the
| nursing corps of the army and navy
be augmented, according to state
ment made by William g. Bralsted,
surgeons general of the United States
| navy.
The Red Cross has been asked to
obtain this quota by that date: 1t
is the first call upon the womanhood
| of our country to take their places
behind the lines and at the naval
bases of our fleets to nurse back to
life those who must inevitably tail
victims to the shot and she'll Of the
enemy. Before January 1, next, we
will require $4,000 nurses.
This opportunity, the greatest ever
offered women of the United States.
devolves upon the registered nurses
the nation who are called upon to
enroll now. Aside from the volun-
tary service of our fighting men, this
| is the greatest patriotic effort that
our women can give to their coun-
try. 1t is a privilege the fulfillment
| of which will bring our nurses moi
only the blessings and gratitude o.
the army and navy but the thanks
of united people. $50 $50
Frank Fiske, of Fort Yates, N. D.
chairman Of the Sioux County chap.
ter of the American Red Cross, has
reported to his state headquarters
that the Sioux Indians are donating
horses and cattle to be sold at auc-
ton and the proceeds turned over te
I the second Red Cross war fund cam
paign. The Sioux Indians are more
than subscribing their allotment, de-
clared Mr.. Fiske.
There are now $50 workers in the
surgical dressings department OF
the Red Cross chapter, of St. Cloud
MINI. The chapter has been filling
it's monthly quota promptly, but is
still calling for more workers. Ter
boxes of materials were shipped to
the Northern Division headquarters
last week.
| A feature of the winters work In
this organization was the instructlne
| Of a class of 40 normal girls in the
work, in order that they might DC
prepared to spread the knowledge in
their home towns, during their va.
cations.
One of the most successful basket
socials yet given for the Red Gross
was that held recently in a rura-
school of New Prague, Mimi. Miss
Rose Jindra, the teacher, planned the
social from which $755 was realized
The Bohemian Brass Band furnished
music for the occasion.
Red Cross workers of Dickinson
IN
pledges that will net the organiza
ton $500 per month for the remain
der of the year. It is believed thai
before the campaign is over the to
tai pledges will reach s7O0 pei
month, or more than $4,000 for the
six months.
The Grand Forks County chapter
of the Red Cross. Grand Forks, N
D., was allotted $4,000 as its share
of the second Red Cross war fune
drive. At a meeting of chairmer
of several branches of the county, i
was unanimously voted not to accep
the allotment made by North Dakota
headquarters, but, instead to take {
quota of $4,000.
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