The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-01-26
REPORT OF RED
CROSS SEAL SALE.

Cross Christmas Seals is over, rand
nearly all the scale are accounted for.
There remains n few who have had
seals sent them in mail sale letters who
have not yet reported. 1t is earnestly
requested that this be done at once by
sending remittance or returning the
seals as we must account to the State
Anti Tuberculosis Association for all
seals sent No.
A brief history Of the several seal
sales in Baraga County will be of in
terest in showing the great gains in
number sold each year.
The report Of the State Anti-Tuber-
culosis Association for 1913 showed that
25 seals were sold in the county. The
seals had been sent out by the Associa-
ton to postmasters with the above
result. In 1914 took charge of the
sale and succeeded in disposing of 1893
seals in several places in the county
the largest number being sold in
L'Anse. In 1915 under my supervision,
34l3 seals were sold. OF this sum one
third was sent to the State Association
and two-thirds retained in the county
for educational work. In 1916 under
the direction of Mrs. w. s. Toothacker
Of L 'Anse, 1898 seals were sold. The
one-third was sent to the State As
sociation and after paying for the cost
of the sale and for some educational
work out Of the two-thirds retained in
the county, there remains the sum of
$40. 90 in the Anti-Tuberculosis fund.
The National Association for the
Prevention and Relief of Tuberculosis
made special plea this year for funds
to care for the many cases of tuber-
culosis found while examining the
soldiers, and for the many war-caused
cases Of tuberculosis which we must
expect. They asked for So, 0o0, 900.
With this in view, I undertook the
management of the sale in our county.
By means of mail sale letters, and
through the schools in Arvon, Coving-
ton, L'Anse and Spur Townships, and
by personal canvass by young ladies in
Baraga. we have to our credit 1906
seals sold with 100 not yet reported.
Each year the State Anti-Tuber-
culosis Association has offered prize
of the services of Visiting Nurse for
one month free to each of the four
counties in Michigan selling the largest
number of seals per capita. This is in
addition to the two-thirds we are per-
mitted to retain in the county where
any work pertaining to Anti-Tuber-
culosis 10 done.
Our aim this year was the winning
of this prize for Baraga County. We
feared our sale was not sufficiently
large to insure this, SO appeared be-
fore the Board of Supervisors at their
last meeting and laid the matter be-
fore them. After due consideration
they voted the sum of $l25. 90 (which is
equal to IL. seals sold) and thereby
lgreatly increased our chances of
winning the prize.
We reported to the State Associa-
tion 25. .596 seals sold at one cent
each ............ $255 96
One third sent State Assn -. s5 80
Two-thirds retained by county. ITO 64
Cost of sale deducted from two
tnlruS..-. ..... ........ IL W
Balance from 1917 sale ....... 159 81
Balance from 1916 sale. ........ 40 90
Total in Anti tuberculosis fund 199 81
With fund on hand and so much
needed work to be done in the county,
there is an absolute need of a County
Anti-Tuberculosis Association. This
work is too vital to be left to individ
uals, however great their interest.
Preliminary steps have been taken and
it is expected that such an organization
will be completed in the near future.
In closing my report as County Agent
for the sale of the Red Cross Seals for
1917, wish to thank all who supported
the campaign-those who SO prom pity
and generously responded to the mail
sale letters, the teachers and pupils in
the schools who worked so earnestly
to dispose of the seals, and the public
which so literally purchased them.
When the list is complete, the names
of the school children winning the
special prizes will be published.
Respectfully,