The Sauk Centre herald., 1918-07-11
WEEKS RED CROSS ACTIVITIES

Red Cross work in Sauk Centre
still keeps a steady pace in spite OF
the summer months. The latest ad-
lition to the work has been that OF
the Home Service section which is OF
utmost importance to Sauk Centre.
This city has been designated rs a.
center for Home Service for civilian
relief over. the city of Sauk Centre
and the townships of Raymond, Getty,
Ashley and Sauk Centre. A number
of cases have already been investigat-
ed and helped. j. A. Schoenhoff has
been appointed chairman, of a COM
mittee consisting of Mrs. A. F. Moy-
nihan, Mrs. F. w. Sprague and L. L.
Kells. The appointments were made
by the Northern Division. Heretofore
st. Cloud was the center of the sec
ton, but on account of the increas-
ing number of cases it was thought
best to sub-divide the territory.
The purpose of the Civilian Relief
is to extend aid of all kinds to fam
lilies whose means of support have
been called into the service. 1t often
happens that the money allotted by the
government to the wives and families
of soldiers do not begin to come
right away, or that the part of their
salaries which they expect to send
home is slow in coming. The families
begin to feel the "pinch' and often
suffer before help actually comes. Or
they need help in other ways, but do
not know just where to get it. For
such extremities as these the Red
Cross has established the Home Ser
vice or Civilian Relief. As soon as a
family reports, an investigation takes
place and whatever is needed is read
lily supplied. Here are few Of the
services rendered. 1t extends limited
credit until such time as the debtor
receives apportionment from the
government; it gives free legal advice,
it pays taxes, attends to lissu, ance
policies that are soon to lapse, it pro-
vides medical attention (already some
one from Sauk Centre has been sent
to the University hospitaD lays the
rent, provides food and clothing and
fuel and any other necessities, No
names are allowed to be given out
to the public and anything told to the
committee is absolutely confidential.
Sauk Centre people are already learn.
ing to depend on their Home Service
section for help and are in every
deserving case, finding it.
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F. T. Heffelfnger, manager of the
Northern Division of the Red Cross
has sent a letter to the Red Cross
workers throughout this division
which explains that a specified quota
plan on Red Cross production has been
found to be necessary on account linn
tied resources and burdened transpor-
tation facilities. Hereafter, therefore,
all chapters will be allotted certain
amounts which they will be expected
to do within a certain time. This ap-
plies to all departments of the Red
Cross. If there was no limit to the
amount of raw material available in
the county and the shipping space
which might be used to transport the
completed articles to the front there
would be no restraints to the output.
But on account of both of the above
mentioned difficulties it is wise to
produce the articles most needed until
the quota is reached and then start
on some thing else.
The auxiliaries around Sank Centre
are thriving and their reports for the
most part are satisfactory.
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LYMAN PRAIRIE.
During the month of June the auxil-
iary has turned in two night gowns,