New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1918-05-08
RED CROSS AGAIN
IN NEED OF FUNDS
NATION WIDE DRIVE FOR SUM
OF $780, 1000, 900 BEGINS
THIS MONTH
NEW ULM CHAPTER DISTRICT
EXPECTED TO- FURNISH
$4,000
Contributed bu 7. w. JOhnsonl

Contributed BIZ +. w. Johnson
The Red Cross War Fund of $780,
100000, which was raised throughout
the nation nearly a year ago, has been
practically expended. 1t has all gone
in the greatest forth-putting of charity
and helpfulness the world has ever known.
Not only have our soldiers and sailors
been provided for, but untold suffering
and distress has been relieved in a
score of lands.
Belgians, Frenchmen, Italians, Serb
ians, Roumanians, Armenians, Russians,
Scandinavans, and Germans too, have
all been made to know the great heart
of the generous American people.
More money is needed, for the task
of administering to the woes of world
is a herculean one, and second nation
wide drive to raise another $100,000,000
is to be started on May goth and con-
tinue for one week.
Of this amount $4,000 at least is
expected to be forthcoming from the
district within the jurisdiction of the
New Ulm Red Cross Chapter. This
District includes the city of New Ulm,
the village of Hanska and the townships
of Albin, Cottonwood, Linden, Lake
Hanska, Milford and Sigel. The Chap
ter has three active branches and over
a thousand members and if all do their
share in the work of creating enthusiasm
for the cause no difficulty should be ex-
perienced in raising the required quota.
State Director Randall of Minneapolis
has appointed Mr.. F. W. Johnson of
New Ulm, Chairman of the Chapter, to
take charge of the campaign in this
district and that gentleman is now en-
gagged in the selection of his committee
men and fellow-workers. He has al
ready announced that the plans include
a speaking campaign that will carry
the Red Cross Message into every school
district within the Chapter jurisdiction,
a number of speakers having already
placed then services at the disposition
of the executive committee.
The subscriptions in this campaign
will have nothing to do with member
ship in the Red Cross organization. All
offerings will be considered as being made
outright to the War Relief Fund, but
the provision is made, as it was in the
first drive, that twenty-five per cent of
the total amount raised may be retained
by the local chapter if it's officers so
request.
To meet the constantly growing de-
mands of the local organization it is
being planned to follow up the drive
with the dedication of Decoration Day
to the cause of the Red Cross, the
principal features of the plan being
Red Cross parade and sale in which
the people of all the chapter cities and
townships would participate as donors
and bidders. From such a source it
is expected that enough money can
be raised to keep the chapter organiza-
ton in funds for some time to come,
although an idea of it's needs may be
obtained from the fact that the monthly
shipment of articles to headquarters
represents an average cost for material
alone in excess Of 100000.
This drive will be the first real appeal
that has been made in behalf of the
Red Cross to the people of this neigh
borhood. Give until your heart, and
not your head, tells you to stop.
The following have been selected as
committees to push the work.:
Executive Committee
F. w. johnson, N. Henningsen, Rev.
C. G. Holm, Fred Crone, E. G. Hage,
IL. Book and J. A. Ochs.
New Ulm Committee
A. G. Meile, Aug. C. Dahl, E. A. Hag-
berg, A. S. Dom, Geo. Hogen, E. A.
Pfefferle, Herman Held.
Sigel.
Frank Forster, Frank Seifert, Fred
Krambeer and Ed. Flor.
Hanska Village.
Prof. L. A. Clark, Henry Anderson,
liver Haugen, Clifford Helling and Theo.
Torgrimson. 49, e- -
Albin. -
Hans Sigu1d son, A. M. Shellum, Chas.
Knudson, Jacob Rossbach and P. V.
Sveum.
Linden.
Ole Peterson, Knute Haugen, Henry
Meier, Jurgen Fladmo and Nicol
Nelson.