The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-10-02
D0lNGS OF THE
RED CROSS
Terms Of Junior Red Cross Members
to Begin and Close With the
School Year
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Committee Will Be. Found at. Mckim
' Hall Where Assistance Will Be
Rendered Families of Soldiers

Hall Where Assistance Will Be
Rendered Families Of Soldiers =
Word has. come to us that the au-
thorities have fixed the terms of all
Junior Red Cross officers and member
ships to begin. and close with the
new school year in September Hence
all officers elected and members join
ing must be now reelected and re-en-
rolled as members as September be-
gan our new year. '" g.. "
All school auxiliary chairmen should
call a meeting of the teachers and the
executive committee of the Senior
Red Cross now in their districts for
the election Of a chairman, vice chair
man. secretary, assistant secretary
and a treasurer to be the new school
committee until September, 1919,
All teachers should get blanks from
their school committee chairman for
the re-enrollment of their pupils as
school auxiliary.
We are suggesting that each town
hold a patriotic meeting for every one
and at this meeting let the teachers
and Red Cross folks get together and
choose the new school committee.
When school is re-enrolled as
school unit it IS not necessary for the
pupils to pay another rs cents mem
bership fee if they paid this fee last
spring as we count this as continu-
alton of the work Of organizing start
ed then. The school unit will re-
ceive from county headquarters a re-
neWal membership card for 1918
Last Friday evening Aspinwall aux
ilary put on a fine patriotic program
in which goodly number of the
schools Of Iowa township tok part.
With rotations, exercises, songs and
a talk by County Chairman F. L. Hoff-
man they had fine time and every
one felt that they had part and a
real duty in helping to win the war.
Charter Oak expects to hold such
a meeting next Friday night. Let 9TH
ers follow. The boys and girls should
have part in stirring the patriotic
impulses of our people with their
songs and recitations. Give them a
chance.
We are promised large 200 page
manual for teachers right soon by our
national headquarters. This will be
a great help to our school unit lead
ers in planning and carrying on the
work There is to be issued a month
ly bulletin of activities for schools
This will be sent out each month to
all auXiiaries for their edification and
guidance.
We are about to formulate finan-
cial plan for the support of our county
Junior Red Cross headquarters. There
are a great many items of consider
able expense in conducting the work,
such as postage, stationery, express,
etc. At present there is no financial
system to meet this expense. Each |
school unit deposits all its funds with
the local school auxiliary teasurer,
and the Senior Red Cross branch can
hardly be expected to meet all this |
expense. ..rx. -
1t is suggested that each school unit |
send to the county branch school !
treasurer an amount equal to 5 cents
per pupil in their membership, and re-
tain the remaining rs cents per men,
Der in their local treasury. You will |
receive definite notification of this |
later, however. III.
And now comes a special call for a
special work on the part of our juniors
Everyone is gathering fruit stones and |
nut shells for the gas masks. And |
now we are asked to gather clothing
for the thousands Of destitute women
children and babies Of Belgium and
northern France. Winter is coming
and these people are destitute of cloth
ing to keep them from suffering and
perishing. There is hardly a home in
our land but can find some garments
that have been Outgrown, or cast
aside for one reason or another. The
juniors are asked to gather all these
from the homes in their districts and |
under the direction of their teachers
bring them to the Senior Red Cross
headquarters where they will be TAX
en- care of and shipped as soon as pos
sible across the waters. Let us all |
get busy right away. Ask your teach
ers what to bring. We must make a
very, thorough gathering as the needs
are indeed great.
Let all children send in notes from
your field for our news notes in the.
papers each week.-F. l.. Hoffman,
County Chairman.
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