The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1918-11-01
LAWRENCE COUNTY
RED CROSS DOINCS

The Christmas cartons are here.
Everything viii be ready to promptly
inspect and mail the filled cartons.
Each carton will bear the inspectors
seal. Robert Dixon, Jr.. has been APP
pointed inspector. Bring In your la
bel as soon as you get H.
A new auxiliary hrs been formed at
Cherokee. In the Roll Call the auxil-
iaries win canvass the territory COW
cred by the auxiliary. We have II ac-
tive auxiliaries and -four communities
where the work is being done but no
organization ut present
Junior Red Gross.
Send In your nut shells. On ac-
count OF the schools being closed we
have delayed our first shipment till
Friday, November s. Send In cry
shells Credit will be given each
school for the number OF pounds the
school sends in.
sample STORY and Joke Books" are
being made UP and will be sent to
teAetesa when they resume school.
Two very interesting things are be-
ing planned for the Juniors between
Nov and the end of the year.
4 There win be special recogni-
tion given by the American National
Red Gross to the best four minute
speeches prepared by school children
on the subject, why You Should Join
the Red Cross"
p Each Chapter is asked TO hold q
Junior Red Cross Bazaar by the end
OF the year.
Junior Red Cross Bazaar.
The bazaar win give q motive for
work in drawing and design. Indus
trial arts. manual training sewing
millinery and cooking. Christmas
cards, place cards. favors, novelties OF
various sorts, coat hangers, small
pieces OF furniture. toys, etc. can be
made and sold at reasonable prices
the money to be placed in the Chap
ter School Fund.
School Certificates.
Certificates from the National Am
ericnn Red Cross are on hand for all
the organized schools. Each school is
asked TO send In the exact name II
wants on the certificates.
Home Service Section.
We have the following additions TO
our Field Representatives:
Richardson and Peachorchard, M. f..
Castle. Alma Castle and Jipsy Vaughn
Cherokee, Anna Young.
The Home Service Section calls spe-
cial attention to the following:
Disabled Sailors and Soldiers.
We have the following interesting
workers will soon be supplied with an
interesting pamphlet showing their
part of this important work.
THE Surgeon General is to have
complete charge OF the physical recon-
struction OF every disabled soldier and
sailor Everything that medical sci
ence can do for him Is to be done. He
is not to be discharged from the army
or navy until he is as nearly restored
as possible and equipped with such
artificial devices as are necessary.
When everything that medicine and
surgery can do for him have been done
the disabled soldier and sailor is dis
charged. But the Government does
not lose interest--instead. 1t offers
him--through the Board of Vocational
Education-an opportunity to get an
education at government expense. He
may learn trade or business and
while learning he is paid his usual SOL
dier's pay or his compensation and
his family allowance continues. He is
thus encouraged to come back skill
cd and able citizen and not a burden
to himself or TO society.
The Red Cross Home Service Sec
tions must help the Government to put
this great program over. II must ex-
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