The pioneer. [volume] (Philip, Haakon County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-01-10
RED CROSS NOTES

On Tuesday, January 15, a gen
eral conference of Red Cross work
ers in northern South Dakota and
few counties of Montana viii be
held at Aberdeen. Haakon county
workers are cordially invited to at
tend The chairman will endeavor
to be present and will be glad to
have any other Haakon county
members attend who can. An eX-
cellent program covering three ses-
sions had been arranged. Rev.
Frederick A. Perry of Adrian, Mich
igan, who has recently returned
from an investigation of Red Cross
work in France will deliver an ad-
dress.
State Director Geo. R. Douthit of
Sioux Falls, in a letter to Mr.. Wag
goner, the Haakon county chair
man, writes the following fine
praise of the results of the Haakon
county Christmas Membership drive:
State headquarters here are in
deed pleased and gratified with this
splendid showing. To enroll forty
five per cent of the population of
your county as adult members of
the Red Cross speaks volumes for
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Of that community
The December shipment of arti-
cles to Minneapolis headquarters
contained assortments from various
branches in the county as follows:
Powell, twelve pairs bed socks, two
sweaters, eleven pairs socks, twelve
pairs pajamas, and seven bed shirts;
Ottumwa, three pairs socks, two
scarfs, and twelve bed shirts; Lu-
cerne, two sweaters, six pairs socks,
one pair wristlets, and six pillows;
Hardingrove, two pairs socks, four
pairs wristlets, three scarfs, two
sweaters, fourteen bed shirts, and
one roll bandages; Ash Greek, two
pairs socks, one pair wristlets, one
muffler, and one sweater; North
Fork, one muffler and one sweater;
Butte View, six Pajama suits, four
scarfs, four pair socks, two pair
wristlets, three helmets and eight
sweaters; Philip. fourteen sweaters,
seven scarfs, twenty-six pairs socks,
eight pairs wristlets, seven pajama
suits, and seven bed shirts. Ship
ment is made each month toward
the end thereof. Supplies are also
local organizations are asked to
have their orders in for supplies by
the Goth of the month and to send
in goods they wish shipped about
the same date This facilitates the
work of the county headquarters at
Philip.
The Northern Division Headquar-
ters at Minneapolis has sent out to
all chapters the following letter.
after January goth orders for sup
plies will not be accepted from
branches or auxiliaries. All re-
QUESTIONS must be made through the
duly organized chapter. This will
not prevent chapters from order
ing goods sent direct to their
branches, in which case the dupli-
cate invoice will be mailed direct
to such branches, but the original
invoice will be mailed to the chap
ter ordering, and payment must be
made by them. This order is made
necessary by the prohibitive expense
attendant upon an attempt to do
business and keep accounts with all
the chapters, branches and auxil-
iaries in the division"
Hon. Charles H. Burke of Pierre,
writes: Il certainly compliment
you upon what was accomplished
in Haakon county in the drive for
new members. You have certainly
gone over the top. I congratulate
you upon the results achieved"
During the Christmas Member
ship Drive one of the up-country
pOstmasters was one of our enthus-
iastic workers in this county. He