Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-04-24
RED CROSS NOTES.

Inc Loyalty League pleQSe caruS
and buttons are in the banks and ev-
cry member OF Red Cross is a COM
mittee to see that everyone signs up
to help swell the Loyalty League
fund which will provide for Della
ware County's quota OF $4,000, Of the
hundred million, dollar War Fund as
well as money to buy material and
supplies for the Red Cross workers
Of the county. /.
One per cent. Of income or one-fifth
Of one per cent of net worth is asked
from every person in Delaware Coun-
ty, which is less than many gave last
year, but which will amount to much
more than was raised last year If ev-
eryone bears his share.
To save the time Of solicitors, most
of whom are urgently needed in their
own work, everyone Is asked to go to
the bank and make his own subscrip-
ton Delaware County's record in the
Liberty Loan shows that the people
are awake and it is believed that
they will respond to the call to give
as generously as they have respond
ed to the call to loan and that they
will appreciate their duty and not ex-
pect someone to come and urge them
to do it.
Miss Bessie McClenahan of the
State University Extension Depart
ment, now working for the Red Cross
in organizing Home Service sections
in all the chapters of Iowa, was in
Manchester Saturday ard explained
to the executive committee and Mr..
Stiles, the chairman Of the civilian
relief department, the plans and pur-
poses of the Home Service section.
The object Of this branch Of Red
Cross work is to act as direct con-
Meeting link between the soldier or
sailor and his family. Among the pur-
poses of this work Is to see that the
soldiers allotment and the govern
ment allowance to- families are duly
received, to give information and ad-
vice to families ofssoldiers, either on
legal questions or financial problems,
and in general to see that the families
of our fighting men lack nothing that
neighborly and friendly interest can
supply
The Home Service section is not
for the purpose Of dispensing charity
but is intended to- aid the soldier by
relieving his mind from worry about
his family and to aid the family by
giving all possible information, adj
vice and comfort as the occasion may
arise.
A meeting Of delegates from several
counties in this district is being held
in Dubuque this week to which the
delegates from the Delaware county
chapter are Mrs. VIII Dudley and Mrs.
e. NJ. Carr Of Manchester, and Mrs.
John Matthews of Greeley. At this
meeting the work of the Home Service
section will be thoroughly explained
and later similar meeting will be
held in Manchester to which members
of the branches all over the county
will be invited.
This branch of Red Cross work will
be increasingly important as the war
continues and after the war there will
be the work of helping the returning
soldiers and sailors to secure posi-
tions and readjust themselves to ci-
william life. 4
The committee for the county for
this work is as follows: e. B. Stiles,
chairman; Mrs. e. M. Carr, secre-
tary; w. H. Hutchinson, Mrs. Will
Dudley and Mrs. Chas. Mccormick.
Each branch in the county will be ex-
pected to elect one OF their members
to act with the county committee as
the representative of this work for
their branch, and these representa-
tives should not fail to attend the
county meeting which will be held at
such time as the state agents can
come. All members Of Red Cross are
urged to attend the meeting, but those
chosen as representatives will need to
be present to learn full particulars
as to their duties.