The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-09-25
JUNIOR RED CROSS NOTES

| JUNIOR RED CROSS NOTES
The opening of the public schools
flor the new school year gives occasion
for the taking up actively of the work
and organization of the Junior Red
ICross work in the county.
Last spring before the school terms
closed we organized about 1875 schools
into school auxiliary units. However
a great many. of our rural schools
were not organized and now comes
word from headquarters announcing
that all officers term and Junior Red
lCross memberships expire and begin
with the new school year in Septem-
iber. 90 80
| This makes it necessary to re-en-
troll the boys and girls in their pres
Ient school rooms as members, and
lalso to re-elect the various school
committees. N'''' 81 :..,.
| A new branch school committee Of
live will be chosen for the whole
county work and in each town and in
many townships an auxiliary school
lcommittee will be chosen as soon as
possible to get to the work.
OF course all old officers hold until
their successors are chosen and no
doubt many of the old officers will be
Irechosen. ~ s "
Our headquarters recommend that
the superintendent or principal OF
schools be chosen chairman of the To-
cal committee, that some business
man be chosen treasurer of the COM
lmittee and the other three members
be teachers and patrons very much in
terested in war work,
at is the plan of the county leaders
to hold patriotic meetings in the var
ious towns for the purpose of reor-
lganizing, outlining the work and inten-
styling the spirit of patriotism among
| the boys and girls, and the patrons of
the school. This; spirit is, indeed,
wonderful now and is spreading. to
the older folks, some of whom were
not aroused to the needs of the hour.
The children sing patriotic songs,
give recitations and readings, and
give fine, setting for rousing patri-
otto! talk by some adult. We have
been sending one or more speakers
from Denison for each meeting.
The high school assembly room at
Schleswig was packed with pupils,
teachers and patrons last Thursday
night when the meeting was held at
that place.
Attorney W. e. Kahler, Professor
Stanfield and F. L. Hoffman made
talks and the spirit exhibited by the
audience was fine. The singing of
the patriotic songs by the children
was especially good.
Manila has meeting scheduled
~ hi I. ;,~l,
school building there and Aspinwall
VIII have a meeting in the hall there
OF all the schools in Iowa township
on next Friday evening.
Other localities are arranging for
meetings SO that in time the whole
county will be covered
The work of the juniors will soon
be definitely outlined and sent out.
A shortage Of stenographers in Wash
ington has delayed the work, -
Meanwhile we are directed, to help
finish the, harvest and get ready for
next years crop. We are urged to
help about the home work in every
possible way SO as to relieve the par
ents for the more difficult war work.
The gathering of all kinds off, hard
ishelled nuts and fruit stones for the
making Of carbon for the gas masks
is one of our, most important duties
just now.
Last year call came from headquar
ters for quilts and gun wipes The
juniors got busy and in time they
were swamped with these supplies.
One speaker said that nearly every
ship going to Europe last spring
could have been loaded with these
things and still not have exhausted
the supply.
| Such is the spirit of the juniors for
war work when it is directed. We
hope to continue these junior notes
from week to week so will be glad to
receive news from the fields of activ-
lity. Just mail what you have to the
county chairman, F. L. Hoffman, Den
lison. -