The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-10-29
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Red Cross Wants 20 Be Re
INFUSED For Money
Spent.
MEETING At CITY HALL
Committee Named To In
!. terview the County
Authorities.

The committee appointed yesterday
afternoon at the conference OF the
CITY Board Of Affairs. members OF
the Cfvis committe of the Rtoary club
and the Executive committee OF the
local Red Cross chepter. this morn
ing paid a visit to the County court
sitting at the time as the County
Beard OF Health and succeeded IN
securing the promise OF that oody 10
the effect that adequate funds would
be provided to aid the Red Cross
chapter in its fight against the 1nnu.
'enza epidemic and in taking care OF
+F,e victims in case the funds Of the
cnapter should become depleted TO
the extent that financial aid must be
forthcoming.
The committe consisted Of Clarence
d. Robinson as a representative OF
the citizens Of the county. Ora smith
as a representative of the City board
Of Affairs and Mrs. Samuel 1eeper as
representative of the Red Cross
chapter.
The meeting yesterday was called
by the City Board OF Affairs acting
upoa a suggestion made in a letter
received from C. D. Dobinson, and
s;Sned himself and other members OF
the Civic committee of the Rotary
club, such suggestion having oten
made to Mr. Robinson through an OF
fetal of the local chapter that sacn
action should be made.
The executive committee of the Red
Cross was asked to be present at
the conference and responded.
some misunderstanding had arisen
"a TO the purpose OF the meeting with
the result that health officials etc
were nresentas it had gone out that
4;,e meeting was to be held for the
nurDose of clamping down still tight
er the lid on the influenza situation:
The real purpose OF the meeting II
developed, was to devise means
whereby the local chapter OF the Reo
Cross might be reimbursed Tor money
already in its treasury which might
become depleted by the inceSsant de-
mands made upon it by the EmeF-
gency epidemic
~ order and asked the Red cross
what action they wished taken to the
jnArenza situation. Mrs. F. E. Mich
oTs- vice chairman of the local chap
ter and the spokesman stated that the
orraniZation did not know the pur-
nose Of the meeting. but had come In
resnonca TO the invitation to do so
by the Board OF Affairs. Mrs. NIchots
stated that some steps were neces-
aarv 20 be taken, however, to reiu-
burse the organization for funds 1t
nai4ht expend In combating the lnflu-
aDSa situation and in caring for the
yIctims. She read the kilograms from
the National society in which 1t was
stated that funds on hand In the
treasury of the chapter might be used
IN combating the disease. but that
6 possible the treasury must be reln-
bursed by the town and county and
tTat 81 such funds were not forthcom-
IN from these sources that the state
m1st be appealed to and that the
state had been advisedf explicitly by
tbe National organization as to what
stems to take in the matter.
This phase OF the situation was ois-
cussed pro and con and 1t was the
consensus of opinion that the funoS
ON hand in tn etreasury OF the Red
cross must be used in this ener-
seacy. This the Red Cross agreed to
DO but asked that some assurance pc
given the organization by the board
Of Affairs that the treasury should
be reimbursed in order that the war
work of the organization be not I'M
Nayor Bowen and other members
OF the Board of Affairs stated that the
city was not IN position to reimburse
the Society Tor funds expended as
no provision had been made for such
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