The Marietta journal and courier., 1918-05-31
SHR|NERS BOOSTED
THE RED GROSS \
TREASURY
Drive Was A Great Success
More Than Was Hoped
For Is Received

Never in the history of the City of
Marietta has more enthusiasm been
shown than in the recent Red Cross
Drive. The Splendid organized eff
forts of the Shriners and the work of
the Red Cross members carried the
collection in Marietta, on Thursday,
to nearly $4,000. The quota for the
county being $4,000, and all other
branches thus far reported having
made the full quota of collection ap-
portioned them, the county will make
splendid showing to go over the top.
this collection will give the local
branches help towards the different
lines of war work being done by them,
as one-fourth of the fund collected
is returned to the chapter for the
purchase of materials.
Mr.. Legg's Work
The work done by Mr.. Legg in the
drive for the war fund has been all
aud more than the county officers
had expected when he was drafted
for this work. With him it has been
labor of love and patriotism, and
the marvellous results show how well
the chapter selected the man for the
lob. In addition to the regular war
fund drive work he has helped to or
ganize several new branches, and it
is to the number of branches in the
county that the future of the work
of the Red Cross will look for the
carrying out of the various lines of
great and good work planned by the
Red Cross Society.
Trinity Church Branch
The latest branch to be organized
was that at Trinity Church on last
Sunday The Marietta members go
ing over for the purpose of assisting
the very enthusiastic members to per-
feet their organization were Mrs j.
NJ Graham, Miss Cortelyou, Mr.. Dan
iell, Mr.. Legg, Mr.. Graham, Mrs. Legg
Miss Gober and Mr.. Betty of the
Army Y. M. C. A. The officers are
as follows: Chairman, R. D. Bryant;
Chairman, Miss Effie Howell;
Secretary, Miss Mary Ruth White;
Treasurer, Miss Lizzie May Howell;
the other members enrolled on Sun
day were Mrs. Will Howell, Mr.. Will
Howard, Mrs. Meggs, Mr.. Charlie
Howell, Miss Dora Coursey, Miss Re
ME Pittman, C C. Baker, Mr.. Robert
Grove and Mrs. R. F. Strickler.
New Members
Smyrna reports four new members
for March and April, Mrs. W. A.
Waddell, Miss Pauline Brinkley, Mrs.
F. M. Delay, and Mrs. C. D. Timo-
thy. Blackwell reports seven new
members for March and April, Mrs.
R. A. McCollum, Miss Ida McCollum,
Mrs. Will Beavers, Mrs. Will Dunn,
Mrs T. Austin, Miss Agnes Kemp,
and Miss Sarah Kemp, the last two
named sent a donation of one dollar,
each Marietta reports Miss Ida
Bray, Mrs. L. F. Gilbert, Miss Clara
Gilbert, Mrs. w R Power, Mrs. Luth-
er Clayton. Mrs. H. S. Sauls, Mrs.
Rembert Smith, Miss Georgia Hunt,
Misses Allene Goodwin, Lucille Ses-
sions, Dorothy Stephens, Mary San
ges, Mabel Thomas, Isabella Manning,
Miriam Butler, Gertie Morris, Nellie
Maddox.
Colored Circles
Marietta-Charity H. Pickens, Lu-
Ia Alexander, CIeve Pinckney, George
Gardner, Fannie Johnson, Lucy But
Ter, Jeff Robeson, Rachel Barr and
Maggie Reid.
Powder Springs-Walter Bracken,
Edward Griffin, Charlie Sims, John
Taylor, Carrie Miller, Georgia Lind
ley, and Nath Radford.
Honor Roll
The pig donated by Mrs. John I.
Dorsey on the day of the drive netted
a large sum for the war fund, and
created much amusement at the meet
ing on Thursday evening.
The two little goats donated by
the Shriners were auctioned at a
splendid profit, and it is prophesied
that these goats will be treated as
mascots in their new homes
The Shriners Band, no better band
can be found, was not only generous
with its music but in material way
added to the collection made follow