Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-12-18
RED CROSS DRIVE
Starting Strong
co. CHAIRMAN STANGER GETS
ENCOURAGING REPORTS FROM
WORKERS.
IS INVITED TO JOIN
No Red Cross War Fund To Be Raised
During 1919, is Announcement
From National Headsuarters.


From National Headsuarters.
very much elated over the start that
the Christmas Red Cross roll call has
in Delaware county. The ladies' who
are making the canvas are meeting
with success everywhere, and if wealth
er conditions continue favorable Della
ware county will make a fine showing
by the end of the week.
Everyone Invited to Join.
Membership in the American Red
Cross is not going to be urged upon
single person, but on the other hand
every person, young and old, is going
to be asked to join. All that is nee
essary to join is $1.00 and the right
kind Of feeling in your heart for
suffering humanity.
While hostilities have ceased the
work and the needs of the American
Red Cross are urgent. Wounded SOL
diers must be given the best of care,
and the destitute peoples of Belgium,
France, Poland, Serbia, and Italy, must
be helped.
Since no big drives for war funds
is to be made by the Red Cross every
adult person should assist to the ex-
tent of $1.00 membership, and every
child of school age should join the
Junior Red Cross, the membership in
this branch being only 25c The
American Red Cross hopes to secure
sufficient funds from the Christmas
roll call to carry on it's work during
the coming year, and membership in
society like this should appeal to
every one.
Chairmen have been appointed in
each township who will have charge
of the membership drive. These
chairmen have appointed assistants
who will make the drive. Following
are the chairmen for the various pre-
cincts: Manchester, Mrs. Sherman
Harris and Mrs. Allen r. Leroy;
Richland township, Mrs. John Bur-
rows; Coffins Grove, Mrs. P. J. Bid
die; Silver Creek, Mrs. VIM. Car
rothers; Elk township, Mrs. John
Matthews; Colony township, Mrs. M.
E. Dittmer; Bremen, Rev. Loosbeck;
Earlville, Mrs. Nellie Hunt; Oneida,
Mrs. John Carver; Delaware, Mrs. A..
W. Sackett; Delhi, Mrs. r. c. White;
Hopkinton, Mrs. E. M. Hucker; Hazel
Green and East Adams, VIM. Ward;
Milo and East Prairie, Mrs R. f.
Tracy
These chairmen and their helpers
give their time for this work and all
that is asked of the people generally
is to have their dollar ready when
they call. If any persons are over
looked in the drive they should hand
their dollar to the chairman nearest
to them, or send it to A. 0. Stanger,
county chairman, at Manchester.
&c on Dollar Red Cross Cost for
Operation.
On December 18th, the war council
of the American Red Cross authorized
the following statement, which should
be read with much interest by every
one, and should be factor in persuad-
ing people to become members in an
organization that uses such small
amount of it's funds for administra-
tive purposes:
1T costs the American Red Cross
only 2 cents of each dollar of the
millions appropriated to operate the
administrative bureaus in the United
States which took a vital part in the
management of the greatest relief pro-
gram the world has ever known. For
each dollar contributed by the Ameri-
can people for war relief work more
than $1.O1 is expended for that pur-
pose, the extra cent being provided
by interest on the funds. These are
two of the striking statements in the
annual financial report of the Red
Cross covering the fiscal year ended
June 80, 1918.
''All the expenses of operating the
national and divisional headquarters
of the organization whose sheltering
arm has embraced large part of the
earth in the last eighteen months
come from fund provided by men,
bership dues. the war fund not being
uld W upOu lOi any Uut rellel eApeuul-
lures. The total management expens-
es of the organization for the fiscal
year was $2,164,S65.
During the year which ended June
80 the Red Cross appropriated S107,-
716,34S to carry on it's work abroad
and at home. OF this amount, S59,7SS,-
672 went for relief in foreign coun-
tries, $7,6SS,S56 for work in the United
States, S4,945,557 for relief work in
various countries on w~k specified
by contributors, S26, 100000 was set
aside for working capital, and the bal
ance went for other activities of the
organization.
This wide distribution of relief was
made possible because in less than
eleven months the American people
gave more than $30O,O0O,0O0 to the
American Red Cross, by far the great
est sum ever contributed by any nation
for humanitarian work. This total
represents the proceeds of the two Red
Cross war funds and one membership
drive