Imperial Valley press., 1918-01-19
SALVAGE BRANCH
Of RED CROSS
IS ORGANIZED
I'M PORT ANT MOVEMENT TO
HELP WIN WAR STARTED AT A
MEETING LAST NIGHT-CAM-
PAIGN FOR COLLECTING MER-
CHARITABLE MATERIAL

Rags! Bottles! Bags!" Will Be tie
Cry of the Red Cross Salvage Bri-
gade in the Coming Weeks-Offi-
GERS Are Selected for This Branch Of
the War Work.
Meeting with James w. Glassford,
chairman of the executive board of
Imperial County Red Cross chapter,
interested men and women of FL Gen.
tro were organized last night into .
committee to collect and take care of
salvage as a department of Red Cross
work.
! Mrs. J. Elliott Druiff was made
chairman and will be ably assisted in
her office by Mrs. Wiley M. Weaver.
Mrs. A. E. Nance was appointed Sec
retary and William Cass treasurer.
There were four subcommittee
named, with the following chairmen:
Arthur Palmer will look after the
country districts and get the people
interested in this line of the Red
Cross work. William Cass was made
chairman of the collection and trans
portation of the salvage. Mrs. J. R
Garren was appointed chairman of the
clothing that will come through the
department. Mrs. F. B. Fuller has
kindly consented to look after the
Junior Red Cross and get the children
interested in salvage. These chairmen
will add to their committees, and the
names thus added will be announced
later.
Just a word to the public in re-
gard to this important work. It is
simply taking care of the waste, and
in interviewing Mrs. Theodosia Car
lin, who is head of the salvage de-
partment of the Pacific division, Mrs.
w. M. Weaver says to hear Mrs. Car
lin talk salavge is something like lis
tending to description of grand seem
cry. The rubbish heap takes on the
colors of the Grand Canyon, the i'm
portance of Pixies Peak, the beauty
of the dawn and the fascination Of
the sea- Mrs. Carlin's great aim is to
convince humanity that interested
folks can in little ways aid the world
at large and the Red Cros sin par
ticular.
There is not thing imaginable to
be found in a rubbish heap that can
not be used by the salvage depart
ment, and be made to bring a good
revenue. Here is something to think
Of: Mrs. Carlin states that there are
$4,000 chapters of the Red Cross in
the United States. She suggests that
if each chapter, through the Salvage
Department, should strike to make
500 per month, that alone would be
$28O,OOO for the national Red Cross,
made through the salvage of the de-
bris of the country, without cent
expended.
The committee will meet again Mon
day evening and further discuss the
work. In the meantime the public
should keep in mind the following list
of articles that should be saved for
the Salvage Department.
Save These.
The things wanted are:
Tin or lead foil (flat).
Collapsible paste and paint tubes.
Dental filings.
Lead, brass, copper and aluminium
waste.
Old gold and silver and broken bits
of jewelry.
Typewriter ribbon boxes and metal
spools therein. \
Carbon paper boxes
Waste rubber, except garden hose.
Old automobile tires and inner
tubes, bicycle tires.
Books, magazines and newspapers
(tied flat in bundles).
Burlap and gunnysacks.
Old kid gloves.
Clean white rags, mixed rags, WOOL
en- rags (separated).
Bishops graham wafer tins.
Glass fruit jars.
Cold cream jars.
Bishops petite wafer tins.
Old clothes.
Mems shoes.
Bottles of all kinds, rinsed clean
Evangelical Church.
Services next Sunday morning at II