Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-23
MONDAY DIN AIDS
RED CROSS DRIVE
FOR MEMBERSHIP
Total in Wilmington TO Date
Nearly Equals Entire State
Year Ago.
PLAN ROUSING FINISH
Result Of six days canvass:
Adult members IL. .407.
Junior members-l3.35i.
Yesterdays total:
Adult members-4,ll2
Junior members ,OSl.
Total Adults. II. I.5I9; Juniors, ld,a35-

Total Adults, 81 .5I9; Juniors, ld,435-
The din created bv the whistles and
church bells, that were blown and rung at
noon. calling upon all workers OF the ked
Cross Christmas Roll Call torslly for one
final effort for members, II Is hoped VIII
have its effect.
In addition the fircmen planned TO and
the drive by stationing apparatus along
Market street, and through megaphones
calling upon the pedestrians TO do their
duty now. as they did during the war.
Later il was decided 20 have ono piece
OF apparatus move UP and down on
Market street. calling upon the crowd not
To forget the Greatest Mother on Earth
and 10 ioin he Roll Call.
This is the final day OF the campaign
and all committees are still at work,
irving TO garner those whom they failed to
reach before. The church committees
continued their work Yesterday, but tho
disagrccahle weather handicapped the
workers
II tho industrial plants stronger efforts
were put forth today, than on other DAYS
~ tho campaign And many OF them arc
responding splcndidly. The work ot
canvassinr for members will continue
until midnight
Recnt - of the labor attached 10 tho
writing of the names it IS not likely that
allrcports " III I've received AZ headquarters
inr week The committees arc urged 20
turn IN thcr reports, II possible tomorrow,
h,it - the next dav Is Christmas II the
work cannot I've completed Ivy tomorrow,
n will carry over until THURSDAY and
pcrhaps FRIDAY Practically no reports
have been received from the down State
sections.
Among the plants that have won an
Honor Flag are r. Lorillard, Company,
mon Leather Company office employees
~ tho Ordnance department N this city.
oNE rARMLR REFUSED.
enc ol the best reports received by
Chairman Josiah Marvel today, came from
N Y Buxton of st Georges, MIR Buxton
IA, the man selected 70 lead the drive IN
Rod Lion hundred and his work shows that
the cholce was A most excellent one Tie
obtained A. a member every farmer. hut
one whom he approached. Although his
business n a busy one AT thus timc OF the
year, he took ? vacation oi three days from
it, and spent long hours each OF the days,
canvassing the country for members.
His ouota was So and today he sent m
a preliminary rcport Of zoo members
Harlan j. coming along strong for the
drive. Up 10 noon Saturday. POO had
hccn enrolled. and the effort Is vring CON
fipued today. These figures however Will
moi anpcar in the Official reports for a
counlc OF DAYS.
Thu American NulcanizCd Fibre Com
many ot Newark is another concern thst
7. showing what II can do when its loyalty
: appealcd to Up Ia today II had gone
10 per cent above rs quota.
Director Farquhar, in charge Of the
work IN Pennsylvania aud Delaware,
stated last night that from returns re-
cci,c cd up to Sunday, 1t looked As though
his district would lead the rest OF the
country. when compared with the
population.
The Women College Al Newark, IS
90 per cent Red Gross, all OF the member
ii ,ho faculty. and student body having
,,cped the led Cross Christmas Roll.