Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-09-10
RED CROSS TOUR
Reach st. JOhnsbury on Oc-
tOber First on Trip
Through State

A rapid but comprehensive tour OF
The New England Division, reaching
very Chapter and Branch, will be
made during September. and Octob,
~ Division Manager James Jackson
Miss Lavinia II. Newell, Director OF
he Bureau Of Production, Miss Eliza
beth Ross, Director Of the Bureau OF
Nursing, and Cheney {. Jones, Direc-
or OF Civilian Relief.
Each of the four Division officers
1t The "a meetings on the Red Cross
circuit" will speak for Is or 20 min
itcS, covering intimately the follow
ing subjects:
General purposes of the Red Gross
Future Work and Organization, the
coming 1919 Roll Call, Public Health
Nursing needs and possibilities, Home
Service and its possible extension,
md the Future Need OF Protection.
Future accomplishment of the Red
ross, rather than past achievements,
will be stressed by these speakers, aH
he subjects indicate.
The value of the opportunity Of
tered by the tour for direct inter
.hangc of ideas between directors OF
he New England Division and Off
,ials and members Of the Chapters
md Branches cannot be over estimat-
.d. First hand information in regard
% the two great activities of thc
jcace-timc program, home service
md public health, will be given by
he Directors of these Departments,
Mr.. Jones and Miss Ross, and the
ipecchcs of all four officials will beW
lirectly or Indirectly Oh the matter
IN which the Divisions attention
must be concentrated from now until
November II, che Third Red Cross
Roll Call.
The local meetings provided for by
he tour will be productive of iar
more satisfactory results, Division
lcads believe, than could possibly be
obtained at general meeting in only
)ne place of the entire Division. The
total of the people attending, due
the greater convenience of q me ct
-ng in home territory, will be much
greater and local problems can be
more fully discussed.
A general meeting of the Division,
however, will be held in Boston some
inc during October when it is OK
pected that DR.. Livingston Fairard,
chairman of the National Executive
Committee, and James H. Perkins,
former Red Cross Commissioner Cor
Europe, will be the principal speak
ers. Speeches at this meeting will
be largely national in scope and will
by no means take the place of these
to be made at the local conference
where Division problems will have
right of way.
In order that the "fying squadron"
of speakers may reach each Of the
lO8 Chapters in the Division in the
short interval before the November
campaign, the Chapters in adjacent
territory have been asked to combine
i'll lHclI meetings.. lie SCHeuuIc lOf
he tour, showing the way the Chap
ters are grouped and the dates for
meetings., follows. The Chapter first
aamed in each group is the place
where the meeting is to be held.
The itinerary for Vermont is:
September so: p. m.-Montpel-
lei, Washington county, Western half
of Orange County. At Montpelier.
October 1, 100 p. m.-St. Johns
bury Caledonia County,, Orleans
County. At St. Johnsbury.
October 2, $50 p. m-Burlington
(Chittenden County,, Franklin Coun-
ty, Grand Isle County, Lamoille
County. At Burlington.
October 3, a. m-Vergennes (Addi-
son County,. p. m.-Rutland (Rut-
land County,.
October A, a. Bloomington.
Octobr 6, a. m.-Brattlborro Wind
ham County,.