Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1919-12-11
PEOPLE TO HIT
THAT DREAD DISEASE
SPONTANEOUS DEMAND FROM
ALL PARTS OF COUNTY FOR
THE CHRISTMAS SEALS

Audubon county may we'll be
proud OF herself. The reports
lnal are coming into county head
Quarters of the Red Cross Christmas
seal SAFE are most encouraging and
II rs plain that before the end OF
the month OF December when the
sale will be over that there will
nave been record breaking sale of
these little health stamps.
Mrs. l.. Dee Mallonee had placed
in every town in the county a num-
Der of seals ranging from $50 to
SlO0 in value. She is anticipating
recorders OF supplies of stamps from
all or these places, and at any time
These supplies have been placed
among the women's or religious
clubs of the county. The most posi-
tive results of this Sranch of the
work to date has been secured by
the Columbian Club of Audubon.
Under the leadership of Mrs. C. s.
McLeran the club has taken from
headquarters nearly their full 500
worth of seals and a great deal of
money is being turned in from the
sales of this club. The Columbian
Club is virile Organization, bent on
lettering the community, and the
woman in charge of this particular
activity is proving herself competent
in every sense of the word to man.
age it. Reports from the other
clubs of the county have not yet
come in, but 1t Is promised that all
/ of them will be most gratifying.
/ Paul Wolf, as chairman of sales
through the business men of the
county has boosted the campaign in
a most gratifying manner. He has
| circulated petitions or pledge papers
throughout the county which the
business men have been privileged
to sign. The response by the peo-
| pie to whom these papers were di-
rected has shown that this county
has a wide-awake, civic minded body
of business men of which we may
well be proud The town of Audi
bon alone, will go at more than 20
cents per capita as result Of the
pledges of the business men alone
This in addition to the other sales
that will be made through the other
branches of the organization will
place Audubon in a very splendid
position among the other towns OF
the state. Pledges have run as
high as $25 per bushes firm and
there were many OF these. The
minimum pledge was not less than
800 and very few OF them.
AS a demand creator for the,
stamps, which was the purpose of
this pledge petition, 1t has far ex-
ceeded the expectations of those who
devised it and set 1t In notion.
The work of Evans Marquesen,
chairman of sales through rural
| church and town activities is disap-
| pointing due to the unsurmountable
| obstacle which he has encountered in
| the form of the fuel orders. People
nave been willing to help In his de-
pRrtment by putting on benefit fes-
! tivities, but he has made no arrange
ments due to his knowledge Of con-
ditions that absolutely forbid. I'M
less the strike situation and fuel or
ders are quickly revised and radi-
cally changed, this phase of the
work will have to be dropped. 1t is
severe blow to the sale too as he
had some very good plans laid out
that promised to materially increase
the sales of the county.
Miss Berthemia Mccarthy made
county headquarters happy the first
of the week by ordering an addi-
tional 10000 seals, $500 WORTH to
be dispatched to the schools OF the
county. She has placed for sale
large part of the $4,000 she has or
dered and IL the rural communities
buy as the towns are buying she will
dispose of the entire lot. An order
is being placed by the sales chairman
for 500 badges to be given by Miss
Mccarthy for reward to those who
sell 100 seals. II Is to be hoped
that many recorders of these badges
will be necessary. She should be
in a position to supply all who have
earned the badges to date by the
last of the week, and upon report OF
the names of those deserving them
she will forward them to their
teachers. In reporting the teachers
should designate the names of those
who deserve the badges as well as
the township and name and district
number of the school for which the
order is made Audubon schools
give promise OF a large sale through
the school channels. Several chill
dren have already earned their
badges. and few have their certi-
flcates of honor, coming to them.
These are in the running for the gold
ring which will be given as a prize
for the best seller Of seals in the
county among the school children.
It is hoped that some system may
be devised by which packages of
seals may be sold at the various
public sales at auction throughout
the county. The method is being
tried out and II II proves to be an
efficient means of disposing of them
1t will be extended throughout the
county.
In the near future Seal Depots will
be established in every town in
which the public who will want to
buy them for the purpose Of helping
the cause of lighting tuberculosis,
or securing them for their Christ
mas packages will have an opportun-
ity to buy. Merchants have report
ed several calls for this sort OF
trade In the seals already. An ear
ly ISSUE Of the papers will announce
these depots. and placards on dis
play in the stores will apprise the
public of the fact that the seals are