Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1919-10-31
MILLION MEMBERS
STATES GOAL IN
RED CROSS DRIVE
OWENS EXPECTS WAR TIME
MEMBERSHIP MARK TO
BE BEATEN IN COMING
DRIVE NOV. 2-11

DRIVE NOV. Pill
Oklahoma CITY In the coming Red
Cross roll call membership campaign,
November ell, Oklahoma's quota will
be l.O01 200. according to an announce.
nlent by j. F. Owens. state director
for the campaign
This is about what our quota was
last wear and We ONersubsrribpd it,"
Mr., owens said today. so We should
do much better this year FOR we ex.
pect to not only eenrol all the mem.
bers We obtained last year. but 10 OBJ.
tain many more.
Appeal IN Peace Program
The peace time program Of the
Red Cross gives US an opportunity TO
max" IA strong appeal for members
this year. 4 big part Of The Red
Cross work in Oklahoma will be in
combating disease and bettering the
health conditions. Just how import.
ant this work ia in Oklahoma can be
realized when il is known that last
year needless deaths and needless ex.
penditures Tor medicine and doctor
bills totalled $3,0U0.0o0 in this state.
In order to ge, our quota in Okla.
homa, II is absolutely necessary first,
that the people understand the neces.
sity OF this campaign The thing We
have to fear is the people will take
the attitude that the war is over and
that they want nothing to do with
anything that was connected with the
war. We must realize however that
the work of the Red Cross has just be-
gun and that 1t is important not only
TO the state. but to every community
in the state that the work be carried
on.
Must Care for Service Men
First ol all, the Red Cross must be
able TO take care OF the wounded and
disabled soldiers in the hospitals
Thousands of men still are in hospi
ial- abroad and in camps awaiting dis
charge The Red Cross must lake
ear" ol theS" men until the last one is
nome
The Red Cross siill has obligaliOns
to lOreign countries hat must be met
Red Cross r"liei commissions have be
gun work abroad thai must be finish
80! The safety Oi America hingtS on
the checking Of disease and Bolshe
Nism abroad
"l'ut paramountlI this is Caiu
paign for our home communities. our
eyes haN. been turned abroad and VT
have been cngrOsscd in the helping oi
stricken in foreign countries, WIN
were unable to help themselves. In
doing this, perhaps We have neglected
III" folks AT our own front door. Now
We must get back 10 them.
Welfare Depends on Health
Public welfare depends upon pub.
lie health. Health conditions revealed
by the draft, an alarming infaniile
mortality. the terrible toll from the
Influenza scourga all these things
point TO the growing need of health
knowleds-
Red Cross home service because OF
ills activities have reached communi
ties where no her social agency Is AZ
work The coming campaign will en-
able the Red Cross 10 carry its home
service work TO further ends
"onr of The best reasons for the
maintenance of Red Cross is that il
prov ides an agency for quick relief in
times oi disaster. just AS the Marines
are the first TO fight. so is he Red
Cross first TO help
"rhr present high state OF organiz,
alton and efficiency TO be found in the
| Red Gross is illustrated by the prompt
| rrliet measures taken when the recent
| storm swept the country The first
| train into Corpus Christi following the
storm WAS "A Red Cross train. which
carried supplies and workers to re.
lIev" the suffering Of the stricken peo
pie. As an illustration OF the prompt
ness with which the Red Cross acts
| when Alfred Fairbank. manager of
the southeastern division of the
American Red Cross, was in Oklaho
ma city. h" WAS handed a noon edi,
tion of newspaper telling OF the tor
nado that struck Hoisins,on. Kansas,
causing loss OF life. and much prop.
trty damage. Mr. Fairbank immed
a'eiy wired the Red Cross chapter
chairman OF HoisinetOn. placing all
the resources Of The Red Cross at his
command ior the relief OF the storm
sufferers
Aims Of Red Cross
Just briefly the aims of the Red
Cross can he divided under fve heads
nursing service. home service. frst
aid. junior memberships and service
in foreign lands.
nder The head OF home service
comes the caring OF the families of
a. a