Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-11-04
Drive for Red Cross Membership.

Drive for Red Cross Membership.
, The American Red Cross will seek re
! affirmed allegiance of the American peo
, pie in its third roll call from Novembe
I'd to 11th.
II With record of unrivalled accom-
plishment in war work, at home ant
abroad, and with q new peace program
practical, inspiring, far-reaching, th'
great relief organization will ask th'
people to renew their membership, or Il
become new members, for 1920.
The call to membership will be carried
by thousands of volunteer workers into
every home, and into offices, stores anc
factories. Every man and woman wb(
believes In thorough-going Americanisn
will be given an opportunity to "join.'
KEEP THE RANKS FILLED.
The membership of the American Rec
Cross to-day is approximately twenty
million, not including the eleven millior
Junior members. In the states of Maine
Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachu
setts and Rhode Island, there are mill.
ion and half members. While no def
mite quota has been set for the third roll
call, 1t is hoped that the ranks will be
kept filled and thousands of recruits
added for 1920.
| Red Cross membership is one thing
that has not been hit by the high cost OF
living. An annual membership still costs
ouly one dollar-and there Is no war tax
Only dollar annual memberships will be
received during the roll call.
While the principal purpose OF the
campaign will be to enroll members,
an appeal will be made for SIS ,000, ,0OC
to enable the National organization to
complete its war work, which by no
means ended with the armistice as many
seemed to believe.
RESPONSIBILITY ABROAD PROLONGED.
Congress has prolonged the RESPONSE
bility of the Red Cross abroad by author
iziug the Secretary of War to transfer to
the Red Cross several million dollars
worth of medical, surgical and dietary
supplies Ito be used by the American
Red Cross to relieve and supply the
pressing needs of the countries involved
in the late war; The Red Cross must
have further financial support to enable
it to distribute these supplies in the
countries where, because of the ravages
of war, famine and epidemic, the distress
ia most pronounced, as in the Balkans,
Poland, Siberia and other countries.
Without the S15, 900, 900 fund the Red
Cross will be unable to administer this
necessary foreign relief, which may pro-
tect our own Nation from the disaster of
epidemic. There are also &c, 900 Ameri-
can soldiers wounded during the war
still i'm the hospitals in this country and
the Red Cross must continue to render
service to them.
TO SUPPORT PEACE PROGRAM.
Each of the 3,724 Chapters in the coun-
try will raise a quota of this fund, and
will in addition ask support for carrying
out its part of the Peace Program, which
includes public health nursing, home
service, educational work in dietetics,
home care of the sick and first aid, pre-
psredness for disaster relief, children's
activities through the Junior Red Cross,
and the new health center plans. The
New England Division quota of the Ma
tiopsl fund is 81, 1886, 900.
Many soldiers and Red Cross nurses
who served overseas will take part in the
campaign. The Massachusetts, Branch
of the American Legion has pledged its
support to the Roll Call in the following
resolution:
1.-THE Red Cross by it's activities dur.
ing the war in behalf of service men has
90 hn nt1h in
and ia now helping to solve many prob
lens In which the American Legion has
vital interest.
1--WE, therefore, resolve that the Mas
sachusetts Branch of the American Le-
giou, in convention assembled, express
it's deep interest in, and pledges support
to, the Third Red Cross Roll Call"
Everyone who reuews membership or
joins during the Roll Call will be given q
1920 button and 1920 window service
flags will also be given out. A service
flag should glow from q window OF every
home in the land when the campaign
closes.
Posters, window displays, street car
signs, stereopticons and motion pictures
will be used to announce the Roll Call
and In some communities an illuminated
Red Cross will be displayed. Three
posters will be shown. One is striking
design by Howard Chandler Christy, en-.
titled "The Spirit of America" A beau.
tiful young woman in flowing robes OF
white is shown standing against the
folds OF Old Glory, which form the back.
ground. In the lower left corner Is a
large red cross emblem and balancing II
is the word "Join." Haskell Cof1n's
poster is young woman in Red Cross
garb holding forth her hands in sweet
appeal. The third poster is text ap.
peal imprinted on half-tone outline oi
the popular "Greatest Mother In The
World" design.
Motion picture theatres throughout
New England Division territory are CO.
operating generously. More than 300 oi
them are displaying set of stereopticou
slides announcing the Roll Call, and
many of them have agreed to use Red
Cross film previous to or during the
campaign.
The Roll Call slogan for New England
ia:
every membership a vote of conf
dence in the Red Cross"
BE ready to cast your vote November
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Maine News Notes.