The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-11-14
RED CROSS DRIVE
To Open NOV. Z
OFFICIALS LOOK FORWARD TO
PLACING DIVISION FIRST
LOVER THE TOP"
WOMEN WORKERS ENROLL
Campaign Managers Say That Present
Drive Is Ore for Membership,
Not Funds.
, RED CROSS ROLL CALL FACTS

= RED CROSS ROLL CALL FACTS =
& Begins, sunday. November ?; =
= closes. Armistice Day, Tuesday, .
+ November IL =
& Objective: 20,0O0,OOO member =
= ships in the United States; y
4 100000 membership in the .
= Southwestern Division--the states .
= OF Missouri. Kansas. Texas, Okla >
= homa and Arkansas Coet OF =
= membership. one dollar =
= Purpose: To maintain Red y
= Cross at present high state OF ,
& organization and efficiency as =
> permanent national relief agency. .
+ One million volunteer workers y
I. to assist in campaign activities, =
+ 20 BE- enrolled previous 10 opening y
4. OF drive
, Soldiers. sailors and marines 10 y
= aid by speaking and writing OF y
+ the work of the Red Cross in the =
4. camps and overseas. Fighting =
= men, in some cases, directing =
= campaign.
> "Four.minuie" mep, returned +
= service men. lawyers, newspaper =
4. usn and others qualified, =tll y
:: speak during drive. In theatres, +
: hotels, moving picture shows, =
4. clubs. factories, mills and stores, ::
. National advertising campaign +
Z being waged as preliminary TO =
= intensive drive. Newspapers, +
1. posters. window displays, hags. +
{. cutouts, moving picture hlms, :
:: dodgers. advertising slides, all =
: carrying Red Cross messages ::
= +$* - I. I. = =: = = : :: 1. + =
When the Third Red Cross Roll Call
OF members is completed on Armistice
Day, November II. II Is expected that
1900, 900 persons in Missouri, Kansas,
Texas. Arkansas and Oklahoma the
states comprising the Southwestern
Division Of the Red Cross-will have
answered here" and have been en-.
rolled as annual members Of the
organization
lnasmuch as this is a decrease OF
3s5.6lg members under the record OF
last year. when 2.3S5,6i9 members
we're obtained during the Christmas
Roll Call from q population Of approx
imately l3.92S.000. Red Cross officials
look forward TO putting the Division
first over the top with comparatively
little difficulty. Tho nationwide cam
paign this year is expected to yield
more than 2O.0O0ooo members A. in
al previous ,aniaiens, the zee for
yearly membership is 81. ...
Ped crscs Sunday.
The campaign vii! open formally
sunday. November >. which has been
designated Red Cross sunday" on
that day ths story Of the Red. Cros.
will be told from pU'pis al! over the
nation Special pr1-rams wn mark
morning and evening services.
Vigorous preparations are being
made, as evidenced by th, rapid en-
rollment Of thousands Of women work
ers who will serve as volunteer can.
vassers during the campaign. More
than 1000 600 such workers are to be
obtained throughout the coHntry, whose
aid viii determine to an appreciable
extent the successful termination Of
the coming camraign.
Reports reaching the Division Office
IN s. Louis tell also OF the cooperation
being extended BY hundreds OF sol
d.ers. sailors and marines. who are
able. many OF them, to tell first per
SON" stories OF what the Red Cross
did for them while he lighting was
going on. These chaps are being en-
rolled as speakers, writers and active
workers In addition "fourminute'
men, lawyers newspaper men and
Others qualified are scheduled to
address audiences during the campaign
on the subjec, al the Red Gross appeal
Advertising Campaign.
Enthusiasm IN the campaign Is be
ins stimulated by the appearance of
thousands OF posters, window displays,
Rcd Cross Gags and other adjuncts Of
the countrywide advertising campaign
now being carried on. Newspapers
are carrying PAGE, half.pase and
smaller advertisements bearing the
Red Cross message while periodicals.
magazines ana billboarde, as we'll az
street cars, trims. mercantile estab-
l,shuents and department store win
dows, all carry them quota OF Red Cross
Moving picture shows are
exhibiting Rcd Cross films in n gigan-
tic motion picture campaign thar has
tor its object the education Of the
American people to the present'day
moods OF the American Red Cross.
Red Cross campaign officials have.
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