The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-05-24
JUNIOR RED CROSS
TO Be ACTIVE IN
PEACE TIME WORK

The purposes of the Junior Red
Cross are:
To furnish relief to suffering
children throughout the world.
To stimulate community activities,
appropriate to the spirit of the
American Red Cross.
To develop an international I'M
Outstanding and good will, made
necessary by the new world condi-
lions resulting from the war.
To provide motives for purposeful
and useful school activities.
To inculcate ideas and habits of
service.
In future years as the children Of
America take out Red Cross men,
bership through the school 60 per
cent Of the membership fees will
be sent to national headquarters to
form a national childrens fund for
the purpose Of carrying on relief
work entirely among children in
various countries.
No part of this money will be
used for any other purpose.
In addition to the relief work car
ried on abroad through the use of
the money contributed by the
Junior Red Cross. the production of
new refugee garments, reconstructed
garments for use among the refu-
gees, refugee furniture, and a large
number of articles for s in camps,
cantonments, and hospitals, as well
as for local institutions, will be
continued for some time to come.
Forty per cent of membership
fees from each school and any ad-
ditional money raised. may be re-
tanned by the school committee for
the purpose of carrying on COM
munity activities. Crippled chill
dren will be helped by the Junior
Red Cross by educating them to
help themselves and be useful citi-
zens. Children of school age will
be sent to school and the family
remunerated nominally IL necessary.
Through savage, children of Am
erica are expected to add very ma
terially to Junior funds. All chill
dren of Esmeralda county are re-
quested to religiously save and col
lect tin foil tea lead, as that is n
kind of salvage that is always Of
commercial value, and is about the
only way we can help in salvage.
Relief work among children
abroad will be started at once. In
order to carry forward this work, a
large fund will be necessary. The
national headquarters department of
Junior Red Cross counts upon at
least 81, OOO,O 900 for this purpose to
be furnished before January l.,
1920; 100000 Of relief must be
available for use at national head
quarters in Washington not later
than July 1, 1919. The Esmeralda
county Junior Red Cross is now
caring for three orphans in France
and has two more payments to
make, amounting to about $50,
which we will deduct from IL
funds. From the balance we will
forward 60 per cent to national
headquarters, retaining 40 per cent.
At a later date the correct
amount will be published.
Monday, May IL, / visited the
Juniors in Sparks, as the boys in
that chapter are credited with pro-
ducing the best hospital trays, bed
side tables and library tables for
convalescents' homes in the Pa
cific division. Mr.. Anderson is the
head of that department of work
and has under him boys whose ages
range from II years to 16. /
found them busy as bees, all much
interested in their work. The IL
brary tables are eight feet long and
are put together with bolts, en-
abling them to be taken apart and