The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-11-19
Miss inertia Mitchell Chairman Of the
Third Red Cross Roll Call Teils
What Was Done This
Year.
SOME OTHER ACTIVITIES
Work That Has Been Accomplished
During the Month Was Told
BY Committee Chair
mon.

Report was made Dy MISS MeIA
Mitchell Of the results OF the Christ
mas roll call. at the meeting OF the
executive committee of the keoRuk
chapter Red Cross at 4 o'clock yes.
Eterday afternoon in the Industrial
association rooms. The total amount
already collected for Keokuk and the
southern half of Lee county Is
S3,157.35, about half the amount col
ilected last year The letting down OF
the tension of war probably accounts
for a part of the falling off in the
number of memberships taken. G..
F. Mcfarland, chairman of the Keo-
kuk chapter. said: "The reproach
which comes to this city is that those
who can best afford to support the
Red Cross have not done their part.
The man who. could least afford 1t
has come across sometimes with al
most his last dollar. The apathy is
on the part Of the people who could
and should display Red Cross flags in
their winows." II
The memberships received by
wards was as, follows:
First ward, 30A; second, 12S; third,
/ 40S; fourth, IS; fifth, LAT; sixth,
210; seventh, los.
4 Memberships received from bust
ness houses, 754; received at head
Quarters, t247; total from wards,
1875; memberships received in
county outside Keokuk, 707. The
total of ar memberships. 1888.
In reviewing the results at the
injecting yesterday the third ward was
particularly commended FOR the high
mark attained there, the rotaI being.
approximately the same as last year.
Mrs Arnot Weess was chairman ana
the work was well organized. The
/ biggest slump is in the first ward.
Some of the memberships, however,
in that ward appear in the report Of
! the business houses and in the head
quarters report.
A vote of thanks was given Miss
Mitchell for the excellent work She
did as general chairman. She in
turn spoke with greatest apprecia-
ton of all the ward chairman and Of
,other helpers.
The results in the district outside
the city is as follows:
Belmont, 80; Summitville and
Hickory Grove, 81; Melrose, %; New
Boston, Is; Donnellson, ESQ; Charles
ton, z; Primrose, 116; Sandusky, IL;
Oak Grove, s.; Croton, II; Sugar
Greek, AlS DuTOAl, o4s DelldSI, 20,
Montrose, II.
Reports have not been received
from Argyle and Vincennes.
A vote of thanks was kiven The
Gate City for liberal space and to
the publicity manager, Fredesic G..
Smith, A vote of thanks was also
given T. n Connor OF the Golden
Rule, for the use of his store room
as headquarters and for many cour-
tesies which he extended to the
workers.
Tells Of Meeting.
Miss Alton, chairman or the home
service section, reported that during
the month seventy-six families had
been dealt with by the department,
and that service had been rendered
to seventy-one Of them. To five in
formation only had been given. Finan-
cial aid to the amount or S65.50 had
been given during the month. Miss
Alton also gave a brief report Of the
social service conference which was
held in Muscaune in October which
she attended as the representative Of
the heokuk chapter.
A letter was read from William AL
drtch, superintendent or the city
schools, asking the Red Cross to
supply the money for surgical work
and optical work which the. school
nurse, Miss Sharp. found necessary
to promote the efficiency OF children
in the public schools, in cases where
the parents Of the child were not |
able to pay for the same.
The executive board gave such per-
mission since the instruction sent
out from headquarters, specifically
states that Junior Red cross money
may be used for such purpose. The
amount OF assistance given is limited
to the resources of the local Red
Cross treasury, the various cases to
be passed upon by the school nurse
the school authorities and the home
service section of the Red Cross.
The date of the annual meeting OF
the Keokuc chapter was set for the
evening of Tuesday, Nov. %, at 8
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