The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-10-24
MILLION MEMBERS
STATES GOAL IN
RED CROSS DRIVE
OWENS EXPECTS WAR TlMHI
MEMBERSHIP MARX TO
BE BEATEN IN COMING
DRIVE NOV. 2-11

Oklahoma City.-In the coming Red
Cross roll call membership campaign,
November 2-11, OBlahomas quota viii
be 1,OO1 200, according to an announce
ment by J. f. Owens, state director
for the campaign.
This is about what our quota was
last year and we oversubsoiibed it."
Mr.. Owens said today. $50 we should
do much better this year for we ex'
pect to not only re-enroll all the mem.
bers we obtained last year. but to OBJ
tain many more.
Appeal in Peace Program
THE peace time program Of the
Red Cross gives us an opportunity to
make strong appeal for members
this year A big part of the Red
Cross work in Oklahoma will be in
combating disease ana bettering the
health conditions, Just how import
ant this work is in Oklahoma can be
realized when il is known that last
year needless deaths and needless ex.
penditures for medicine and doctor
bills totalled S3,000,000 in this state.
In order to get our quota in okla
homa, it is absolutely necessary first.
that the people understand the neces.
sity Of this campaign. The thing we
have to fear is the people win 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 it 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 Of ALL the Red Cross must be
oable to tai are Of The wounded and
disabled liors in the hospitals.
Thousands Jf men still are in hospi
tails abroad and in camps awaiting dis.
charge. The Red Cross must take
care OF these men until the last one is
home.
"The Red Cross still has obligations
to foreign countries that must be met. !
Red Cross relief commissions have be
gun work abroad that must be finish
ed The safety OF America hinges on
the checking Of disease and Bolste
vism abroad.
But paramountly this is a cam
paign for our home communities. Our
eyes have been turned abroad and we
have been engrossad in the helping Of
stricken in foreign countries, who
were unable to help themselves. In
doing this, perhaps we have neglected |
the folks at our own front door. Now !
we must get back to them.
Welfare Depends on Health
Public welfare depends upon pub
lie health Health conditions revealed
by the draft, an alarming infantile
the terrible toll from the
influenza scourge all these things
point to the growing need Of health
knowledge
People have realized the value OF |
Red Cross home service because of
its activities have reached communi
lies where no other social agency is at
work. The coming campaign viii en-.
able the Red Cross to carry it's home
service work to further ends,
"One of the best reasons for the
of Red Cross is that ii
provides an agency for quick relief in
lines Of disaster Just as the Marines
are the first to fight, SO is the Red
Cross first to help.
The present high state Of organic
ltion and efficiency to be found in the
1ed Cross is illustrated by the prompt
'elief measures taken when the recent
itorm swept the country. The first
rain into Corpus Christi following the
torn was a Red Cross train, which
'arried supplies and workers to re.
ieye the suffering Of the stricken peo.
lie, As an Illustration of the prompt.
less with which the Red Cross acts.
vhen Alfred Fairbank, manager of
he Southwestern division of the
american Red Cross, was in Oklaho-
ma CRY, he was handed a noon edi.
ion of newspaper telling of the tor.
ado that struck Hoisington, Kansas,
ausing loss of life, and muoh~prop-
rty damage. Mr.. Fairbank immedi.
tely wired the Red Cross chapter
hartman of Hoielagton. placing all
he resources OF tbs Red Cross at his
ommand for the relief Of the storm
lfferers.
Aims of Red Cross :
Just briefly the aims Of the Red
ross can be divided under FIVE heads !
nursing service, home service, first
id, junior memberships and service
foreign lands.
Under the head of home service
)mes the caring of the families of
'ldiers and sailors, continued help to
le service nan, and family relief
here there is no other agency in the
immunity and disaster relief. In so y
sr cent Of the communities where
,me service has been at work. there
no other relief agency.