The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-10-24
MILLION MEMBERS
OKLAHOMA GOAL N
RED CROSS DRIVE


Oklahoma City.-ln the coming Red
Cross roll call membership campaign,
November 2ll, Oklahoma's quota wiz
be 1,OOl2OO according to an announce
ment by j. +. owens, state director for
the campaign
This is about what our quota was
last year and we oversubscrbed it,"
Mr.. owens said today $50 we should
do much better this year for we eX-
pect to not only re.enroll AN 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
a strong appeal for members this year
A big part of the Red Cross work in
Oklahoma will be in combating disease
and lettering the health conditions
Just how important this work is in
Oklahoma can be realized when it is
known that last year needless deaths
and needless expenditures for medicine
and doctor bills totalled $3,OOO,OOO in this
state.
In order 10 get our quota in Okla
homa, it is absolutely necessary first.
that the people understand the necessi-
" Of this campaign The thing we
have to fear is the people will 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 begun 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
able to take care of the wounded and
disabled soldiers in the hospitals.
Thousands Of men still are in hospitals
abroad and in camps awaiting dis
charge The Red Cross must take care
a. 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 finished.
The safety Of America hinges on the
checking Of disease and bolshevlsm
abroad.
But paramountly this is a campaign
for our home communities. Our eyes
have been turned abroad and we have
been engTossed in the helping of strick-
en- in foreign countries, who We're un
able 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 public
health Health conditions revealed by
the draft, an alarming infantile NOR.
tality, the terrible toll from the infu-
enza scourge-all these hings point to
the growing need of health knowledge.
People have realized the value Of
Red Cross home service because its
activities have reached communities
where no other social agency is at work.
The coming campaign viii enroll the
Red Cross to carry its home service
work to further ends.
"One Of the best reasons for the
maintenance of Red Cross is that it
provides an agency for quick relief in
times of disaster. Just as the Marines
are the first to fight, so is the Red
Cross first to help.
THE present high state Of organiza-
ton and efficiency to be found in the
Red Cross is illustrated by the prompt
relief measures taken when the recent
storm swept the country. The first
train into Corpus Christi following the
storm was a Red Cross train, which
carried supplies and workers to relieve
the suffering Of the stricken people. As
an illustration Of the prompness with
which the Red Cross acts. when AL
fred Fairbank manager of the South.
western division Of the American Red
Cross was in Oklahoma Cityl, he
was handed noon edition of a
newspaper telling of the tornado that
struck Hoisington, Kansas, causing loss
of life and much property damage. Mr..
Fairbank Immediately wired the Red
Cross chapter chairman at Hoisington,
placing all the resources Of the Red
Cross at his command for the relief
of the storm sufferers.
Aims of Red Cross
Just briefly the aims Of the Red
Cross can be divided under five heads
nursing service home service, first
aid junior memberships and service in
foreign lands
Under the head of nor service
comes the caring Of the families Of sol.
diers and sailors, continued help to the
service man, and family relief where
there is no other agency in the commu
nifty and disaster relief In 9O per cent
of the communities where home service
has been at work there is no other re
lief agency
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