The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1919-10-17
ANNUAL MEETING
HELD IN Medina
CLEVELAND SPEAKER IS
"CARD" AT NOON LUNCH
Officers Elected for Year-Plea Made
For Organized Work in Public
Schools

The annual meeting of Medina
County Chapter of the Red Cross was
held in the parlors of the Congrega-
tional church Friday. A conference
was big item of the program. There
We're fifty present, representing the
several divisions of the order over the
county.
At the noon hour about $50 men,
bers of the county Red Cross includ-
ing about so business men gathered
in the basement oil the church and
after partaking Of a stmptuous repast,
served by the Red Cross, were enter
tained by an instructive and entertain
ing talk by j. H. Hornung, of Cleve-
land, who has charge Of Red Cross
rural organization work. Mr.. Hor-
nung's address was necessarily brief
but to the point.
He stated that his duties were to
attend meetings of Red Cross chap
ters with the purpose Of instilling pep
and ginger in those who We're in
clined to lag, and paid the Medina
organization pretty compliment
when he admitted that after listening
to the reports made earlier in the
morning he was unable to detect any
need OF his being here.
Mr.. Hornung bewailed the fact that
many former Red Cross enthusiasts
had dropped the work now, under the
pretense that the war is over. He
declared that in many families the
War coulo never be over as many sons
and fathers had been left on the other
side, while the hospitals in this coun-
try were full Of soldiers, some Of
whom would be there until judgment
day. AS long as these conditions
exist there is urgent need of the ex-
tension service of the Red Cross.
The fact that the Red Cross was
now undergoing a change whereby
the work they carried on during the
war will be duplicated in the homes
of the common people was also
stressed. The speaker declared that
it was useless for the U. S. govern
ment to attempt to rid this country
of bolshevism when hundreds and
thousands of babies in the larger
cities are imbibing this doctrine from
the breasts of their mothers, caused
by lack of food and proper care. A
function Of the Red Cross work should
be to reach these families before
they arrive at this stage, the speaker
declared. 49,, .~a
Regarding the necessity of Red
Cross nurse for each community Mr..
Hornung reasoned that while the Or
dinary individual in a community such
as this would reason that if he were
sick he could afford a nurse and let
every one else do likewise, yet the
fact that germs are such friendly
creatures means that should neigh
Dor who cannot afford such luxury
fall i'll might eliminate in the laying
away of members in the families who
can afford unlimited nursing facili-
ties.
The speaker also made plea for
the thousands of children Of the Old
World, who he stated, could not be
held responsible for the calamity
brought about by their parents.
In closing Mr.. Honung addressed
a plea for support in the membership
drive which begins Nov. 2 and ends
Nov. II, and which is expected to
bring at least fifteen million members
and the same number of dollars m-
der the jurisdiction of this organiza-
ton.
The election of officers resulted as
follows: Chairman, A. L. Boyden;
vice chairman, F. O. Shank, Litch-
field; sec., Mrs. Clark Reinhardt;
treas, C. E. Jones; Elk. Conn.,, Mrs.
C. H. Hewes, Mrs. F. O. Phillips, Mrs.
F M. Plank, Mrs. D. M. johnson,
Brunswick; C. M. Crum, Lodi; A. r.
Woodworth, Seville; D. Ayres, Hinck-
ley; E. S. Thomson. Granger.
The afternoon session was called by
the new chairman, A. L. Boyden.
Miss Schneider concluded her pa
per and led discussion on Junior
Red Cross work, and gave clear ar
guinent for the organization in every
school, and laying stress on the pub
lie health program.
Miss Gertrude Steuer also gave a
talk on the "After care of Soldiers. "
The climax Of the day was reached
when Miss HARRIET Anderson con-
.ducted an informal discussion Of the
future work Of the Red Cross. She