Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-10-29
STRONG APPEAL FOR RED CROSS
BY new ENGLAND DIVISION HEAD
HEARD IN Repre- SENTAT|vES HALL
Augusta Workers Coming Drive for Third Roll Call Hear
Messages of New England orker-Speakers Tell Work
Accomplished and Needs Fa cling Organization
Meeting Planned for Comm Saturday Evening

service. noticed the Fed Cross flag
flying from the front of the ear He
STOOD al attention and then salurcd.
His act showed the place that tae
Red Cross had N his hear:
The Red Cross has IN some capa-
city helped over 100000 families OF
men IN service n ln.s country In
New England alone. - 900 families
month were attended 10 frnm the
Boston Cflce.
The long tine future OF me Fed
CroEs will include. accnra.nE 10 Nj
Jackson 5 clear c.t-ss lcaurn. work
among the refugees and home se--ice
work. What mas been done by me Fed
Cross will continue 10 De Lune ne
spoke OF the splendid work which mas
been done by the leaders II the work.
AND right here MIR. Jackson touched
me neynpTe of I'd CROSS s-vIce II
there IS any ORGANIZE tion J:lat can nel-
Ter conditions they should 40 Il, he
stated right from the shoulder he
Eaia he dim care d snap uf his finger
FOR me Red Cruss as III organization
unless Il hetters living conditions L
lccai agencies are uCIng -nod WORK. get
back Of them and help them. II .heS
are not doing Eoud work. gel them ou-
ana 40 the work. Don talk organ
nations. But still. NJ. Jackson said he
curld not help but feel -he- The Fed
C-rss could gec along side Of ne Local
agensies mat are doing sood work anG
suppI,' them with what the needed q
further their work
VIA are conditions in tins cour--v"
Some @da00o babies all ciasseH. died
each vea- and Of this number 2'D.0s die
Of rube-c-l s There are in he init
&c : areE todav l50e'- known cases Of
tuberculosis ana no one knows how
rlanv Unknown eases
Taking rom The -ahie book IN the
United States G-at- NJ jackson turn
Ell the pages &c the man Of lnis cuur-
TT. which IN graphic black and white
shows he healthy and unneal-nv sec
tons u -ha counlry. According 10 ORA +
accounts. his section o. The country
looked lar rom .avo-a Die.
School surveys are fine Il the results
&c ih- undings are crr-ecreu. The WORK
e url half done to discover Che all
rnents Of The children and then dp norh-
ing for them. One school teacher SAID
tina, ne L-inlcs were not necessa-v BE-
cause after the children go1 20 De Is
Years OF age the. were al clear refer
ring % .eeth meaning hat -nev had no
teeth
The Red Cross home service does nur
plan to he q big aoctor. aut jus- 10
each tbs leople how 70 live :, is L
m ans OF prevention o. disease
If ne health Of rhe cUmrnuuirz isn't
worth some affcr- men NJ jackson
SAID he failed o understand PubIie
ealth cen e-s are needed Thav shout :
b L DIisneG II order mat some certe:-
,nav r. ava.la ole fur the worn Tome
service WORK should oe CARRIED on. L
he Red Cross can assist IN mat. iaer
something wei worth while Is being
done
Governor Ca-! z. NiIIiken was p-es-
emf for silo-. time n the beginning
Of tae me ing Ee extended greetings
Owing n the meeting Of rte seale-s 81
weight ana measures being hello Al -ic
same time ne was obliged u cyt sho--
his stay az -he Fed Cross meeting. H
remarked thar the presence OF he
scales and measuring devices in ne -as-
Of The hall was ny NJ means an indica-
non that the quality of mercv as ex-
tended through thi- work was 20 De
measured ana weighed. bur NJ ,oon this
clever way Of explaining their presence
Governor MI!iihen mas nigh hopes
. Tor me work Of The BED Cross. Re
SAID ne could sta1e. without hest
10
/ this countrT N the memory OF any
Z is in a more critical condition tlan
ever before. There is danger of cnn-
Z clifton OF suffering Of peppi.- more
actual distress than That of the war
itself. The practical necessity of the
Red Cross was never more valuable
! than now, The very motive OF me
work. the spirit OF service. is no one
thing that IS needed dis cnr-e+e We
/ ness a. present. There is no becfa-
correc-.veness Than the sort OF craI-
i lenge Of the LED Cross. The work Of
, the Red Cross Is exactly what Is
needed, ne sald III closing. now ID
i oppose the tendency Of selfisrness.
( state Librarian II. z. Ounnack pre-
( sided over the meeting of Tuesday
( evening n most satisfactory man
neT. re explained the purpose of
the meeting, that the workers pledged
for the roll call campaign might re-
ceIve messages from the New Eng
Land workers. The neg. meeting of
the teams will be hel6 on Saturday
evening. Al that time Guy p Can
nert VIII preside and ne Will furnish
n banquet for the workers. as com =
persa-iun. so MIR. Dunnack said for
! his absence as presiding Officer on
Tuesday evening. He spoke Of the
mass meeting which viii ne held on
Sunday evening
Wnen she WIS last in this locality.
Miss Elizabeth Ross. director OF the
beu Cross Bureau Of Nursing, was
I recruiting nurses for war work. was
: what she told. IN her opening wortts
/ Tuesday evening al the meeting.
Most Of the nurses have returned
home but there are stiil man in the
service. both in this country and
overseas. Many are doing a special
Inc OF work abroad. Various groups
are al work in the countries which
( have been so Indy devastated hv
the war IN Eoumania SeT-via. Pal
estine and Siberia nurses are III
work There are a large number
IN Siberia One nurse wrote home
/ that ali sine needed in Siberia was
/ sun shade and a fan. l. will be
] Interesting to many TO know that
me sun ever shines IN Siberia and
/ that it ever gets warm enough 70 use
Il tan.
a trained hai1r ryorta- nj THO Ped