The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1920-11-05
YOUTH or SOUTH
SET EXAMPLE in
RED CROSS WORK
With Opening OF Schools, Thou
sands Join Junior
IS Organization i@i


women of the south show onehalf the
enthusiasm In the Fourth Red Cross
Roll Call that children Of the south
are displaying In renewing their al
legiance to the Junior Red Cross, the
southern division will show a record
number Of Red Cross members when
the Roll Call ends.
Truly, children are learning the way
for the grownurs in joining the Red
Cross according to figures given out
today at Red Cross division headquar-
ters in Atlanta.
Cross was begun whenssehools opened
this fall. Now although but little
more than month has passed.. more
than twenty thousand children in the
southern division have renewed their
membership in the Red Cross and be-
fore Christmas, it lis expected triple
that number will have enrolled.
The Junior Red Cross, while auxil-
larry to the American Red Cross, is a
separate and distinct organization,
with its own program Of service. 1t is
organized through the schools, where
1t is one of the most popular and high
ly regarded of student activities. The
Juniors have their own roll ;. calls,
the time varying with the different
schools.
Many Juniors mad their troll calls
when school first opened this year.
That the children are more enthusiast
tic than ever in Red Cross work is
demonstrated by the fact that, while
| less than 1000 had joined the Red
Cross by November l. 1912 more than
| 10000 have joined already this year.
Last year the Junior Red Cross in
the southern division had total mem-
bersnip or 1G2,807 Judging by the
way in when children are enrolling
| this year, the l)2521 membership will
so wei beyond 100000.
The purpose OF the Junior Red
Cross and it's activities could not be
/ better explained than by James N.
Rule, national direction of the Junior
Red Cross. He says:
THE junior Red Cross is the child.
hood Of America mobiIi2ed through the
| schooIs-public, parochial and private
for the purpose OF intoxicating ideals
and habits OF service among children
the world over, with the idea that the
i men and women Of tomorrow will, as
result of this childhood PRACTICE,
think in terms of service to others;
for the purpose not merely Of training
in citizenship for the future, but OF
making unselfish, useful. young citi
zens today:sfor the purpose Of idstill
ing respect and obedience to the law
Of the land, and for the purpose OF
transmitting America to succeeding
generations cleaner, healthier land
happier than it was found
"The requirement for membership
is solely one OF service. There is no
Individual membership fee. The use
fuIness of Junior Red Cross auxil
larry in alternating want and suffering
among children at home and abroad
depends on the initiative and enter
prise of the classroom group and the
teacher, the latter being the auxiliary
leader.
Everything done is by cooperative
effort of teacher and class, whether 1t
be in raising money by some entertaln'
ment or industry; the making OF gar
ments, furniture, toys, scrapbooks, or
in a community betterment activity.
Training in Citizenship Through Serv'
Ice and Happy Childhood the World
over are slogans OF the Junior Red
Cross which broadly Characterize its
mission. ~
| Formed in 1917 to help win the
war, the Junior Red Cross5with mem
bership of 10,000;0O0, produced In
twenty months S15,000,000 worth oil
useful articles for American soldiers.
sailors, marines and war stricken
people of other lands. But In this
service the childhood OF America was
only awakened to a consciousness ole
its power for good, with the result that
Armistice Day, 1918, sounded to this
unprecedented childhoods organiza
ton az a. clarion cell to carry on
"Since then The Junior Red Cross
has grown to approximately 100000
members; has raised considerably
more than million dollars in money;
has produced countless articles Of prac'
tical use for destitute families at home
and abroad, these articles including
layettes, clothing, toys, tables and
chairs, and has distributed free milk
and other food in various forms.
Essentially a school Organization,
the Junior Red Cross operates along
educational lines. its relief projects
being ir.roductions for the promotion
Of goodwill, good citizenship and al
truism.
"Forty per cent Of the auxiliary
funds raised by group cooperation is
devoted. to purely local. relief among
needy children. Sixty per cent is for
warded to National Headquarters IN
washington, where it is administered
without overhead expenses.
"This is being used for Orphanages,
schools, gardens and health and play
ground activities in Albania. Montene'
gro. Belgium. Czeoho-slovakia, France,
$3.50 rtaIv1 oSTastine Poland ROu.