The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1920-11-11
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18th. ROLL CALL
Rivalry Keen Among Southern Towns
To Get Quota Of Red Cross
Members First.

Atlanta, Ga. Nov.-More than four
hundred chapters Of the American Red
| Cross and about three hundred chap
ter branches are organized in the
southern division for the Fourth Red
Cross Roll Call, November 11-25.
| "By organization is meant that these
chapters and branches have chairmen
| committees and the enthusiasm to
make the Fourth Roll Call sure sue
cess in their communities said J.
L. McMillin, southern division man
ager Of the Red Cross, today.
1--WE have reports from every one
Of them that they are only awaiting
the date to begin the campaign. First
the workers themselves will renew
their memberships in the Red Cross.
Then every old member will be called
upon to re-enlist under the Red Cross
banner. After that, every effort will
be made to get in the territory Of each
chapter as nearly a one hundred per
cent membership in the Red Cross as
| it is possible to get"
The southern division includes the
five states Of Georgia, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Tennessee and Flor.
ida. Last year the division, for its
population, made as fine record as
any part of the country in enrolling
Red Cross members. This year it is
the eager purpose Of every chapter
to put the southern division on top
again.
A friendly but keen rivalry exists
among the various chapters to be the
first to report that their quotas are
secured. A different system has been
used this year in assigning quotas to
the various chapters. Instead of de-
termining the quota for the division
first and then dividing this out among
the various chapters, each chapter
carefully estimated the amount OF
money needed to finance its needs and
it's plans during the coming year. The
chapters quota was then based on this
amount, and the quota for the entire
division made up from the various
chapter quotas.
Thus. the Roll Call this year is more
than ever local proposition IN each
community. When local people sub
scribe to the Red Cross, they are sub
scribing to meet local needs, and for
every dollar paid for membership in
the Red Cross, fifty cents will be kept
by the local chapter to finance its
plans for next year. The other fifty
cents goes to national headquarters,
to maintain the national work Of the
Red Cross.
1--WE challenge every other chapter
in the southern division to beat our
Roll Call record" wrote one Roll Call
chairman in North Carolina. I'VE in
tend to be the first over the top,
for we are laying our plans to get our
full quota of members early IN the
morning of November H."
This spirit is typical of the way
the vast majority of chapters are
awaiting the Fourth Roll Call. 1t is
a rare exception where chapters are
not thoroughly organized and plans
worked out to secure the quota OF
members easily and quickly.
Hundreds of newspapers throughout
the southern division will cooperate
with the local Red Cross chapters to
make the Roll Call success. Speak
ing Of the view with which most Amer
leans regard the Fourth Ron Call, one
Atlanta paper already has called upon
Atlantans to join the Red Cross ID
the following editorial language:
THE Red Cross Roll Calls are not
drives, not attempts to raise large
sums of money for .untried causes, but
thew are institutions in the nations
life, the one time of the year When
the American people, old and young
are asked to renew their memberships
in the organization that is so express
siye of the national spirit and so great
benefit to the nation as whole.
s'The American Red Cross is differ
ent in this respect from the Red Cross
of other nations, in most of which 1t
is maintained by large contributions
from the wealthy. The American Red
Cross is essentially democratic. 1t
was founded by the American people.
rhey maintained it for nearly forty
In the war, thousands of them
TO-, - it the opportunity to serve
they ,ardently sought.
CSC ny, the Red Cross belongs
to thu. ,rican people. 1t gives them
the ,,nce they all want in their
hes 20 do some good in the world
ST their dollars for memberships
. Il amount to little; but matched
millions of other dollars from ev-
nv part of the country, they become
q mighty factor in caring for our SOL
diers and sailors; looking after the
interests of the wounded and manned
of the war; safeguarding the discharg-
ed service man and his family; doing
the same thing for thousands OF un-
fortunate civilians; bringing pubic
Lo1@h ,,,rc;no and good health to hun