The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1920-10-28
COL. EMERY
GIVES HISTORY
OF RED CROSS
Orleans County Chapter
Meeting Success-Many
Fine Speakers

noon session was devoted TO the con
sheraton ana the review Of tn
years WORK OF the JUNIOR Red Cros:
an organization which no other tow
IN inc county except Orleans, ca
boast me children Of the Orlean
1iEh ana graded school deserve muc
praise fof Their splendid achieve
ment m maintaining a successful
hfanch OF the JUNIOR Red Cross whicl
cannot De dupllcated anywhere III tn
county
ne executive committee meeting
leu OIL the extensive program IN tn
a ~ KEY charles w. Kelley O
Ne"port ocn,cr' inc secretary ant
treasurer OF 'nc orleans county chap
yer OF inc Red Cross, gave III; report
VOL Iurtm y Emery Of Newport
PRESIDED AT the meeting, which wa
a' wv p. M, ana preceded the en-
lcrtan'omeht Whlch began at 800 The
rhec !, committee consists Of the
PreS'dehtN ana secretaries OF all the
branches IN the county, The officers
o. inc orleans branch OF the RED
CFoSa arc the 'onoWlng: PreSidcnti
Mrs ), q. Cotton; LIST vice president,
WIS ~ W. laPhn; End wee preSl-
dcnt' MRS. j. Il. Bates; secretary, Mrs
u, j. Gross; chairman finance com
mlttec' MIS-. NJ, NJ. Taplln; chairman
nome service ana clylilan relief com
ml'te'' MIS-. {. y. French; chairman
membership committee, o. W. Locke;
CHAIRMAN junior Red Cross, W. NJ.
NoblnSon, chairman first aid commit
tee, MIS-. NJ. NJ. Taplln.
At the public mcetino in the af-
ternoon, Col c. S. Emery Of New
port traced the work Of the RED
Cross from It's mcagcr beginnings &c
the present time, whom its splendid
achieVement, are well known "Out
SIDE Of the work of the American
army itself, nothing did so much for
democracy as the Red Cross in the
" Grid War; asserted the Colonel.
Nothing could approach the extra
ordinary accomplishments of the
ked Cross, not casting any reflection
upon the work of any Of the other
orpanlGations.'
Rev. Charles w. Kelley then re-
viewed the progress Of the Orleans
county Rcd Cross during the past
year, He especially laudcd the splcn-
dld work Of the trcasurcrs of the
various county branches
Test was added to the program
by the introduction of the 9Th grade
children, who sang several school
songs A prize cSsav, "Why We
should JON the Red Cross was de-
iiVcrcd by Miss Stella Doyle Of o.
leans High School. Miss Eleanor
Lyon, then read another prize essay
our Junior Rcd Cross" in which she
told of the efforts the school boys and
girls had made.
MIS-. George $. Derby, assistant |
director Of the Junior Red Cross of |
new England gave an impressive !
personal talk to the children who |
were present 200 strong. She appeal !
cd to them TO continue the good work |
which they had undertaken, and Ct
cd the example of Junior Red Cross |
in other parts Of the |
United States.
The afternoon entertainment Wa !
with several reels Of mo-
vics, which delighted the hearts Of
wv AuNH'~NltlN. hSdIH III tlc evening.
more movies began the meeting which
was well attended by the Red Cross
mcmhcrs from all sections Of the
county
II was deeply regretted that Mr..
", ". Rcjrden, chairman Of the CON
nnttcc of homo service and civilian
'cHct, could not he present to deliver
1cr report. Mrs Rcricn is reported /.
IS very III.
With FREQUENT intcrsperSiOnS of Il
music. tho theme Of the evening was
'arricd out in the addresses of the
,Wo principal speakers, both Of whom
ought to stress the rrcat benefits Of
'omc service and civilian relief. Mss
Marion T.. Rowe, supervisor Of homo
crvicc for Vermont, cnthuscd he,
audience with a fine address, in which
Inc outlined the broad fields of help |
n serving the needy at home. Rov
VI. Cushman, director civilian relief II
If Nov England asked the people to
ontinuc the earnest efforts which
lad marked their work up to this
'olnt.
The County Hall was ittingly dec
rated with American and Red Cross
Lays for the occasion, and posters
scd during the Red Cross drives are
N exhibition. An extensive exhibit