Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1920-11-03
COUNTY RED CROSS RALLY
Meeting in Orleans at Which Al.
dresses and Reports Were Heard

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The Orleans County chapter, Amer
lean Red Cross met at Orleans Tues
day afternoon and evening, October
20, for the regular annual session
and to prepare for the fourth Red
Cross roll call to be conducted Moves
ber 11-25. An executive COMMITTEES
meeting was held at p. M, and the
public program at 3 o'clock
Col. c. S. Emery presided and be-
fore introducing the other speakers.
he addressed the school children ana
! congregat ton briefly on the misssoa
of the Red Cross in peace. He OBJ
served that the Red Cross had not
lost its hold on the people of this
country. The $4,000 members Of the
American Red Cross at the opening
of the great war Were augmented by
! senior and junior members to the VAST
number of nearly 40,000,000 during
| the war. The great peace need Is to
conserve that moral force and make If
an efficient organization to meet the
public emergencies, misfortunes, and
perils of the world. He especially
| commended the painstaking work a.
| the secretary and treasurer of tin
| Orleans County branch, Charles W
Kelley.
The fifth grade pupils of the Or
leans school entertained with three
Junior Red Cross songs. Miss Stella
| Doyle read a prize essay which she
prepared for the last Junior Red
Cross drive, on the subject, "Why JOIN
the Junior Red Cross ?" and Miss
Eleanor Lyon read a prize essay
which she prepared on the subject
"Our Junior Red Cross" reviewing
the work of the Orleans Junior Rec
Gross branch for the past year.
Mrs. George S. Derby, assistant
director Junior Red Cross, n. E. Div1-
sion, Boston, Mass, addressed the
children on the work of the Junior
Red Cross at large and more especial
ly of its work in two countries, Italy
and Montenegro. She noted that
there were 14,000,000 Junior Req
Cross members in the world and 80s-
900 Junior Red Cross branches ana
the states of California and North
Dakota We're 1000 Junior Red Cross
also the country of Porto Rico She
said that, because of the devastation
of Montenegro by the crossing and
re-crossing of the various armies OF
Europe, hundreds of small children
had fled from the cities and towns and
taken refuge in the caves of the noun
tains where they miserably existed
as young animals. At the close Of
the war they had neither homes nor
parents The Junior Red Cross t1rn-
ed an old house into an orphanage and
made for them a home and a school
Mrs. Derby said that the war made
II 100000 children orphans. In Italy
antiquated war ships were turned m
to orphanages for boys by the Junior
Red Cross and they were being taught
doc of and fiShin0
The address was followed by three
educational moving picture films n
Junior Red Cross work: 'sIta1y's Sons
of the Sea-" "Father Knickerbockerss
Children" and a "Screen Bulletin
The New York City Red Cross chil-
dren have accomplished great deal
during the past year by making toys.
furniture, dresses and millinery for
the needy families and childre1
abroad, and by bead work and garden
ing have earned considerable sums Of
money which they have placed In the
Junior Red Cross bank.
The evening session began at 7-5s
o'clock with a moving picture enter
tainment. Two reels were shown, AThe
Awakening of Cecily," and every
Woman's Problem" These were fol-
lowed by a selection by the orchestra
and an address by Roy M. Cushman-
Mr.. Cushman said the Red Cross did
not support the veterans who were
disabled by wars but instead taught
them how to earn their own way. an1
thus support themselves.
Miss Marion E. Rowe reported that
over 5000 children had been found m
the mountains to which they fled dur
ing the war. These were cared for
by the Red Cross. During the war
less than 100 men died of typhoi<
fever while in other years over SO
deaths from this disease occurred an
nually. The national headquarters
wants to pledge all those people whe
can give an afternoon per week te
the auxiliary of the Red Cross. This
interesting talk was followed by re
port of the Home Service and Relief
Work, by Charles w. Kelley.
Annual report of secretary of Or
leans Chapter, American Red Gross.