The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-10-19
RED CROSS WORKERS
TO MEET in TAMPA
Florida State Delegates to Plan Pre-
liminary Details of Red Cross Roll
Call.

| Delegates from Pensacola will leave
shortly for Tampa to attend the Flor
/ ida state conference of the American
Red Cross to be held there Oct. 21-22.
The conference is being held for the
purpose of perfecting organization for
the fourth roll call, November 11-25.
The conference opens with mass
meeting Thursday evening in the
criminal court room of the court
Ihouse, the principal speaker for the
evening to be DR.. NJ. Ashby Jones. pas
tor of the Ponce de Leon church, At
lanta.
Business sessions will be held in the
council chamber of the city hall Octo-
Der %, when addresses will be made
by national and southern division
heads Of departments. Among the
speakers will be DR.. E. A. Peterson,
of national headquarters; Miss Eliza
beth Fox, director of bureau of public
health nursing, national headquarters;
C. S. Mason, field director, Fort Ogle-
thorpe, will speak on the subject, RED
Cross. and the Man in Uniform"
Wen known members of the Ameri-
can Legion will address the conference,
among them State Commander Bill
Kingsley. The Southern division will be
represented by able instructors and
speakers.
The delegates will be welcomed with
the warm hospitality characteristic of
Tampa, among the interesting social
features planned to be Spanish DIM
ner given Friday evening.
The following letter relative to the
conference has been received by the
local chapter:
ITO the Chairman of Red Cross Chap
teri
''The Florida State Conference is to
be held in Tampa October 2lst and
22d, the real purpose of the conference
being to organize for the fourth roll
call.
Registration headquarters will be in
the City hall building and hotel reser-
vations will be made for your delega-
ton as soon as we hear from you re-
garding the number to be here. Rooms
$3.50 to $500. Address your letter to
Grace A. Lay, assistant secretary
Tampa Board of Trade, as that organ
ization is handling hotel arrangements
Regular business sessions will be
held in the council chamber of the CITY
hall October 22d. 1t is anticipated that
the Tampa conference will be attend
ed by the officers of every chapter
in Florida, each chairman of the fourth
Red Cross roll call committees, fleld
representatives from each of the five
states comprising the Southern dlVl-
sion. officers and directors from the
Southern division headquarters, and
department directors from national
headquarters at Washington. The final
event of the day will be Spanish din
ner at o'clock Friday evening. We
are getting a special rate of $1.00 for
this dinner, owing to the nature or
the meeting, and it is important that
YOU let us know in advance how many
tickets you will want for the dinner.
"a number of excellent speakers
have been arranged for, and the pro-
gram is one that will be of interest 10
every person connected with the Red
Cross work in any capacity ana. also
to every one in sympathy with the
aims of the American Red Cross.
"The chairmen are urged to use
their personal efforts to secure good
delegations from their respective cit
les. and by all means to let us know |
promptly how many are coming ana
how many tickets yiu will want for the
dinner.
Yours very truly,
RUTH w. ATKINSON,
Field Representative"