Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1920-01-29
COUNTY AGAIN
OVER THE TOP
SIX SEALS PER CAPITA AND Ov-
Err is RECORD OF DRIVE
IN THIS COUNTY


The final report OF the Red Cross
Seal sale is in the hands of RE state
committee and Audubon county
again did herself proud in the sales
made.
The county this year was organiz-
ed, as will be recalled by the press
articles preceding and during the
sale, into five departments. The
first of these was the independent
organization of Sharon township I'M
der the leadership of Miss Alma Mad
sen of Kimballton, The remainder
of the county was organized into
four departments--coun schools,
business men, churches and town ac-
tivites and women's clubs. These de-
partments were headed by Miss Ber-
themia Mccarthy, Paul Wolf, Evans
Marquesen and Mrs. L. Dee Mallonee.
In the work of these departments
the county chairman was highly
pleased. The sale through the
county schools, under the leadership
of Miss Mccarthy was wonderfully
successful. This was perhaps the
hardest and most detailed part of
the work and its chairman rose to
the difficulties involved with a
conquering spirit, and as the result
the county was thoroughly organized
and every school child in the county
had an opportunity to sell seals and
most of them improved their oppor-
tunity. Miss Mccarthy provided ev-
cry teacher in the county with GER
tain number of seals per pupil. She
kept accurate and comprehensive re-
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its turned In. She filed orders for
more stamps, kept records of those
pupils deserving honorable mention,
ribbon badges, state certificates and
finally the winner Of the prizes Of
fered. In another column will be
found the lists of those who qualified
for these various rewards. The sales
resulting from this able management
total approximately $225.
Paul Wolf as head of the depart
ment OF sales to the business men
did equally good work. He circu-
lated lists among the business men
of every town in the county and each
had an opportunity to enter upon
those lists the amount that he was
willing to do for the cause OF maxi
ing the county a good place In which
to live. In this work the town OF
Audubon excelled. Business men
pledging about s400 worth of seals.
AS chairman of the department OF
sales through the activities Of town
and community organizations Evans
Marquesen worked under the handi-
cap of the fuel shortage which made
II impossible to be certain as to what
to do with his work. The closing
orders were prohibitory Of the hold
ing OF public meetings until such
late date tina. 1t was impossible to
get the work of this department I'M
der way in time to accomplish any
thing at ALL There was therefore
nothing done In this department ex-
cept TO hope for an opportunity to
get into the Eghs and help pat the
campaign over.
The work of Mrs. l.. Dee Mallonee
as chairman o. the sales through
women's clubs was complete sue
cess, about 5000 was raised through
her department, which comprised
sales through woman's club in the
leading towns OF the county. Chief
among these clubs was the Column
bian Club of Audubon and the Thurs
day Club of Extra. Mrs. Q. s. Nc
Leran was head Of the sales by the
Columbian Club and the Thursday
Club worked under the leadership
Of Mrs. A. J. Leake and Mrs. ]. G.
Newton. Both clubs did splendid
work and the members thereof have
every reason to be proud of the or
CARNATIONS to which they belong.
The contest among the school chill
dren for the gold ring was won by
Miss Jane Brooks Of the Audubon
public schools.
The total proceeds Of the sale
will amount to with few dollars of
seven hundred dollars. The quo
ia that each county was asked TO
raise was six cents per capita In
view of the fact that the county or
ganization outside OF Sharon town
ship was approximately 10000, the
county is well over the top and an
other laurel is accordingly added to
her good record in things charitable.