Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1920-06-24
NATIONAL RED CROSS


nam county will be given the chance
to renew their allegiance to the
American Red Cross and help in its
work for a healthier and happier
America, when, frop July IL to July
20, the Fourth Red Cross Roll Cal
will be held here.
This is not Campaign" in the
sense that 1t is a drive ror any great
sum of money such. as occurred SO
frequently during the war. It is sim
ply the occasion when the annual fee
for membership in the Red Cross falls
due. when members will want to re.
new their memberships and when
new members will want to join.
Membership in the Red Cross is
only 81. OF this sum, fifty cents goes
to the Cookeville Chapter for the
work here in Cookeville for her peo-
pie which it has been doing and is do
ing so well. The other fifty cents
goes to the national organization, for
use in maintaining the Red Cross as
Americas greatest nationwide. hu-
manitarian institution.
Patrons of the Red Cross-and
there are thousands the country
over-who do not wish to stop sim
ply with 81 membership, may join
as contributing members for S., out
of which the Cookeville Chapter gets
81. Or they may join as sustaining
v,1o hnr of Nf lob
mains in Cookeville. Or they may
take out life memberships at $4,000
or patron memberships at 500. Such
memberships go to the national en-
dowment fund of the Red Cross.
Besides joining the Rel Cross, any
citizen, of course, may make an out
right donation regardless of mem
bership to Red Cross work. This is
frequently done by both rich and poor
individual -Amerioarts who believe
in the Red Cross and who want to do
more than "a dollars worth" to fos-
ter its work for health and happiness
Such donations may be given at any
time. but the Roll Call is a particu-
larly appropriate occasion.
The Red Cross is not coming be-
fore the people of Putnam county
with request for their memberships
because of its war record IT'S work.
during the war is now rning of the
past except that now, as ever, 1t is
living up to its obligation to help the
man and will continue to
help him and his famfYy until this
need is entirely over. It points to
it's war record for only one reason
to show the care and economy with
which the Red Crss funds were ad-
$1O1 spent for actual
war work for every 81 given.
Its record in p ace-time activities
since the war and it's plans for the
future is the basis of the Red Cross
appeal for members. Chapters thru
out the country have turned since the
war to helping America at home"
with just as much enthusiasm and
Just as much success as they showed
In 1917 and 1918. In placing public
health nurses in scores of communi-
ties in the south; in teaching home
care of the sick, first aid and dietet-
cs; in developing the children of
America by the Junior Red Cross; in
helping hand to all civil
an families as they did to soldiers
Ind sailors families during the war;
n being prepared to give relief at an
nstant's notice in time Of disaster;
n these and many other activities
which have saved lives, stamped out
Iisease ad improved individuals and |
beyond measure, the |
led Cross is proving itself the great
'st factor for better children, better.
ZONES, better cities and towns than
america has today.
In this work the Cookeville chap
er has not been SLOW with the re-
ult that it's efforts in behalf of Put
lam county have been of 'mmeasur-
,ble benefit to the county and her
eople. The chapters plans for the
uture promise even greater things
or Cookeville.
In view Of these results. leaders
I the Fourth Roll Call, are looking
0 Putnam county's people to join
he Red Cross one hundred per cent.
'orty prominent business men OF
'ookeville have agreed to. give their
lme and efforts to en1fsting mem
ers. They expect to get all the old
mes and many new ones, so that the
'curth Roll Call will be an unoEaH.
ed success from the beginning in
his county and will put Cookeville
hapter, in a splendid position to car
' on its work during the year.