Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-11-19
LOCAL ACTIVITIES
Of RED CROSS ARE
WORTHY, OF SUPPORT
Post War Work for Men
Who Saw Service and
Fl 0 m Q Service Among
Needy are Accomplishing
Much Good.

The Elmore Chapter OF the Ameri-
can Red Cross has been quietly do
ling a real service to the ex-service
men of the county. It has helped
veterans who We're passing through
DIT has found employment for
soldier, and helped his wife and
baby with small loan, and ii has
loaned money to soldier whose
sick wife needed an operation.
Through It's post war department,
DIT has written letters sent out in
quiries, secured affidavits, and sent
In claims for compensation, back
pay and insurance for the boys who
served in the war. All this the
Chapter has done and more, for the
American Red Cross In the one or
ganization in the county fitted by
personnel, equipment, and expert
ence, TO render these personal ser
vices to the disabled veterans, which
a great political machine, like the
government can give. And because
of Its ability to do this job SO we'll
the government has appointed the
Red Cross as the official agency to
do this personal work. The Red
Cross cooperates with the Veterans
Bureau all over the country, and on
the state Clean Up Squad Of the
Veterans Bureau there dis d Rcd
Gross man whose business iii is to
see that amy service the Red Cross
can give claimant Is cheerfully
and promptly rendered.
The Clean Up Squad for Southern
Idaho will be In Mountain Home
Within a few weeks now, and every
man who has a claim against the
government because of war service
should come to Mountain Home to
see the squad. w II. Ottenheimor.
Legion Adjutant, expects TO get out
a letter to every man who enlisted
from the county, as soon as the dates
are known when the Squad will be
at Mountain Home, but there are
boys in the county now who did not
onlist from here, and these boys
should see the Squad also, If they
have war disabilities.
Besides work for ex-soldiers, the
local chapter of the Red Cross has
been able to help out in some emer-
gencies, cases where everything had
gone wrong, and the family gladly
accepted this help from the Chapter.
In one case, O family was buried
out, and a little child lost its life
in the fire. In another food and fuel
were immediate necessities, and the
Red Cross supplied them from its
emergency fund Again loans were
made to struggling widows, and a
substantial loan to a farmer wlo
Bad met with misfortune after mis-
fortune, through no fault of his own.
Home care was given to another FAM
lily while the mother was in hospi-
tai and her hospital expenses paid,
and needy children supplied with
glasses.
To keep up this work Of mercy,
the Red Cross has a annual Roll
Call, from Arnistice Day to Thanks
giving and everyone then has an OPP
portunity Ito wear the l''lgje Red
Cross showing he has paid his an
nual dollar membership dues. By
paying $500, # greater help is given
to the Tome eli pter, fer only 50
cents ~ ti' goes to aadquarters OF
the Rcd Gross, while also so cents
Of each $1.00 membership fee must
go to headquarters The chapter
membership committee, under the
chairman Of Mrs. J. G. Watts, and
+, the local leadership OF w. B. Brown,
is urging that business houses and
clubs pool their memberships, taking
out $500 and $1,000 membership,
because all but so cents OF these
larger memberships remains in Ell
more county.
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