The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1921-11-11

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Cross Of the Lubbock Chapter met
with representatives from each Of the
Civic and Commercial Clubs and
Organizations Of the city Monday
night at the New Merrill Hotel for a
discussion Of the problems confront
ing the local Red Cross Chapter and
to lay plans for the coming year.
Geo. W. Briggs, Local Chairman,
acted as Toastmaster and reports and
talks were made by the heads
Of the various departments Of the To-
cal chapter work. Sixteen were pres
ent and n very enthusiastic meeting
resulted in plans being worked out
TO carry the coming Red Cross Roll
Call thru to a successful completion.
The following stories, taken in de-
tail from last weeks activities in the
local Red Cross give slight indica-
ton of what this Red Cross work
means in the city Of Lubbock. These
are just few high spots of the work
as il is needed day after day and IL
is believed that If the citizens Of the
city can do the actual situation ex-
listing here that they will come to the
support of the organization with the
$4,000 necessary to successfully car
ny on the work for another year.
The Peace Time Program of the
Red Cross is Ex-Service Assistance,
Civilian Relief, Health Crusades,
Educational work along Hygenic and
Care Of Sick Lines, and Maintenance
Of Rest Room.
A full time Secretary is maintain
ed in the local office, which is com
hined with the Rest Room for the
investigation of all cases and the d.
rection Of all the activities of the
organization. The following cases
give you an idea Of the scope of the
work as II comes up from day to day.
These are from one week:
Dear Mary: | am tired Of spend
ing my money on you, buying you
medicine and clothes and everything
am broke and am leaving il with
you. Do the best you can for | am
gone"
That was the substance Of note
brought TO the Red Cross Secretary
this past week by young woman
about 2S years Of age, leading two
/ little dirty, half -dressed children and
with tears in her eyes, begging for
/ SIS or 500 to get back home to her
/ parents. After questioning she said
/ her parents lived somewhere in Ok
/ lahoma, gave the name Of some town
/ there, and her fathers name. She
was told 10 come back after a little
and something would be done for
/ her
A telegram was sent TO the town
she named, asking If her father was
able 10 send for them-and il was
/ found that no man by that name had
I ever lived there The Secretary went
1 TO the hotel where the lady was sup
| posed TO have been stranded unable
I 10 pay her room rent and all that
sort Of thing and found that she
and her husband had checked out in
! the morning before she went 10 the
Red Cross office and that they had
left together on the noon train.
And yet that same story told
around on the street would have got
ten her from fifty cents 90 five dol
lars from every business man she
could have repeated il to-toCether
with the little note she had as evil
donce
There Is more money wasted in
Lubbock each year thru senseless Civ
ing 10 fake misery and professional
begging than Is required 60 intel
legently meet the charity demands Of
the city and there is but one remedy
That is TO literally support the
local Chapter Of the American Red
Cross in their drive for funds and
then refer all solicitors Of whatever
nature 10 them for attention.
"A man just gets so hungry before
he uses lead pipe or something else
TO get something 10 eat. ! was never
radical or a disgruntled workman
until now that can't get any work
TO do. | am painter and can paint
and want job but have been IN
able 20 get one for more than
month. | have sold my household
goods, my bedding and now ! am
trying 20 sell my painting tools.
When that is all gone ] don't know
what ! am going to do-but / do
know that | am not going TO starve."
And ] ask you "What are you go
ing to say TO man like that? That
is not an imaginary case, but an ac-
curate summary of a conversation
with a young man, an Ex-Service
man, around 26 years Of age one'
day this week In the Chamber Of
Commerce office.
There win be at least 5000 floting
laborcrs thru this town within the
next sixty days. Cotton pickers. men
out Of work, and men who don't in
tend 10 work. They are already pre-
senting grave problem 20 not only
this city, but 10 every city in the
United States
More than a dozen such cases came
before the local Red Cross Chapter
this past week. Some Of them had
merit and needed assistance. Some
Of them were pure fakes. What are
we going to do with them7
There can be but one answer
support the local Red Cross Chapter
in the coming drive for funds with
which 20 carry on their years work.
I'VE are on our way TO Roswell.
". NJ, 20 20 into n government hos
pitaW said an Ex-Service man In the
Red Cross office last week. very evil
IDENTIFY suffering from T. b Upon
further questioning he admitted that