The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-04-30
MRS, ROACH NAMES
TOWNSHIP CHAIRMEN
FOR RELIEF DRIVES

Township chairmen for Wayne coun-
ty have been named by Mrs. A W.
Roach, chairman OF the county Arme-
nian and China reliefs. 1t will be the
duty of these township chairmen to
promote relief activities in churches,
clubs, lodges and other organizations
in the district Names OF those ap-
pointed follow:
Mrs. Ed Jones, Milton: Mrs. Charles
Ferguson, Cambridge City: Mrs. Min
ME Wright. Centerville; Mrs. Charles
Teeter. Hagerstown; Mrs. Marian
Meyers, Greens Fork; Mrs. o. n. HUFF,
Fountain City; Mrs. Tnornburg, Dal-
ton; Mrs. Annie Morrison, Economy;
Mrs j. c. Pyle, east side Boston town
ship; Mrs. Charles Williams, west side
of Baston township; and Mrs. William.
Curtis. Whitewater.
Every pastor in ichmOnd~ and
Wayne county has ben requested to
speak briefly on the relief question,
during the church services Sunday.
But one more week remains for the
two weeks campaign. and all persons
again are urged by Mrs. Roach to send
! their contributions to the Chamber OF
Commerce headquarters at once,
Checks should be made payable to
Charles w Jordan, treasurer of the
, Wayne county Armenian and China re-
lief committee.
Wauns Makes Plea.
A. c. Waung, Of Earlham, has made
another earnest appeal for his coun-
try, expressing the gratitude Of China
| for what America has already done
| but forced by circumstances to plea
| for more assistance. He writes:
There is a terrible situation In
China now, which, as you know, is the
sreat famine. If the Chinese in the
famine area could be brought over
there would be one hapless victim al
| intervals of $50 feet on every public
| road in this country. Regarding the
suffering of the famine stricken people
| all sorts of tragic stories have been re
ported from the famine area by those
who actually saw the conditions as
! they were. They were such as the
suicides of individuals or even whole
families, in cases of extreme despair
old women cleaning patches of weeds
children being sold by their parents
and deaths from cholera resulting from
undertaking and love cred resistance
etc"
In the relief Of the terrible famine
conditions, the Chinese do their best
For example, the Shanghai womer
relief organization. one of the many
relief organizations which have since
been formed at Shanghai, has raised
up TO date contributions amounting t.
| s15.174.
"Co-operation from America is bad
1y needed. Notwithstanding the fac
that the Chinese do all they can. ant
the fact that living in China is 81
cheap that 81 will save life for
month. and 81 will save a mother ant
baby a month, and IS will save
family a month. China's calamity i
so colossal that nothing is too much t.
give and nothing is too small to help
The famine area covers about 1920
miles. About 100000 are starving
(including more than 100000 chi
dren under IA years Of age) as report
ed. In the near east. about $4,000
children are starving. Furthermore
the famine stricken people cannot &c
their harvest until September or Oc'
ober of this year. So the need 70
food will continue for many month
more. May l call your attention t
the fact that giving help means sax
rifice to you, but means life to them.