The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-10-24
JUNIOR RED CROSS
TO SHIP 800 XMAS
BOXES ACROSS SEAS

Nine hundred and ninety Christmas
boxes, filled and packed by the Junior
Red Cross members of the city. will
be shipped to New York early Tues
| day morning, from where they will go
abroad to take their Christmas cheer
to destitute, homeless and orphan
children in Montenegro, Roumania,
Czecho Slovakia, Vienna and Buda-
pest. The sending of the boxes ends
the biggest single undertaking that
the Junior Red Cross of Richmond has
| undertaken. Children IN every school
in the city have contributed to the
boxes, in some grades each child pack
ing and filling one box apiece.
Under the supervision of Miss Jean
cite Murphy girls in the cooking
classes of the fifth and sixth grades
made SO pounds of sugar into candy
for the boxes. Other children made
scrap books, necklaces and dressed
dolls. Each box contained a small tin
box of candy wrapped in red or white
paper, some toys and some useful ar
ticles. Almost every box contained
such articles as soap, toothbrush, a
wash cloth or other much needed ar
tlcles which are at present so scarce
in the suffering countries of Europe
Packing boxes in which the Christ
mas packages are being shipped were
made and lined with water proof pa
per by the boys of Garfield school. IN
der the supervision of Mr. Miller
Enough packages are on hand to fill
four and one-half boxes and gifts not
packed in little boxes are on hand to
| fill the other half of the fifth packing
box. High school boys of the Booster
| club are packing the boxes Ship
ment expenses to New York are paved
! by the Wayne county chapter of the
Senior Red Cross.
The Junior Red Cross has 5000
members in the city. No expense is
| incurred by the children who join the
organization, service being the re-
quisite for membership. Hung in ev-
cry school room in the grade schools
is q Junior Red Cross membership
roll, which is signed by each member
in the room below the pledge The
organizations pledge is:
1--WE will seek in all ways to live up
| to the ideals of the Junior Red Cross
and devote ourselves to its service
We will strive never to bring discredit
to this, our country, by any unworthy
act. We will revere and obey our
country's laws and do our best to in
spire a like reverence and obedience
in those about us. We will endeavor in
all these ways, as good citizens, to
tansmit America greater. better. and
more beautiful than she was trans
mitted to u.s.
The completion of the service which
| means a Christmas for $50 children
abroad-and the first Christmas for
| many of them-recalls the many
things which are being done to make
better citizens of the present school
children. The local Junior Red Cross
members have carried on interschool
correspondence with children in for
elgn countries and other parts of the
United States; they have assisted in
the cleanup campaigns in the city:
they had gardens during the summer.
In addition they have sung in hospi-
tails at Christmas time and other oc-
casions; have made scrap books and
toys for the Day Nursery children:
and toys, books and other articles for
soldiers hospitals.
An exhibition of Upjohn drawings
will be shown here under the auspices
of the Red Cross from Dec. 10 to 90,
it is announced and children of the
Junior Red Cross are to participate
in the program which will be given
at the opening of the exhibition.
The Junior Red Cross work is con
Quoted in the schools under the man.
agement of Miss Lila E. Payne, sup
ervisor of the elementary grades, and
chairman of the Junior Red Cross
here. The high school Red Cross
branch is under the supervision of
Shannon D. Neff and in Garfield under
Mrs. Clara B. Graves.
Other members of the Junior Red
Cross committee are: Finley, Mrs.
Anna Bile; Warner, Ethel VESSEL:
Starr. Otella Kinchell; Whitewater.
Mrs. Agnes Stillinger; Hibberd, AL
VIVA Steen and Moore, Mabel Stat
ford.