The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1921-11-11
LOCAL RED CROSS CHAPTER IS
PREPARING FOR COMING YEAR
DEMANDS HEAVY ON THEM NOW

ne uidn hUoW WnetHtf or not tnefc
was a governmental hospital In Ros
well or whether, even " there was
such, he could get in after he got
there. He had his wife and two
children with him, driving thru in
car, and was campcd at the Tourist
Park He didn't have any money,
nothing to eat and was unable 10 do
work, even II he could have gotten
some.
What are you going TO do with
him? Turn him down and let him
take a hat on the street and become
a common beggar? Throw him out
and let him starye--or take the al
tentative Of becoming a Hi-Jacker
on our streets? Disagreeable choices
any Of them-but the Red Cross way
offers a constructive solution Of such
a problem as is shown by the follow
ing facts:
The Red Cross Chapter wired his
former home town to see II the Red
Cross Chapter there would lend him
some money. They wired back that
they hal already let him have more
than he ever intended to pay back
they had already let him have more
than two months on the road-travel-
ing around over the state getting $40,
SIS or 500 here and there just as
he could make his tale stick in the
sympathy Of the various communi-
ties
The Secretary then went thru the
Dallas office Of Ex-Service Rehabita-
ton Bureaus and secured transpor-
tation for him 30 government hos
pital in Houston. He sold his car, and
he together with his family win be
sent to a Houston hospital as soon as
his transportation arrives.
Who else could have better solved
that prohleml Is il worth your sup
port?
A Mexican man, around thirty-five
years Of age, came into the Red
Cross office this past week, suffer
/ ing with the last stages Of T. B. His
/ temperature was around l04, he was
Coughing with every breath, so weak
/ that he could scarcely stand He
wanted help. He had been sent here
I from one Of the little towns on one
Of the branch lines out Of Lubbock
given Just enough money 20 pay for
his ticket here and told 70 call upon
the Red Cross office unfair
thing 20 do, Of course, but what are
you going to do about Il?
Refuse him attention and have him
die on our streets or give him such
attention as Is possible in such cases
rs long as he lives7 Who is going
T to pay for such attention. He has
not been in the county six months
and is therefore not a charge Of the
county? The public health officer
won't take care Of him-and the Red
Cross afterwards soliciting the
assistance Of Judge Brown. and he
was finally placed with a Mexican
family 10 be looked after.
/ The Mexicans made up money
among themselves and sent him 20
+ friends in New Mexico, where he
would be taken sar' Of until he
dies.
! AT Of these are disagreeable cases
10 consider and q zee out Of four
! folks don't know such things happen
in Lubb0ck-but the American Red
Cross Of this city handled 1877 soldier
relief cases last year. They handled
more than one hundred civilian eases
such as the Mexican They found
employment Tor SO separate cases
and answered inquiries for more
than 1900 people as 20 lost boys,
missing parents, etc, etc, and sup
erintended the Rest Room that was
usei by more than 5000 ladies dur
ing the year.
Is $500 or $4,000 too much to
pay for the intelligent handling Of
such cases? Fifty cents out Of your
s25 goes 10 National Headquarters
the balance stays in Lubbock to
carry on such work, under the sup
ervision Of n trained worker who
gives ali Of her time to seeing that
worthy cases are taken care OF and
that unworthy cases are gotten rid
Of
Last year the Red Cross Roll call
Melted the local Chapter approx
mately $3.50 and the national head
quarters something like $500. In
view Of the good work that this chap
ter had done thru the war and the
especially efficient service they were
rendering 10 Ex-Service men follow
ing the war the National office re-
turned the local Chapter n check for
$1,000 10 help them carry on this
work.
Great good has been accomplished
with that money within this past year.
Not Only were charitable eases taken
care, but were intellegently relieved
and in most cases given an oppor-
tunity to help themselves instead Of
accepting charity.
More than $50 Ex-Seryice cases
were handled by the Secretary thru
whose efforts many thousands Of
dollars were secured the Ex-Service
men as Compensation for Disabili-
ties, back pay and such obligations
as the government owed them. The
United States Government In appre-
citation Of the efficiency Of the Red
Cross organization handles practical
~ all Of the claims of service men
for compensation, back pay, allow
ance, etc, thru the Red Cross. II
the Lubbock Chapter Is not main
tanned. Ex-Service men In this sec
tion will be forced 10 20 10 Plain
view, Amarillo or some other city