White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-06
MAKE PREPARATIONS
FOR RED CROSS DRIVE

J. II. Fulmer. director of the fifth
annual rollcall of White Pine county
chapter of the American Red Cross,
has active preparations under way
for the success of the rollcall, which
/ begins November IL, Armistice day,
and ends November "a, Thanksgiving
day The following committees have
been named to have charge of the
local work in their respective die
triets:
Alfred Bellander, Baker: p. T.
Swallow, Shoshone; Frank Bassett
Tippett. Mrs Samuel Hagans, Cherry
Greek: Mrs. Carl F. Muir, Hamilton
Miss Mary Sinfield and Miss Zella
Harrison, Lund; Mrs. T. C. Windows,
Preston; Mrs. Albert Marriott. Osce-
ola; Mrs Nose Anderson. Cleveland
ranch; e. J. Dykes, Kimberly: John
Yelland. Taft; Mrs. A. Rosenlund,
Schellbourne; C. w. Terrence, East
Ely.
Director Fulmer is planning a bic
turkey rattle for the night of Noveni-
Der 10. the proceeds to go toward the
rollcall. This date is the Saturday
night preceding Thanksgiving and II
Is believed interest in the event will
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funds. 1t is further planned to close
the campaign with a dance in Bic
hall Thanksgiving night. While these
are the main details thus far arrang-
ed Director Fulmer has other plans
for assuring the raising of the chap.
ter's quota.
Some delay has been occasioned by
the nonarrival of necessary supplies
hA1s - n
but others have been ordered and the
official receipts and Red Cross but.
tons Will soon be on hand for distri.
button.
Some idea of the work being done
by the Red Cross for disabled veter.
ans of the world war is given in a
communication recently issued by the
public information department of the
Pacific division. which says that in
the last tiscol year there were 3.253,.
900 instances of assistance rendered
these men or their families. This
statement was made in a commurica.
tion from national headquarters re-.
ceived by George Fisher. manager oi
the Pacific division, at the Red Cross
offices in San Francisco. The state
ment further says that the work 70,
veterans now involves an annual ex.
penditure of s10.000.0OO by the ma.
tional organization and the nation.
wide chain of Red Cross chapters.
| In explaining the scope OF this ser
vice the Red Cross points out tina
the annual cost OF maintaining II ex
ceeds by s4.000,000 the aggregat,
receipts of the last Red Cross roll
call. To continue to provide for tn.
veterans those forms of service thai
are outside the province of the gov
ernment the Red Cross urges uniyer-
sal membership renewal during the
rollcall to be held this year from
November IL to November "a inclus-
I've
1t Is in the 2.329 chapters OF the
Red Cross which still are helping to
solve the veterans problem of ad-
Justing himself to a normal civilian
status that the greater part OF the
cost OF this service is borne. OF the
$40. 100000 spent approximately ST.
900. 900 represents the disbursements
of the chapters.
That the problem of the disabled
service man is ever expanding and
will not reach its peak before 1925
is the assertion of well-informed gov
ernment officials and that 2.329 of
the $500 Red Cross chapters, along
with national Headquarters, regard
service to the disabled veteran as
their most important work is evidence
that the expansion is in nowise con-
fined to a particular section of the
country.
At the close Of the fiscal year there
were 26,300 disabled service men in
the 1922 United States public health
service. contract and other govern
ment hospitals and soldiers homes.
and the number is increasing az a
rate of 900 month.