The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1922-12-06
Red Cross Holds
Annual Meeting
JUDGE CHAS. HALL GIVES
SPLENDID TALK; MRS. M.
SANDAGER NEW CHAIRMAN.

The Redwood County Red Cross
chapter held an especially interesting
although poorly attended meeting at
the Methodist Church Wednesday eve
ming of last week. Judge Chas. Hall
of Granite Falls, State Roll Call Direc-
tor was present and gave an able
address on the scope and necessity of
Red Cross work both at home and
abroad. All who heard the address
were much impressed by the speakers
clear showing of Red Cross work as
one of the best methods for a prac-
tical application of the teachings Of
Christ. The meeting opend with an
invocation by DR.. A. w. Ross. ~
Before the address of the evening
several interesting reports Of work
done were given by VIM. Duncan, the
retiring County Chairman, Miss F.
Lucille Joscelyn, the executive secre-
tary. Miss Fern Kennedy the Junior
Red Cross chairman and Fred Zander,
the Chapter Treasurer Musical num-
bers included an organ solo by Mrs. w.
B. Clement, a vocal solo by Mrs.
O'Meara and assembly singing led by
Miss Pickle. The program closed with
the election of the County Board OF
Directors, practically all Of the
branches having had their annual
meetings and presenting name for
this board. Directors at large are
John Welter, Mrs. C. G. Little and A.
w. Olson. Following the close of the
program coffee and doughnuts were
served by a number of Redwood Falls
ladies. Branches represented at the
meeting included Lanberton, BelvieW,
Milroy, Clements, Delhi and Redwood
Falls. .-
The new board of directors met after
the meeting and elected officers as fol-
lows:
Chairman Mrs M. Sandager
Of Belview. r..
Vice Chairman w. Olson
of Walnut Grove.
Recording Secretary----Bess M.
Wilson of Redwood Falls.
Miss F. Lucile'J Joscelyn will continue
her work as Executive Secretary and
Attorney A. Emerson of Lamberton
was elected County Chairman OF the
Disaster Relief Committee.
William Duncan of Milroy refused
to again accept the Craftsmanship OF
the Chapter, although he continues as
member of the County Directorate
and will give freely of his time and
service. Mr.. Duncan has, since the
very first Red Cross work undertaken
in Redwood County, been-one OF the
hardest workers in the Chapter and
has possibly done more than any other
one person in the County to promote
the work, the valuable peace time pro-
gram which is now under way having
been largely adopted through his ac-
tivity His work has been invaluable
not only to the Red Cross as an organ
ization but to the County as pioneer
social service work, and the debt OF
gratitude to him is a large one. HIS
successor Mrs. Sandager, has also
been an energetic worker since the
very beginning and her close coopera-
tion with Mr.. Duncan and the other
officers, as we'll as her ability and
keen interest in the work, make her
we'll fitted to carry on the work so
well started and done thus far.
That the County is reawakening to
the value of Red Cross work is shown
by the number who have again renew
ed their memberships, this number be-
ing very much larger than the number
enrolling last year. The Roll Call Is
not yet completed and results cannot
be announced until later. AS Judge
Hall so we'll said ''The aim of the
Roll Call is not that fifty men shall
give one thousand dollars each but tc
have ffty-thousand men give one dol
lar EACH It is not yet too late to be
one OF the "fifty-thousand" in Red
wood County