The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1922-09-05


retary DO during the summer
months
That was the question asked this
past week by one Of the citizens Of
the city and for the information Of
others interested in this work a
special trip was made 10 the Secre-
tarys office and the following in
formation secured from her monthly
report TO Division Headquarters, un-
der whose supervision she handles
the local work:
During the month Of August five
Community Clubs were organized in
the rural communities Of Lubbock
County with an average membership
of 20 ladies to the club. The work
Of these clubs not only includes the
regular Red Cross work Of keeping
in touch with destitute families, re-
lieving suffering. assisting in nursing
the sick and kindred interests Of that
side of community life, but the
community clubs take part in every
phase Of community life.
Regular meetings are held for the
discussion Of community problems
and their solution, a monthly or BIZ
monthly social meeting where the
ladies of that community meet to
work out their problems, exchange
receipts, discuss their neighbors-
in a friendly way, of course, and
otherwise develop a spirit Of friend
ship, cooperation and constructive
progrcssiveness in that community.
Idalou is one of the communities
that was organized this month and
they plan some very effective work
in the way of improving their school
grounds. planting trees and develop
ing a better spirit for their town
and community. New Hope, Posey
and others were organized and are
undertaking each its own problems
and plans for the coming months.
Every community club in the
county is adding the Red Cros
committee TO its regular organiza
ton and planning to care for the
many problems that come up each
winter following the cotton picking
season when whole families get
stranded away from home, without
money, with sickness. privations, etc.
During the past years only two
cities, Lubbock and Slaton, have had
the advantage of expert direction IN
this work and il has been found TO
be a money saver-as well as
humanitarian service worth white.
But with the new Ford bought for
the Secretary by the Rotary and
Kiwanis ball games, the secretary
IS able 20 cover the entire county
and look after every phase of her
work in direct. efficient and per-
soua way
She is spending an average OF
three days In each week thru the
summer months in the rural COM
munities of the country, getting ac-
auainted with their individual prob
lens and situations, organizing Red
Cross committees and preparing To
care for whatever the winter may
bring.
One day each week is spent in
Slaton, with frequent special visits
20 that city to look upon the Red
Cross interests of that growing town.
The Lubbock and Slaton Red Cross
Chapters are separate organizations
as far as their local work are con
cerned but each county is organized
as a county unit and the Red Cross
Secretary directs and assists in the
work of every town in the county
until the individual towns are large
enough 10 warrant full time secre-
tary in each town. In Lubbock
county none of the towns are that
big yet--so the secretary assists in
both towns.
Mr.. B. NJ. Holland is chairman
of the Slaton Red Cross Chapter
and is a very efficient and willing
help in Red Cross work. He is also
president Of the Slaton Chamber of
Commerce and prominent in the |
business life Of the city. Some of |
the plans for the winter Of the Sia-
ton Chapter include free medical 1
Of every child in the /
public schools, rest room in their /
new City Hall, and other commun-
ity matters as well as the regular 4
Red Cross charity work.
Il has been found that with the
coming Of the cotton picking sea-
son--when there Is loose change in
this section that the beggars and
pencil sellers on the streets OF West \
Texas towns increase at least 500
per cent. Through the summer
or early spring months
few beggars make the town--they
are all away for the summer work.
ing the bathing beaches and sum-
lner resorts But with the move
ment of our fall crops they are all
hack on the Job. Some Of them do
plain hegRingi some ~ them have
4 down TO an artistic science, some
n them use crooked means 20 sup
plemcnt what they get on the
'trects hut most of them are fakes,
nufe and simple. n you refer them
10 the Red Cron Secretary and
expect them % grt 10 her you had
better ~ right along with them
Zoe they hnuw~oNun better than
Vou and that their starry wont
'land up under ihn examination .he
nnls them through before he aids /
hen. Worthy charity nhoa|d be-