The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-11-24
RED CROSS GOING
OVER THE TOP.
LOCAL COMMITTEE BUSY EN-
ROLLING MEMBERSHIPS.

The Annual Roll Call Of the
American Red Cross is on and in
dications are that "Over the Top"
is the slogan for the several chap
tiers. The local committee is meet
ing with fair success although the
Enrolment is not up to the stand
ard merited by "The Greatest
Mother on Earth. On the local
committee are Mrs. B. o. Strachan,
Mrs. II. E. White, Mrs. Chas. Quig-
ley, Mrs. Henry Berg, Mrs. w. E.
Trezona, Mrs. E. C. Jones and Mrs.
Peter Schaefer.
The Duluth Chapter, under the
direction of George II. Crosby, is
leading in Minnesota so far. Mr.
Crosby's wire for 10000 extra but
tons and $4,000 service flags cleaned
out the state Office which in turn
telegraphed the Division Office in
Chicago for another stock. A let
ter from the Mankato Chapter,
whose director is Miss Lydia L. Kor-
sell, requesting additional supplies
of 600 buttons and service flags
was followed by a wire urging
haste and calling for thousand
flags. AS the Ron Call is not COM
pleted in any chapter and about
one third Of the chapters are put
ting on their campaigns on Sunday
Nov. 10 no official reports Of MEM
bership have yet come in. Yellow
Medicine Chapter which had for its
whole enrolment last year 239
members reports this year 1926
members from the town of Granitc
Falls aloLe. The county nurse of
Lac Qui Parie County, Miss Mar
garet Martin, stood in a garage on
Red Cross Sunday Nov. II and in
one hour collected $35, an average
of more than one membership every
two minutes.
In the Central Division which in
cludes the states of Illinois, Michi-
gan, Wisconsin, Iowa, Nebraska,
Minnesota, North Dakota, South
Dakota, Wyoming and Montana, the
Detroit Chapter in Michigan has so
far the best record, reporting to
date $4,000 more members than
last year.
'The feeling Of Indifference and
apathy which prevailed after the
war seems to be giving place this
year to a desire for service and the
wish to make some return to the
disabled ey-service men for their
great sacrifice" Judge Hall said
today. people have a better I'M
derstanding of the fact that, if
they themselves cannot visit the
hospitals where the men are being
cared for, the giving Of dollar to
their own led Cross chapter makes
possible the maintaining of the
social service workers in the hos
pitals and assistance for the boys
family at home when it is needed.
The Red Cross works. side by side
with the Veterans Bureau securing
compensation and insurance, and
collecting evidence necessary to
secure compensation, work which the
government cannot do and which
the man is often unable to do.
The Red Cross worker fills as far
as she is able the place Of family
and friends to the man who is sep
arated from them. She loans money
to the boy whose compensation is
not adjusted or whose check is de-
layed, and she supplies bath robes,
pajamas, wooden socks, shaving
cream, tooth brushes, stationery
and many other articles of personal
comfort to the men who come to
the hospital unprepared. She cor
responds with home folks for the
man who is too i'll to write and if
he is worried about his family she
calls upon the chapter worker to
visit and assist them if necessary.
For the American who feels that
his debt to the doughboy is yet un-
paid, there can be no direct express
sion of gratitude than a member
ship in the Red Cross.