Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1923-09-22
SALLY" DRIVE
IN OCTOBER
Annual Home Service Appeal VIII
Be Conducted in Wisconsin and
Upper Michigan.

The Salvation Army will conduct
its annual Home Service Appeal
throughout the State of Wisconsin
and Upper Michigan the week Of DC
tober 18th to goth. The budget pre-
pared by the State Advisory Board.
which Mr.. Wheeler p. Bloodgood is
president, calls for an expenditure of
$175, $4,000 a decrease of less than
100000 from. the 1922 budget
Each county in the state will be
called upon to contribute its proper
Tomato share but each city viii be
required to support the swork done
for that city The largest item in
the budget is S60,00000. required
for the support of Sixteen Wisconsin
Corps, covering in each instance the
salaries Of two or more officers, rent.
light and heat of Offices and local re-
lief work $38.000.00 is required
for the State Rescue Home and S46,-
10000 for state relief other than in
Corps cities. 1t is estimated that ov-
er $100,000.00 win 90 for the direct
relief Of the poor not including sal
aries or any administration expenses.
In the year now closing The Sal
walton Army gave physical relief to
SO ,287 individuals OF this number
over 10000 we're fed, 1000 were
furnished with suitable clothing, D.
600 We're found permanent employ
ment, $50 were given extended med
ical treatment, 100 girl-mothers and
their babies were cared for and1 400
children were given two weeks out
ing in the country. $70,258.00 was
expended directly to aid the poor.
Each individual benefited had ex-
pended on him an average of $1.40.
The least expended on an individual
was twenty-five cents for food and
the most $82400 for extended aid
and medical treatment. If the num-
Der Of persons given physical relief
by The Salvation Army in Wisconsin
last year could be gathered together,
they would constitute the second
largest city in Wisconsin.
There are no unusual items in the
budget for The Salvation Army work
is year in and year out, practically
the same. It has been termed a bread
and butter organization, in that, it
renders only the relief that is found
to be absolutely necessary
The Salvation Army will continue
throughout the year its service as
follows;
Relief Work, Salvation Army :
GERS operating from twenty-six local
points of contact will administer
physical relief, feed the hungry and
care for the ragged and the home-
less. Outside of its Institutional
work, The Salvation Army spends
most Of its energy in the reforma-
ton Of these disconnected, who are
most liable to become undesirable
citizens; Free Employment Bureau,
which finds employment for unskilled
labor; Prison work, withip the pri-
son, and the assistance of discharged
prisoners and the care Of prisoners
families; Fresh Air Camp and Sum
mer Outings, camps and outings in
the country districts to which poor
iiOtt4tAo anu AHGti bdhtES are NdhGIlg
Christmas dinners, which are fur
nished to poor families and individ-
uals; Emergency work, military in
character, the Salvation Army can
mobilize in the shortest possible
time, all its facilities to be used for
any community suffering from dis
astcr by fire. flood or tornado. Last
years most outstanding example was
the work in Beardstown; Missing
Friends Bureau, an International
Bureau to locate missing friends and
relatives; Industrial Work, where
waste men and waste material, are
brought together and both are re-
made-where tax consumers are
made into tax payers; Rescue and
Maternity Work, the prospective
girl-mother. whose innocence has
beeu betrayed, finds refuge in The
Salvation Army Rescue and Mater
nifty Home in Milwaukee serving this
State; Evangelistic, the preaching of
the gospel in language suited to the
simplest The "Open Air Meeting"
has been called ''the conscience of
the street corner"