Putnam patriot., 1926-11-12
RED CROSS DRIVE
 STARTS TOMORROW
Membership Enrollment Will Go Over Big If People
 Stop to Think
Movement World Wide-Children
 Benefit From Nursing Service

Tomorrow the Putnam Red Cross canvassrrs will 10 forth to enroll ifs membership for the year. The whole town will be covered by different units of workers The business see ton will be covered hy Mrs. Edna Michel. captain. and the following Mrs. Ralph Booth. Mrs Edward Hill. Mrs. Walter A. Wheaton. Mrs. Der nice Delaney. Miss Marilyn Paine anu Miss Edna Kent
 Ward Mrs. F.. C Morse. captain. Mrs. George Baker. Mrs. Leonard Mel Tor. Mrs. Hattie Bowen. Mrs, George Rawley, Mrs Howard Bradford, Mrs. Michael keefe. Miss Marjorie Stra- han, Miss Marjorie Bradford.
 Ward Miss Willis captain. Mrs Edward Duffey. Mrs. Leslie Steere. Mrs Byron Howard. Mrs Frank Tour tellotte. Mrs George Lizard. Mrs George Brousseau. Miss Gertrude Perry
 Ward Mrs. A. V Frost. Miss Fl lon Nheelack. captains. Mrs. Howard Shirreffs. Mrs. <. NJ. Wheeloek. Mrs r. F. Richards, Miss Gorrlne Wilson, Miss Rachael Hurlbut. Mrs. Marion Rebillard. Miss Elizabeth Ratferty
 Ward Miss Clara Larned. Mrs. \. E. Parent. captains. Mrs Alvin LeClair. Mrs A A. Marion, Mrs Es tellc phaneuf. Mrs. \ <. Gregoire Mrs. Edward Mnllan, Miss Beatrice Maynard Mrs Pierre Bouin. Mis- Naemie Daiele. Mrs William Iolie
 East Putnam and Sawyer district. Nrs Thaddeus i8hu
 Putnam Heirhts. Mrs Joseph C Soeher.
 Systematic Drive
 The annual Red Cross membership dfive e tu be handled in q business like manner and the work done tharounhly ns is seen by the way the town has been divided and commit tee members ussigHed to work. Not a business place CT home will he pass ed by. IL is not anticipated that peo# pie will turn a deaf ear to the appeal for so worthy a cause The member ship fee Is but dollar
 Half of the money derived from membership remains for use Of the local Red Cross unit The most inn portant part of the work. locally. is that of the Chapters active public health program which includes the services Of Mrs Harry Torrey. dis triet nurse. whose efforts are along the line of bedside nursing, parental instruction, maternity nursing, de. livery service, infant welfare social service. and home hygiene classes.
 The Chapter also maintains loan department which supplies sick room equipment to worthy families unable to buy the necessary articles.
 Tenth Enrollment
 The present is the tenth annual membership enrolment The ladies who are Co give their time and energy to making the canvass are doing il a. public service They deserve Co be received with ali courtesy and rc, speet. IL is Co be remembered that they receive no personal benefit fror thc result and the people asked fu on roll should mol greet them as if they had come to dunn them tO pay bal as s sometimes the case.
 lf eueh person asked Co enroll will af tbe moment. just reenll the orga. riz tinn behind Inc enrolment what It stanfs for and what it has accom- nlished. the work will be made pleas ant fer these Putnam volunteers. II Is never an especially pleasant taah to solicit money for whatever the .g.t4a Haf tfe noneio af Putnam shoaid realize that thc eanvassers
 8ud much fther ht HuVa I thap =1 eangass. TO obtain the desired re- snli. as near Ii hundred pen cent cn- rollment possible Inc committee needs the hearty cooperation of all classes of citizens Those who have seen the actual work being done or have come in contact with the results will be the easiest to solicit and the first ta enroll Those who know that there are conditions needing the over sight of the trained nurse thai there are people ionorant as 10 hygiene and dietary methods that are being en- liehtened. and that the greatest bene. ft. perhaps. is to the little ones, will not turn awav when the ladies call for their annual membership dollar