The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-11-12

| FOR RED CROSS
! MEMBER DUES
National and State Officials
Endorse Drive Which Ends
Thanksgiving Day

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Red Cross membership enrolment
work got under way in North Da-
kota and Burleigh county today,
with the object to fulfill the quotas
each has been assigned in the ma
tional drive for 5000 new members
for 1929.
Amistice Day, official opening
day of the drive which will close
Thanksgiving Day, was marked by
statements from many national fig
ures approving the work Of the Red
Cross and giving the association
their endorsement.
Although Burleigh county has set
no mark to be reached in the men,
bership work, chairmen Of the vari-
Gus townships in the county have
been appointed and will start work
today. Drives have been held by the
Red Cross association since 1917,
but for the last two years Bismarck's
the Community Chest, and last year
an effort was made to have the
Community Chest cover the entire
county. Miss Mary Cashel, secre-
tary of the Burleigh county chapter,
explained.
As the plan failed last year, she
said, the work in the county will re-
vert to its former system and the
county will be covered separately
from Bismarck.
New Chairmen Named
Two chairmen in addition to those
named some time ago were an.
nounced today by Miss Cashel. The
chairman are Mrs. Hugh McMurrich
Glencoe township, and Mrs. Edith
Bruce of Apple Creek township.
The American Red Cross flag to.
day was flying from the flag staff
of the state capitol building, follow
ing a statement by Governor Walter
Maddox endorsing the work of the
association. "The necessity for pub
lie support Of the American Rel
Cross is emphasized by numerous
disasters" the governor stated. "A
the nations official relief agency
the association has during the fisca
year ended June 80, 1928, rendered
aid in sc domestic disasters, assist
ing over 100000 people; and in g
foreign disasters affecting 650,OO'
people"
Burleigh county as a whole is wei
represented in the roll call work
Miss Cashel said today, pointing GU
that a chairman had been appointe'
for each township. The state is ais
we'll represented, she said, with or
ganization work throughout tn
state being done since 1917.
Coolidge Approves Drive
Only 81 memberships are bein
solicited in the county this year, sh
said.
In a proclamation issued yeste1
day, President Coolidge urged IL
people to build " a greatly il
creased membership in the Amer
lean Red Cross in the period desii
mated. The ;.ppeal was publishe
after John Barton Payne, chairma
Of the Red Cross, had official
opened the twelfth annual roll ca
of the organization by enrolling Il
President and Mrs. Coolidge.
"The American National Re-
Cross has once more demonstrate
in impressive fashion the necessit
for maintaining at full strength tn
great humanitarian organization
the president said. "Acting as II
agency of the American people,
promptly and effectively went
hn ,.a1S4f Of %ho kD1 r:11so,~ x>ooV
left destitute by the hurricane viii,
swept over Porto Rico, the Virg
Island and parts of Florida.
1T will be engaged for maj
weeks to come in the task of resto
ing the stricken people in those d
aster areas to a normal basis of Ii
ing:
with accustomed promptne
and efficiency the same organic
ton has been answering the call f
disaster relief from other sectio
Of our country. In the last We
there have been 66 disasters in t
United States in which the r
Cross has served, while in the sal
space of time it has sent ST
stantial relief to the victims of
disasters in foreign countries.
Owe Soldiers Debt
"Relief for suffering humanity
the wake of disaster is but one b,
Of the work to which the Americ
Red Cross is dedicated. It is W
to remember at this time, as
solemnly observe the tenth
niversary of Armistice day, |
duty which we owe to thousands
former service men who have ne
fully recovered from the woul
of war. For these men and til
families the Red Cross contin
to render the sam tender G.
which, during the world war, g,
to that organization the proud (
tinction of being terme., ''the gre
est mother in the world.
"All Of its work for humanit.
local, national, and information
the American Red Cross served
the name of all the people of
United States. This is only posi-
because the work which It does
financed largely through the p
ment Of comparatively small
nual membership dues by a v
large number Of our people.
cause Of the ever increasing
mands upon the organization
every phase Of its work, it has
come necessary that this pop,
support be correspondingly
creased"
BARGE SEASON ENDS
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