Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1932-04-28
The Red Cross Says
Goodbye

Goodbye
The Red Cros $ is ending it.
drouth relief work in Sheridan cou
ty and all the Montana : Dakots
drouth area May l. 1t has done il
the main a splendid job of meeting
the need of a people stricken by 4
disaster which brought conditions
equal to famine
Sheridan county is glad to see il
go, because that action indicates the
time IS here again when we can and
must do something for ourselves and
welcome the opportunity to do it
Sheridan county also appreciates the
fact that save for the Red Cross We
should have had a winter here at
tended by much stark suffering.
What the Red Cross has done is
best appreciated by viewing a few
of the figures. Its cash expenditures
in this county alone, when the work
is completed will mount to $4,000
Clothing, feed, seeds, potatoes flour
and beans given those in need quite
probably represents an amount of
money equal to the cash dlsburse-
ment-
1t IS the opinion OF many close OBJ
servers that many families here last
winter lived better with Red Gross
aid than they have lived In seasons
when they had resources of their
own So much for Red Gross efr-
iency. The enormty Of the task
discharged by q volunteer organiza-
ed out that the case list at the peak
was 867 and that the number of In
davidnaIs aided was well over 1000.
Last October there existed here .
battling social problem Its admin
istration WAS undertaken by q vol
unteer organization serving without
pay
To every member OF the drouth re-
lief committee Of Sheridan chapter.
to every key man serving under its
direction, to every district and field
representative of the Red Gross this
section owes a vote of thanks. Ev-
eryone Of them served unselfishly
splendidly, and too often under crit
icism which was neither merited, nor
reasoned from the facts. Not only the
direct beneficiaries have been help
ed The Red Cross has helped bus
mess Meantime by precept a d d
example II has taught most emphat-
nally lessons Of thrift that viii not
soon be forgotten.
In Sheridan county much of the
credit for efficient administration Is
due Carl Peterson, who gave much
time and effort to the relief work.
de was ably assisted in P~entywood
by such men as Howard Lewis.
county chairman, Jack Bennett, Rev.
@. NJ Simundson, Phil Ziebarth.
Blain Dean, Viggo Peterson and
VIM. Erickson From other sections
OF the county came equally good as
s~sstance, led by R. G. Tyler of
Homestead. Simon Gaffney, Clifton
Mckenzie and Hoken 0rstiar.en
OF Medicine Lake, Carl Hole ut
Reserve, 0. B. Hoyen and Christ
Johansen of Antelope, Jens Brink
man, Fred Olson and Sven Peterson
from Dagmar. Ed Spoklie, A. M.
Ditmanson and r. P. Fitzgerald of
Westby, Peter Bruvoh Of Conner
town, Henry Hunter Of Dooley, r.
L. Collins, Raymond, Andrew Uel-
and, Outlook, Frank Bncklin, Har-
ry Loncks, Fl. B. French and Dan
Campbell f Redstone.
The key men discharged their OBJ
legations often at considerable sac
rifice OF time and money. They were
the men on the firing line. They gave
fine service.
1t Is sincerely to be hoped that
newer again will it be necessary for
the Red Cross to come to the aid of
Northeastern Montana. 1t Is sin
ceray to be hoped that all of MS have
learned the lesson that it is vitality
necessary to create And il
occasionally we hear the good workr
Of the Red Cross dinpanaginSly spo-
ken Of, let it not be forgotten that
hike action has long been the way Of
the world Also there = one more
outstanding fact. This country Is no
place for the professional depend
emit. Yet it's heart Is wonderfully