The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-11-10
RED CROSS ROLL
CALL DRIVE TO
BEGIN MONDAY
ACTIVITIES TO BE CARRIED
ON UNDER DIRECTION OF
W. CURRY HARRIS. MON
ROE COUNTY CHAIRMAN

chapter Red Gross win begin Mon
day morning and continue until
Thanksgiving Day, said Attorney
W. C. Harris. chairman of the
movement for Monroe County, to-
day.
In this drive for membership in
this great organization. said Mr..
Curry. the quota for Monroe
county, which has been placed at
400 members. should be easily
doubled and possibly trebled. OF
the quota being at feast doubled,
he is confident.
Asked if there was more than
one class of memberships this year
Mr.. Curry replied there are four,
as follows: Those for 81. and three
others at IS. $40 and s25 respec-
lively.
It must be remembered. Mr..
Curry told The Citizen, that but
so cents from each membership
goes to headquarters of the Red
Cross for national relief. and more
then twice the amount sent out
from Key West has been return
cd to the city in times of stress.
Monies of the Red Cross are de-
voted to four kinds of aid. First
is Public Health and Hygiene sec
ond, Disaster Relief; third, Service
no War Veterans, and fourth,
Eesnomie.
In years gone by the county
was divided in zones and groups
assigned to the zones. In this way
individual work was not brought
out and it was not possible to give
credit TO those producing results
commensurate with ends attained.
This year the zone idea viii not
be used but individuals viii be as
signed to certain sections of small
area, and each person viii be Civ
en- credit for whatever is accom-
plished in the drive for member
ship.
Any person, says Mr.. Curry,
who desires to assist in this great
movement will please get in touch
with him, Mrs. Ed. Phillips or W.
L. Bates and rest assured of CRATE
full thanks for the offer, which
viii surely be accepted.
The following is letter from
President Roosevelt in connec-
ton with the roll call:
The White House.
Washington. Df c..
November I. 1894
The Annual Roll Call of the
American Red Cross ss..
(Armistice Day to Thanks
giving Day. saa
Our people continue to look to
the American Red Cross as the
kindly and always helpful good
neighbor to whom they turn for
practical aid in emergency. They
do SO with the assurance that this
national relief agency. with an
organization in thirteen thousand
American communities. has not
and will not fail them.
In the difficult twelve months
which have elapsed since last No
vember, Red Cross volunteers
have worked in close cooperation
with the federal, state and local
governments in their HUMANE
tartan labors. Their service has
not been limited to aid in furnish
ing the actual necessities of life,
but has extended to the equally
important field of safeguarding
public health and of training their
neighbors in the proper methods
of caring for the sick or the In
jured.
At the same time the erganiza-
ton has continued to fulfill its
obligation as our agency of relief
for every community visited BY
disaster.
The Red Gross is looked upon
as the representative of all OF
our people in times of distress
In order that it may continue its
service to humanity it is highly i'm
portant that we lend our support
through individual membership.
/ hope every one who possibly
can do so viii respond generously
to the Red Cross appeal
| FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT,
/ President