The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-11-14
CITES VARIOUS
WORK HANDLED
PgBY RED CROSS
ADDITIONAL HELPERS ARE
ENLISTED IN SECURING
MEMBERSHIPS IN LOCAL
DRIVE

although the American Red
Cross is usually thought Of as an
agency responding to emergency
conditions and disasters, its work
goes far beyond these fields, and
is a vital part of the year-Tound
life of people in the United States
That is one reason why Key West
should respond to the membership
campa:g n now Cnder way in Mon
roe County and help the member
ship campaign group reach its
quota of 400"
Robert F. Spottswood, chairman
of the membership campaign com
mittee in Monroe county, made the
above statement this moining while
urging Key Westers to play their
part in helping the national as
ISOLATION go over the top in its
drive by Thanksgiving Day.
Persons are inclined to think of
the Red Gross as an agency which
usually is first on the scene when
floods ravage a country side, earth
quakes tear asunder a ei.ilized and
developed community, 9estilenee
spreads through an area leaving in
its wake victims and diseased bod
les, or hurricanes or tornadoes
sweep over an area.
Many Other Activities
The activities of the Red Cross,
however, 90 far beyond these
emergency activities, Chairman
Spottswood emphasized.
Public health activities, life saw
ing corps, constant health educa-
ton work, and many other activi-
ties of a similar nature are car
ried on throughout the year by the
Red Cross.
One of the most recent additions
to its program is the creation of
first aid stations, designat-
ed at strategic points along arterial
highways. Taking cognizanee of
the rising number of accidents and
deaths on the nations highways,
the Red Cross realized that until
the motoring public could be edu-
Gated to safe driving and until
laws could be passed regulating
this traffic more effectively, fire.
quent first aid stations should be
set up. This is being done, and
as a result trained first aid work
ers-at filling stations, tourist
homes and other places along the
highways-are saving lives by ef-
fective first aid treatment until
injured persons can reach q hos
pital or other means of proper
medical attention.
Increase Solicitors
The program of the Red Cross,
Chairman Spottswood added, is so
far reaching that Key West GER
tainly derives benefit from it just
as every other section of the coun-
try does.
In Key West, the corps Of work
ers soliciting memberships was in
creased yesterday, Mrs. M. e.
Berkowitz, in charge of the can
wasting, said. Mrs. James Cooper
is to obtain memberships at the
local office of the State Plant
Board; Mrs. James Roberts viii
reach employees of the Key West
Electric Company; Miss Eta Pat
terson will canvass Caroline street
and Mrs. Julia Bean viii seek
on Division street
Additional volunteers are still
needed, Mrs. Berkowitz said, in or
der that every resident of the city
may have an opportunity to par
ticipate in the activities of the Red
Cross, through membership in it.
One of the first reports reeeiv-
ed today was from Mrs Charles
B. Barnes, who happily said that
she had met with success and be-
lieves she will turn in an excel
lent report from the section ada
cent to South Beach, to which she
was assigned.