Carbon County news., 1937-12-03
$3.50 ALREADY COLLECTED in
CARBON'S roll CALL DRIVE


successful campaigns conducted II
+ recent years, reached a total o,
/. $550.85, or 432 memberships, Mon
day, according to Mrs. Leo r. Spo
gen, county roll call chairman.
In Red Lodge % more member
d. ships were secured above those od
4 the 1886 drive, accounting fol
NJ $360.65, while various units of the
County Federation of Women's
clubs, who conducted the drive, are
. yet to be heard from. Funds from
these points, plus pledges obtain.
!. ed throughout the county, are ex-
pected to go beyond the $50 mem
bership quota set for the county
Red Lodge workers included Mrs.
!. Albert Bekkarinen, Mrs. George
\ Karhu, Mrs. Matt Salo, Mrs. Alex
q Karvonen, Mrs. Martin Rapp, Mrs.
. Neil Stacey, Mrs. Frank Friauf,
Mrs. ]. E. Schroeder, Mrs. J. G.
Skinner, Mrs. X. w. Skeen, Mrs.
4 H. c.. Olcott, Mrs. Ray Norton,
Mrs. Lowell Painter, Mrs. William
Larkin, Jr:, Mrs. E. M. Adams,
. Mrs. C. F. Chamberlain, Mrs. M.
III. Mann, Mrs. E. E. Schroeder,
4 Mrs. P. J. Boggio, Mrs. R. S. Mar
y tin, Mrs. Joe Bailey, Miss Mary
. Larkin, Miss Jean Nutting, and
n Leo Spogen. All services of these
workers was volunteer and done
without remuneration.
The Red Cross touches the life
of every one of Americas one
/ hundred twenty million citizens. If
4 disaster lays waste your commun-
I ity; if you are one of four million
!. veterans of the World War or
!. twenty million dependents of vet
Grams and need help or advice; if
you are a swimmer or indulge in
i water sports where the life saver
stands by for rescue;
If you work in a factory or in
dustry, drive on the highway, suf-
fer accident at home or on the farm
]. and need first aid; if your child is
one of eight million Junior Red
Cross members; if epidemic, disas-
. ter, or a community health prob
lem requires help of the Red Cross
nurse; if you are one of five mil
lion men or women members; if
/ you wish to give safely and with
assurance toward the relief of un-
fortunate fellow-citizens stricken
by calamity, then by the funds you
have contributed to this drive, you
have enrolled under a banner of
mercy.
For those who have joined the
/ Red Cross and wonder where the
money is being spent, a table of
how these funds are allocated in
clude the following; disaster re-
lief, nursing services, first aid and
life saving; service to ex-service |
men and to men now in the regu-
lar army and navy, Junior Red
Cross, general service to chapters,
public information and roll call;
league of Red Cross societies, mis-
=cellaneous service, general manage
ment and supervision of service |
activities.
Within Carbon county the per-
.centage of money which the chap |
ter retained for it's own use went |
to help many needy families in the
county, giving them medical at |
tention, food and clothing which
they might not otherwise have re-
.ceived.
Several fraternal organizations,
social groups and individuals
throughout the county have con-
tributed amounts above the one
dollar membership. They are Red
Lodge B. P. o. E. No. 534, $1,000
sustaining membership; contribut-
ing memberships of $500 each are
given by Montana Coal and Iron,
Washoe; Sol Richter, Edgar; Dra-
per Community club; M. B. Club
of Roscoe; Girls All club, Luther;
Boys Ali club of Luther; Bear
tooth Women's club of Luther, Oh
colt Wholesale company; Red
Lodge Canning company, J. G.
Penney store and the Rev. Thomas
Starkle.
y Other memberships in excess of
81 90 were from the Montana Meat
Market, $500; John Donnely, John
G. Skinner, Model Drug company,
Steve Roman, A. A. Ellis of Lu-
5ther and William Larkin, Sr., ST.
90; Mrs. A. J. Curry of Boyd and
the Red Willow club, SITS.
i Drive officials wish to emphas-
.ize the fact that from the above
large amounts received only fifty
cents of each membership is sent
to the national organization while
the balance stays in Carbon county |
for work within the county itself.
I The following is roster Of the
1888 Red Cross membership in Red
Lodge: Mrs. Albert Bekkarinen'
Miss Mary Matteson, Mrs. Bess ]
Dobson, Abil Saastimonen, Jack
Evans, Mrs. Harold Graves, Mrs.
Walter Bloom, Mrs. Helen c. Mey-
.er, Mrs. A. G.. Slovenian, Carbon
County Creamery, Mrs. George
Karhu, Mrs. John Hanninen, Mrs.
Elima Luoma, Mrs. Margaret
French, Mrs. Harry Loughney, Art