The Lincoln times., 1956-04-30
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collecting agency to which the
Red Cross Rally Day funds will be
pooled by the canvassing teams.
Local civic organizations, clubs
schools and groups are to play
leading roles in the Red Cross
Rally Day under plans worked out
by Chamber headquarters. Areas
within the town limits and county
areas are being mapped out and
territories d signated for the
volunteer canvassing workers to
cover for solicitations.
ORGANIZATIONS TO CANVASS
All organizations contacted have
pledged n cir cooperation and
Willingness to participate in the
fund canvaSsing during this Oper-
alton Red Cross Day, Thursday
May 8.
The organizations lined up to
supply volunteer fund canvas
sing teams for Rally Day and
their chairmen, include: Jaycees,
Harold Warlick; Kiwanis, julie
Ward; Rotary, DIR. Boyce Griggs;
VFW Post, Click Kistler; Ameri-
can Legion Post, Miss Eva
James; P-TA. Mrs. Mamie Will
son; Pilot Club. Mrs. Evelyn
Lander; Lions Club, Guy HOyle:
Ministers. Rev. Lewis Everline;
Schools, S. Ray LOwder and Joe
II. Nixon; Town, Mayor A. L.
TAFT; OAR Chapter, Mrs. A. NJ.
Cornwell; Garden Club. Mrs.
Hal CornwelI; Chamber of Com
merce. Pat Buckley.
These canvassing teams will
saturate the town and county
areas THURSDAY East. West,
South. North - calling upon our
citizens for means to carry on our
Red Cross chapters proud record
of providing assistance wherever
and whenever it is needed.
This is cause where every
County citizen can search
their conscience. and act accord
ingly. There's the constant re-
lninder, when an emergency brings
the Red Cross with its helping
hand, that the Red Cross actually
belongs to the people and the
people should belong to the Red
Cross.
Red Cross Rally Day will be
words to the local area
citizenry between now and the
decision day, May 3. The event is
to be publicized by the local press,
radio, and with banners at promi-
nent places about town and the
county areas.
THESE INTERESTED
Particularly interested in the
project are Walter Clark. chapter
John Friday, fund
chairman; Mrs. w. A. Lilly, Office
secretary: and 1T her volunteer
workers who have devoted many
hours of their time in the in
terests of the chapter and it's work.
Approximately $4,000 of the 81 200
quota had been obtained through
This means the objective
of Rally Day will be to raise
around $4,000.
If Red Cross Rally Day fails,
then it will be shameful evidence
that the people of Lincoln Coun-
ty do not want a Red Cross
chapter. Moral support, Chap
ter spokesman said, can mean
about as much as financial sup
port in this crisis.
WHY RALLY DAY?
Why Red Cross Rally Day in
Lincolnton-Lincoln County?
The reason, simply, is that the
people of Lincoln County have not
financially or morally,
the Red Cross and it's vital services
and programs as it should. AS a
result of this lack of support, the
Chapter has been slowly dying
and the stage reached where it
cannot continue to perate if
needed support isn't received. Not
a single fund campaign of the
Chapter is the postwar years has
been reached, and loans have had
to be obtained from the National
Red Cross organization.
Thirty days were set recently by
the Chapters board to determine
if the people of Lincoln wanted its
Red Cross chapter, and it's work to
continue. If not, then the national
would be petitioned
to revoke the local charter. The
80 days are about up. Red Cross
Rally Day on Thursday will be
decision day.
LOSE BLOOD PROGRAM
Abandonment of the local
chapter would mean the end of
Red Cross Blood Program in
Lincoln county and the loss of