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Show iS SPEED UP FUND II ed Cross Campaign Cashier Cash-ier Has $16,000 in His Custody. ecanva8c of Residence Portion to Be Made; Children Respond. fhc first seven days o! lite Salt Lake anty Red Cross roll call closed last ht with $16,000 In the custody of the adquartora cashier. This money repeats rep-eats tho returns in both the subscrip-n subscrip-n and membership drives; most of It. s been received through dollar mem-rships. mem-rships. Including today, there remain ee days of the campaign left. Whether It Lake county will be able to attain quota by 'he evening of Armistice y, depends upon the incessant activity the committee workers, and particu-ly particu-ly upon the lively response o tho peo- J of Salt Lake.-I Lake.-I is apparent to the officials at tho npalgn Headquarters that the campaign lust now getting its stride. This is iBibly due largely to the fact that the ponsibility of handling the campaign s not turned over to the present mty committee until a few days before : drive had to be actually under way ordliig to the schedule previously pt'e--ed by the national officials. In ad-Ion ad-Ion to this, the issues in the present ve are more involved than they were the two former drives, when the war s In progress. It requires more ef-t ef-t on the part of committees and can-ssers can-ssers to explain, in detail the numerous isorts why the great mercy organization mot he permitted to cease its function. lrposes Made Known. K "must be said to the credit of the ople of the city, however, that as they t becoming familiar with the vast tount of work that lies at the very ors of the Red Cross work that, for inanity's sake, cannot be left undone v are warming up to the movement. "I believe," said H. T. Plumb, chalr-m chalr-m of the subscription committee, last :!it, "that if we can only keep up this enilcss effort for a few days more we all not fail in our undertaking. The ople or the city, as well as our bttsl-ss bttsl-ss institutions, upon which we must so gelv depend, cannot help but see the poriance of this thing when they are nfronted with the facts." tony of tho churches are following up work of last Sunday and devoting inrt of the service to the consideration Red Cross themes. As the day is be-; be-; observed rather generally throughout i state as American Legion day. Red jss subjects will also 'be included' oh ; program. Some of the churches have anged special Red Cross collections 1 their' committees! wHl solicit mem-shlps. mem-shlps. Tho Emmanuel Baptist Sun-,' Sun-,' school has arranged for such a coition coi-tion to be taken up and turned over lrely to the roll' call officials. icanvass of City. , n speaking of the recanvasslng of the iflenec section by the special commit-, commit-, consisting of representatives from s Elks, Moose. Eagles fraternal or-llzations or-llzations and the University of Utah orltles, R. K. Cobb, chairman of -the nibership committee, said last night; 'It is the wish of our special canvassers it' all citizens who have renewed their, mborships this year or have taken V memberships kindly- display their i Cross flags. This will naturally date second calls. It is, however, our eel to visit every home in tho city i county not displaying the Red Cross blema. Only In this way can we hone i'Pfich our quota of memberships. In iltlon to this, we have been advised it many people of the city who are de-ons. de-ons. of joining the Red Cross have not hi called on and, for various reasons, i'o been unable to visit the booths In ' business district to secure member-PS. member-PS. Wo 'don't intend to m Is s any one', keep your own flag flying hlg'h." hool Make Record. Phfe Lafayette school, under J. Fred derso-rt, has made a fine record in so-tlng so-tlng memberships. Up until last eve-tg eve-tg the -number reported was slightly in ess of $1100. ' UranKHuonts for a flight above the y by Chairman Van Dam for the purse pur-se of showering down unon Salt Lakers untitles of Red Cross llteraturo and to I attention to the drive now in progress re been completed. An attempt to fly s made yesterday morning, but the Mia. Vista field was in such condition his to the heavy fall of snow that the nit was Impossible. The flight will be do on Monday if the weather permits. |