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Show r; t j -V-, ,- X Underway March 6 Uvanians outline Red Cross drive J. Keith Robinson, president of the Kiwanis club, has been appointed chairman of the current Red Cross drive in Springville. overseas duty encountered car trouble in bringing his family to Utah county for residence. Upon arrival here, the family's funds were gone. An appeal to the Red Cross provided financial finan-cial assistance to the family and return transportation for the serviceman.. There are numerous cases like these each year. Someone must help and the Red Cross is called upon much oftener than many individuals realize. Keith Robinson, president of the Kiwanis club has accepted the responnibility of spearheading spear-heading the Red Cross drive in the Springville area, it was announced today by A. L. Thorpe, Springville branch chairman." ' ' The Kiwanis club as a group is taking over the drive which is expected to get underway on Monday March 6. Mr. Robinson said that one ' often hears of Red Cross ser- vices in some far off corner i of the world but seldom does ' one hear of ways in which the Red Cross functions locally. However, only last summer, Mr. Thorpe recalled two instances in-stances where families were stranded in Springville enroute from their home to some other part of the country and the Red Cross came to their rescue; res-cue; a local veteran was given 17 pints of blood by the Red Cross at a Salt Lake hospital with no charge or request for repayment; A serviceman overseas over-seas was critically injured. Military notification was brief and the family's deep concern : prompted a request to the Red . Cross for help in obtaining a full report as to the man's condition. Through the Red . Cross information was obtained obtain-ed for the family and the periodic per-iodic reports were continued until the serviceman was on the road to recovery. A serviceman scheduled for |