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Show RED-X DRIVE TO OPEN HERE ON THANKSGIVING The Red Cross annual membership member-ship drive will begin in Springvilie and. Maple ton next week, it was announced at a meeting of the officers, of-ficers, held Tuesday afternoon. The membership fee is .$1.00, fifty cents of this amount remains in the community to be used for local relief, .49 cents goes to Red Cross headquarters to be distributed where it is needed in major relief projects, and the remaining one cent is consumed in the cost of distribution, officers report. 't An idea of the relative amount of relief received by Springvilie and Mapleton, through the Red Cross may be gained in a report made at the officers meeting. Approximately Ap-proximately 110,000 pounds of cricked wheat and 58,750 pounds .of flour, have been distributed to needy families in Springvilie, during dur-ing the . past six months, it is stated. . , . ; , In addition to this amount 1 Mapleton , has distributed 0,900 j pounds of cracked wheat and 3,650 pounds of flour among the needy and Unemployed of their community. commun-ity. Besides flour and wheat many families , have received medicine, groceries and other merchandise as needed, through the efforts of the Red Cross organization. The Red Cross works in cooperation cooper-ation with, the Relief societies and other civic relief organizations and plans to give relief only where relief re-lief is needed, officers state. An invoice has now been received re-ceived for about 600 yards of cloth, consisting of flannels, prints and factory, which will be distributed dis-tributed through the local agencies, to those families in actual need. A plan is now being worked out whereby this material will be manufactured man-ufactured into clothing. All are urged to join with the local Red Cross organization in the coming membership drive and make it a big success this year, in appreciation for what we have already al-ready received. More relief will be needed among the unemployed and needy in our community this winter, it is stated. Your membership fee will help. |