OCR Text |
Show THE RED CROSS IS YOURS .annual roll call of the American Red Cross began A and continues until .Thanksgiving Day. t great organization needs no introduction to the ,f Washing1011 County and certainly no praise from to its prestige. Its record in times of war and 'well knewn to all of us. . The Red Cross deserves rt of the American people and hundreds of us in i, ".'ton County should respond promptly to its appeal ly ,;;ing ourselves as members. M --'j peace-time function of the Red Cross, as an agent Iv to those caught in unexpected disasters, may not I portant sometimes as we sit in the quiet of our k However, when the demoniacal forces of nature sj ned against us, to leave a populace stunned and 'i i at its fury and destructiveness, the symbol of the l "vjjs and the aid that it extends becomes of trans-,tt trans-,tt : importance. 'i few dollars that we contribute to the Red Cross ;p participation in the glorious realization of mercy a -".lief. Surely there are few of us in Washington Coun-? Coun-? i can. afford not to give at least one dollar to be in-jj in-jj i in the army of those willing to help the afflicted and ;e :;nate. f- -:iv readers of this article will disagree with the senti-. senti-. expressed. Many of them, however will put off the signing of the roll call card and the giving of the I sntribution. We urge you as an individual to re-a re-a . to vour better impulse and make your contribution II -iately. |