Show County Red Cross Quota Is s Set e for or 1944 Membership The county chapter of the American Red Hed Cross has received notification of its quota quota quota quo quo- ta for the annual membership drive which will be staged in March The quota for the count county county coun coun- t ty is 2000 The quota for this year is more than it was for last year and it was explained that the organization will have havo many more responsibilities this year than it has had in the past Th The national goal is seven Eighty per cent of of all allRed allRed allRed Red Cross are spent on services ser to men in the armed forces In 1942 there were four and a half million men in these services today there are ten million In 1942 chapters gave help t to service men or their families in the tho past year they have assisted I Besides the obligation to men in the service there is an obligation obligation obligation gation to service ex-service men now being released at the rate of per month In 1942 blood donations were received by the Red Cross at the rate of pints a week Today Today Today To To- day the weekly donation la ie pints Six million pints have been requested by the military military military mil mil- for the coming year In 1942 Red Cross volunteers packed prisoner of war parcels Last year were packed and delivered In 1942 the Red Cross produced produced produced pro pro- surgical dressings dressings dressings dress dress- ings for the military service Last year were shipped from Red Red- RedCross Cross workrooms In 1942 1992 the Red Cross operated rest and recreation clubs overseas Today there are In 1942 the Red Cross had workers serving the armed armed armed arm arm- ed forces In 1943 the number of oC workers swelled to The Red Cross Is on the job all aU over the world world world-In In 56 theaters theaters theaters thea thea- of war in chapters and more than branches on the home fry ne ue war progresses progresses progresses pro pro- the proportion of service service service ice men overseas will increase The cost of the Red Cross will increase because of these foreign or operations On the home front the welfare and and inquiries and other services have increased 71 per cent In the thelast thelast thelast last year Who Vho knows what services the army navy and other people will ask of the Red Cross in 1944 The Peoples Partnership will not fail to answer the calls Considering all these services and thinking that our chapter has around persons in the tha armed armea services residents of this county cannot think their quota is anything but very small The increase In the quota an and need for money to carry on the added services of the Red Cross has bas resulted in the need for lo local local local lo- lo cal residents to donate four dollars dollars dollars dol dol- lars where the they used to give one one- but but these services are necessary necessary necessary sary to those in the armed services services sery- sery ices as well as to those on the home front and they must con con- It Is up to the people ol of 1 America to support them by giving the necessary money Do your bit when the time comes |