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Show sure of more hearty support. The sale of Red Cross stamps will be pushed until Christmas Seal all your packages and letters in this way and know that every penny you thus spend will help stamp out tuberculosis tuberculo-sis in Utah, for 9S per cent of the proceeds pro-ceeds is spent in Utah. Mrs. J. W. Jones, treasurer, gives the following statement for the week: On hand last week $ 8.88 Recvd. from Missionary society 10.50 Sale of sheets 8.00 Donated by Presbyeterian Sun day school children 2.50 Donated by others 2 61 Gunnison memberships 8X0 Fifty Centerfield memberships S.on Total on hand $45.49 Also the explanation that the local Relief society had donated a quilt to the Red Cross. This was sold by the Royal Neighbors and the proceeds derived de-rived therefrom is included in the $40.80 credited to the lodge in thh report re-port last week. With the Local Red Cross From Official Source.) The executive committee of the local lo-cal Red Cross has decided to push ahead with the drive for membership which opens over the country Dec. 17 with the purpose of securing 10,000,000 new members. This is a drive for members, not funds, because our boys in the trenches need united and enthusiastic en-thusiastic backing at home. Plans for a thorough orgaization by the lo cal board will ibe made within the next few days and it would be well for everybody to support the move. I Mrs. James Bown and Mrs. Jane "Knighton have been selected to succeed suc-ceed on the executive board Mrs. J.M. Knighton and Mrs. Maria. D. Kearns, resigned. Winter is coming quickly and it is suggested that those who are knitting for the Red Cross turn in finished articles ar-ticles as soon as done. In this way the chapter can make small shipments from time to time. A petition from Centerfield asking authority to form a branch of the Gunnison chapter was granted. The ladies of Centerfield are already knitting knit-ting and now with their local organization organ-ization the Red Cross work will be |