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Show County Red Cross Sets One Day Fund Drive A one day Red Cross Drive to raise the $2,000 goal for Iron county is the expectation of C. L. Ewing, chairman of the 1949 Fund Drive. All wprkers will make their canvas on March 2, and everyone Is asked to help to make this a success. Of the money that will be collected, col-lected, 57 per cent will remain in Iron county, the other 53 per cent will go to the National organization. organiza-tion. Ewing has completed his organization or-ganization and has high hopes of a quick realization of the Fund goal. Following a breakfast break-fast at the El Escalante hotel at 7:30 a. m. Wednesday, March 2, the campaign workers will immediately im-mediately make their house to house canvas. Every home and business house will have an opportunity op-portunity to contribute to this great and worthwhile relief organization. or-ganization. The First Presidency of the LDS church in a letter commenting comment-ing on the drive said: "The value of the services rendered ren-dered by the American National Red Cross in behalf of suffering humanity in various parts of the world is well known by our people. peo-ple. We once more urge the members of the church to contribute con-tribute liberally in response to their appeal for funds to carry on their great missions of mercy." Students from the speech department de-partment of the Branch Agricultural Agricul-tural collge will appear in behalf be-half of the Red Cross campaign In all of the Wards of Cedar City this Sunday. President Truman and other high government officials will be heard on National hook-ups In behalf of this mercy arm of the U. S. government and military organizations. Frank Dalley, Ned Sargent and Bill Dover have been appointed by Mr. Ewing to head the drive in Cedar City. Selected as captains for the Cedar City drive are Marvin Mar-vin Jones and Reed Bradshaw, business district; Mrs. H.L. Humphreys, Hum-phreys, First ward; Mrs. Forrest j m CHAIRMAN C. L. EWING Anderson, Second ward; Reed Roberts, Third ward; Kay Hey-wood, Hey-wood, Fourth ward; Paul Grim shaw, Fifth ward, and Francis Betenson, College ward. The rest of Mr. Ewlng's committee com-mittee in the county include W. Scott Mitchell, Parowan; Mrs. Emma Topham, Paragonah; Mrs. Harold Smith, Summit; Hal Lund, Modena; Solon Edwards, Kanarra; La Von Jones, Enoch; Mrs. J. H. Johnson, Lund; Mrs. Gordon Moyle, Beryl, and Mrs. Clifton Hulet, Newcastle. |