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Show Junior Red Cross poing Good Work j . Boys and girls in the schools of I Milford have an ppportunity to take part in the national defense program by enrolling in the American Junior Red Cross, Mr. j J. 'C. Smith, chairman of the Mil-1 Mil-1 ford Red Cross chapter says, i Mr. Smith said the Junior Red I Cross xas the junior division of j membership is one of the ,many I activities maintained by t h p 1 American Red Cross from membership mem-bership contributions received dur-! dur-! ing the annual roll calls. This I year the roll call in this com-' com-' mhnity will be conducted from November 11 to 30, he said. ' The campaign for enrollment of junior j members will be held at the same time in every school in the area. ; he pointed out. i "Through their own organization organiza-tion 9,750,000 Junior (Red Cross members in the nation are taking a united stand for national pre-1 pre-1 paredness behind jtheir country's quasi-official agency, the American Ameri-can Red Cross", he said. "They ! are partners in the work of their government and of the adult Red : Cross organization." Urging all students in the town to cooperate in the forthcoming i enrollment drive, Mr. Smith said j that 'this nationwide movement i gives the youth of our country an organization of their own in which they may fulfill social responsibilities responsibi-lities and develop a regard for ! their fellows' welfare. I The current national program of the organization, he said, is based 1 on the theme, "Citizenship Training Train-ing for Internal Defense". He added that prominent educators have acclaimed the Junior I)(ed Cross as a "workshop of citizenship citizen-ship in a democracy at peace or at war". Three main principles underlie the organization's activities, he added: promotion of positive health, service to others, the state and nation, and the fostering foster-ing of inflemational understanding- Junior .Red Cross members have contribute approximately $215,000 to foreign war relief projects through their national children's fund, which is maintained by children chil-dren and used solely for aiding children in this and other countries. coun-tries. Nearly one half of this amount has been used to maintain in England homes for children under un-der five . years of age who are the victims of air-raids. M |