Show mercy drive will begin on marc h 3 volunteer workers rs of the american red cross cros will open the annual membership drive on mar afar 3 3 according to celeste durrant morgan county chairman in pointing out the need for every citizen to contribute to the fund this year vear officials outline the charter obligations of the red rd cross as approved by congress on january 5 loo i i 1 to furnish volunteer aid to the sick and wounded 1 1 to perform all the duties devolved upon a national nati ohal society by b each nation which has acceded to the treaty of geneva 3 to act in matters of vo voluntary un relief and in accord with the military and naval authorities between the people of the united states of america and their army and navy 4 to continue and carry on a system of national nati orf al and international relief in time of peace and to apply the same in mitigating the sufferings caused by pestilence famine fire floods and other great national calamities and to devise and carry on measures for preventing the same due to the generous response to the drive last year we are happy to report that the morgan county chapter of the red cross will have to raise just this year said mrs durrant we have more than a million boys in the service of our country today and most of them are in foreign countries we cannot let them down she said As an illustration of the work carried on by the red cross the local chairman said that mr air and mrs airs ben creager have received letters from their son theron who is stationed at camp hakata japan he has frequently mentioned being at the red cross building and has said they have plenty of magazines and we can have all the peanuts and cooki cookies es we want while he was stationed in the united states he also mentioned visiting the red cross and a nd said they had food and furnished f urnis hed entertainment for servicemen icamen icemen fund chairmen in morgan county are mrs airs margaret nielson devils slide mrs airs lloyd toone croydon mrs airs cleora creager north morgan imars mrs ester lacey peterson mrs airs larry calder stoddard mrs airs paul nelson milton mrs airs mary kilburn porterville mr air and mrs airs kenneth porter richville celeste durrant south morgan and albert welch business district |