| Show Regarding the Red To the Editor of ot The Park Record Record Record- Please permit me to make a report ot or the Red Cross Crosa membership drive which will correct the discouraging report given out in a recent Issue of The Record It is not the fault ot of the committee that the drive did not start Monday morning December In tn accordance accordance accordance accor accor- dance with the plans from headquarters Owing to the fact that all work must pass through the hands of the chapter officials the Red Cross work In small branches Is nearly always de de- branch must Tho The Park City wait walt until the chapter at Coalville sends the work and the chapter officials cals must walt wait until they receive it tt from headquarters headquarters' at Denver and In either event there ther are strict orders not to take the Initiative All we can cando cando cando do is lath to wait walt Our bur material for the drive arrived Sunday and was taken from tho the express office Monday forenoon forenoon fore foro- noon and Tuesday morning all posters posters posters post post- ers and advertising had been attended to in the right way by Miss LeCompte LeCompte LeCompte Le- Le Compte and a cheerful competent and efficient corps of committees who I still had seven sevin days to complete the tho work were at work in districts that I were divided small enough so BO that I none of them needed to work too hard The report of these committees was gratifying resulting In a n. total of members compared to a total of or members in the drive of 1917 The people responded cheerfully and willingly willingly will will- and were found waiting with their dollars when the committees visited them In neary every ease ase our Foreign population responded In the same way especially the British and Austrians About thirty families ranging In number from two to six one hundred per cent loyal Joyal and a n. great many who could not join at that time requested the committee to o return at a later date because they still wished to join These committees commit commit- tees ees who were working wl with h. h the he 1918 officers became automatically discharged when the 1919 officers tOOk ook up the work but I will be gladly received by the pre- pre present present sent ent efficient corps of officers At the time that they were elected to o their positions In 1917 the first t I and second presidents vice and the I secretary of or the outgoing officers tad completed plans to spend the winter months aw away y Since their re return return return re- re turn with the exception of times time s i when severe Illness or i very urgent urges C business prevented they have been faithful The attention to small do- do talla tails arising In this work Is U enough to keep any set net of or officers busy and the election of janitor Is not accomplished pushed when wizen our leaders are aro elected as many are led to believe but our outgoing officers have havo done dune their share of ot this kind of work reports o tho the contrary notwithstanding Inthe In the he distribution of this kind q work each member lJ r should be willing to do aIo their share and should not pot consider hat they are doing are doing Jt for tor the tha officer We Wo are working forthe for the Red Cross Crosa and nd In cases calell of necessity our share o of 0 can do f fIn In work consists consists' of ot all aU we eau n the management of ot our last Jast Re Ri Cross membership drive there is none i ione n none one in our city who could have haVo ac accomplished a more than Miss I Is Lt L s Compte did and a vote of ot thanks thanks I 1 Idue due to her and her committees es L LE LEus LEus us ns thank our retiring officers and nd ul UI u I hold the hands of or our Incoming ng one oni MRS C. C W. W DI BINKERD KERD Park ark City Utah Jan 3 1919 |
