The Hershey Press 1918-12-12

              | Universal s
I Membership Is j
i Herslbey's Goal 1
Jc Fixing quotas has been such a familiar feature of* pre- X
| vious campaigns, whether to sell Liberty Bonds or to raise'* 3
1 welfare and relief funds, that the failure to assign a quota «
E to Hershey in the Red Cross Christmas Roll Call is arous- ;g
I ing discussion. ijj
a The reason given by the local Red Cross Branch is «
S logical . The Red Cross now is so widely known and so 3
* strongly approved that the goal of the Christmas Roll Call- g
I is nothing short of "Universal |Membership." In other
It words, the census figures will be Hershey's quota, as they §
» will be for the whole nation. . J
5 The week of December 16-23 will see this apparently v
E formidable task accomplished, because there will be . an *•
ft eager spirit of co-operation. More than 22,000,00.0 present K
f members in the United States will answer "Here," and it is %
\ the hope of the Red Cross War Council that treble or quad- J
g ruple that number will join and so permit a Christmas Eve s
£ cable to Europe that the American people are solidly he- »
% hind the Red Cross spirit. 8
£ The Red Cross Christmas Roll Call is not an effort to *
% raise money, and no one in Hershey will Be asked for ' con- I
w tributions. The annual membership duel amount to only \
» one dollar. \
f t Hershey undoubtedly has as many dollars] for the Red f
f Cross as there are adults in its population; t 1
fetttt ra «<£«*^<&&££^M&&££&f ^^
No family in Hershey should.be con-tent
to display a Service Flag with only
one cross. There should be added a
small Red Cross .for each member of the
family. The aim is to enroll families
100 per cent.
The following is a list of solicitors who
have been appointed to receive enroll-ment
to the Hershey Red Cross Christ-mas
Roll Call: <
Hershey Chocolate Co.—Wm. F. R
Murrie, E. F. Hershey, D. S. Graeff, T
L. McHeffey, F. W. Pugh, P. N. Kasson:
Linn Hawbecker, L. B. Shoap, AL. Wirth;
C. V. Glynn, Lewis Emerick, Paul Brew;
er, Ed. Harkins, Geo. Shertzer, Geci
Shearer, Thos. J. Walton, Hugh Wagnerf
Walter Ashenfelter; Geo. Huss, Morris
Hinkle, Paul Edris, J. E. Hills, A. Fj .
King, W. R. Esbenshade, Harry KeeneyL
Wm. Brinker, Bert Black, Frank Leyva
Miss Clay, John Conrad, Clair Good ank
G. C. Phillips.
Hershey Store Co.—H. J . Patter ;
Mrs. John Sollenberger, S. S. Browi,
Miss Hilda Christ, S. D. Clark and Misls
Bessie Moyer.
Hershey Press Bldg.—Miss Catharin e
Snavely. Joseph R. Snavely and Edw.
Field.
Men's Club.—John Snavely and Wal-
"rer Leibfreid. ,-—*—r~. --r-^H^
Inn.—Mrs. John Kreider.
Hershey Transit Co.—John R. Krei-der
and Alvin Flowers.
Hershey Garage.—Geo. Stout, and
Morris Koser.
Schools.—Miss Pauline Clark ard
Prof. Stacy Peters.
E. Chocolate Ave.—Mrs. McHeffey
and Mrs. Ezra Hershey. I
W. Chocolate Ave.—Mrs. E. M. Her-shey,
Mrs. Harvey and Mrs. Clark.
Java Ave.—Mrs. Wirth.
Caracas Ave.—Mrs. Esbenshade, Mis.
Fredericks and Mrs. Wilson Rhoads.
Trinidad Ave. and Park Ave.—Mrs:
Morris Wenger and Mrs. Harry Moy|r*
Derry Church, E. of R. R;—JV r.
Harry Moyer.
Derry Church, W. of R. R.—Mabel
Carpenter, Mabel Lingle and Mrs. Hey.
Farm Company.—Mr. John Zoll, Mr.
Geo. Copp, Mr. Stoner Snavely and Mr.
John Moyer.
Cocoa Ave. and Granada Ave.—Mrs.
Walton, Miss Kegerreis and Mrs. C. V.
Glynn. ¦ ¦ -_ \
Areba Street.—Mrs. H. N. Herr, Mrs-
Phoebe Whittle and Mrs. Morris Kosfen
Industrial School.—Mrs. Coppen-haver.
1;"
Hockersville.—Mrs. Clyde Erb and
Mrs. Cyrus Hitz.
Swatara Station.—Maud Seiler, Sara
Balsbach and Mr. Jacob Balsbach.»
Union Deposit.—Miss Carrie Letter-man
and Miss Ruth Peiffer.
Outside Districts.—Ralph Fiore.
Y. W. C. A.—Miss Kilmore.
Post Office.—Miss Boyer and Mss
Painter. !• '¦'
All that is asked pf . any adult in the
Hershey Red Cross Christmas Roll Call
is that he or she shall have "a he aft
and a dollar." ¦'¦' :¦>>
Solaotorar ffpip l
Red Oross
Chi£sftiraas
Roll Call
1 A number of Hershey's residents have
'". been asked to contribute ah expression of
r their opinion as to why the Hershey Red
: Cross Christmas Roll Call should receive
a universal response, and they are as
\ follows:
r ~~———
'I Let Hershey's slogan be every man,
woman and child a member of the Red
f Cross.
i- Can't we make it unanimous?-—Minnie
I C. Esbenshade.
I. I learn with much interest of the effort
g you are making through your publication
I to stimulate interest in the membership
I for the American Red Cross. This work
I is, indeed, a most worthy one.
I The good work done by the American
£ Red Cross in administering not only to
the wounded on the field of conflict , but
to the distressed in all walks of civil life,
has been of such a pronounced benefit
that I believe every citizen will willingly
r become a member by contributing the
i; membership fee, as well as a little effort,
i and thus do much to continue the good
work.
You have my best wishes in this noble
work.—W. F. R. Murrie.
Do you remember a poster of abouf^
year ago? A woman in Red Cross uni-form,
with all tenderness in her face,
holding a wounded soldier lad, battered
almost past belief.
The poster was called "The Greatest
Mother of Them All." To me that typi-fies
all I could say of that wonderful in-stitution,
The Red Cross.
The war now is over, but suffering hu-manity
is paying the frightful penalty.
The Red Cross, still the tender Mother,
moves on and on, and by her care and .
God-inspired meroy, strives to bring back
hope and faith once more to broken and
bleeding hearts.
God bless the Red Cross!—-Ezra F.
. Hershey.
There are certain psychological condi-tions
absolutely essential to the making of
good soldiers, (a) A worthy cause for
which to fight; (b) the assurance of proper
support by those remaining at home; (c)
positive assurance that those dependent
upon them for support are properly pro-vided
for ; (d) positive knowledge of the
extraordinary sacrifices of the "home
guards;" (e) confident that the physical
needs will be supplied as necessity de-mands.
Of these the one last named is
by no means of least importance.
The American Army has demonstrated
its effectiveness in every way. The mor-ale
of our army was well nigh perfect. For
this the American Red. Cross Society is
mostly responsible. No one can fully
estimate the good done by this Society.
1 - As our men return from the front they
sing the praises of the A'. R. C. Any con-tribution
given to this purely humane
society merits the rewards of the Master
when He said : Whosoever shall give to
one of these little ones a cup of cold water
only, in the name of a disciple, verily I
say unto ye, he shall in no wis:- lose his
reward.—R. R. Butterwick.
Without question Hershey will mam-tain
her reputation for going "over the
top" in the approaching Red Cross Drive.
The need is so great, the work so wide
reaching and the organization and meth-ods
so complete and effective, that every
one is drawn almost instinctively to its
hearty support. Any one need only pic-ture
one of the multitude of cases of dire
need that is constantly being so efficiently
met, as found next door to his own home,
or as meeting his own wounded boy on
the battle field , to give with willing heart
and generous hand, up to the required
average, not only, but to the fu1! measure
of his ability.
May the good news of Hershey's ap-portionment,
plus—at least up to her
most generous proportionate surplus yet
recorded, greet us in these coming days.
Every normal American should be a mem-ber
of the Red Cross —Rev. R.[H. Taylor.
"The only leaven in this darkTpicture
of war as I have seep it,- as it has touched
me, has been the scarlet of the Red Cross.
To a faith that the terrible scenes at the
front had almost destroyed, came every
now and then again the flash of tjie em-blem
of mercy. Hope, then was not dead.
There were hands to sooth and labour, as
well as hands to kill. There was still
brotherly love in the world. There was
a courage that was not of hate." There
was a patience that was not a lying in
wait. There was a flag that was not of
one nation, but of all the world; a flag
that needed no recruiting station, for the
ranks it led were always full to overflow-ing;
a flag that stood between the wounded
soldiers and death ; that knew no defeat
but surrendered to the will of the God of
Battles."—Quoted from Kings, Queens
and Pawns. (Mary Roberts Rinehart).
I Why We
Should Enroll
to Christmas
Roll Call-
At a meeting of the Hershey Red Cross
on Tuesday evening, an organization was
affected in order to render all possible
help to sufferers from the present epidem-ic
of influenza in this district.
For this purpose the town has been
divided into districts, for each of which
a captain has been appointed to whom
all requests for assistance, where necessary
in cases of sickness, should be addressed.
These divisions, together with the
names of the captains follow :
West Chocolate Ave., From Center
Square West to Implement Ware-house.—
Mrs. Cain.
East Chocolate Ave.—Mrs. J. E.
Snyder.
Caracas Ave.—Mrs. Ross Esbenshade.
Cocoa Ave.—Mrs. H. N. Herr.
Granada Ave.—Mrs. Rhoads.
Araba Ave.—Mrs. Whittle.
West Chocolate Ave., West of Im-plement
Warehouse.—Mrs. Wm. F.
Harvey.
Derry.—Mrs. Harry Moyer.
Spring Creek.—Mrs. Hoy.
Work was immediately commenced on
a supply of pneumonia jackets and in-fluenza
masks, a great many of which
have already been issued arid endeavors
will be made to furnish all that may be
required. It is requested that cases of
sickness be reported quickly as possible,
where necessary.
This is work on behalf of the-local Red
Cross which will demonstrate one way
of usefullness to the community and even
though peace has been declared the-Red
Cross will find other ways to confer a
boon upon the community in general.
Certainly this work is worthy of your
support.
TO AID &FJb «ENZA SUFFERERS