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the georgetown herald wed nesday evening november 8th 1 939 page 7 mlm i t let georgetown do its bit national campaign for funds red cross society georgetown branch week of november 13th canvassers will call at your home soliciting donations to this worthy fund for war work and you are asked to be as generous as possible we know that you want to help and that you and your family are willing to make some real sacrifices for this purpose many people will be able to give substantial amounts but the small gift is quite as important as the large one because it shows a willing ness to help we hope that every family in the community will be able to give at least fifty cents a month i the captains of collectors for the various wards in town are ward i n h brown ward ii a h feller and d p crichton ward hi w nodwell wm h long general chairman campaign fund red cross some realization or the burden placed by war on the shoulders of the nation for purposes other than the actual prosecution of war and the maintenance of active forces is provided by a study of the recently published survey of the activities of the canadian red cross society dur ing the period of 19141919 organizing swiftly for the care of the sick and wounded among the forces the red cross soon found it self undertaking duties not anticipat ed at first and extending its influ ence in other spheres which still fell within the jurisdiction of its objects among these jobs were the establish ment of an information bureau cen tred in london which effected con tact with every wounded man and provided him with extra comforts erection of a prisoner of war bureau which located through the interna tional committee in geneva each prisoner and provided him with six parcels of food clothing and tobacco every month establishment of on- leave hostels in england where good cheap beds and meals could be ob tained and many other such tasks accepted in addition to the prim ary function of providing every form of medical need in connection with the services the total of the work doneby the red cross meant the enrolling of thousands of voluntary unpaid workers the raising of large sums of money and the coordlnat ing of war work by many groups which might otherwise have dupucat- ed the w of oth or whose well- meant contributions might have gone astray or been so improperly pack aged ind shipped as to confuse ra ther than assist the army officials in the five year period until the end of 1919 because signing of the armistice merely meant the accep tance of a big rehabilitation job for red cross- a total of 9 073 485 was raised for the use of the canadian red cross a further w250 000 was raised ard handed over to the british red cross and approximately 20 000 000 in materials medical supplies surgical equipment ambulances and various stores was shipped to england prance and elsewhere several hos pitals were opened and equipped two complete ambulance units were pro vided and countless other contribu tions were made such as grants and stores to refugee agencies in france poland austria and other countries todaj the red cross faces an even further burden since 1919 the can adian red cross society has develop ed a peace time program which has become an accepted and much need ed national service outpost hospi tals in rt mote areas totalling 43 last eir treated 46 671 patients with a miff of 118 nurm s disasters such as the riinv river bush fire him found red cross pnpmd to render nid and to hud in ih re islabllsh rmm if rill ns r rwards thous inris of mid r privileged xpectnn mothtr di km d upon red cross ol unteir i ursm ikws for advice on shivers herd 6etv0ii conlj anthracite cold weathers sneaky t it creep up on you will ita first unexpected blast catch you short of coal youll bhiver youll sneeze youtl huddle order old companys anthracite today then let winter come when it pleases your binful of old company means houseful of warmth frura winters first nip to its last heats more evenly li ats more economically because its harder t j- wer burning ortl r todav before you forget and have to shiver in a cold house j b mackenzie son phone 33 georgetown t 1 1 h inek io 1 rlul 1 n m sir ifir i ind i hop di i 1 si4 80 dm v i lis of n in he recent year today the work must be carried on in addition to the sud denly piesented war task ability of red cross to function swiftly and efficiently is indicated by the events of early september be fore canada had entered a state of war the national society had cabled 10 000 for the assistance of the ath- enla s victims and had arranged for medical and nursing care to greet them on their arrival at ports from rescue steamers within 24 hours after canada had tntcred the war the national council with representative from every pro vince had assembled in ottawa and ltss than 24 hours later had organlz ed the national war council lor the handling of the war emergency part of thls set up included committees in charge of purcliasing and distribution in cliarg of transportation in chart f ir work and in charge of the national campaign for funds the latter launchis its drive on novem ixr 13lh with an objective of 3 000 000 the commit i will seek to finance the u tsulir pence time services which red cross will maintain and to un diiwnti thr coms of uu war work wiirli iiln idv ls unritr wiv from i oi as the on official iixiliiri of tn aimv medical con in w ir tim tin red crass has re ii m li i t n 1 1 qui s for supp ies 1 1 n bmefkianc i h hi i h rtd cions tin i i k c r n addi on io h im udim c r own requm remembrance dat poppy campaign to lake place em november 11th needs of the men who have already fought for democracy should not be overlooked in attending to the needs or chose now carrying on brigadier w w poster dominion president of the canadian legion said on wed nesday in announcing the usual sale of popples on remembrance day november ii even greater public support than usual is urged by the legion on be half of those who benefit by the sale of poppies manufactured by exser vice nvm of the first great war for veterans in distress announcement of the legions alma was made b brigadier poster in view of a belief that with another war hi progress canada would discontinue observance of remembrance day he said in great britain where the war is very close to home there ls no let up in the drive to assist needy veterans through the sale of popples salt of poppies each november ser ves a double purpose the legion pres ident suld since onl disabled ex- ervice men are engaged in the man- ufart ire of these tokens or remenv brnnfi nicnattid sale of the poppies me in more work for men who need it the aotual proceeds from the sale of popples goes into a fund for assist- in cc to necdv war veterans not re- re inif lid rom im other source 1 il ir brigadier poster said it hojxd to reich an objective of 3 000 000 poppies ind 25 000 wteatha i i ii m i drive for fund other naturf in a dermic v mood can be particularly vicious but in her vilest moments she ls not much worse than a man made or ganlzation whose machiavellian ac uons of destruction every working day exercise a profound influence on the lives or canadian citizens and paradoxically enough all with the purpose of making everyday life er for people in canada and other untrles i destroy to save is the motto of organization whose story of al- maniacal destruction goes back he year 1892 when a young elec j engineer in the united states wft2r4b knowledge that to probably the greatest cause of tarn it says to manu- ricturcrs n ei duct such a wfargin of safety that even if ascd dumbly or carelesslv t s still safe as an instance n cna dlan housewife mav leave an elec ric iron fully heated to answer the door bell and be detained so lonir that thi re ls danger of fire but the laboratoiii guard any excessive danger in that direction by refusing to past i ch an iron until its safety facto has been increased to take care of such contingencies and the list of equip ment which the laboratories tes to make doubly sure that extra saf v actor is there comprises 391 piges of fine print in two columns wih a upp ement of 83 additional page the laboratories test such a varie ty of articles that it would require mall book alone to list them bu hey include such things as fire ppo tecilve appliances sprinkler systems fire exiinguisftyr fire hose afes alarm systems they fool around with gasolene and motor engines o that automo biles can be and are made almost fool proof they set a miniature roof on fire and even help it to burn fiercely by applying a wind machine in its direction all so that they may determlre the degree or are rests tance in that material they have the most ingenious machines for tor turing twisting and destroying all sorts of gadgets which are used hi the office the home or the factory they will test a safe by filling it with papers and then put it in a gas fire furnace where the heat goes up to 2000 degrees for one hour when it comes out rt is pulled up by block ancktackle to a height of three stories and dropped onto a pile of bricks simulating what might happen in a fire but that to not the end if it passes that test it foes back into the furnace for another hour and all so that that particular type can have a small tag attached if it the test in ubjtors for hit kens permanent wave machines tear ftis devices elec trically heated blankets insfticiir rririgvnmrs jus to mention only n few an put through the mill and evin when the samples have ved i alsltctorv the laboratories work does not end there articles approved and entitled to use the lags are listed these lsi are rmde available in canada through board companies and th ir associations such as the canadian underw rilers association through municipal inspectors arhltects and professional engineers in canada the board companits organizations keep elese records of the number of tags sold io those entitled to use thrm and woe betide the lndlvi dual or firm which misuses them be cause ttosetags are the guarn ee of safety to the public today 47 years artcr the birth of the idea the laboratories have world wide ramifications their work ex tends into canada they have branch es plants and representatives scattei- ed all over the north american con unent they maintain travelling electrical laboratories automobiles equipped with all sorts of testing ap paratus to visit manufacturers plants and spread the gospel of increasing safety for the public in canada and the united states there are- 195 places where representatives of the laborai torles can be consured while they also maintain close contact with the research departments of the cana dian british and american govern ments their only purpose is service for safetys sake they test thousands of articles but recommend none even when the articles have passed aq th tests and all tn all then- work of destroying to save saves rnimm and ntuuons of dollars s year canadians alone to say nothing of the 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