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Newspaper
The Spectator
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1942
Page
5
Red Cross workers plan a week long War Fund drive starting Monday aiming for a $66 000 county total and a $6 000 Joliet goal The drive combines regular and war needs with requests to at least double last year's donations The Red Cross notes rising wartime expenses and highlights services to armed forces families nurses recruitment and aid to prisoners and illness cases during critical times
A meeting of all volunteer Red Cross captains for Joliet's residential area was held yesterday afternoon at the YMCA. Mrs Ellery H Frost leads east side coverage while Mrs Loyd Stevens and Mrs Charles Winston co chair west side coverage. Spectator Photo.
National Red Cross week features expected speeches by General MacArthur President Roosevelt and General Eisenhower on Sunday to honor the Red Cross. Joliet leaders Levon Leron and Charles S. Crawford head the drive with county coordinator Walter Herschbach overseeing rural areas. Industry chair Arthur Kelly leads the industrial drive and Morton Hollingsworth coordinates business coverage with E. J. Gesell and others assisting.
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