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Newspaper
The Wakefield News
Location
Wakefield, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1917
Page
4
Dear Jerry the Larks club showcases a playful alphabet introduction with members Angeline Anna Bernice Blanche Edna Emily Esther Gladys and more. The group led by president Gladys planned a second introduction and boast about a lively town club. Thanksgiving Eve the Wolverene gave the Larks a dance in the town hall and the group is forming a basketball team with weekly practice in the high school gym and plans for several games this year.
The Lark Club held its first basketball practice on November 28 with enough players to form a team. Edna starred as guard and Ed will later teach bow tie tying. A Wolverines dance followed and Hazel caused a late whistle, with playful banter about K. C. and teacher codes among the girls.
800 acres four miles north of Ewen Michigan with good roads and soil. Portions described as well timbered or cleared. Owner needs cash quickly, sale must be concluded soon. For particulars call at the Advocate office or write 555 Wakefield.
The War Council of the American Red Cross urges near universal citizenship level membership. Aiming for three quarters of a million Michigan members, the drive seeks to link Christmas spirit with wartime mercy and sacrifice, establishing a lasting Red Cross tradition beyond the 1917 campaign.
Detroit special reports that Michigan received a national Red Cross compliment for its wartime efficiency. The state remained intact as a single unit during reorganizations and led in countywide organization. Headquarters are at 110 Fort Street West with state officers chaired by Sidney Miller and supported by McKee Ashbaugh McGregor Quirk King and Jones coordinating bureaus and relief efforts.
A dollar pledge to the Red Cross is framed as joining a world effort. The appeal links giving to aiding loved ones and friends serving humanity and democracy, presenting the donation as buying “a dollar’s worth of aid and comfort” for those in service.
The Michigan State Board of the American Red Cross established its inspection and transportation department in Detroit at the Marquette Building. Volunteers, led by Mrs. R. H. Ashbaugh, sort pack and ship hospital garments bandages and knitted goods to military forces overseas and at home, with 590 women enrolled and plans to exceed the campaign quota.
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