Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 99, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 May 1917 — Mr. Corbin Gives Very Instructive Red Cross Address. [ARTICLE]

Mr. Corbin Gives Very Instructive Red Cross Address.

C. Ross .Corbin, chairman of the Hammond Red Cross cha"ter, gave a very interesting and instructive talk to a number of interested people in the court room Wednesday evening. Mr. Corbin has had a very good opportunity to know the great service the Red Cross has rendered and the present need of that organization. He told of the splendid work being done at Hammond and the great assistance being rendered by our former townsman, Jesse E. Wilson, who is new president of the Hammond Chamber of Commerce. The address of Mr. Corbin was not only interesting and instructive but it was very patriotic. He feels as every one who has studied the situation must feel that this country has before it a gigantic task. One of a magnitude little realized by many. One in which great numbers of men must engage as soldiers and sailors and those Who cannot so serve their country must do tiheir best to produce feed and supplies. The years before us are to be filled with sacrifice and the Red Gross will be the greatest agency to relieve pain and distress. Mir. Cprbin spoke of the strict business methods under which the Red Gross must operate and of the fact that it is under government supervisionr" The organization here will proceed at once and the following charter members have already been secured: C. W. Hanley, Rev. Christian Daniel, Ona Thompson Ross, I. M. Warbum, J. D. Allman, Rev, J. B. Fleming, Mrs. E. J. Randle, Mrs. John Eger, Mrs. F. B. Learning, L. H. Hamilton, Ethel C. Perkins, W. H. Parkinson, Chas.' G. Spitler, Mrs. A. Halleck, A. H. Hopkins, C. Ross Dean, J. J. Hunt, H. J. Robinson, Chas. H. Mills, Mrs. E. T. Harris, Mrs. A. P. Burton, Mr. and Mrs, Geo. A. Meyers, J. M. Sauser, F. H. Hemphill, Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Day, Moses Leopold, Sam Fendag.