Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 June 1917 — RED CROSS BENEFIT EVENTS [ARTICLE]

RED CROSS BENEFIT EVENTS

Ball Game and Dance Help Swell the Local Fund. Red Cross week is indeed a busy one in Rensselaer. Aside from the meetings already reported a baseball game between the Foresters and militia team took place at Riverside park yesterday afternoon, but The Democrat went to press about the time the game was called and is unable to give either the gate receipts or result. A parade from the court house square to the ball ground was one of the features of the afternoon. Captain Tuteu< and a squad of the; national guard, the Rensselaer

band. Boy Scouts. Camp Fire Girls and other organizations took part in the parade. Another event staged for Red Cross benefit was a popular Knights of Columbcs dance at the armory last night, and early indications pointed to one rif tie largest crowds ever present at a local dance. The girls at the A. Roth garment factory also sold a large number of tickets to a Red Cross benefit- show at the Star theater last night-