The Geauga Republican-Record, 1951-10-18

CHESTER At the meeting of the Childs Taylor Chapter Daughters of the American Rev Revolution - olution Revolution held at the Chesterland Community Church on Thurs Thursday - day Thursday October 11, the following officers were elected to serve for a two year term. Regent, Mrs. Forrest Gildersleeve, Bur Burton - ton Burton Vice Regent, Mrs. James Bezdek, Russell Recording Sec Secretary, - retary, Secretary, Mrs. Clyde Harrison, Chardon Corresponding Sec Secretary, - retary, Secretary, Mrs. Stanley McBride, Chardon Treasurer, Mrs. Clif Clifford - ford Clifford Babcock, Claridon Regi Registrar, - strar, Registrar, Mrs. Harold Strong, Chardon Historian, Mrs. Le Leland - land Leland Gore, Ndwbury Chaplain, Mrs. Jay Gould, Newbury. The election was in charge of Mrs. David Parks, Chardon. The Nominating Committee included Mrs. Bert Biglow, Burton, Mrs. Parks and Mrs. J. H. Cott Cottrell, - rell, Cottrell, Chardon. Tellers were Mrs. Calvin Lewis. Hambden and Mrs. William King, Painesville. The officers were installed by Mrs. Biglow, a Past Regent. Corsages in red, white and blue were presented to the new officers.

Need Could Be Sudden “While that much is not needed now in Korea, much more could be needed, and sud suddenly. - denly. suddenly. Military leaders are worried not merely about Kor Korea, - ea, Korea, but even more about a new or bigger war. The armed forces could need every bit of a 2.8 million pint reserve in an atom war even more. “The 300,000-a-month goal for the new plasma reserve doesn’t even touch the problem of a stockpile for civil defense.. A much greater reserve—bigger by at least 7 million pints— must start building befor long,, to safeguard civilians. “The prospect, therefore, is isa - a isa blood-donor drive that will not end next July with 2.5 million pints, but will go in indefinitely. - definitely. indefinitely. “The drive already is under way. Generals Marshall, Brad Bradley - ley Bradley and Ridgway sounded the opening call in a broadcast two weeks ago. Last week, the new Defense Secretary, Robert A. Lovett, added his own plea, calling it bluntly “a blood crisis”.

Main Collection Agency “The Red Cross is the main collecting agency, and it is ex expanding - panding expanding for the job. Fourteen new derense blood centers will collect nothing but blood for the drive, and Red Cross is adding private blood banks to its roster of regular centers. “Red Cross also will continue to recruit donors at many mili military - tary military posts.But under the new Armed Forces Blood Donor Program, 28 of the biggest posts will start collecting their own donations. They’ll have a capacity of 87,000 donors ev every - ery every month. “The biggest worry is the public. “When Gen. Marshall kicked off the drive with a combined TV and radio plea to citizens to call at once to make ap appointments - pointments appointments as donors, 3,700 Red Cross chapters across the Na Nation - tion Nation had their telephones manned. Some 50 calls came in —five in New York City, none here.

The Geauga County Kiwanis Club will be host to the Rotary Club of Burton at its meeting Thursday evening, October 18th in the Town Hall at Claridon. Art Grossman has arranged for Mr. Manly C. Jensen, a new-' comer to Geauga County, who settled at Bass Lake with the big $now of last November to address the inter-club meeting. It will be an impromptu talk on China and the Chinese people, which should be very interesting since Mr. Jensen spent twenty-five years in China, Mongolia and Korea up until 1941. He returned to China to gather some possesions, without Mrs. Jensen who was not per permitted - mitted permitted to re-enter, and having foresight of the crisis made his exit from China in the nick of time.

Parking space was at a pre premium - mium premium in the village Sunday. One hundred gallons of apple butter was made in the big iron kettles in the yard by the same methods as pioneer women did it. Every ounce of it was sold by 6 p.m. Many women did their share peeling apples for the but butter. - ter. butter. Also in the yard were gen generous - erous generous supplies of cider, dough doughnuts - nuts doughnuts and fall farm produce. Stir Stirring - ring Stirring the apples in the kettles were Mrs. Lottie Hostetler, Ar Armand - mand Armand Horvath and John Ding Dingman. - man. Dingman.

But the rate of deaths among the wounded has been cut from 4 to 100 in World War II to 2.6 per 100—partly because of the use of more blood. More blood is being used in hospi hospitals - tals hospitals at home, too. “3. Too few people are giv giving. - ing. giving. Last December, when things were going badly in Korea, people at home gave over 110,000 pints of blood through the Red Cross to the Defense Department. But in July, with armistice talks in progress, they gave less than 40,000—hardly more than a tenth of the armed forces’ need.

calling on the public to do something about it—quickly. “The Defense Department has set a goal of 2.8 million pints of blood by next summer-300, summer-300,000 - 000 summer-300,000 pints monthly. The need is so urgent even military per personnel - sonnel personnel are being asked to give —the first time the armed forces have collected blood here at home in their history. “Here is why: “1. World War II plasma stockpiles are gone. Americans gave more than 13 millions rest has been used up in Korea. pints of their blood during