MILL WHISTLE
Local Citizens Will
Give Blood For Armed
Forces September 21
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Quota Is 200 Pints When
Bloodmobile Makes Third
Visit To Armory
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The Red Cross bloodmobile is again
Coming to the Tri-Cities. It will be at
the Leaksville armory i'rom 11 a. m.
Until 5 p. m. Friday, September 21.
When the Bloodmobile came here in
February 201 pints of blood were given
for the Armed Forces. A smaller num
ber of donors participated on the Blood-
ftiobile’s second visit in May. The quota
tor the third visit next Friday is 200
pints.
D. L. Craddock, Red Cross blood
program chairman, said it would be
Necessary to schedule all donors so that
as many as possible can be accomodat
ed. Persons who wish to give blood and
have not yet received an appointment
fnay call the Red Cross office (Tel. 686)
or Radio Station WLOE (Tel. 701).
So great is the need for blood that
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“Y” Membership Drive Starts Monday, September 24
Council Meeting's
Set For This Week
The Carolina Cooperative Council and
*^he Junior Council will resume their
ttieetings this week after having been
Suspended during the summer months.
The Junior Council meets Tuesday, Sep
tember 18, and the Senior Group con-
''enes Thursday, September 20. Each
ttieetlng will be at Central Y.M.C.A. at
y^SO p. m. New officers will be installed
both councils.
For its program Tuesday the Junior
Council will have Frank R. Angell,
humorist and homespun philosopher,
''^r. Angell, who is superintendent of
'Mortgages for the Shenandoah Life In
surance Company in Roanoke, Va., i.'i
Mdely known as an entertainer. In ad-
'^ition to his talks he often sings in a
humorous vein accompanying himself
the piano.
Speaker at the Thursday evening
Meeting of the Senior Council will be
I. G. Greer, outstanding North Caro-
hnian, a former superintendent of the
baptist Orphanage in Thomasville, and
*^ow Executive Vice President of the
business Foundation at the University
North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
Campaign chairmen at each Y.M.C.A.
unit and the Girls Club are to be ap
pointed this week for the annual Tri-
City Y.M.C.A. membership drive to be
ccnducted September 24-29. Names of
captains and workers likewise will be
announced following meetings early this
week.
Under the same plan that proved suc
cessful last year the drive will be car
ried On by each unit under direction of
the president of the local “Y.” Cash
prizes for the winning solicitors and a
cup to the unit receiving the highest
percentage increase in membership are
to be awarded.
Shown above as they discussed plans
for the campaign, left to right, are
Frank T. Suttenfield, president. Central
Y.M.C.A., Zell D. Ford, president, Tri-
City Y.M.C.A. board of directors, and
J. W. Norman, president, Leaksville “Y.”
First Aid Course Will
Open Monday At “Y”
Fieldcrest Mills is sponsoring a First
Aid Class which opens Monday, Septem
ber 17, and continues for two weeks. The
course is to be taught by O. Franklin
Griffiths of the N. C. Industrial Com
mission. The class will meet at Central
Y.M.C.A. for two hours each day Mon
day through Friday. The first class will
meet each evening from seven until nine
o’clock. Plans are to start a morning
class if there is a sufficient number of
persons interested in enrolling.
The official Red Cross first aid course
with a Civil Defense supplement will
be taught. Red Cross first aid training
certificates will be awarded all persons
who successfully complete the course.
Employees who desire to enroll should
contact their department supervisor.
Others may enroll by telephoning H. E.
Williams, Safety Director, Tel. 709.
Girls Club To Hold
“Open House” Event;
Entertainment Planned
The public is invited to visit the Girls’
Club in Spray during “open house”
frcm 7 p. m. to 10 p. m. Thursday, Sep
tember 27. Purpose of the event is to
acquaint Tri-City citizens with the
facilities and program at the Girls’ Club.
Men and women are invited.
The Tri-City Band will play a con
cert and there will be refreshments and
door prizes. Entertainment is being ar
ranged by Mrs. Jesse DeHart, Jr., Mrs.
R. A. Butler, and Dwight Livingstone.
Miss Isabelle Buckley, director of the
Girls’ Club, said: “We hope that, in
addition to our members and friends,
people who have never visited the club
will come to see us during the open
house.”