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County Red Cross Notes 68th Anniversary
The Cleveland County
Chapter of the American Red
Cross will mark the 68th year
of service in this county since
it was chartered on July 9,
1917. The original certificate
was signed by Woodrow
Wilson, President.
The Cleveland Chapter’s
petition for organization was
signed by Mrs, O. Max Gard-
ner, whose husband was
lieutenant governor at that
time. Also signing were: Miss
Selma C. Webb, Miss Foy
Moore, Miss Ora Eskridge,
Mrs. Lee B. White, Mrs.
Robert L. Ryburn, Mrs. W.B.
Nix, Mrs. C.R. Hoey, C.C.
Blanton and J.F. Roberts.
Mrs. Gardner and Mrs. Hoey
served as first chairman and
vice-chairman, respectively.
Miss Webb and Miss Moore
were secretary and
treasurer,
The Kings Mountain
Chapter of the Red Cross was
organized almost
simultaneously that July.
Signing the petition to form
the Kings Mountain Chapter
were: CK. Bell, J.E. Ber-
ryhill, W.R. Beach, B.A.
Culp, R.M. Hoyle, G.L. Kerr,
Dr. J.E. Anthony, Dr. J.
Sydney Hood, J.R. Davis,
E.L. Campbell, Dr. L.P.
Baker, F.E. Finger, EW.
Barnes, W.R. McGinnis, A.H.
Patterson, W.A. Mauney, F.
Dilling, C.E. Neisler, M.E.
Herndon, F.W. Orr and
George E. Lovell. Kerr was
named first chapter chair-
man. Other initial officers
were Mrs. M.L. Plonk, vice
chairman; P.D. Herndon,
treasurer, and Miss Bonnie
E. Mauney, secretary.
The American National
Red Cross was founded in
1881 by Clara Barton. She
previously had worked with
those wounded on the bat-
tlefields during the War Bet-
ween the States.
Clevelanders from Kings
Mountain to Casar sprang to
follow the Clara Barton tradi-
tions in 1917 when the United
States entered World War I.
The two local chapters were
founded to help with the war
“effort. The Kings Mountain
Chapter covered No. 4
Township and Grover while
the Cleveland Chapter
covered the remainder of the
county. The two chapters
merged in October, 1964.
The Red Cross in World
War I was charged, through
its chapters, with supplying
bandages, surgical dress-
ings, hospital bags and
Christmas gifts to the
military forces and gathered
refugee clothing.
Historical records in the
local Red Cross Chapter con-
tain interesting highlights of
the efforts during that time
and in later years. It was
noted that in Shelby, Mrs. O.
Max Gardner's father lent
(rent free) two rooms in a
downtown building as Red
Cross. workrooms. Others
loaned sewing equipment.
“Women throughout the
county were spurred into a
round of cutting, sewing and
needlework. They knitted
socks and sweaters against a
deadline, frantically raveling
when the finished product did
not fit the
specifications...book clubs
met in the workrooms instead
of homes and sewed instead
of reading...the non-knitters
donned surgical masks and
cut out
bandages...newspapers listed
volunteers’ names with the
postcript - these ladies are
expected at the
workroom...without further
notifying.”
“To raise money, young
ladies were posted at cotton
gins across the county to beg
a pound of cotton from every
farmer. The pounds were put
together in bales and sold for
Red Cross to buy supplies.”
Even though in the war ef-
fort, Cleveland County found
itself fighting an enemy at
home - the 1918 influenza
epidemic. Red Cross
volunteers went into homes to
care for the sick. They helped
establish an emergency
hospital in the Baptist par-
sonage in Shelby.
Throughout its history,
there have been wars. World
War II saw a reopening of the
Red Cross workrooms; the
production of thousands of
pounds of clothing and ban-
dages; contributions of up to
nearly $50,000 a year. Nurses,
ambulance drivers and
volunteers were recruited
throughout the nation to
serve overseas as Red Cross
personnel. Red Cross for
many years following World
War II, worked to clear its
name of the stigma that it
charged servicemen for cof-
fee and donuts. The Red
Cross, which has never ac-
cepted money from the U.S.
Government and is supported
entirely by voluntary giving,
was asked to establish club
facilities for U.S. servicemen
overseas where troops for all
Allied forces would be
welcome. The British high
command then made an of-
ficial request that U.S. ser-
vicemen be required to pa
for whatever they received,
just as Britain and other
allies had to because volun-
tary contributions were not
the pattern in other coun-
tries. However, they lost the
fight, in a letter dated March
20, 1942, from Secretary of
War, Henry Stimson, the Nor-
man Davis, American Red
Cross Chairman, forcing
them to go along with the re-
quest from our allies. The
Red Cross clubs operated at a
loss and represented a heavy
financial burden.
Red Cross has overcome
that setback as a highly
respected organization,
recognized all over the world
as nonsectarian and non-
political, serving humanity
and alleviating misery
wherever there is need. The
aims of the Red Cross are to
improve the quality of human
life and to enhance individual
self-reliance and concern for
others. It works toward these
aims through national and
chapter services that are
governed and ‘directed by
volunteers. These services
help people to avoid and
prepare for emergencies and
to cope with them when they
occur.
Red Cross is mandated by
Congress to provide two of
the services provided:
Disaster and Services to the
Armed Forces, Veterans and
their Families. The other ser-
vices provided in Cleveland
County are in Health & Safe-
ty, Blood, One-Family
Diseasters and Youth.
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Cleveland County was a
charter participant when the
Charlotte Regional Blood
Center was inaugurated on
Tuesday, September 28, 1948.
Approval from the local Red
Cross Board of Directors was
secured by Hal Houpe,
Chapter Chairman, and from
Dr. Z.P. Mitchell, Cleveland
County Health Department;
the Cleveland County
Medical Society; Hospital
Directors through Joe
Hamrick, Administrator;
and Dr. Phil Elliott, Presi-
dent of Gardner-Webb Col-
lege. Endorsements came
from many other sources -
the Chamber of Commerce,
schools, civic organizations,
the Ministerial Association,
etc. Mr, Larry Moore was ap-
pointed to serve as the first
Cleveland County Blood Pro-
gram Chairman,
The first bloodmobile came
to Shelby on October 28, 1948,
and was sponsored by the
Elks Club. Sixty pints of
blood was collected. During
the following year all visits
were held in Shelby with the
Elks Club and Junior
Chamber of Commerce as
sponsors. The first rural visit
was held in Lawndale. The
earliest bloodmobile
schedule found in the records
was for 1950-51 and shows the
county was given a quota of
800 pints with 11 visits
scheduled. The fiscal year
just ending on June 30, 1985,
shows that 6,594 donors
presented, 667 were deferred,
there were 107 UB’s, 822 first
em
time donors, 457 signed up as
VIPs and 5,993 pints collected
with 64 bloodmobile visits.
During this past year hun-
dreds of certificates were
issued by the local chapter in
CPR, Multimedia and Stan-
dard First Aid, Swimming
and Water Safety. $13,049.10
was spent in One Family
Disasters which were
primarily house fires in
Cleveland County. Local
volunteers also were sent to
work in larger disasters such
KM Girls State
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as tornadoes
drive to build a
home, occupied it three years
ago and paid off the note in |
May of 1984. Funding for the |
programs provided
throughout the year is provid-
ed by the two United Way
organizations in the county
and voluntary donations.
Citizens
To Give Legion Program
Girls State Citizens Patti
McGinnis, Lynn Grigg and
Ashley Gossett will present
highlights of their recent trip
to Tar Heel Girls State at
Tuesday night’s meeting of
the American Legion Aux-
iliary at the American Legion
Building.
Picnic supper will be
spread at 7 p.m. and Girls
State Citizens and their
parents will be guests of the
Auxiliary.
Miss McGinnis is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
John McGinnis of Wales
Road; Miss Gossett is the
daughter of Shirley and Mal
Brutko of West Gold Street
and Miss Grigg is the
daughter of Linda O’Shields
and Dewey Grigg, both of
Kings Mountain. All are ris-
ing seniors at Kings Moun-
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tain Senior High School.
A report of the recent state
convention attended by six of
the unit members will also be
presented, Outgoing Presi-
dent Ruth Ruff, Incoming
President Ruth Gamble,
Secretary Margaret Dover,
Treasurer Arlene Barrett,
Vice President Myrtle
Christenson and Historian
Lib Stewart attended the
meeting and brought back a
number of awards.
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