Red Cross Scrapbook 1934: page 38 - June
Collection: Red Cross Scrapbook 1934
Title
Red Cross Scrapbook 1934: page 38 - June
Red Cross Scrapbook 1934: page 38 - August 1932 and June 1933
Subject
Great Depression, 1929-1939
American Red Cross
Food relief--Kansas
Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.)
Description
A page from the 1934 scrapbook of newspaper clippings from the Arkansas City (Kansas) Traveler, dated from August 2, 1932 to June 20, 1934. The scrapbooks were created by local Red Cross volunteers. Articles during the Depression years covered food and other relief efforts, and documented unemployment issues.
Creator
Arkansas City (Kansas) Traveler
Source
Arkansas City Public Library , Arkansas City, Kansas
Publisher
Arkansas City Public Library, Arkansas City, Kansas
Date
1932-08-02
1933-06-15
1933-06-29
1934-06-20
Contributor
Red Cross volunteers
Rights
Used with permission of copyright holder. Further reproduction prohibited without permission.
Format
application/pdf
Language
English
Type
Clippings
Identifier
RC34034
Coverage
Cowley County, Kansas
Citation
Arkansas City (Kansas) Traveler, “Red Cross Scrapbook 1934: page 38 - June,” Digital Arkansas City, accessed May 3, 2024, https://arkcity.digitalsckls.info/item/93.
Text
700 Fruit Jars Have Been Distributed Here
Seven hundred fruit jars have been distributed this summer from the Red Cross office to needy families of the city for canning garden products.
This number has been apportioned among 35 families and has been helpful in taking care of the situation. There are still tomatoes and corn to be canned, however, and many families could use more jars.
According to Mrs. Fern O’Bannon, social worker, the gardens, for which free seed was distributed, have been a big help to most of the families who planted them. Most of those receiving seeds have carefully cared for their gardens and have canned vegetables for next winter.
This is the time of year when charitable organizations expect to stock their cupboards with clothing to meet the demands for starting children to school this fall. Donations so far have been fewer than usual this summer and unless they begin coming in soon it will mean an inadequate supply.
Writes of Life at U. S. Forest Corps Camp
Calvin E. Lewis, who is in the civilian conservation corps camp at Park Rapids, Minn., has written a descriptive letter of the camp to his uncle, O. M. Lewis, route four. 6-29-33
Calvin is located near the Itasca state park and the Red Lake Indian reservation, where, he says there are “a million pine trees to the acre and a million mosquitoes to each tree.”
Two hundred and twelve men were in his camp when it located in Minnesota June 16, Calvin writes, but daily a few leave, unable to stand the mosquitoes, and only about 190 were left when Calvin wrote. Mosquito netting has been provided for the beds and those in camp are protected at night.
The working schedule is from 7 a. m., to 11:30 a. m. and from 1 p. m. to 3:30 p. m. The work consists mostly of cutting down trees, making trails and clearing underbrush. In the evening the group indulges in football, baseball, boxing and beautifying the camp grounds. The temperature is around 90 degrees through the day but the mornings are chilly.
“Meal time is the best time,” Calvin writes, “and every man tries to be first in line as there is always plenty of food.”
In his letter Calvin stated that a neighboring camp has dwindled from 212 men to 85. The camp is located near a swamp and the majority of the corps were unable to stand the mosquitoes. The 85 men will probably be transferred to Calvin’s camp, he said.
The Tribune is suggesting that the patrons of the commissary cease picking on Matthew Larson the poor commissioner. We are inclined to think that Mr. Larson is an efficient official and is only obeying orders in whatever he does by those who are running the commissary. We suggest that if | any patron is dissatisfied, not to pick on Mr. Larson but settle their difficulty or take up their controversy with those who issue the orders to the poor commissioner of Cowley county. 6-15-33
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tastes and effort, but despite this, those identified with relief work believe a considerable saving can be made in cost of caring for the needy by canning vegetables and other edibles this spring and summer for distribution during the winter. Aside from the county
garden yields, it is believed, that -ch in the vegetable line and perhaps some fruit will be available to those who would can, probably at little or no cost.
Mr. Stutz, in his general letter, suggested that those in charge of relief begin collecting the necessary equipment.
Less Than $20,000 Is Left of $75,000 Fund
A balance of less than $20,000 remains in the fund made avail able by the county’s recent $75,000 bond issue, County Commissioner W. F. Walker announced Wednesday. The bonds were sold to take up warrants outstanding against the county poor fund, and the money was received about ten days ago.
Warrants amounting to about $19,000 have been retired, Commissioner Walker said, and out-| standing claims total $37,849.
If the remaining warrants are taken up, the $75,000 fund will be exhausted by the end of this month, Walker predicted.
6-20-34
Original Format
Newspaper clippings on scrapbook paper.
Title
Red Cross Scrapbook 1934: page 38 - June
Red Cross Scrapbook 1934: page 38 - August 1932 and June 1933
Subject
Great Depression, 1929-1939
American Red Cross
Food relief--Kansas
Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.)
Description
A page from the 1934 scrapbook of newspaper clippings from the Arkansas City (Kansas) Traveler, dated from August 2, 1932 to June 20, 1934. The scrapbooks were created by local Red Cross volunteers. Articles during the Depression years covered food and other relief efforts, and documented unemployment issues.
Creator
Arkansas City (Kansas) Traveler
Source
Arkansas City Public Library , Arkansas City, Kansas
Publisher
Arkansas City Public Library, Arkansas City, Kansas
Date
1932-08-02
1933-06-15
1933-06-29
1934-06-20
Contributor
Red Cross volunteers
Rights
Used with permission of copyright holder. Further reproduction prohibited without permission.
Format
application/pdf
Language
English
Type
Clippings
Identifier
RC34034
Coverage
Cowley County, Kansas
Citation
Arkansas City (Kansas) Traveler, “Red Cross Scrapbook 1934: page 38 - June,” Digital Arkansas City, accessed May 3, 2024, https://arkcity.digitalsckls.info/item/93.Text
700 Fruit Jars Have Been Distributed Here
Seven hundred fruit jars have been distributed this summer from the Red Cross office to needy families of the city for canning garden products.
This number has been apportioned among 35 families and has been helpful in taking care of the situation. There are still tomatoes and corn to be canned, however, and many families could use more jars.
According to Mrs. Fern O’Bannon, social worker, the gardens, for which free seed was distributed, have been a big help to most of the families who planted them. Most of those receiving seeds have carefully cared for their gardens and have canned vegetables for next winter.
This is the time of year when charitable organizations expect to stock their cupboards with clothing to meet the demands for starting children to school this fall. Donations so far have been fewer than usual this summer and unless they begin coming in soon it will mean an inadequate supply.
Writes of Life at U. S. Forest Corps Camp
Calvin E. Lewis, who is in the civilian conservation corps camp at Park Rapids, Minn., has written a descriptive letter of the camp to his uncle, O. M. Lewis, route four. 6-29-33
Calvin is located near the Itasca state park and the Red Lake Indian reservation, where, he says there are “a million pine trees to the acre and a million mosquitoes to each tree.”
Two hundred and twelve men were in his camp when it located in Minnesota June 16, Calvin writes, but daily a few leave, unable to stand the mosquitoes, and only about 190 were left when Calvin wrote. Mosquito netting has been provided for the beds and those in camp are protected at night.
The working schedule is from 7 a. m., to 11:30 a. m. and from 1 p. m. to 3:30 p. m. The work consists mostly of cutting down trees, making trails and clearing underbrush. In the evening the group indulges in football, baseball, boxing and beautifying the camp grounds. The temperature is around 90 degrees through the day but the mornings are chilly.
“Meal time is the best time,” Calvin writes, “and every man tries to be first in line as there is always plenty of food.”
In his letter Calvin stated that a neighboring camp has dwindled from 212 men to 85. The camp is located near a swamp and the majority of the corps were unable to stand the mosquitoes. The 85 men will probably be transferred to Calvin’s camp, he said.
The Tribune is suggesting that the patrons of the commissary cease picking on Matthew Larson the poor commissioner. We are inclined to think that Mr. Larson is an efficient official and is only obeying orders in whatever he does by those who are running the commissary. We suggest that if | any patron is dissatisfied, not to pick on Mr. Larson but settle their difficulty or take up their controversy with those who issue the orders to the poor commissioner of Cowley county. 6-15-33
---------*----------
tastes and effort, but despite this, those identified with relief work believe a considerable saving can be made in cost of caring for the needy by canning vegetables and other edibles this spring and summer for distribution during the winter. Aside from the county
garden yields, it is believed, that -ch in the vegetable line and perhaps some fruit will be available to those who would can, probably at little or no cost.
Mr. Stutz, in his general letter, suggested that those in charge of relief begin collecting the necessary equipment.
Less Than $20,000 Is Left of $75,000 Fund
A balance of less than $20,000 remains in the fund made avail able by the county’s recent $75,000 bond issue, County Commissioner W. F. Walker announced Wednesday. The bonds were sold to take up warrants outstanding against the county poor fund, and the money was received about ten days ago.
Warrants amounting to about $19,000 have been retired, Commissioner Walker said, and out-| standing claims total $37,849.
If the remaining warrants are taken up, the $75,000 fund will be exhausted by the end of this month, Walker predicted.
6-20-34
Original Format
Newspaper clippings on scrapbook paper.