Las Cruces Sun-News from Las Cruces, New Mexico • Page 3

RED CRSSS'FUNCTfdNS" LIMITED, BY NECESSITY Two families started recently from mid-west to travel west: In'one family, youngest child. ill and. the doctor had recommended a change of climate. The family wound up thoir affairs, and 'although medical expenses had cut deeply into their savings, with luck, to reach Phoenix the father had been promised a job. They loaded the family possessions into the car and started.

About the. same 'time, another family, was considering a change They had no particular reason for going to California except that they had heard living was prett; easy out there, and though i they would like 'to look over th( 4 place. Nor they have enough money, for the trip, but de elded start put anyway and take their chances on getting there. Both families arrived at Las Cruces about the same time. Jus outside of town the Phoenivboun car was crowded off the road an although they were thankful tha no one Wai car'was damaged so badly It require repairs which they could not ford before they could.

go on. The occupants of the-ether car had used the last of their mone a hit to the east and also needed help to go on. Both families'gravitated to the Red Cross to seek help in their These are. mythical cases, of I course, symbolize the kind of decisfons. Mrs.

M. Irwin, executive secretkry of Dona Ana Crosa chapter with-headquarters. In Cruces has to make several -times' a week. Needy families, stranded by lack of turh to the Red Cross for help. But she cannot help them all.

Funds are limited and the Red CrosE by its nature has to certain types of programs "and services'." Hardship -cases, circumstances completely out of. their control contributed to the difficulty, 'are handled locally whenever possible. Such a- case was the first-one, and-in a-similar case'the local-office will give as sistance if If can not give.the actual cash, they ma; be able to contact someone in th' home town who will help.or th prospective "employer. In a -case of real need there: is always sympathetic willingness But in the second type'of case the. Red Cross is prohibited' from using its funds give, assistance They must.be conserved: for authorized 6'f''the' 1 -organ ization.

prio of the the Red'Cross is "disaster'" the' providing of 'food, clothing, shelter, medical and nursing care during first phase, nf the 'emergency and the giving if long- term aid to replace equipment or small, Aid to veterans and armed forces is one of. their big ing. They serve'as agent between the service man and the folks at home in many and they give'-. financial aid and: help in personal ana family Health'-services often of -the Locally, we see the'home nursing course now ending itesilla has proved' so. ptpular, that -there -are ARTY1INE Prof, and Mrs Wayne I.

Tret yen of State are ng a visti from Mr. Tretven's par- nts, Mi', and Mrs. J. 'P Tretsvjn, Bozeman, Mont. The visitors ar- Ived last Sunday and will leave ariy this Tretsven Is dairy specialist in.

the Montana State college and, was Here to take pirt In the dairy short coursd at AiM. with them are Dr. 'and also of Bozeman, Nelson is head of fhe of the Montana instltu ion. For 'the fourth time In las two years, a golfer -made a hole on Las Cruces. go) course.

Mrs. Tom playih with 'Stanley' Alcott, mad the shot on'the seventh'hole, i a game on House guests of Mr. and Mrs O. H. Brown are Misses Sally Thomas, cousins of Mr to; speni the winter months, their, home is Gallipolis, Ohio.

Also here briefly were Mr. and Mrs. 1 John Lawrence' Brown of Albuquerque, who have home after visiting for a short time with' the rowns. Weeds No Pesis To Angeles LOS ANGELES Weeds' are a nuisance to hjoit folks. But Caroline they-are the raw material of Mar- In strips the.

buds and blossoms rofn weeds in yard and 'scant lots and fashions them into miniature floral arrangements. Most of her under six Inches high. The' smallest a bouquet tucked into: a. which serves as a vase. She.uses such odd objects as .22 caliber cartridges, buttons and -pill box covers as bases and supports.

Head of the Los Angeles Club 1 miniature section! has woh two''first prizes for her work at, the. International Flower Show. BOUGH SAILING AHEAD HANOVER. N. H.

Wl Part- mouth football' coach Tuss McLau- ghry' is having-long range night- ma.res. these "I- shudder whenever I think about scheduling 'Army 'for that'four game series' that 'Starts in 1951," he many requests similar and -for more advanced courses by have completed the first ald'courses for Juniors are popular' and a local Girl Scout troop has just received certificates for such a course. Last summer thi! water safety and accident prevention course at the'pool drew many youngsters. When the new tjospltal opens there will undoubtedly lie a mand for some phase of Uonal blood program'to be'carried out. Supported 'entirely by voluntary donations, the Red Cross -money must tie used for the humanitarian purposes f.Qr it Js Mrs.

Weise is loci! Red Cross, chairman, and Mrs. Irwin tfye executive secretary, is in the office, Sfee Is Doing Big Business; Has 25,000 Patrons By BOYLE NEW-YORK. Jan. '-28 I.SW It is no joke having feet, tig chough to stamp put forest fires. And in pi-e-Avar days men with real finding They got little weary of being -told, you- wear And got tired of JW.to custom built as.

few stores stocked anything beyond size 11 or 12. Bernie Lazarus became aware of this problem while selling shoes to the army during the war. He discovered about 3 per cent of the troops had extra size feet "Why shouldn't someone cater to these forgotten men when pence comes?" He asked a supply major. "It's a idea," said the major. So Bcmie and two friends launched the King-size Shoe Com party in K.pckton, Mass.

The; guaranteed to fit any gent wit: a flapper between sizes 10 and 1( The firm had at the end of a' year. By the clos of 1049 it had 25,000 customer and better than a J250.000 turn over. Among Ihe customers are museum curator, a broadway pro duccr, Hollywood stars and least one governor. "The governor Is Big Jim Fo som of Alabama," said Lazsni "But 1 can't tell you the name of the Hollywood actors. Thej want to keep a Mcrct.

1 He has found many men a THE STORE THAT THRIFT NEVER SUCH VALUES ftremeVy sensitive the! feet. In self-conscious let rs they refer to them' as "rtiy nder-whito kickers." my eenies," or tootsies." Lazarus-- he's, tlH elf has ound-even' In. per ally business it Is commercially mpracticable er thin sentiment jhe len with'even "emperor--size" eet "The.only man I wasn't able to 0 anything for was a famous rrestier," Bernle hmiled. "He had foot as wide as a table." He says there appears to be no irect connection between big feet and a man's own physical size, race or occupation. As far as he cnows, only one of his customers a detective.

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