SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 25, 1941 They Made Up Weber County's Second Red Cross Unit ORIGINAL COMMITTEE . . . The following men and women shown in this picture, taken in 1918, made up the second executive com¬mittee of the Weber county chapter of the American Red Cross. They are as follows: Upper, left to right: Warren L. Wattis, A. P. Bigelow, The Weber County Chapter of the American Red Cross is today busy carrying out not only its usual peace time program, but also its war work. Headquarters of the chapter are in the new Coun¬ty and City Municipal building. Its officers are as follows: E. G. Bennett, chairman; L. Westly Rob- bins, vice chairman; Fred A. Kuhl- mann, treasurer; Mrs. Leanord G. Diehl, secretary of the board; and Mrs. C. T. Greenwell, executive secretary. The chapter is under the supervision of the Pacific Branch of the Red Cross, which is located in the Civic Auditorium in San Fran¬cisco, California, with A. L. Schafer as manager. The Weber county chapter was established in 1915 at a dinner given by Fred J. Kiesel, then mayor of the city, in honor of Mr. G. Poulterer Morris, manager of the Denver Red Cross headquarters. There were thirty guests at the dinner, of whom twenty-seven be¬came members of the organization that night and paid their initial dues. The officers appointed were Fred J. Kiesel, president; Dr. Ezra C. Rich, vice president; R. A. Moyes, treasurer, and J. D. Larson, secretary. W. H. Wattis, Catherine Carnahan, M. S. Browning, N. J. Harris, P. M. Cushnaman, Arthur Kuhn, John Edward Carver, J. W. Abbott, Mrs. R. B. Porter, Royal Eccles, and Dr. A. Condon, were the members of the first executive committee. During the year of 1916, the active work of the chapter con¬sisted largely in arousing the in¬terest of the community in the Red Cross work and securing and for¬warding such gifts as could be secured to the European war front, notably among which was a fine set of surgical instruments donated by Dr. A. S. Condon. In September definite steps were taken to en¬large the membership of the chap¬ter and to this end Mrs. Maud D. Porter, Dr. A. S. Condon, James Casey, and John Edward Carver were appointed to bring the Red Cross needs to the attention of the community. The annual election held November 17, 1916 selected the following officers: John Edward Carver, president; Miles L. Jones, vice president; R. A. Moyes, trea¬surer; and Mrs. Maud D. Porter, secretary. The response of the Ogden public was enthusiastic and the Red Cross became one of the main activities of the city. Though the organiza¬tion had just begun, all of its departments were well organized and the officers of the chapter re¬sembled a beehive of industry. The organization started with one room on the fourth floor of the old First National building, but it was not long before the whole floor was taken up. Some of the departments of the Weber County Red Cross during its first years were the Canteen, especially active when the men came home from France, which was headed by Mr. Jos. E. Wright; the Home Service department, which was supervised by Dr. Ezra C. Rich; the Motor Corps, under the supervision of Mrs. R. E. Bris¬ tol; and the Guaze department, which was managed by Mrs. L. R. Eccles. After the Armistice many of the departments were not needed, and work was slowed down. But in peace time there is need for the Red Cross as well as in war. But once again, 24 years later, war has come to the world. The Weber county chapter has re¬established her war-time depart¬ments which, like those of former days, are humming with activity. The chapters of the American Red Cross are its life blood. Through them every American has a chance to become a member of the association. The society is a voluntary organization. The men and women of Ogden who are giving their money and time to help the local chapter in doing its part in the work of the national organization are doing it gladly and freely. As long as the United States exists there will always be an American Red Cross, for they both stand for the same thing— service to humanity. Mrs. Edward I. Rich, David O. McKay and R. E. Bristol; lower, left to right, Miles H. Jones, vice president; Rev. John Edward Carver, president; Mrs. R. B. Porter, secretary and chairman, and John Watson, treasurer.