2-18-50 Drive Aids Set-Up Display at Depot Setting up displays for the Clearfield naval supply depot Red Cross campaign now under way are Mary Wilson, left, Ogden, and Betty Herring, Salt Lake City. Drive closes March 31. Red Cross Begins Campaign At Clearfield Naval Center Tribune Special CLEARFIELD, Feb. 20-r-Cap-tains of the Red Cross fund drive at Clearfield naval supply depot Monday had launched a campaign to contct all depot employes per-sonlly and reach their 1950 goal before March 31. Pamphlets Which give canvas¬sers answers to work about the Red Cross have been distributed to team captains by Alice Shep¬herd, Ogden: But many N S D workers, such as Mrs. Mary R. Hansen, Ogden, are familiar with work of the Red Cross. It was through that organ¬ization, Mrs. Hansen said, that she first learned her son, Capt. Boyd Hansen, and his wife were taken as prisoners by the Japanese at Manila. And if it weren't for] the Red Cross, she said she could not have shipped packages of; food to them. Several civilian employes sparked the drive's opening by giving up soft drinks, popcorn and candy bars for a week. The money saved will be given in addition to their normal Red Cross con¬tributions, hey said. Volunteer workers were busy this week assembling Red Cross shaped posters and display material in preparation for the approaching Ameri¬can Red Cross drive at the naval supply depot in Clearfield. On hand to help spark the activity's campaign are Mary Wilson (left), Ogden, and Betty Herring, Salt Lake City. Clearfield Depot Sets Out To Gain Drive Goal Quickly By Jack Gertsi U. S. NAVAL SUPPLY DEPOT,' Clearfield—"R. C." stands for Real Concern, Righteous Cause and Real Cooperation along with one-hun¬dred per cent support of the 1950 Red. Cross drive at the Naval sup¬ply depot Clearfield. When you think of Red Cross, you probably envision uniformed workers rushing overseas, admin-istering aid in foreign lands or in some flood or fire-stricken area in the United States. The above description is only a small part of the over-all story of the value and help of the Red Cross which has a history of help¬fulness and chronicles of mercy written on the hearts of millions of beneficiaries throughout the na¬tion. Yet, all too frequently the re¬markable work and accomplish¬ments of the Red Cross are for¬gotten until major disaster strikes again. But the Red Cross needs no further explanation nor endorse¬ment in presenting its vital pro¬gram, to personnel of this activity. It is anticipated that as in the past, all NSD personnel friends of humanity and sympathizers with suffering will aid in putting the 1950 Red Cross drive over the top. Several civilian employes recent¬ly sparked the opening of the cur¬rent campaign—which got under way Feb. 16 and' ends March 31— by giving up the purchase of soft- drinks, popcorn and candy bars for a period of one week in the interest of increasing their normal contributions to the "Mission of Mercy." One worker, Mrs. Mary R. Han¬sen, Ogden, offered special praise for the Red Cross by expressing heartfelt appreciation of the aid rendered her son — former Army Signal Corps Captain Boyd Han-sen—who with his wife, was cap¬tured by the Japanese at Manila during World war II and held as 1 prisoner for three and one-half years. Mrs. Hansen credits the Red Cross with getting the first offi¬cial information of the safety of her kin who were first reported missing in action. She said the Red Cross gave her son and daugh¬ter-in-law "increased hope and made it possible for them to get special needy packages from home." The Red Cross is the only insti¬tution of its kind in the United States having congressional en¬dorsement. The six major Ameri¬can Red Cross missions include: Aiding in disaster; serving the armed forces; serving veterans; promoting health and safety; serv-