The following appeared in the Rock County Herald on April 18, 1924:
DRIVE FOR SALVATION ARMY FUND UNDERWAY
Annual Campaign to Raise funds for Support of Mercy Workers Started Wednesday
LOCAL COMMITTEE OF FOUR PLACED IN CHARGE
Receipts to Go Into General Fund of Organization to Aid the Homeless and Unfortunate
The annual Salvation Army drive in this county commenced Wednesday, and is under the personal supervision of Miss Gillespie, of Salvation Army headquarters. The Kiwanis and Commercial clubs of Luverne have jointly undertaken to carry on the campaign in this county, and solicitation for funds will be made in this city and in the other towns of the county. The quota for the county is $900.00.
A committee of four, composed of F. A. Leicher and Ben Pelstring, of the Commercial club, and A. A. Anderson and Ivan O. Hansen, of the Kiwanis club, will be in charge of the drive. This is the annual appeal for funds made by Salvation Army headquarters, and takes the place of all other drives.
All of the money collected in North and South Dakota and Minnesota will be used in this district, which comprises these three states. In cities where the Army has a corps, as in Sioux Falls for instance, all the donations are used entirely for relief work in that place. The contributions from Rock county will be forwarded to the Minneapolis headquarters.
Although the money is sent from Rock county to the twin cities, it does not mean that Luverne and the county are not entitled to share in the funds or the relief work, for the money is available here as well as in any other place. Any cases of needy persons or families in poor and suffering circumstances should be brought to the attention of Ivan O. Hansen, who will make report of same to headquarters and secure the necessary relief. Wives and children left in destitute circumstances without a husband or father to support them, may make application for aid, and they will either be cared for at the Salvation Army home or assistance will be rendered as long as necessary.
It is everywhere recognized that the Salvation Army is doing a wonderful work throughout this country in saving the homeless and unfortunate, and an urgent appeal is made to all to donate as liberally as their purse will allow, to this worthy cause.
Donations to the Rock County Historical Society can be sent to the Rock County Historical Society, P.O. Box 741, Luverne, MN 56156.
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