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Our town and civic duty

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About This Book

A school reader for elementary pupils offers short stories, adapted tales, and practical lessons that introduce civic virtues such as courage, self-control, thrift, perseverance, kindness to animals, and patriotism. It then profiles public servants—police, mail carriers, firemen, street cleaners, and sanitation workers—to illustrate dependence, interdependence, and community cooperation. Subsequent sections address personal and public safety, sanitation, and insect control, and conclude with guidance on Junior Red Cross activities and patriotic service. Teacher notes recommend dramatization, discussion, and hands-on projects to connect classroom learning with daily civic habits and to encourage respect for public institutions and duties.

HOW TO OBTAIN INFORMATION ABOUT THE JUNIOR RED CROSS

On the Division Organization Map below, find the city indicated as Headquarters of the Division in which you are situated.


Division Organization Map of the American Red Cross

Address:

The Junior Red Cross

(Name of your Division City)...........................................................
(Name of State).................................................................................
Offices of (Name of your Division)..................................
American Red Cross

For example:

Suppose you live in Montana. The name of the Division in which you are situated is “Northern.” The offices of the Headquarters of your Division are in Minneapolis.

You would address your inquiry as follows:

The Junior Red Cross
Minneapolis, Minn.

Offices of Northern Division
American Red Cross.

List of books telling about the Junior Red Cross:

“Story of the Red Cross” (free of charge). Ask for ARC 601.

“Manual of Junior Red Cross Activities” (free).

“Red Cross Stories for Children,” by Georgene Faulkner, with introduction by Doctor H. N. MacCracken.

This little volume is the property of the American Red Cross.

Note.—These books may be obtained from your Division Headquarters.


BOOKS THAT WILL BE USEFUL IN TEACHING RED CROSS ACTIVITIES

The Mary Frances First Aid Book.
The Mary Frances Cook Book.
The Mary Frances Sewing Book.
The Mary Frances Knitting and Crocheting Book.
Published by the John C. Winston Co.

FOOTNOTES:

[A] For further information, see Outline of Work.

[B] ©1917, by C. H. Miller. Courtesy of the Harr-Wagner Publishing Co.


 


 

TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE:

Inconsistencies in hyphenation have been preserved.

Obvious typographical errors have been corrected.

This eBook is dedicated to the memory of Emmy Miller.