Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 45, Number 309, 9 November 1920 — Page 16
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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, RICHMOND, IND., TUESDAY, NOV. 9, 1920.
County's Chapter of Red Cross
Most In Whole State; Review of Its Accomplishments
' Editor' Note ThU " article en the
,4f prepared for the couaty hlntorjr wmnlttre aad It printed throuBh the uinrteay of Its editor. ;V SJ RUTH JAMES . The history of the Wayne County chapter of the American Red Cross dates from Feb. 1, 1917 to May 1.1919. and includes various forms of activity charactistlc of the thousands of Red Cross organizations which work- ' ed faithfully to alleviate the hard- : sh'lps and sufferings incident to the ' greatest war in the world's history. The organization of the Wayne county chapter took place in the high
- school auditorium at Richmond on the first day of February. 1917, the charter containing' 37 members, the Jurisdiction of the chapter being, confined to , Wayne county. The membership of the organization grew rapidly and by April 6. 1917. 300 memberships had . been obtained, a number of classes in first aid had been organized, a work .shop had begun operations . and workers were busily engaged in assisting the "Greatest Mother in the World" I in making surgical dressings, hospital garments and knitted articles for service men" of this country and those of our allies across the seas. Branches Established Shortly after Red Cross work was inaugurated in Richmond there came
' demands from the women of the town
ships in the county, for branch, work shops. Consequently work rooms were
" opened In the township centers, there
by enabling hundreds of patriotic Wayne county women to devote hours
of their time each day in advancing
the work of the chapter.
The headquarters of the chapter
were established in the Masonic temple, North Ninth and A, street, the large north room on the first floor of the building being-an ideal location for a work shop. The chapterexpended the small sum of $10 a mXath as
rental xor xne room, me amuuni ucmg paid to the Masonic order. The shop was open from 8 a. m. to 6 p. m., from Monday to Saturday, inclusive. At times when the demand for articles was greatest the women worked from early morning till late night, thus making it possible for the chapter -to fill all its orders promptly. First Chairman Major Paul Comstdck was the first chairman of the chapter, his term of office being from Feb. 1, 1917 to July 19, 1917. The unexpired term of Major Comstock was filled by Dr. Louis F. Ross, who served as acting chairman from July 19, 1917 to October 28, 1917, ' when he was elected chairman of the chapter, which office he held till May 1, 1919. A large amount of the credit for the success achieved by the Red
. Cross in Wayne county, -was attributed
to" DVT" Ttsfc's, who devoted much time toward building un the chapter. The personnel of the chapter administrators was as follows: CHAIRMAN
Major Paul Comstock February 1, i
1917 to July 19, 1917. Dr. Louis F. Ross. Acting Chairman July 19, 1917 to Oct. 28, 1917. Oct 28, 1917 to May 1. 1919. VICE CHAIRMAN Dr. Louis F. Ross Feb. 1, 1917 to Oct. 28. 1917. Mr. Fred S. Bates Oct. 28, 1917 to Nov. 24, 1918. Dr. Joseph J. Rae Nov. 24, 1918 to May 1, 1919. SECRETARY Mrs. Burton J. Carr Feb. 1, 1917 to March 1918.
Mrs. Wilbur Hibberd March 1918 to May 1, 1919. TREASURER Mr. Will Duning. Jr. Feb. 1. 1917 to Oct. 18, 1917. Mr. Edwin G. Crawford Oct. 18, 1917 to July 2, 1918. Mr. Albert G. Matthews July 2, 1918 to Nov. 24. 1918. . The Dickinson Trust Co. Nov. 24, 1918 to May 1. 1919. CIVILIAN RELIEF COMMITTEE Mrs. Elbert W. Shirk. ChairmanSept. 20. 1917 to June 1918. Mrs. John H. Johnson, ChairmanJuly 2. 1918 to May 1, 1919. Miss Flora Mae Green. Secretary Jan. 7, 1918 to April 1. 1919. Miss S. Ethel Clark. SecretaryApril 1. 1918 to May 1, 1919. JUNIOR RED CROSS Mr. Joseph T. Giles, Director Sept 1917 to Nov. 1918.
Mr. Jerome H. Bentley. Director
Nov. 18. 1918 to May 1. 1919. DEPT. OF WOMAN'S WORK
Mrs. Paul Comstock, Director Feb.
1. 1917 to Nov. 3, 1917.
Miss Margaret Starr. Director 'Nov. 3, 1017 to May 1, 1919. CHAIRMAN FOR SURGICAL DRESSINGS Mrs. Ollv Allison -Feb. 1, 1917 to "Apr! 1. ID'S. MTa. Klvrd II. Schi'-k April 1, "318 to Nov. il, 1918. CHAIRMAN FOR HOSPITAL GARMENTS Miss Mary Peltz June 1917 to Sept. 20, 1917. Miss Anna Lough Sept 20. 1917 to May 1. 1919. CHAIRMAN FOR KNITTED GARMENTS
Mrs. John W. Clements Sept 20, ;1917 to Jan. 1918. Miss Ann Nicholson Jan. 1918 to Sept. 1918. Mrs. Edgar F. Hiatt Sept. 1918 to May 1. 1919. CHAIRMAN FOR COMFORT KITS Mrs. Frank Critehet. CHAIRMAN FOR CANTEENS Mrs. Wilbur Hibberd Sept. 1917 to March 1918. Miss Mary Wood March 1918 to May 1. 1919. CHRISTMAS MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE Mrs. Elbert W. Shirk, ChairmanDec. 1917. ROLL CALL COMMITTEE Mrs. Frank Druitt, Chairman Dec. 1918. 3ELGIAN CLOTHING COMMITTEE Chairman. Mrs. Will Morgan April and October. 1918. Chairman, Mrs. R. P. Whisler March 1919. CHAPTER DIRECTORS Mrs. Paul Comstock Feb. 1, 1917 to May 1. 1919. . Miss Margaret Starr Feb. 1, 1917 to May 1. 1919. Mr. Fred S. Bates Feb. 1, 1917 to Nov. 14, 1918. - Mrs. Edgar F. Hiatt Feb. 1. 1917 4n Mav 1.-1919.
Miss Elizabeth Comstock Feb. 1. 1 iai7 to Nov. 14, 1918. i
Mrs. Dwight. Young Feb. 1, 1917 to Oct. 20. 1917. Mr. Elbert W. Shirk Feb.' 1, 1917 to Oct. 20. 1917. Mr. Phillip Starr Feb. 1, 1917 to
Oct. 20, 1917. Mrs. Olive Allison Feb. 1, 1917 to April 1, 1918. Mrs. Burton J. Carr Feb. 1, 1917 to Oct. 20, 1917. Mrs. Elbert W. Shirk Sept. 20. 1917 to Nov. 14, 1918. Miss Anna Lough Oct. 20, 1917 to May 1. 1919. Mrs. Burton J. Carr Feb. 1. 1917 to March 1918.
Mrs. Jeanette Leeds Oct. 20, 1917 to May 1. 1919. . Mrs. Dpma3 S. Coe Oct. 20, 1917 to May 1. 1919. Dr. Joseph J. Rae OcU 20, 1917 to May 1, 1919. Mr. Joseph T. Giles Sept. 20, 1917 to Nov. .14. 1918. Dr. Louis F. Ross Feb. 1. 1917 to May 1. 1919.
Dr. F. W. Krueger Oct 20, 1917 to
May I,' 1919. Mr. John H. Johnson Oct. 20, 1917 to May 1. 1919.
Father W. J. Cronin Oct. 20, 1917
to Nov. 14. 1918.
Mr. Howard A. Dill Oct. 20. 1917
to May 1. 1919.
Mrs. Edward II Schalk April 6,
i experience in soeial service work and
similar organizations in various pans I Af tViA o4ntn aanaftlallv In TnI til n a nhl 1 9
sne carried on tne details or me Department without interruption until May 1. 1919 and for such period hereafter as was deemed necessary. The report of the home service department to May 1, 1919 was as follows: 2822 services rendered families, information only; 2699 services rendered families, other than information; 75 families assisted financially; 520 families aided in securing allotments and allowances; 900 instruc
tions given to departing rervice men.
regarding allowance, allotment ana insurance; 40 home service workers in the county; 7 messages sent to France
for service men who -failed to receive letters from home: 7 lawyers, 4 doc
tors and 2 insurance men rendered services; 11 letters sent to Geman and Austrian families; 4 given hospital care (3 wives, 1 mother); 26 aided in securing employment; 20 nurses furnished during the influenza epidemlcof 1918. Extends Loans The' home service department not only aided in the matter of extending information but was of great assistance in a financial way, the department loaning $1161.26 to families of service men. The sum of $132.00 was donated to the home service, ?35 was expended for an office desk, $150.00 salary for assistant secretary for three months, $900 salary for secretary for fifteen months. The total amount expended fo the home service from Jan. 7, 1918 to March 31, 1919 was $4532.35. A total of 137,194 articles was made by the department of woman's work from the time of the chapter's organization to May 1. 1919. This depart
ment made surgical dressings, hos
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FLORA MAE GREEN, First secretary of home service department of the Wayne county chapter of the American Red Cross.
1918 to May 1, 1919.
Mr. George E. Seidel Sept. 20, 1917 pitai g.arments, knitted articles and to May 1, 1919. comfort kits. The hospital garment
Mr. Edwin Crawford Oct. is, iiv
to July 2, 1918. Mrs. Wilbur Hibberd March 1918 to May 1. 1919. Mr. Albert G. Matthews July 2, 1918 to Nov. 14, 1918. Mrs. John H. Johnson July 2, 1918 to May 1, 1919. Mr. Jerome H. Bentley Nov. 14, 1918 to May 1. 1919. -. Mr. A. J. Harwood Nov. 14, 1918 to May 1. 1919. Mrs. Frank Druitt Nov 14, 1918 to May 1. 1919. Father Frank A. Roell Nov. 14, 1918 to May 1. 1919. Best in Indiana Prominent persons throughout the
'county were a part" of the chapter ad
ministration ana every lownsmp con
ducted the affairs of the various branches in a most creditable manner, thus assisting in making the Wayne county chapter of the American Red
Cross one of the largest and most, active in the state. Tha chairmen of -the township branches and the time during which they served are listed as follows : Cambridge City Mrs. William H. Doney April 10, 1917 to Oct. 1918; Mrs. Fred Storch Oct. 1918 to May 1, 1919. Dublin Mrs. Eva Beeson April 17, 1917 to May 1, 1919. Milton Mrs. Edgar C. Denny April 21, 1917 to Oct. 1918; Mrs. Hester Newman Oct. 1918 to May 1, 1919. Centerville Mrs. R. S. Peelle May 16, 1917 to Oct. 1918: Mrs. H. H. Hort Oct. 1918 to May 1, 1919.
Economy Mrs. Albert Jessup July 3, 1917 to May 1. 1919. Hagerstown Mrs. Albert R. Jones July 27, 1917 to May 1, 1919. Boston Mrs. Otto M. Whitemore Aug. 2, 1917 to Oct. 1918; Mrs. Adah Starr Oct. 1918 to May 1, 1919. Whitewater Mr. George Rauck Sept. 24. 1917 to Oct. 1918; Mrs.
Frank Blose Oct. 1918 to May 1. 1919. Webster Mrs. Joseph Thompson Oct. 1917 to May 1, 1919. Oreensfork Mrs. Ora Wise Nov. 8, 1917 to May 1, 1919. Williamsburg Mrs. L. T. Cranor
Nov. 23. 1917 to May 1. 1919. Abington Mrs. Charles Kauffman
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Stinson Oct.. 1918 to May 1, 1919. Jacksoriburg Mrs. Emma Dougherty February 15. 1918 to June 1918; Mrs. Walter Kitterman June 1918 to May 1. 1019 Fountain Citv Mrs. L. O. Anderson March 5, 1918 to MayT, 1919. Dalton Mrs. Ed Beeson April 11, 1918 i.o May 1. 1919. Organization Departments The chapter organization was made up of the civilian relief committee, department of women's work, executive committee, department of the Junior Red Cross, membership and roll call committee, emergency influenza hospital and Belgian relief committees, the nurse survey and student nurse reserve organizations. Tho civilian relief department of the chapter was one of the most interesting of the organization's activities. Miss Flora Mae Green was the initial
secretary of the home service depart
ment. In order that she might be properly fitted to perform tho duties
of her office. Miss Green attended the classes in instruction given by the bureau of homo service of tho lake division of the American Red Cross
section made 25,216 articles, including 3560 pajamas, 7405 shirts (bed only) ; 152 operating gowns. 5514 miscellaneous articles, including convalescent robes, bed shoes, etc; refugee garments including 417 house gowns; 1370 underwear garments. 750 chemise, 50 dresses, 25 skirts. 60 pinafores, 491 handkerchiefs. 531 petticoats, 4457 pairs of drawers, 300 nightgowns and 134 miscellaneous articles, including layettes. Surgical Dressings Although 100,786 surgical dressings were made, this number tells only in a slight degree the vast amount of work entailed in the making of the dressings and other articles which re
quired considerable care and skill. The
record of the work in this department is shown as follows: 10.23S pads, in
cluding cotton oakum and paper-backed; 62,197 compresses, including
sponges and wipes; 15,597 muslin bandages; 3039 gauze rolls; 3052 first line packets, 100 heel rings, 6400 shot bags, 21 eye bandages and 142 pneumonia jackets. Old and young alike participated in the work of the knitting department. War days of years gone by were recalled by many an aged grandmother as she knitted daily, not only for those boys of our own country, but for any son of Uncle Sam or of the allied forces who was given aid by the American Red Cross. 10,131 Articles Knitted Yarn was dealt out to knitters as fast as it could be received. Ten thousand one hundred and thirty-one articles were knitted as follows: 2623 sweaters, 296 helmets, 133 wristlets, 48 scarfs, 37 al'ghans and 6994 pairs of socks. Six hundred and seventy-six comfort kits were made by the chapter, of this number 476 were filled and 200 unfilled. Property bags numbering 385 were made.
Every branch in the townships of
the county is represented in the report of the women's work, also all the auxiliaries of the chapter, the branches being located at Abington. Dublin, Hagerstown, Boston, Milton. Economy, Centerville, Dalton. Fountain City,
I Cambridge City, Jacksonburg, Grecns-
1917 to Oct. 191S; Miss Inez fork, Webster and Whitewater. The
auxiliaries were situated at Chester, Helm's school house and College Hill. The women's clubs of the city and county dispensed with their programs, for the most part, and did Red Cross sewing, as did the women's societies of all the churches. Junior Red Cross One of the most important and most interesting phases of work was that done by the Junior Red Cross in the public schools, the superintendent of schools being the chairman of tho
work in the city, the township branch chairman being under the jurisdiction of city chairman. Nine elementary schools and the Junior high school were organized on the room basis, the teacher of each room being in charge of the work assigned her pupils. The offices of president, vice-president and secretary were held by the children. The Red Cross work In the high school was conducted under the supervision of the student council. In compliance with the request of the national organization of the Red Cross two-week campaigns were carried on on the following activities:
Health and hygiene, thrift and conser-
at Indianapolis, during thr early days j vation. community service, gardening
of war activity of the Red Cross in Indiana. Miss Green was a conscientious worker in the boJhe service department. She visited the homes of hundreds of service men throughout the county. She was the department's secretary from Jan. 7, 1918 to April 1, 1919. Work of Miss Clark Miss S. Ethel Clark succeeded Miss
Green, the office of the bonle service section of the chapter being removed to the office of the social sen-Ice bureau, in the court house. Miss Clark continued to operate the department under the supervision of a committee composed of directors of the bureau and the chapter. Because of her wide
birds their economic value, history and development of , the Red Cross movement, social service. Make Dressings The members of the Junior Red Cross aided greatly in the production work of the chapter, their work resulting as follows: 500 surgical dressings, 3S5 property bag3. 300 handkerchiefs, 25 picture books. 75 refugee garments, 20 comfort pillows and 5 afghans. Practically all the chapter's printing was done by the printing classes of the schools. Work in the chapter work shop was done by many of the high school boys who made cheats and other necessities for the shop. The
A statistical report of the township branch organizations which follows gives an idea of the work done by the individual organizations
Fund' rained for local Ven 'ot War Knndn or Mcmb. Fees To Oct. Memberahtp 'IS to Xim of Campntjm To Oct. May 1, Breach Organised iOlH 1019 1, IMS 1018 Total Abington Dec. 5. '17 182 227 $ 29.86 $ 29 86 Boston Aug. 2, '17 203 313 509.89 $186.35 696.24 Center May 16, '17 442 552 370.90 100.71 471.61 Clay Nov. 8. '17 110 252 202.85 82.78 285.63 Dalton Apr. 11, '18 91 22.20 1.75 23.95 Franklin Sept. 24, '17 280 262 9.78 13.25 453.03 Greene Nov. 23. '17 317 266 157.41 157.41 Harrison Feb. 15, '18 131 139 11.31 11.31 Jackson Apr. 10, '17 1164 832 587.46 137.15 1124.61 Jefferson July 27, '17 234 481 159.81 214.65 374.46 New Garden Mar. 5, '18 376 308 27.90 27.90 Perry ' July 3, '17 180 291 48.92 211.04 259.96 Washington Apr. 21, '17 354 451 379.01 58.26 437.27 Webster Oct '17 205 170 27.69 53.76 81.45
boys also assisted, in the nailing up of boxes for shipment to the Red Cross warehouses. - More than $92,000 was subscribed
in the first and second war fund drives.
The result of the first war fund cam
paign in 1917 was $32,158.65 in subscriptions, of which amount $31,471.03 was collected, or 97.80 per cent. Of the amount collected the fund was distributed as follows: National Red Cross war fund $23,603.27, or 75 per cent; Wayna county chapter American ItH rv,-.co 7 8157 7C r,r '' nor OPtlt !
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from the chapter's share $1,398.28, or "'uare"
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$60,691.43 Subscribed Although the apportionment for the Wayne county chapter was only $38,000 in the second war fund drive, a campaign was launched for the raising of $50,000. it being understood that all over $38,000 was to be used for the work of the chapter. Subscriptions amounting to $60,691.43 were received, the collections to May 1, 1919 being $59,552.51 or 98.12 per cent of the subscriptions. The following distribution was made of the fund: National Red
Cross war fund $28,500, or ; peri
cent of the quota of $38,000; Wayne county chapter, American Rod Cross $31,052.51, or 25 per cent of the $38,000 quota; $1,075 was paid for the ex
penses or tnerampaign or .au per cent of the amount collected. Women's Work The Christmas membership commit
tee of 1917 an the roll call committee of 1918 were composed entirely of women of the county. The 1917 campaign enrolled 12,159 new members, which number added to the previous membership of 1,160, made a total membership of 13,349. Mrs. Elbert W. Shirk was the general chairman of the drive which was systematically planned, the city being divided into sections, each of which was headed by a captain who had the necessary number of assistants. There was a similar organization in the county. Every home, . business house and factory was visited, the reports for each day's work being turned in each evening at the campaign headquarters, located in the McGuire building, near Eleventh and Main streets. Sing Christmas Carols The drive closed-with a celebration
on Christmas eve when a large num-! ber of musical folk toured the city in automobiles, singing Christmas carols j in front of many residences where j burned in the windows candles illuminating service flags. j The singers returned to Ninth and ' North A street where they sang car-! ols from the postoffice steps. Th spirit of Christmas and the spirit of the Red Cross were one and all had ; a common interest in the organization ! which went everywhere with the boys i of the United States and the allied j nations. Mrs Frank Druit. was chairman of;
the 1918 Christmas roll call when 12,388 persons renewed their membership in the American Red Cs, in addition to 45 persons who subscribed to the Red Cross magazine.
A celebration, similar to that held at the" close of the previous campaign, took place. The total membership at the close of the drive was 12,433. Thirty-two annual members and 3 magazine members were enrolled from January 1919 to May 1, 1919. One hundred and twenty-three Red Cross magazines were sent to the school teachers of the city and county by the chapter, the work of the Red Cross thus being put before tho school children by the school instructors. Relief for Belgians Although every department, of the Wayne county chapter of the Ameri
can Hed Cn--s was busily rngaK'"'l practically all the time, there canifi times when h?lp was needed across j the seas and when mothers, fathers; and children of Belgium were in need j
rof clothing. It was at such times as.
these that not only tho Wayne county! chapter .was called to assist, but every chapter throughout the United States j was 'asked to come to th rescue.' Three shipments of clothing wero 1 made by the local chapter, the first j shipment being sent on April 3, 1918, , containing 13 boxes, weighing 4,175 1 pounds. Another shipment of 88 boxes j weighing 16,387 pounds was made on ; October 15. 198. Mrs. Will Morgan was chairman of the 191S campaign j The 1919 campaign for clothing for j
Belgian relier was managed ny Mrs. R P. Whisler. A shipment of 58 hags and 5 boxes, weighing 3.450 pounds, was sent on March 31. 1919. Work During Epidemic During the influenza epidemic of the winter of 1918 the chapter opened an emergency hospital in the Day Nursery on North Twelfth street. Here thirty-one patients were cared for. nine nurses were employed, the patients receiving a total of 239 days' treatment. The expenses of operat
ing the hospital was $20.92. nurses' '
salary $147.70. making a total of $428.62 spent by the chapter. The sum repaid by patients and the township trustees was $270.00, leaving a net expense to the chapter of $158.62. Interesting among the chapter's activities - in the county was the nurses' survey, which showed that there were five Red Cross nurses, 13 graduate nurses. 4 ungraduated nurses. 1 attendant. 36 practical nurses. 29 pupil nurses and 31 aides in the county. Record of Nurses , Wayne county, was among the honor counties in the state in the number
of-Red Cross nurses in active service, the total number being 18 or 4 more than the county's quota. The following Is the list of Wayne county nurses In Red Cross service and where they were stationed: Miss Mary Seeman, Fort Sill, Oklahoma, 'and San Juan,
I Porto Rica; Miss Wilma Wallace, Eng
land and France; Miss Lottie Banker.
j Camp Dodge, Iowa, and France; Miss
Harriett Ben, camp L.ee, Virginia, ana Camp Meade, Maryland; Miss Gladys
'Williams, Camp Lee, Virginia; - Miss Leon Flaig, Camp Merritt, New Jer
sey; Miss Haaseltine Wilson, Camp Merritt, New Jersey; Miss Jane Smith, Camp Taylor, Kentucky, and France; Miss Elizabeth Henderson. Camp
Langley, Virginia; Mi3s Bessie Moore," Camp Hancock, Georgia; Miss Grace Blume, Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia; Mies Ethel Opdyke, Fort Oglethorpe, Ga.; Miss Flossie Diehl. Fort Oglethorpe, Ga.; Miss Irene. Steen, Fort Oglethorpe, Ga.; Mrs. Beatrice Williams Rodefeld. Camp Lee, Va.; Miss Clara Kennepohi, Newport News, Virginia.
Up to January 1919 Miss Harriett Bell was the only one of the number still in. service, she having been with the Red Cross since 1918. , Besides conducting the nurses survey the chapter held courses in first aid, elementary hygiene and dietetics, more than 100 women being enrolled in the courses. A statistical report of the township branch organizations which follows
gives an idea of the work done by the
individual organizations:
The military record of 'he chapter was kept by the homeservice denart-
' ri 6nt rV V, t final ivi l , r Kf..,. 1
1919, shdwed that 9,574 men. had registered In the service since April 1, 1917; that 2,425 men were in service, of which number 114 were colored; .764 men with the American expeditionary forces; 65 men with the United States navy, sea service: 325 men
from pervic'i for various men died in Prance: "28
died in homi camps, making a total of 64 casualties; 23 m n were disabled because of tuberculosis; 28 disabled for other causes, and 2 men were returned from France disabled; 3 men were held prisoners in Germany. Helped Soldiers The canteen committee of the chapter did not do as active duty as some of the chapter committees in the state because of the fact that the division
office of the Pennsylvania lines did not consider it necessary for a permanent canteen to be stablished at the Union Station. The committee, how
ever, was ready at all times to supply
G. Starr. Mrs. Edward IL Schalk. Mrs. R. P. Whlster. Miss Anna Lough, Miss M. E. B. Culbertson, Mrs. Lovina Gebhart. Mrs. Belle Williams.
Mrs. lea Burroughs, Florence Starr.
food, at the request of officers, to, Mrs. Ros Bakers, Mrs. Rebecca Xl
troops enroute, and furnished 1,755 sandwiches, 54 gallons of coffee, 123
turkey dinners on Thanksgiving Day; 610 men were glvn canteen service and a total of $287.00 was expended bv the committee.
George K. Seidel. Howard A. Dili, ' William H. Romey, Fred J. Bartei. Frank I. Braffett, Dr. Louis F. Ross. Elbert Wl Shirk and Edgar M. Haas, Mr. Braffett serving as treasurer, Mr. Seidel as chairmifnr and'Mr. Haas as
executive secretary of the 1317 war fund committee. The 1918 war fund campaign was conducted by the Wayne county war fund committee, with Mr. John M. Lontz as chairman and Mr. Haas as executive secretary. 147 Receive Awards One hundred and forty-seven wom
en in the unty were given awards by the Lake Division of the American Red Cross for having rendered the required number of hours service to the organization. The list of those who were thus awarded follows: Mrs. Roy E. Reynolds. Mrs. Edgar F. Hiatt. Mrs. Janet R. Clements, Mrs. R. N. Beeson, Elma Todd, Mrs. Sadie Chrisman. Mrs. Wil
liam Urban, Miss Eleanor Seidel, Mrs. Harry Yates, Mrs. Emma Lowb, Maude Minck, Mrs. Florence Webster, Flora Dickman, Mrs. H. F. McNutt, Mrs. Lester Armer. Mrs. F. C. Powers, Miss Ruth Scott,
Mrs. George Shofer, Mrs. J. L. Peterson, Mrs. Walter Farlow, Mrs. Lee B. Nuscaum, Miss Mary Clements, Iva D. Carter, Mrs. V. H. Dowrey, Mrs. Luke McTigue. Mrs. Will Teetor, Miss Margaret Calvelage, Miss Rebocca Frame, Mrs. E. R. Kercheval, Mrs. T-homas Porter, Mrs. Harry L. Gibb3, Miss Annette Edmunds, Mr3. Isaac Allen, Mrs.. Robert Buck, Mrs. J. H. Duckman, Mrs. Henderson Oler, Mrs. George Balilnger, Mrs. S. A. Julian, Mrs. Florence M. Crichet, Miss Charlotte Rogers, Mrs. George A. Reid, Mrs. W. S. McClelland, Miss Anna Nicholson. Mrs. Enos S. Wright. Mrs. A. G. Luken, Mrs. A. R. Jones, Mrs. R. W. Phillips, Mrs. W. C Piehl, Mrs. Emma Graves, Mrs. E. A. Growt Mrs. Mabel Cunningham, Mrs. E. R.
I'Ulghum, Emma II. Unthank. Mrs
Stuart. Mrs. Lyda Burnett.
Mary B. Clark, Mrs. Wade Kennedy, Mrs. Mary Weaver, Mrs. Emr.. McCown. Mr Howard Anderson. Mrs. Gus Weyl, Mrs. Elmer Beall, Mrs. Ella Marshall, Mrs. Thomas Cain, Mrs. A. L. Loop, Mrs. Enos Veal. Mrs. Robert Fletcher, Mrs. Robert Butler. Mrs. R. P. Lindsay, Mrs. OUie Weyl, Mrs. Louise C. AlbTtson, Mrs. Erman Swain, Mrs. Cora Thornbuxgh. Mrs. Earl Cain, Ellen Allen. Mrs. O. H. Beeson. Mrs. J. B. Napier, Miss Minerva Florea, Mrs. Elbert W. Shirk. Miss Mary Peltz, Mrs. O. B. Fulghum, Mrs. W. B. Barton. Mrs. John Coyne, Mrs. Charles Dailey, Mrs. E. C. Caldwell. Mrs. Oliver Hiatt.
Miss Ella Cain. Mrs. Will WIssler. Mrs. Alice H. Gresh, Minnie Bragg. Mrs. J. B. Knipe, Mrs. Harry M. Burgess, Mrs. R. W. Warren. Mrs. Nora Harris, Mrs. Ed. Beeson, Martha Irvln, Mrs. E. C. Denny. Mrs. Emma Dougherty, Mrs. F. W. Beard, Mrs. Margaret Wilson, Mrs. Harriett Kiess. Mrs, Louisa Thurston, -Mrs. L. O. Anderson, Mrs. Mary Knipe,
May Halsley, Carrie B. Johnson, Dr. L. F. Ross, George E. Seidel, Cecil Cureton, Miss Mary Caldwell. Mrs. Henry Sunwalt, Mrs. Cora Callaway, Mrs. F. F. Greenstreet, Mrs. Otis Cranor. Mrs. Julia Ball, Mrs. Cora Crook, Mallnda Barton. Mrs. Joe Burroughs, Florence E. Knipe. Mrs. Leslie Brown, Mrs. H. H. Bryan, Mrs. Walter Kitterman, Mrs. 1 I. Cranor, Mrs. Robert S. Peele, Stella Bond, Mrs. J. F. Thompson, Miss Edith Dougherty. Mrs. Omer Kerlin, Mrs. Ella Hiatt, Mrs. Eva Beeson, Bertha Beeson, Mrs. Barbara Barefoot, Mrs. Julia E. Jessup, Mrs. Frank Druitt, E. M. Haas and John M. Lontz. The history of the Red Cross in Wnvno fonntv rirtes not end herA. rmt
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with their families, were benefited by this organization, which has been of invaluable service to mankind tho American Red Cross, which stood by, not alone the boys of Wayne county, but all the sons of democracy and
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