New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 20, 1918, Page 5

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Brooks, who has devoted so much Ume and energy in organiz- in efficient Red Cross chapter in city, was re-elected chairman of » New Britain branch at the annual eting held last evening. The title pid i fldos Mo ARG S of honorary Mayor G. A. was elected vi Litoyan Bojnow vice chairman. elected secretary, Thompson Healey chairman was given to Quigley. A. W. Stanley chairman and Rev. was chosen second B. W. Irving was with Miss Grace assistant, and R. R. was named as treasurer, 20,000 Members in City, as Chairman Brooks, in presenting the | following annual report, sald that there are 20,000 Red (ross members in this city: Good blood makes firm tissue, strong nerves, steady eyes and clear brain. Keep your blood pure and tull of healthy, red corpuscles, and your liver active, by using Beecham’s Pills, which remove poiscnous matters from the system, assist the stomach to assimilate its food, and the food to nourish the body. A world- famousremedy to strengthen the vital organsand help to Make Pure Blood Diractions of Special Value to Women are with Every Box. Sold by diuggists throughout the world. In boxos, 10c., 25c. | important | to carry | burden. “A complete review of the chap- ter activities for this last year would be almost impossible. In general, it may be said that our speeding up pro- cess due to our own entry into the war reached a climax about last May when, as the result of every sort of )peal, we had the whole community fairly behind us. Had there been the need, I think we could have produced even more, so loyal and numerous our workers had become, But by spring the multiplication of chapters throughout the country had so in- creased the total output that it was apparent the East no longer needed more than its share of the In general also this year has been notable for many new lines of Red Cross work and, as the result of a more comprehensive and thorough division mangement, for many changes in our methods. “Every department has undergone changes. Chief among these is the new method of dealing ! with our vastly increased memfbership | now numbering over 20,000. The old | collect all | ber. method of sending out bills became impractical and it was decided to fol- low the national organization and our membership fees at the annual Christmas campaigns which were inaugurated last Decem- All memberships were therefore allowed to lapse until the week be- fore this coming Christmas when a eampaign will solicit the dollar mem- ! bership from all our old members and | government order. | plied as many new ones as we can enroll. Work Done For Government. “Another innovation has been the This was first ap- last winter to the surglcal dressings and, in the spring, was ex- tended to hospital garments. The CALLY | department has become an assembling i place only, | outfit to each new ! for camp has also heen abandoned by | tho | That HO- HUMS ~ =} HAD A Bum/ NIGHT - 4 MePPE 1T " COME ouT UMD STAND, SOME NONSENSICLES BY You” government furnishes the material di- rect to the Red C(ross division which apportions it to the chapters to be made up. “From this change naturally lowed the purchase material all cut fol- of our garment so that our cutting with greatly increased capacity for turning out product. “Our practice of giving a knitted soldier as he left direction of headquarters, who find it more practical to equip the men at! their training camp through the Red Cross field director. “In all these changes you will note a determined effort on the part of the organization to meet conditions frankly and to increase production. The untiring band of women who are meeting these conditions in our work- rooms will think I have done scant justice to the subject of changes, but I could not begin to enumerate the changes in details, orders and directions to which they have uub- mitted with extreme good nature. ““Wo have also broadened, increased our scope and added new departments. Here, again, the wonderful organiza- tion of the American Red Cross should have all the credit, for our chapter ZDNCLDA Guiltiest Feeling \ PLAY 177 1 von'T has but followed out the directions as best it could of our divisional head. Other Branches of Activity. “In common with all other chapters we formed last November a home service department of civilian relief. This was a new and difficult under. taking. The war buresu was already a working committee anpointed by the mayor with a clerk paid by the city, with certain funds at its disposal and with a sub-committes on relief dealiny with the very problems that homa servico program covered. “We have a committee on first aid, and some classes in home nursing | were held last winter, though there has not been the call here for this in- struction that should have been. We held a campaign for the enrollment of | nurses for overseas duty last June and enrolled nine, with eigh for home defense. We have now just completed the government questionnaire and card catalog for nurses of all grades. ‘““Another activity that we have un- dertaken s the collection of used clothing for the Belgians and French. We have shipped elght large boxes through the Durvea Rellef in the course of the year. We sent twenty- one in the spring through the Red | Cross, and have just completed the shipment of 80,000 pounds that was all collected October 5 in a Whirlwind campaign. “We have a conservation commit- tee collecting material needed by the | government, and another committee on personnel seeking people for Red ! Cross service overseas and helping | them to prepare their papers. A num- | ber of recruits have enlisted for this | service and several are now awalting | their summons; one from New Britain has so far seen foreign service in th. Red Cross and two others are on their way. “Finally, we have a big committee handling the shipment of soldlers’ Christmas ipackages In the post office. Women Aid Greatly, “Our regular and most important work I have not yet mentioned. Day in and day out, the year through, the women of New Britain have been sew- ing, knitting and making dressings for the hospitals, until the figures are quite astonishing. “The people of New Britain have supported the Red Cross loyally, not alone in the work as shown by the | output just referred to, not alome in the great spring money drive, but by | a series of gifts direct to our chap- ter, the result af entertainments too “VELCT=T M TGLATN DoT King PIZNE 1SS OVER .MIT, 1SS MINE OLD FRENT GOTT WHO VISHES To MAKE To ME_A_APOLOGY, DIs 185 MR, HoHNZOLLERN - NoT; 357" OI::- Such LANGuaGe! DoT 155 TERRIBLE To SPEAK. To mEe | Like DoT." ~BUT I'M HAFFING A ROTTEN TimeE NoBoDY Comes . BY, ME’ “ MY MY SUCH A FAMILIAR To CaLL ME ‘Bl - 2. WHO 187 FEELING SO WELL ToDAY- i CAN'T COPYRIGHT TecepHonE !, AMERICAN SOLOIER ~ Yau 7, WiHaT Can t Do.For” You 7 1918, _NEW_YORK_TRIBUNE iNC) numerous to mention given through | dressings department of the N. B.] house committee effectively supervised the year. 1 have tried to express the thanks of the chapter, but often times checks are sent direct to the treasurer and I do not even know of them. For the generous treatment in the matter of rent, I thanks of the chapter. headquarters, but Not only our junior department want! also to express the | rooms are now given us rent free, be- | side which we had the Styles house last spring, and recently Mr. Kolod- ney's store on Arch street for our Bel- gian relief."” Work Valued at $91,3 in the military relief wor Mrs. A. C. 9. report McKinnie reviewed the ac- , complishments of the women of New Britain. Her report follows:— “The military relief department is divided as follows: Purchasing, house committee, publicity, surgical dress- ings, culting, knitting, sewing, pack- ing, transportation. Production. Quantity. | Hospital garments 12,529 ' Hospitad supllies . Knitted articles .. Refugee garments Miscellaneous articles diers Surgical dressings , | duction Total articles . eeeeee..8321,422 Total value .$91,329.00 The purchasing department was ably managed by Mrs. J. H, Robinson, who resigned June after serving faithfully for over a year. She was succeeded by Mrs. F. A. Searle, who is conducting this work very suc- cessfully. Mrs. Walter H. Hart gave the fol- lowing report for the surgical dress- ings committee:— “On October 15, 1917, the surgical N AVAAVAAVAAVA QY \/ Y to the days VEAVASAVAAVIAVARVAAVAAVALTVAL Chapter, American Red Cross, be gan its war work with a course of | instructions in the preparations of Red | Cross surgical dressings, under the direction of Miss Constance Lee. Nineteen women completed the course of eight lessons, and under their su- pervision, the workroom ‘at No. :ol Court street was opened and surgi- cal dressings were produced in con-l stantly increasing numbers. ! “On June 1 the New Britain branch | of the national surgical dressings | committee became merged with the| Red Cro: This organization under the supervision of Mrs. H, B. Hu- mason had been doing splendid work for more than a year, and from the | main workroom at No. 169 Vine street had directed the work of auxiliaries in Plainville, at the Stanley Works, Landers, Frary & Clark, the First Church, the South Church, the Metho- dist Church and the Normal School. ate in Atlantic Division headquarters sent a letter to all chap- ters limiting their production of | ings to the exact kind and quan- specifically called for by the division. Chapters were assured that | the situation was being well cared for, since the surgical dressing pro- had been constantly increas- ing and had reached a point higher than estimates indicated as neces- sary for some months to come. This order necessitated the closing of those auxiliaries which could not con- veniently handle the irrigation pads which now were to constitute our regular output, and the Plainville auxiliary is now the only one pro- ducing surgical dressings. Other Reports Received. E. W. Pelton, chairman of the June, Mrs. AVAAVALVAAVAAVALVAAVAAVAAVAAVAAVAAVAAVAAVAAVALY YouNeed Less Sugar When POSTUM is your table beverage The natural flavor of this family table drink is close- ly like excellent coffee. PosTUM is a good addirtion these saves sugar. No cafteine-No sleepless nights &6 5 2 Theres a Reasan &"A'.'A“AWWAWA“A"WA“AWAWA"AW& grocery list | ana the work of this department, until sha found it necessary to resign Septems ber 1. The various duties comiprisq telephoning, cleaning, card systemg filling orders for supplies, etc. Mrs, J. H. Kirkham was appointed chairman of this committee, Novem= ber 20, 1917. Mrs. F. B. Mitchell, directos of the cutting work, was untire ing in her efforts to supply the great demand. Cut, garments are now be= ing supplied from national headquar< ters, which relieves the pressure to & great extent. From the showing made by the knitting department, Mrs. E. J. Por= ter, supervisor, is to be congratu- lated. The recent allotment of 8,000 pairs of socks, 2,000 sweaters , 342 helmets, was almost completed, when the balanoce was cancelled and we are now alloted 1,000 pairs of socks and 600 sweaters per month, until Janu~ ary 15, 1919. One of the most important depart- ments, of which Miss Flora Bronsom| was supervisor, was the making of sample garments, directing of sewing, inspecting of finished articles has been an arduous task, but has| been cheerfully fulfilled. We are| most fortunate in being able to ses cure Mrs. C. A, Schmidt as Miss Brone| son’s successor, the report said. School Children Aid. Principal Louis P. Slade of the Ne Britain High School presented h report for the Junior Red Cross Chap«i ter, including practically every school child of New Britain, Plainville, Neww ington and Berlin. The sum of $2,808 was raised and deposited with Rober$ Chapman, treasurer. Current ex- Ipenses were met from this fund. " % VAVIAVIAVIAVOAVIAVIAVIAVIAVIY VIAVVAVIAY. A PAVIAN;