New Britain herald., 1916-11-01
RED GROSS MAY NOT
 BE CONTINUED HERE
Lack Of Interest Might Result in
 AffiGati0n With Hartford Branch

At the annual meeting of the New Britain Chapter of the American Red Cross held yesterday afternoon re- ports were submitted by the secre- tary, G. s. Talcott, and the treasurer, A. J. Sloper, Announcement was made that the sum of $44.50 was to be turned over to the Chapter by the D. A. R. Owing to the apparent lack of available leadership for active relief work at present, the matter of affil- iation of the local members with the Hartford County Chapter was dis cussed. The secretary was instructed to obtain information from the Na- tional society relative to the proper disposition of the funds on hand in the event of the local chapters dis banding. An adjourned meeting for definite action will be held at a la ter date.
 Report of Secretary.
 The following report was submitted by Secretary George s. Talcott:
 The activities of the local Red Cross Chapter during the past year have been accomplished through com mittees of ladies. Through the su pervision and leadership of the com mittee appointed at the meeting on December 21, shipments of articles enumerated below were made between January and April:
 25 grey blankets, AS shoulder wraps, t night shirts, 21 cotton hos pltal shirts (white), blanket robes, 1 bed jacket, 112 pillow cases, pair knitted stockings, 26 pair bed socks, } knitted mufflers, 62 knitted belts, pair wrlstlets, 29 sweaters, 56o grey fl; nnel hospital shirts, 26 bath towels, lo sheets, 96 slings, 270 rolls of bandages, goo gauge pads, 36 small pillows, 36 gauge rolls, 12O handker- chiefs.
 The thanks of the chapter were con- veyed through the press to the wom- en of the various church societies and clubs that contributed, as well as an- Dreciatit n for the use of the room in Booths block and the loan of f,1r- niture from various dealers, as enu- merated below
 Booth estate, use of room; Porter. tables and chairs; Dunlay chairs; Mitchell, desks and tables; Platt lum- Der: Miller, material Dickinson, ma terial; Abbe, tools; Plainville, 1 1-2 dozen shirts; Stanley Memorial 1 dozen shirts; South church. IA dozen 1 shirts; Center church, 12 dozen shirts; 1 Episcopal church, 10 dozen shirts; Daughters of Eastern Star, shirts; w. c. T. U., shirts; Berlin, dozen shirts; Current Events club, shirts; E. E. Girls, shirts.
 Reports of Secretary Talcott.
 Upon the summons of the militia 1 to the Mexican border, committee l headed by Mrs. Lawrence Mouat un- dertool1 the collections of articles of | which the need was apparently ur- | gent This committee and the local soldiers comfort committee were to- gether instrum ental in forwarding to Nogales the following articles, valued at $127.31: 137 comfort bags, 2 baseball outfits, 200 pounds reading matter.
 Since Miss Humphrey was unable to serve as organizer of member ship committee, and no one else was found available for the work. no concerted efforts were made along this line during the winter months 1 The failure of a considerable num- 1 Der of the original members to re- new resulted in a loss which was largely offset by the fifty-one new members who joined during the past 1 summer as the result of special CO.,