Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-05-01
RED CROSS
IS ORGANIZED
MEETING WEDNESDAY ATTEND
ED BY NEARLY 100 LADIES
OF THE VICINITY.
MRS. MONKS CHOSEN CHAIRMAN
Another Meeting Being Held at the
Union Church Today.

Boomers Ferry's auxiliary of the
Spokane chapter of the Red Cross
was organized Wednesday afternoon
at meeting held at the court house
which was attended by nearly a
hundred women of the city and vi
entity. Mrs. j. l. Monks was elected
chairman; Mrs. w. F. Yahne, vice
chairman; Mrs. l. Causton, vice chair
man; Miss Margaret Wolfe, secre-
tary, Miss Goldie Cave assistant
secretary and Rev. G. H. Wilbur,
treasurer.
The use of the room in the Fitz-
patrick building on Bonner avenue.
west of the Casey hotel, has been
donated to the Red Cross auxiliary
and at the meeting which is being
held this afternoon at the Union
church various committees will be
named and a program of work for
the summer will be ort!ined.
The organization of the local aux
iliary of the Red Cross was effected
under the direction of Mrs. H. w.
Ranlett, representative of the Spo-
kane chapter who came here at the
solicitation and as the guest of Mrs.
]. |. Monks. The meeting Wednes-
day opened with an Invocation by
Rev. Henderson after which Mrs.
Ranlett gave an interesting address
IN which she told of how the Red
Cross work started, of its growth
and of the work ACCOMPLISHED and
being attempted. Mrs. Ranlett told
that fifty nations of the world are
now affiliated in Red Cross work.
She explained that the membership
fee for Red Cross auxiliaries is 81,
half of which is sent to the national
headquarters at Washington, D. c.,
and half is retained by the chapter
with which the auxiliary is affili-
ated and that the money sent to the
chapter is used in buying materials
for the making of the various ar
ticles such as sheets, pillow cases,
pajafnas. night-shirts, bandages, etc.
At the Wednesday meeting $40 was
paid in membership fees and the Of
ficers and members of the auxiliary
are sure that the rrorlhereNip vii
be doubled or trebled within the
next few weeks.
Mrs. j. l. Monks, who is chair
man of the local auxiliary. is very
happy over the interest and enthusi-
asm which has been displayed in
the Red Cross work and has express
ed her appreciation of the support
her efforts have received in the fol
lowing:
I want to take this way of ex-
pressing my appreciation of the sur
prisingly generous response the peo-
pie in our town are giving to the
Red Cross work. Instead of finding
the path strewn with difficulties as
had feared might be the case, l am
constantly receiving fresh evidence
of the big-heartedness and earnest
desire of everyone to ado something
to help in this good work. To Mr.
Fitzpatrick we are indebted for the
use of building for our permanent
headquarters. Mr.. Bliss and Mr.
Reid furnished the material and work
for our very businesslike looking
sign on the building. The st. Marv's
Guild loans us the use of sewing
tables and chairs, Mr.. Causton {
heating stove and the following la
dies have offered sewing machines
Mrs. L. N. Brown, Mrs. M. d. Baxter
Miss Margaret Wolfe, and Mrs
Monks. In this connection / woult
ask if there are others who can spare
their sewing machines, we would
greatly appreciate Jnt use VI oaiii'
as the work we are to do is Target!
machine work.
Even the work of cleaning the
building we are to occupy was don'
voluntarily by such willing workers
as Mrs. Nicholson, Mrs. Zimmerman
and Mrs. Baxter.
Both the Union and Methods
churches have been most cordial IL
offering the Red Cross auxiliar!
the use of their respective churcl
edifices in which to meet or work
We are especially indebted to thu
patriotic meeting which was held il
the Union church a week ago las
Sunday evening, for the very gen
erous sum of ten dollars which a
Mr.. Wilbur's suggestion was collecte,
and presented to the Red Cross. i
was most timely and much ap
preciated contribution.
There have been other helpful
things asked for and in every in
stance freely given, and permit M
to say on behalf of this little brancl
of the Red Cross and its corps o
earnest workers-we thank you.
MRS. j. |. MONKS, Chairman
Following are the names of tn
ladies who have enrolled as member
of the Red Cross auxiliary: