The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-07-13
HINSDALELADIES
join RED CROSS
Chapter of National Aid Society
Organized With Help of
Women From Here.
ACTIVE WORK STARTS IMMEDIATELY
Fine Program and Banquet Arranged
BY Hinsdale Ladies for Visitors.
Local Women Outlined the
Red Cross Work.

Upon the invitation Of the Hinsdale
ladies' several ladies from Glasgow
journeyed to Hinsdale on Wednesday
to lend, if possible, some inspiration
to the organization of a Red Cross
Chapter in that town.
Mr.. Robert Lewis, treasurers of the
Glasgow Red Cross Chapter, patrioti-
cally loaned himself and his car for
the occasion and while in Hinsdale
took the role of real, live nurse to
enable some of the ladies there to at
tend the meeting.
After very pleasant automobile
ride the guests arrived at the Hins-
dale opera house which had been
beautifully decorated for the occasion
with flags and the Red Cross emblem.
A banquet table with covers for up
wards of 80 people occupied one side
of the hall and was fairly loaded with
delicious viands. The table had been
artistically decorated with U. S. flags
and beautiful bouquets Of flowers.
By 1880 an enthusiastic group Of
ladies', to the number Of nearly 100,
had assembled to partake Of the BAN
quet, and participate in the after
Moons exercises. It is to be hoped
that all Glasgow will not be judged
by the capacity its representation
showed for food. One thing it can
feel proud of is the genuinely ap-
preciative taste the delegation ex-
hibited for good cooking.
After an hour had been very pleas
antly spent at the dinner table Mrs.
Gillette called the meeting to order
and Miss Elsie Rutter rendered the
piano selection "At the Fountain
After repeated applause she splendid
ly executed the Lucia Sextette.
Much credit is due Miss Grove for
the training exhibited by the children,
who gave the Red Cross tableau.
They pictured very vividly a wounded
soldier in khaki suit and the ministra-
tion of Red Cross nurses and doctors.
The Hinsdale ladies may feel justly
proud of their beginning of the Red
Cross work and if this meeting augurs
anything Hinsdale will surely have
the best chapter in the county.
The guests from Glasgow certainly
spent delightful day and one that
will be long remembered.
The attendance was large and con-
sisted of practically all the ladies Of
Hinsdale, many from the Barr coun-
try and other sections of the terri
tory tributary to Hinsdale.
The following ladies from Glasgow
took a prominent part in the meeting:
Mesdames Dignan, Leo Coleman,
Behner, Smith, Miss Clark and Miss
Olive Mckay. Mrs. Dignan, in her
own inimitable way, gave vivid de-
scription of the Red Cross today, also
a history of it's organization; Mrs.
Coleman told of the creditable work
being done by the ladies of Glasgow;
Miss Clark, superintendent of the
Deaconess hospital at Glasgow, gave
information regarding the details of
Red Cross organization; Mrs. Beh-
ner, in a few we'll chosen words, ex-
planned the financing of the Red
Cross work; after which Mrs. Smith
talked on the practical side of first
aid, bandaging and sanitation, follow
ing which Miss Olive Mckay, Valley
County's Declamatory winner at
Bozeman, made stirring address to
secure Red Cross members.
During the afternoon luncheon was
served, and general get-together
time was had, following which tenn
porary organization was effected and
the officers elected as follows: Chair
man, Mrs. J. R. Rutter; vice-chairman,
Mrs. o. A. Raasch; secretary, Mrs. F.
B. Gillette; treasurer, Mrs. T. L.
Cockrell, and an executive committee,
consisting of Mesdames Statelar, Will
liams, Tooke, D Gaasch, Toftness and
A. L. Blankenship.