El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-17
Ell PASO WOMEN go OVER TOP" IN MAKING RED
CROSS SURGICAL DRESSINGS; HUNDREDS JOIN IN
THE WORK AND TURN IN 10000 MORE THAN QUOTA
By DOROTHY b. JOHNSTON.


pupils Of the FL Paso School for
Girls and the business women who
spent their evenings in the teachers
center, working 10 help make the big
surgical dressings drive possible.
The nurses and volunteer workers
who met a the home OF Miss Jessie
Z. S Mcdonald col North Florence
street made 1864 wipes as their splen-
did showing
Asbury n. Z. church south had one
I Of the active circles that cut and
I folded 50 yards OF gauze into 49, sur
] gical dressings. The workers num-
bered Mrs. Charles F. Bryan, Mrs. H.
c. Nauer, Mrs. oliver Hamlin, Mrs
! W. A Kessler. Mrs J. T. Head. Mrs.
I A. A Lee Mrs J. r Thomas. Mrs. z.
/ c. McCamy, Mrs. Walter Ruff. Mrs.
J William Gardiner. Mrs W D. John
I son, Mrs. c. X. Helm. Mrs. = L Doug
] las. Mrs. Walter Green. Miss Byrd
] Ferguson. Mrs. W Z. Care. Mrs. D
I D. Dumont. Mrs. W d. krebaum, MIS-.
/ a. o. Wynn. Mrs =. W. Burney. Ms
W 2. Sowlin, Mrs. r Kyle. Mrs. H
Gardiner.
Opening up shop" at s in the
morning with an average attendance
Z Of not more than eight any day, sun
set Heights circle did their own cut
ting at the home Of Miss Margaret
Hitchcock Of 1920 Prospect. and turned
out 1867 wipes Friday though their
T
to 6315- The circle ceased activities
at p. m.
The women Of the British Empire
In one days efforts. made over 400, at
the home Of Mrs. r 3. Alves, and the
Business WOmau's club. whose mem
bers are all employed downtown
through the day. turned in several
hundred surgical dressings that had
been made after working hours.
Mrs. W W Turney. just as soon
as the staggering order for SI,5O9
wipes" came. went cOmpOsedly 20
work with her telephone snd-prestO
almost before one knew il. every
church circle in FL Paso had been no.
titled TO call its members for work
over 1909 surgical dressings are
directly ira ceabie to this sOurce-1ust
one part of the smoothly oiled ma
chinery that is apparently as pow
erful as the veritable steam roller
when il comes to leveling mammoth
tasks
The Jewish women. organized w
der Mrs. Martin ZielOnka- with Miss
Blumenthal and Mrs RossenWasse-
assisting. are RESPONSIBLE for 42l-
wines to add to the grand rush or
der Among the members wOrklnc
were Mrs z. Isachman, Mrs n Solo
man. Mrs. J. Bromberg. Mrs J Zie-
lonka. Mrs a. Schwartz. Mrs. J. Froe-
bel. Mrs. E Wisbrun. Mrs. J. Open
Nicholson. Mrs. c. Cohen, Mrs 3.
Swat. Mrs J. Hirshberg, Mrs. /. Hor-
WITT, Mrs. T. Chernis. Mrs s. Strauss.
Mrs. L Hess. Mrs. s. Neustadt. MS
J. BIauErund. Mrs A Nasirs, Mrs A.
Il. Coldstein. MIS-. Charles Levy, Miss
Ethel 3. Shay. Mrs. Holman. MIS-
vetta Baron. MIS- Gus York. Mrs l.
York. Mrs. R Snberberg. Mrs. H Kay
ser. Mrs. William Posing, Mrs G.
Auer. Mrs A. Lindauer, Mrs A
Schatskey, Mrs. n LapowslIi. Mrs =.
Turk. Mrs. J Goodman. Mrs. l. Green
berg. Mrs. F. CrOssblatt- Mrs. H
Goodman. Mrs. 7. stark. Mrs. R Vein
stein Mrs. Max Move, Mrs. 7 Caisher.
Mrs Il. Kruup. Mrs. s SHAY. Mrs
paul Tisso. Mrs. s. Aronsteiu. Mrs. :
Kaloskv. Mrs. 3. DuBinski, Mrs A
Stolaroff. Mrs. E Levy. Mrs. NJ
Mayer. Mrs. ". J. Cone, Mrs. B Dil-
lon. Mrs. z. Strauss and Mrs L
Strelitz.
Miss Agnes Stewart, who has been
fnstructing for Mrs J. F. Townsend's
circle. formed on East Boulevard and
I'll the women who helDed from this
district have $50 wipes 70 their
credit
F4r-7te- kent the women 81 the First