The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-07-26
PROVISION FOR EMERGENCIES
Special Committee Is Created to Handle
Needs of Local Units - Membership
Campaign to Be Stimulated by In
struction for Women.


Kenosha chapter of the American Red
Cross Association met on Monday even
ing at the local headquarters and tran
sacted important business. A complete
attendance gave evidence Of the inter-
est in the meeting and made possible
positive steps i'll the general direction
of progress. Chairman Terrell pre-
sided and was generally responsible
for the significant work accomplished
in the session.
The first business to come before the
meeting was the appointment Of a gen
eral Board of Directors to supervise
the work of the local chapter. Mr..
Terrell announced his CT .didates for
this important organization and re-
ceived prompt adoption of his report
fro1 the members of the executive
committee. The men who will consti-
tute the new board are representative
citizens and will undoubtedly give a
Democratic and official character to the
Kenosha association. They will be
called into advisory session from time
to time and by their varied suggestions
will greatly aid the local chapter both
in the maintenance of its present pros
perity and in the extension of its work
into new fields of usefulness.
An emergency committee was also
appointed to meet a peculiar need.
frequently during the past two or three
weeks, Mr.. Terrell has found situations
requiring Red Cross relief, but has been
unable to meet them except by private
expenditures. Upon the newly ap-
pointed emergency committee will de-
volve the task of solving this problem.
They will be expected to keep their
eyes open to the needs of local military
units and their purse full of funds with
which to purchase the necessary sup
plies. This done Mr.. Terrell will
be relieved of the responsibility of
such service. and so be left free
to devote his time to other admins
trative work.
Further than this, the executive COM
mittee approved recent expenditures for
the cavalry and infantry companies and
appropriated funds for further equip
ment as it shall be needed They also
discussed plans for an aggressive mem
bership campaign in the city and
county and considered the most prac-
ticable means Of reaching all their con-
stituency with the Irresistible appeal Of
the Red Cross work. In this connec-
tion they urged the stimulation of the
various classes now organizing for in
struction in Home Dietetics, First Aid,
Home Nursing and the Preparation of
Surgical Dressings. Pursuant to this
suggestion meeting Of the committee
in charge of this feature Of the local
service was set for this evening
under the general direction of the
chairman DR.. Helen Harbert.
The Board of Directors, which was
appointed and approved on Monday
evening and which is destined to be-
come an important cog in the machin-
cry of the local Red Cross chapter is
composed as follows: Mayor G. III. Pfen-
mig, Geo. Alleman, H. E. Barden, Mrs.
Mary Bradford, G, G. Brown, G. Alfred
Carlson, Jas. Cavanagh, Father Jos.
Conway, Father F. R. Czerwinski, r.
S. Cooper, G.. II. Cook, JOS. Funck, Jas.
German, Lynn Hannahs, D. 0. Head,
Rev. Michael Jute, R. F. Kaiser, A. H.
Lance, Geo. Maher, Mrs. G. H. Mat
thews, c. w. Nash, E. T. O'Brien,
Father Pararidi, Mrs. H. B. Robinson,
2. G. Simmons, E. J. Sullivan, L. G..
Thompson, Geo. Yule, Mrs. R. H. Welles,
Frank Wells, Geo. S. Whyte.