The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-02
RED CROSS HOLDS
ANNUAL MEETING
Surprising Figures Given i'm
Reports of the
Officers
ARTICLES VALUED AT
$500 ARE SHIPPED
Present Membership More than 1000 =
Entire Upper Floor of Federal Build
ing Used by Local Branch Official
Board Reelected.

ing Used by Local Branch Official
Board Reelected.
Acting upon orders from state head
quarters, the Brattleboro branch of the
Vermont chapter, American Red Cross.
held its annual meeting yesterday after
noon in the Brooks House, with small
hut interested attendance. The presi
dent, Mrs. ]. j. Estey, presided. The
report Of the secretary showed the
Brattleboro branch organized April 7,
1917, with membership of 80, which
was increased May 50, as result of
the state campaign, to 800, and the
Ipresent membership is some over 1000.
The sum Of 1925 was raised at the
the time Of organization and nearly
500 was raised by a house-to- house
canvass.
Red Cross headquarters have been
Established in the federal building, the
local branch now occupying the entire
upper floor, using six power machines.
The rooms are open every day IN the
week but Saturday for some branch of
Red Cross work.
The supply committee keeps regu
lar office hours to give out yarn or any
Red Cross information
The board of directors has had 1G
regular and six special board meetings.
The first sewing meeting was held
May 81.
0. +. Benson was elected executive
chairman to conduct the campaigns for
membership and funds, and Mr.. Benson,
with valuable assistants, increased the
membership and placed Brattleboro s
contribution to the state fund at SILL
500, more than twice the sum appor-
tioned to the town.
Twenty five per cent of the money
paid for membership dues, and % per
cent of the money raised locally during
the state campaign for funds reverts to
the local branch for supplies.
AuXiliaries have been established at
ToWnshend, Jamaica, Newfane. Will
Evansville, West Wardsboro and Wards
boro, largely through the Red Cross
rallies conducted by the board of diree-
tors with Horton d. Walker, president
of the board of trade, as speaker.
During the absence of Mrs. C. c.
. Fits chairman of the committee on
finance, Miss Mary R. Cabot conducted
several benefit concerts, lectures and
festivals which added materially to the
Red Cross treasury.
At the request of Mrs. Mary Hatch
Willard. president of the National Sur
2lcal Dressings committee, the direc
tors voted to undertake the making of
the national surgical dressings. which
are distinctly vSdifferent from the regu-
latlon Red Cross surgical dressings, al
though the National Surgical Dressings
committee is a national committee of
the American Red Cross.
Mrs j. e. Dewitt was elected chair
man of this committee with Mrs. T. T.
Britain, Mrs. J. G. Estey, Mrs II. c.
Rice, Mrs. G. A. Bovden and Mrs Alice
! Risbv. After samples of these dress
ingS have been submitted to national
5 headquarters they are shipped directly
: to the front from the branch where they
a are made.
i The $500 given by the village to the To-
Ica1 Red Cross has been set aside as O
civil relief fund and is drawing interest
g in the bank
n. V,
: reported total receipts to date, s5,S47-
y 50; total disbursements. S5,325.56, leaving
/ working fund of $52l.79 on hand.
Through the kindness of Miss Cabot,
( Mrs. Richards Bradley aud others, the
o townspeople have been highly privileged
Il to hear speakers of note direct from
4 their work at the front
20 The chairman of the committee on
n supplies. Mrs. J. e. Dewitt, submitted
t an astounding report The branch has
g made and shipped to state headquarters
u at Burlington for the 1st Vermont In
y fantry articles valued at $500. It has
made and shipped to the Boston supply
service station for the Red Cross knit
ted garments and hospital supplies
which includes operating sheets, gowns
IN leggins, caps, dressings, etc, valued al
So 900.
The auxiliaries at Townshend, Ia
ft maica, and other places have contrib
as uted largely to the knitted supplies.
e All local men going to the front havt
"a been supplied with a woolen outfit ant
III all members of Company | have beer
IS supplied or viii find awaiting them a
u their destination, woolen outfits, eacl
e. including sweater, muffer, wristers, bel
II met and socks.
lie The Red Cross branch has had {,
ne depend upon a generous public for it
Z existence, and gratefully acknowledge
'e all gifts, great and SMALL from clubs
"a fraternal organizations, church societies
(Coufipto1