The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-22
name OF RED
CROSS CHAPTER
now is WAYNE
Sentiment of County Branch
es Rseponsible-By-Laws
Altered.

Because of sentiment among the
branch societies as well as the Rich
mond society. the name Of the Red
Cross chapter here was changed to
/ Wayne County chapter, at business
meeting in the high school auditorium
Saturday afternoon.
DR. l.. F. Ross presided. Reports
from the different departments were
given by the chairmen
The bylaws sent out from the ma
tional headquarters were adopted.
This makes several changes in the
rules formerly used here Directors
will now be elected for one year in
stead of three. The four officers of
the chapter will be elected by the d.
rectors. Chairmen of the branch so
cieties also are members of the board
of directors.
The board of directors, which under
the old bylaws had twelve members,
will now have eighteen members. The
chairmen of the branches will also be
members of the board Of directors.
The members are to serve for one
year instead of three years as has
been the rule. The officers OF the
chapter are elected by the board OF
directors.
During the year. $1,554 was paid IN
to the membership fund, S820.50 sent
to Washington to the cenral depart
ment and s733,50 retained for the To-
cal chapter Gifts for the Newcastle
and Nation, Ill. tornado funds
amounted to $63353 and for the Mill
tary Relief fund, $1,49113; $1.726.85
was paid out for military relief sup
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$2O190
Committee Reports
Following is the complete report Of
the various committees:
The following is the report Of the
hospital garment department, Of which
Miss Anna Lough is chairman, for the
year ending October, 1917:
537 bed shirts, 511 pajama suits,
129 pairs bed shoes, 10 shoulder wraps
40 handkerchiefs, As napkins, SO tray
cloths. towels, / rug, 1878 articles
completed
The Woman's Relief corps of Rich
mond made and sent into this chapter
to be shipped, the equipment for one
patient consisting of the following
articles: hospital bed shirts, pair
socks, 2 pair bed socks, 2 bath towels,
4 face towels, 8 wash cloths, l pair
slippers, ice bag or water bottle
covers, 6 sheets, pillow cases, 1
water bottle.
The following is the itemized list
of materials purchased for the hos
pital garment department for the year
ending October. 1917
4,034 So yards outing flannel
4.91S 1-12 yards muslin. 1855 SO yards
Bingham. Total yards, 10,508 3-4.
1888 Yards tape, COL spools thread, %
papers of needles, l pound Of pins,
672 dozen buttons.
The canteen committee of Rich
mond. Indiana, is prepared to serve
coffee and sandwiches to the troups
when notified to do SO. The members
of the committee are Mrs. Wilbur Hib-
berd, chairman, Mrs. Joseph Conner
Miss Eleanor Seidel, Mrs Ray Shiye-
ley Mrs Frank Braffett, Mrs. ]. NJ.
Lontz. Miss Mary Wood and Mrs.
Harry Lontz.
The report Of the knitting depart
ment for the year ending October
1917, under the direction of Mrs. John
Clements and Miss Ann Nicholson,
vice-chairman, is as follows:
227 pounds of yarn purchased and
distributed for the making of sweat.
ers. mufflers and wristlets Total
amount of graments knitted that have
been turned into the chapter are: II
sweaters. 145 pairs of socks, II muff
lers. - pairs of Wristlets.
The following persons have charge
of instructing in knitting different
days OF the week: Mrs. Walter Dalbey
Miss Mary Clements. Miss Ann Mich
olson. Mrs. John Clements. Miss Olive
Fliason, Miss Martha Scott. Mr.
Clifford Piehl. Mrs. Joseph Conner
Mrs. Charles Land. Mrs. Milton Craig
head and Mrs. T. S. Curtis.
The following is the report of the
Comfort Kit department for the year
ending October, 1917. directed by
Mrs. Frank Critchet chairman and
Miss Blanche Scott vice-chairman ::
Fffty-nine bays on hand making No.
kit, material being scrap bingham
from the garment department; making
of No. kit is being done by the WON
en- of the First English Lutheran
church. The other members of the
committee include Mrs. H. L. Monarch
Mrs. w. II. Keisker. Mrs Whistler
Miss Martha Boyd. Miss Electa Hen
lev Garfield schooll
Report of the surgical dressing de-
partment, year ending October, 1917
showing the amount of material
bought and used for surgical dressings
since last March.
Seven thousand one hundred yards
of gauze. 1928 Is yards of muslin
155l2 yards flannel. 156 yards OF erin
oline, S97 yards tape, 1a-inch wide, go
yards tape l-inch wide 235 pounds of
gauze bandages, % rolls of absorbent
cotton. rolls of non-absorbent cot
ton, 10 pounds oakum. LA Eastwood
splints. 1896 safety pins, 81 papers
common pins. Is bandage rollers
Shipments OF the following supplies
Of surgical dressings made by the wo-
men of WAYNE county have been for
warded to Bush terminal and Indian