Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-03-09
SEARSP0RT
Branch of Surgical Dressings
Committee Meets and Tran
sacts Much Business.

| The committee of the Searsport
branch of the Surgical Dressings Com
mittee, Boston. met last. Wednesday
afternoon at the home of Mrs. S. C.
fPattee to count anaHpack the dress
ings. The following ladies attended to
the marking, wrapping, etc: Mrs.
James Parse (bah mitts), Mrs. w. NJ.
Parse (drap d'operati6hs), Mrs. Joseph
Sweetser Comfort pillows), Mrs. w. Il.
Gilkey Gracture pillows), Mrs. A. S.
Trundy (eye dressings and fomenta-
tions), Miss Lucy Sargent (cyc band
ages). Mrs. b. F. Colcord and Miss
Mabel Griffin assisted in the work.
There is still a quantity of work out.
and it was impossible to gather it all in
for this shipment Owing to the abb
scnce of Mrs. c. T. Bailey, who was out
of town, the servicttGs We're not in
cluded. Mrs Bailey is in charge Of
TINS part Of the work and has 4 large
quantity ready for shipment Every
thing was carefully tied up, packed and
marked. and shipped Thursday morn
ing. There were 1900 dressings sent in
two packing cases. The shipment in
cluded tho following: Comfort pillows,
fS; bath mittS, II; cyC bandagcs, 60:
ring pillows, II, Ghesc arc very diff
cult TO mako: fracture pillows. s:
Concentrations $50; cyc dressings. 400;
drap Corporations, ~; also "a package
of separate cotton bandagcs. The sam
pies SC kindly loaned to this branch by
tho Stockton Springs branch. were
shipped with this lot, and proper credit
given.
IN addition to tho articles shipped,
and not counting the bandagCs, mitts,
etc, still at the various homes, there
are about so eye bandages and a dozen
nitts that were not pressed for ship
mcnt. The committee wish to thank
all that have aided so willingly, and to
heg for moro help. There is a quantity
OF cotton cloth waiting to be clipped,
ana we need people to clip. We wish
it might be possible for the young peo-
Pie to spend an afternoon with the
scissors. The registering bank at the
Searsport Drug Company is filling
slowly.
The Bangor and Aroostook have been
anxious regarding the coal shortage
but fortunately the critical point has
been passed, and they have about ten
days coal on hand. and 1900 tons due
in q few days. The officials of the
road have used every means within
their power to give their usual service,
and it has been extremely difficult to
handle the situation. Coal was Dor
rowed from the Canadian Government
Road the Great Northern and the
Maine Central, and an extra train crew
was hired. This crew has been work
ing nights, and everything possible has
The traffic has been unusually heavy,
and with sickness among the crew it
was necessary several weeks ago to
run the passenger and freight trains
together. The road has been at a
heavy expense to keep things running
without serious inconvenience to the
public. They have enough coal now to
tide them over, and with coal coming
in in such quantities, it would seem as
if the critical time had been passed.
Because of weather conditions.
Granite Grange. North Searsport, did
not hold their regular meeting last
Tuesday, but, weather permitting will
meet as usual next Tuesday.
Mrs. G. L. Bailey who has been Wis
iting her parents, Capt. and Mrs. Ro-
land Bonsey in Ellsworth, returned to
Searsport Wednesday evening.
Hon. b. Frank Colcord left Wednes-
day for Augusta on a business trip and
is excepted back Saturday.