The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-10-05
GOOD WORK BEING DONE
BY NENBERRY RED CROSS

The Newberry Red Cross Chapter
held a meeting en- Sunday, September
Goth, at 3 o'clock, in the court house
The purpose of this, meeting was TO
inform tie members and also the
citizens of the county concerning the
work being done by the Chapter.
REPRESENTATIVE from the different
branches and auxiliaries in the coun-
tv were present and gave reports, as
cid the chairmen of the verious COM
mittees of the Chapter The large
crowd that came out to hear these re-
norts shows that Newberry county
is interested in her Chapter, and the
reports themselves show that 1ne
committees have not been idle.
Mn. Wright, the chairman S the
executive committee read list OF all
committees appointed, which liss'
with the exception of the following
has been previously published in our
county papers:
Relief. B. Hunter, S. j. Derrick
u r, Parr. Mrs. Alan Johnstone' MIS-
W. G. Houseal.
Miss Fannie Mclaughlin has peen
o,no;ntad chairman Of the committee
on supplies to fill the vacancy caus-
ed by the resignation Of MIS- r -
Mower. :.
Mr. Wright reported that the exc
c,+iva committee had met every
"wednesday afternoon since Aug. o.
This meeting, which is held in Dr'
cromer's Office, is always well a1tenu'
ed.
,5rs Herman Wright, the chairman
of the extension committee, reported
four branches-Prosperity, Knaros'
channells and Whitmire; and ten
auxi,iaries - Drayton Rutnerlotu
chapter U. D. &, Jasper Chapter y,
A RI, Bachelor Maids Circle o.
xinos Daughters, Calvin Croz'er
CHAPTER U. D. c. Hartford-compos.
~ of NO. s. and No. 2 townships Ins
voman's Aid Society Of the flrs'
noo+;a+ church. Central Girls OF Cen
tra1 Methodist church, West End and
purton-composed of the women OF
NJ 6 township. The following aux
;,iaries are in process OF Organize
tion. Bush River, Smyrna, Dominic"
Trinity, and Silverstreet.
Mrs. L. WI Floyd, chairman OF head: 'a.
Quarters committee, reported tnae
t,,rough the kindness of DR.. Mower
the Chapter has used his office as d
supply room for three months : ~ -,
room is kept open from $3.50 to u: -
a IN. and from 4 to p. m. by the
different auxiliaries of the town in'
SIMPLY room will be moved into per
manent headquarters Tlthln 'n'
next ten days. The county supef'iS'
~ has offered the upper floor OF the
old court house for the purpose
and it is being cleaned and put III or
a ARRANGEMENTS are under way
70 secure paid secretary TO Keep
the rooms open every day from lO
to q A cordial invitation is ex1ena
ed to the public to visit these perhi"-
nent headquarters. Mrs. F. D. NOV
or ex-chairman of the committee On
supplies, reported that s15s.oo mao
been spent for cloth, thread tape
emblems, patterns, etc. A Dox COLI
tanning 3s9 hospital bed shirts 81
onerating caps, 20 fracture pillows
was shipped on Sept 27. One tno''
sand dollars worth Of wool has oeen
ordered This wool, from which 12ot
articles must be made, is expected IN
a few days.
Mrs F. r. Hunter reported a mem
.bership Of so3. This is an excellea'
record, as the membership mark was
placed at 1ooG There are numbers
O, men IN the town and women IN the
town who are not members. Do no.
be a slac&srl Red Cross membership
is the very least that any citizen o.
our town or county can afford to ao
for the comfort of our boys, who nave
gone out to fight, and if need be die
for Newberry.
Thanks were extended to the coun
ty newspapers for the generous use
of space in aiding in keeping the ac'
tivities of the Chapter before the