The Butler weekly times., 1917-11-29
RED CROSS NOTES.

RED CROSS NOTES.
The ladies of the Guild Of the Ohio
St. NJ. F.. Church, at a meeting at the
country home of Mrs. {. L. Robbins
last Thursday. showed their patriot:
ism by voting to meet as unit at
the Red Cross work room the third
Thursday afternoon in each month.
All Red Cross aid of every descrip-
tion is voluntary, and the Red Gross
does not ask reimbursement from
any department of the Government.
1t stands ready to give freely when
ever and wherever help is needed.
One of the objects of the Red Cross
is to render emergency aid and to
provide comforts, such as knitted
outfits. comfort kits. etc. for our
men 1t does not undertake to outfit
the Army or Navy, but when the
emergency arises, will supply some
OF the articles which the Government
undertakes 10 furnish, but has not.
available. This refers only to isolat-
ed cases and not to outfitting whole
units. The Red Cross intends to as
sist with the patients in the hospitals
and when occasion justifies, to fur
nish convalcscents with articles OF
diet not provided by the Government
Present demand for knitter articles
is in the order given: Sweaters,
socks, helmets, wristlets. mufflers. A
fey suggestion for knitting by Mrs,
Edwards, +. Brown, director OF Wo-
mems Work. Socks must not have
a ridge under the heel nor at the end
of the toe Do not knit coarse yarn
on fine needles. Never finish toe
by placing stitches on two needles
and casting of from both needles to-
gether; never do this under the heel.
Break any knots in the wool and JOIN
again BY ravcllng ends for Two inches
and rolling Between the palms into a
solid thread. To avoid blood-poison
ing from dyes, wash the yarn thor
oughly in boiling water. This can be
done BY placing the hanks OF yarn in
a receptacle and pouring boiling
water over them. being careful not to
tanglc the yarn: then hang up to dry.
Ii done very carefully the yarn can be
put through wringer to hasten the
drying. Cast. on loosely around the
top OF the leg
Miss Rachel Tingle and Mrs. w. F.
Duvall, accompanied by several men,
bcrs oi the Butler Red Cross Chap |
ter visited the following townships,
formed Units and appointed chairmen
OF women's work: Rockville, Mrs.
Florence Powers: Hudson, Mrs. Ben !
Baskerville: Shawnee, Mrs. w. G.
Dillon; Elkhart. Mrs. J. A. Page.
The Bates County Chapter made its
first shipment Friday to headquarters
i'll St. Louis Knitted articles, !
sweaters; II scarfs; I pair socks; 9
pair wristlets: helmet: surgical
Dire sings: 20 pieces in each pack
age, 81 packages, gauze congresses,
)xo inches: IL packages folded gauze
strip 2x6 inches; g. packages gauze
AKA inches, making total
Of 1850 pieces.
Thursday afternoon the following
aides from Adrian came To the But
cr work room and took a lesson in
yauzr folding: Mesdames Lora w. /
Richardson, Celestine w. Bates. O.
f. Stair, Efie NJ. Bates, Cora T.
Hall. Other visitors during the week
/, the work room were Mrs. Mark
'oung, Decpwatcr: Mrs. J. G. Quick.
Amoret; Mrs. 7. S. Harper, Secre
airy Charlotte Branch; Mrs. Peter ,
Dcnning, Charlotte: Bess Picpneier,
hudson; Ada Laney, Hudson; Mrs.
ora A. Chapter. Hudson; Mrs. A. F.
Appleton City: Mrs. ].
Z: Dowell. Adrian: Mrs. D. S. Rog-
RS. Adrian; Mrs. Lawrence Kemp {
r. Rockville; Mrs. Sam Walls, +
Adrian: Mrs. Mary F. Sewers. c
Ora Smith. Clcburne, Texas;
Miss Helena Schapeler. Miss Sophia G
iost. Rockville. S
Shipments received last week at c
Bates County Red Cross headquar- e
Club near Adrian, Mrs. n
ethel Stephens. chairman, box bed :
ocks, Grand River township, muslin t
andages. Merwin, bed socks, ice S
ag covers, hot water bag covers, bed a
heets. wristlets. scarfs. Fairview, 3 f
nitted scarfs. t
Mrs. f. G. Zey. chairman of in q
pection and packing committee re- |,
uests that ladies over the county I,
rho have clean, white rags will please !
end in with their finished garments a
S all the gauze dressings are re- n
uired to be wrapped in same. t,