The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-08-31
Red Cros 8 News.

| Cross circles organized by September
is contained in the announcement o
new members of the circle family thi
week by Mrs. Ed gar Brown, Vice Chair
man of the Medical and Nursing De
pArtment of the Council of Defense.
Mrs Brown, who resides at Lanhan
and has been bending every thought
towards having list of busy twenty
five circles on which to base the 1917 Il
prospect for Prince Georges county il
Red Cross work, made the prophecy
~ circle in every community is the aim
of Mrs. Brown and the women of the
county have seconded the ambition by
lh-ir response to the country's need for
garments, surgical dressings, comforts
and sweaters and many other things a
fighting Chap has IL have to conduct a
victory to America.
The new circles began with Oxon
Hi, which has Mrs. fl. E. Ryerson for
is chairman. 1t has already begun
J knitting and garment making as its
! ''nit:. Knitting, it might be added, is
| enc of the chief occupations of the
women in the circles of the county
! these days and more and more knitting
IS yet to be done. Bright Seat has a
circle, recently formed with Mrs
Eugene Roberts as the chairman. The
| Landover Circle, which has Mrs. James
| / Rua 10 .l,aj 10 har
organization. Seabrooke recently or
ganized too and elected Mrs. A. c.
Wedbee as its chairman. Tuxedo is
| The final one of the new circles and has
not yet chosen its officers.
If the returns on new circles were
unusual for the past week. the reports
OF materials and articles shipped to Bal
timore headquarters do not measure up
10 its ordinary weekly output. 1t is the
duty of the circles to report to Mrs.
Brown at the time their work is for
warded to Baltimore, so that she is kert
in constant touch with the production
of the county circles. Berwyn which
has been engaged in carnival to raise
funds for its 81, 900 ambulance promised
to the Red Cross, sent in 40 comfort
bags and Marlboro has so hospital shirts
to its credit in Baltimore owing to
recent shipment. A full report of the
Red Cross work was one of the features
of the general Council meeting held on
Friday, August 81, at the home Of Mrs.
II. j. Patterson, in College Park.
This was the second of the open scs-
sion held by the community representa-
tives of the Council from all parts of
the county to hear the reports of the
various departments. The first of this
type of meeting was held last month and
was so successful, it became the accept
ed routine. Hitherto, the sessions had
been limited to the personnel of the
Council proper, which sat and listened
to the reports of the various depart
mental chairman. heard their recon-
mendations and passed upon matters
requiring their attention. Under the
new plan, the Council proper holds its
executive session just before the COM
munity representatives are called to
order and general policies are there
outlined to be submitted at once to the
community. representatives instead of
by way of cores pondence or visits.
The Council proper is composed of
Mrs. Patterson, Mrs. B. F. Wade, of
Laurel; Mrs. w. F. Holmead, of
Chillum; Miss Margaret Beall, of Belts
vile; and Mrs. Frederick Sasscer of
Marlboro. Under the recently read
justed system of organization, each of
hese women is the head of depart
ment of activity and has vice-chair-
man in direct charge of the work. 1t
is the reports of these vice-chairmen and
the recommendations for future work
that composed the principal portion of
the program at the general meetings.
These continue throughout the day,
and this month the women brought
box of luncheon for their refreshment
The community representatives may
bring their respective problems to the
conference and are to carry back the
messages of the different branches of
the Council efforts to have Prince
Georges thoroughly organized for war
time service.
There are seven departments of SER
vice conducted by the Council, some of
which have been extremely active,
others of which have not yet had any
demands upon their time and others,
which are making ready for strenuous
work during the ensuing months. The
Thrift department which has been so
calamity urging the women of the coun-
ty to raise food and conserve it too, is
headed by Mrs. II. J. Patterson. Its
vice chairman is Mrs. V. K. Chestnut of
Hyattsville, with Mrs. Susan Ward of
Marlboro and Miss Daisy Blandford, of
Clinton; as members. Food production
and home economies, which includes
the canning and drying of garden pro-
| duce, are the specialities of this COM
mittee.
The Medical and Nursing Depart
ment, under which comes the Red Cross
activities, has Miss Margaret Beall a
daughter of Judge Fillmore Beall for
its chairman and Mrs. Edgar Brown as
vice chairman. Mrs. N. M. Harrison
of Hyattsville; Mrs. Edward Scott and
Miss Marie Stevens of Barwyn, com,
pose its membership. Nurses and
nurses aid, besides garments and surgi
cal dressings, are its divisions of effort
and these practically mean the Rec
Cross efforts.
Relief for the families of soldiers anG
sailors families and comforts for thes
men on land or sea is given to tn
Social and Welfare Department for it
sphere of usefulness. Mrs. w. F Hol
mead is general chairman, with Mis-
Lillian Hood, of HyattsviIle as vice