The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-05-03
LOCAL CHAPTER
Of THE RID CROSS
ORGANIZATION Pc 9 :CTED HERE
AT TUESDAY A q :RNOoN'S
MEET 8
FIRST AID TRAINING IS : Be STARTED
Officers Elected and Bylaws Adopted
List Of Members
To Date


of Red Cross was held Tuesday after
noon, May LIST, library hall, to perfect
permanent organization. The meet
ing was well attended and a complete
line Of samples of surgical dressings
was exhibited. Mrs. Joseph Matson,
chairman of the organizing committee,
made a report of the activities Of that
committee since the last meeting. Au-
thority to organize as a chapter was
received on April "a. In order to *
pediate organization, the following
committees had been appointed: By
laws: Mrs. Lillian Smith, Mr.. Harold
son, Mrs. Breed; Nominations: Mrs.
Paul Roberts, Mrs. A. H. Stoll, Miss
May Murphy. Plans for Red Cross
tag day, May II, and a benefit enter
tainment at the Pleasant Hour on the
evening of May IA, were discussed. In
this report, also, Tuesday afternoon,
Wednesday forenoons and Wednes-
day afternoons, library hall, were the
times designated for the work on sur
gical dressings, beginning with the
month of June. For the month of
May it is possible only to have access
to these rooms Tuesday afternoons
and Wednesday f%orenoons. Accord
ingly, the work on surgical dressings
shall be carried on temporarily Upon
the above named days.
This report was followed by reports
from the various chairmen of the diff
ferent committees. Mrs. Howard
Loomis, acting secretary of the class
in First Aid, presented the names of
those already enrolled in the class to
begin the first of June, DR.. A. H. Stoll,
instructor. In the absence of Miss
Foelker, Secretary of the Business
Girls Club, Mrs. Matson announced
they had organized a class. DR.. E. c.
Miller, Instructor. The report of the
treasurer, announcing members to
date, was read by the secretary. Mrs.
Paul Roberts mex announced that st.
Paul's Guild had voted to eliminate
refreshments and to contribute half
of the equivalent in money to the Red
Cross treasury. Miss May Murphy,
representing st. Thomas Guild, re-
ported their society had voted to elm
mate refreshments also and to con-
tribute to the Red Cross, the amount
to be decided later.
The temporary chairman next read
a letter from DR.. Hyde, in which a
suggestion for raising funds for the
Red Cross Society vas presented, that
of establishing thank offering banks at
all eating places, so that when n
feels satisfied to repletion, grateful
ness can be expressed by making 4
small contribution to the credit of the
Red Cross. DR.. Hyde also recon-
mended that the suggestion be made
an endless chain. Banks for the above
purpose shall be entrusted to those
desiring same by the Bank of Brook
ings, free Of charge. The Nelly Allen
boarding house submitted it's war re-
lief bank and it was found to on
tain 1919, an excellent two weeks
thank offering.
The bylaws were read and adopted.
The nominating committee presented
the following m for election:
Chairman, Mrs. Joseph Matson; vice.
chairman, Mrs. Lillian Smith; secre-
tary, Mrs. Raymond Breed; treasurer.
H. F. Haroldson. The above named
officers were accepted" by motion,
made and carried. Mrs. Matson re-
sponded in behalf of the newly elected
officers, urging harmony and co-opera-
ton from all. Rev. Paul Roberts
offered prayer.
The executive committee was auth
orized to order 200 Red Cross pins
which are to be disposed of to those
members desiring same. at the price
of ten cents per pin.
The following societies volunteered
to help prepare tags to be seldom Red
Cross tag day, May II: Dormitory
girls of State College; Standard Bear
ers and Mrs. F. H. MitchelI's Sunday
School class Of the Methodist church;
Glover Circle and Merry Cleaners Of
the Presbyterian church; and a Bap-
fist Circle of Girls.
The rest Of the program consisted
of a paper by Miss Murphy. What a
Woman Can Do; Solo by Miss Trim
BILE; paper by Mrs. A. A. Harris. "Edu-