Morris tribune., 1917-11-02
Interesting Committee Reports Show
Results in All the Chapters
Activities
FUNDS in GOOD SUPPLY
New Directors Elected for Terms Of
One, Two and Three Years
Respectively

That the Stevens County Chapter
of the American Red Cross is in
healthy condition financially and
that the record of work accomplished
by the various work committees is
one to be proud of was shown in the
reports submitted to the annual
meeting held at the Strand theatre
on Wednesday evening.
President P. E. Miller presided
and spoke of the Importance of the
work of the Stevens County Chapter,
and of the place which it would
have in the history of the cOmmun-
ity. He then called for various re
ports, which were received with en-
thusiasm by the members.
Mrs. w. c. Light in her report re-
viewed the history of the Organiza-
tion from tn start. The entire chapt-
er now has a membership of 1895,
divided as follows: Norris 676,
Hancock 365, Alberta ia, ChOkio
1873, Donnelly At.
S. A. Siverts, the treasurer, sub
mitted a detailed report showing
balance of $336.5O in the member
ship fund, $891.91 in the general
fund, and $1.OO in the Branch fund,
making a total of $1,229.41 in the
treasury. Altogether $3,4O9.36 has
been received into the treasury. All
the money received from the
branches and all but fifty cents of
that received from local dues is sent
to national headquarters. For mat
eriaIs, such as yarn, linens, gauze,
muslins, etc., the chapter has spent
$1,426.45.
Mrs. L. D. Trip, from the social
benefit committee, reviewed most in
terestingly the entertainments that
had been given under the auspices of
the committee for the purpose of
suppIementing the chapters rev.
enues.
G.. w. Geenty from the Market Day
committee, reported receipts of ST.
O91.94, besides much produce yet to
be delivered, as more fully explained
in another column.
Reports by Mrs. ]. w. Harris of
the knitting committee, Mrs. G.. w.
Beise of the hospital linen commit
tee, Mrs. Ella F. Spooner of the sur
gical dressing committee and Mrs.
H. H. Wells of the hospital garments
committee were read and most en-
Enthusiastically applauded. These re-
ports are printed in full below.
Mrs. Light, the secretary, read
most interesting reports from Han
cock, Alberta, Chokio and Donnelly,
showing that the branches are TAX
ing up the work with enthusiasm
and with results that rebound to
their credit.
N. Vinje, from the nominating
committee, composed of N. Vinje
Mrs. G. W. Beise, J. w. Harris, E. J
Jones and Mrs. W. G. Light, report
ed the following as the new board
of directors, and they we're unanim-
ously elected.
For three year:
P E. Miller, H. H. Wells, DR.. G
w. Geenty, P. L. Spooner, S. A. Siv-
erts, Sr., G. A Dushek, Mrs. F. A
Hancock, Mrs. L. G. Spooner, Mrs
w. F. Cooley Miss Ida Borrill, Mrs
A. A. Stone, Mrs. H. o. Eames.
For two years:
R. M. Adams, J. H. Devenney, G
B. SyIvander, J. J. Gaffney, c. R
WoIlthan, F. R. Putnam, Mrs. H
B. Jones, Mrs. F. L. Gould, Mrs.
R. Krueger, Mrs. Julia Hanrehan
Mrs. S. A. Flaherty, Mrs. E. T
Fitzgerald.
For one year:
G. w. Beise, N. Vinje, DR.. J. w
Harris, J. J. McCanney, E. J. Jones
Mrs. S. J. Stebbins, Mrs. Alth
WeIch, Miss Bertha Wunsch, Mis-
Minnie Hanson, Mrs. G. B. Burpee
Miss Agnes E. Torpey, Mrs. L. Z
Trip.
President Miller announced tha
the new board of directors woul
meet soon and organize.
KNITTING COMMITTEE
The Knitting Committee bega
it's work by requesting all wome
willing to do Red Cross knitting
register. An invitation was the
given by the chairman to a knittin
party. Twenty-fOur women respond
ed and yarn and needles were dis
tributed. These original workers in
terested their friends, and a mont
later Mrs. E. J. Jones entertained
party Of fifty ladies doing Red Cros
knitting.
Since that time the work has Pre-
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