The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-09-27

Lake City, Mimi, will be turned
over to the American Red Cross 3
days this week when Tryon park
will be the scene of Red Cross
Home Festival. The Carnival op-
ems Sept, ~ with a patriotic meet
ing. Speakers of state promin-
ence will deliver addresses during
the Festival. Mrs. Mary Mecca
hill donated pure blood Short
horn bull which will be disposed
of by lot the last day.
Heron Lake, Mimi, claims re-
cord in raising funds. At i.
meeting which lasted IS minutes
that city raised 500 for each min
ute in a drive to provide the Jack
son county chapter of the Ameri-
can Red Cross with adequate funus
A campaign to raise $4,000 for
the Nicollet county chapter of the
American Red Cross will start at
st. Peter, Mimi, Oct. l. The
county has been divided into dist
riots and canvassers appointed to
see every man, woman and child in
the county.
Crookston, Mimi, is the first city
In the Northwest to start on the
organization Of a Junior Red Cross
The Board of education there has
given its sanction to the Junior
Red Cross and appointed a COM
mittee to confer with the officers
OF the American Red Cross Chap
ter.
More than 200 farmers in the
vicinity of Northfield, Mimi, are
giving a percentage of the profits
from their fields to the American
Red Cross.
The American Red Cross chap.
ter of An>.a, Mimi, has organized
10 sewing units of Is women each.
Each unit has undertaken to pro.
duce a certain number of articles
required for our troops in France
The invitations for a knitting
bee for the Pennington county,
Mimi, chapter Of the American
Red Cross were in ryhme. The
verse, composed by Mrs. r. L. Mel
gard, follows:
Since every good woman must do
her bit,
VIII you come to my party and
learn to knit,
We will try to combine our pleas
sure and work,
so that none among us shall b.
called shirk.
On economy cake and Liberty
!! bread,
AS Hoover orders, you shall be fed
And while our needles flash and
CLEAN,
Well learn to rib and narrow and
seam.
An auxiliary of the American
Red Cross has been formed bv the
Redwood Falls, Mimi, chapter
among the women of the Indian
agency near that city. Thirty
six women are now knitting and
sewing for our troops.
A Fourth of July fund" rails
ed in 1909 and never used has been
donated by Candy, Mimi, to the
American Red Cross as the most
fitting and patriotic way Candy
could celebrate. When the fund
was placed in a bank eight years
ago it amounted to $225.66. 1t
had accumulated $9O.26 in inter-
est. The gift was announced last
week.
On Sept. 20 the American Red
Cross chapters in the four states of
the Northern Division-Minnesota.
Montana, North Dakota and South
Dakota-had made and contribut
ed 1897 knitted articles for our
troops in France and S,641 articles
were in process of being made and
due for delivery within 30 days,
according to report made to Nat
lonal Heaquarters by Northern
Division Headquarters. The art
icles contributed included 1872 knit
ted sets, 8 navy sets, 331 muf1ers.
ITO pairs of wristlets, 2143 pairs
of socks and 80 helmets.
In North Dakota, Wahpeton
chapter is now knitting 286 ar.i-
cles and the patriotic women of
Lisbon are working on so knit oil
sets.
Redfield, S. D., has sent 1903
pairs of socks. Sioux Falls has
sent 258 articles and annou:l rs it
could double its output if sufficient
lyarn could be OBJ aimee
Minneapolis nov. has 1874 kilt
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