El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-04-03
Bv RUTH MONRO AUGUR.

dus presided during the election Of the
Much time was spent in discussing
revisions to the bylaws, which were
nrasenfed by Mrs. W. : Tilton. chair
man of this committee. Inc reNlsiona
of the bylaws VIII be voted upon At the
Nav meeting. The most important ny
law changed is that concerning the
hazard of MANAGEMENT. which has been
enlarged and under the proposed re-
vision viii include all the resident eA-
regents of the chapter. the present o.
ficers and chairmen OF standing COM
rnitrees. and nine directors elected py
the general body. No oItlcer or uirec-
tor is eligible TO more lntn Two Gun
secutive years in office IN thls way
IL is believed the valuable judgment
OF experienced officers may be retained
while. at the same time bringing IN
a sufficient number Of new workers
70 make every member a WoEihSI ~, IN
the organization. instead Of having tne
administration remain in the hands OF
a few
The chapter discussed the forming
Of a class for the study OF tlrst ald 10
the injured Mrs. II. H Stark was ap-
pointed chairman of committee to at
tend to the arrangements All mem
hers interested in attending n first
aid class are expected to communicate
Mrs, Lee r. Orndorff was appointed
the chairman of an efficiency commit
tee, to take a census OF the MEMBER
shin of the chapter Win REGARD 10 the
kind of service for which they would
feel qualified in the event Of war
These workers names and the service
they would be willing 10 undertake.
will then be handed over to the Red
Cross society. as this IS the only
agency through which the government
receives volunteer help The Red Cross
motor service department needs MOTOR
cycle riders and automobile drivers
The Red Cross publicity and in1orma-
ton department needs stenograpners,
clerks and bOokkeepers, the Intelligence
department Of the Red Cross needs
telegrap pliers, messengers packers, ship
pers. shipping clerks. stenographers ana
bookkeeners. The Red Cross hospital
departments need seamstresses, laun-
dresses. cooks. bookkeepers and
ete,,oe-aobers In other Departments
the Red Cross. additional lines of work
are open TO volunteers The nursing
force and the surgical force IS con-
fined strictly to graduates Of reeos-
Il was also decided that, follow
ing the school board election. the chap
ter should start an effort cooperating
with other organizations. for the short
eninC of the school children's hours Of
school work This committee viii be
appointed later by the regent
Mrs. Burleson Staten announced that
, the anniversary party and reception
to the incoming officers viii he given
on Easter Monday. There viii De no
written Invitations to this affair as IN
former years Each member Is priFl-
legged to ask five guests All members
Of the D A r. in the army regiments
stationed here and also any visiting
members in the city at the time, viii pc
] made welcome. The affair will be
/ given IN the \. A r room Of the Wcm-
| ans club. The social committee VIII
l be in charge.
It was announced that q memorial
medal, in honor OF the late Miss jose
phine WoOten. a former member OF
| the chapter. had been offered by the
/ Comfort Woods chapter OF the 4. A
I r. OF Wharton. Texas This Is 10 be
/ competed for. through the writing OF
l historical essays, by the children of the
! state. The historians Of each chapter
/ through the state will be in charge OF
/ the chapter contests and then the
1 winners Of the chapter contests will be
/ eligible to the state contest FOR the
| medal.
The usual routine reports were pre-
scented by the officers and standing
| committee chairmen-
| A very short program followed the
business session Mrs. Irving Mcneil