Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-07-20

of obtaining ol dlnen and will welcome
all such donations.
Baptist Sunday School $1,000.
Sale of comforts and Red Cross SIS.
Spanish War Veterans $500.
Mrs. Laura Lemon SOC.
Mrs. c. Domitio $500.
Mrs. Chas. Jordan $500.
Sale of popcorn, Mrs. Altstetter's
Unit $310.
Sale of yarn, Mrs. C. Blair $195.
From tea committee who served at
the opening last Saturday, composed
of Miss Mable Read, Miss Mable Jones
Mrs. Ed. Cole and Mrs Frank Gull
ford S740.
The band of loyal women who have
for the past five weeks been giving to
the limit of their time and efforts are
deserving of the highest commenda-
ton; their example is worthy of the
emulation of every woman in the COM
| munity. For the past five weeks the
rooms in the High School Building
have been the center of the biggest
industry in Wauseon; here Cutting
committee" have been at work daily
cutting material into pajama suits,
Iconvalescent robes, hospital bed shirts,
surgeons helmets, nightingales, hot
water bottle covers, fracture pillows,
bed socks, comfort bags and all the
other articles required by Red Cross
/ Doctors and Nurses in their work to
| save the lives and alleviate the suffer-
Iings of wounded men from the pat
tie fields. Another group of women
| have been busy sewing, making and
! finishing the garments cut out, in addi-
ton to this actual labor these COM
mittees have been teaching representa-
tive women from auXiliaries and
branches how the aforementioned ar
ticles must be cut and made; for, in
order that these articles may be used
to the very best advantage they must
be made strictly according to the
specifications of experienced doctors
and nurses who know exactly what
/ conditions are to be met and how a
human life is most likely to be saved.
We must not forget to mention the
i groups and clubs of girls of various
ages who under competent leadership
are making handkerchiefs, comfort
bags and "between times" are indus
triously knitting, and that reminds US
that. we should not forget many other
women, young and old, who unable to
go to work in person at the rooms are
Il giving every spare moment to knitting
the things that will keep some soldier
or sailor boy at least partially COM
Portable as he stands on duty or fol-
| lows the flag of his country in the de-
! fense of human rights and freedom.
) Thus briefly and we fear, superb
} cially we have outlined the Industrial
side of. the work of Fulton County
8 Red Cross Chapter, the work is grow
7 ing day by day, it is being systema-
tized and classified and raised to high
er efficiency; the work, all branches
and auxilliaries in the county must
, pass through this central organization
r for inspection on its way to the front
4 for actual service 1t is big work and
t it will grow to yet larger proportions.
e But there is a great and large need!
One glance at the list of supplies that
- are called for as most needed NOW
t by the work in Europe is sufficient to
arouse one to the magnitude of the
work that must be done by the women
of this country in order to meet that
need: 650,000 hospital bedshirts, 8OO,-
900 pairs of socks and surgical dress.
ings by the million: In addition to the
foregoing there are needed for imme
diate shipment 100000 handkerchiefs
100000 shoulder wraps and 25O,OO(
pairs of ward slippers.
. The world has never before seen wal
of such magnitude as the present; W.
hope and pray that when this is epdet
it may never see another. 1t require
that the preparation to meet and, S,
far as may be, neutralize the terribl
> results of such a war shall be on
5; 8 scale commensurate with the war it
{ self
X 1t is sheer folly to relax efforts be
rs Continued on page 10)