Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-11-28
RED CROSS NOTES.
&C, G. YOran.)

During October and November the
Delaware county Chapter has pu'
chased more than $1,0SS.S5 worth o
material for knitting and more thar
S763.95 worth of material for sewing
Practically all of this has been dis
tributed among the workers through
out the county, and in addition $S4(
worth of knitting material has beer
ordered but not yet received.
Consideration of these figures
demonstrates two facts. First, thai
handling the supplies in this count
is business of such magnitude that
careful records should be kept, es'
pecially in view of the fact that a
number of persons must necessarily
handle the goods. In view of this
fact, the executive committee has ap-
proved of the suggestion of Local
business man for a blank form which
may be used as requisition, invoice
or receipt. AS soon as supply OF
these forms can be placed in the
hands of the branch chairmen all
transactions with Red Cross prop
erty will be plainly shown by the use
of these blanks.
T When supplies are required by a
branch, the blank will be signed as
a requisition for the materials speci-
fed, which will be delivered to Chap
ter headquarters and kept as a record
of the disposition of materials. When
the materials are made into finished
articles they will be delivered
to Chapter headquarters and no
finished articles should be delivered
without the execution of receipt
from headquarters specifying the ar
ticles, which will be retained by the
branches as their record Of work
done and an accounting for the ma
terials delivered to them. In this
way both branch and headquarters
will have complete records Of their
activities and of the use made of
everything donated to Red Cross.
The second fact, which may be a
surprise to some, is that more mon
ey will be needed for the purchase Of
supplies. 1t might seem that the
1000 received from the Red Gro
auction at the fair ought to buy
enough material to keep the workers
busy for long time, but the figures
show that approximately $500 worth
of materials are being made up
and that only little over
$1,000 remains in the treasury not
required for bills already incurred
1t is surely inspiring to know that
in Delaware county there are $"
many women willing to give their
time and skill in the great work that
they are using this fund up so fast
and the men folks will DOUBTLESS be
glad to provide the money to buy more
materials so the work can continue.
Each branch is urged to arrange en-
or other plans for raising
the required cash.
Dances have been held at Coles
burg and at Greeley recently and pro-
ceeds of which have been turned ov-
er to the Red Cross, Greeley making
dollars and Colesburg
more than hundred.
There will be a nationwide men,
bership campaign in December. There
is also contest on in Iowa to deter
mine which chapter can secure the
largest proportion Of it's population
as Red Cross members This contest |
closes December 31st, and the winner
will receive a beautiful banner given
~ the governors wife.
At present Delaware County stands
18th on the roll of counties with only |
.0.7 per cent. of the population men,
,ers of the Red Cross. Blackhawk
county stands 9TH, with 247 per cent.
# her citizens members, and Waterloo
$ like a hive of Red Cross workers
urning out vast quantities of supplies.
f each member in the county would