The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1918-06-19
WOMEN or COUNTY HOLD
MEETING WEDNESDAY,
discussion OF War Savings, Need for
Nurses and General Red Cross Work
Receive Close Attention..

'iNNuSS"H VI VEuI IDuNtuSSS -Nttu lOE
Nurses and General Red Cross Work
Receive Close Attention..
\ large and deeply interested audi
encC Of women gathered in the court
house last Wednesday afternoon in
response to q call issued by Mr.. A. G..
Todd. chairman of the Laurcns chap
ter Of the Red Cross. The meeting
was hcld - four o'clock in order that
members Of the county auXiliaries
might attend and quite a number of
out-of-town members were present.
Three Of the governments four
minute speakers, Rev. Mr.. Steadman,
Rev. Mr.. Templcman and Rev. Mr..
Suuircs gave short talks, presenting
briefly but forcibly the grave situa-
tion which confronts our country and
urging their hearers to awake to their
personal responsibility. Mr.. Steadman
spoke on "Sacriltce"; Mr.. Tcmpleman
on why We Should Work., and MIR.
Squircs on "Why We Should Invest.
DR.. II. X. Aiken, chairman of the
War Savings organization for I.au-
rens county then asked the co-opera-
ton of the audience in the biz drive
for the sale Of war savings stamps
which is now being pushed through.
Dr.. Aiken stated that Mrs. w. j.. I.u-
~ NJ, l,,iH H.,
ment Of the Council OF Defense for
LaurcnS county, had resigned and ask
cd that her successor be elected at
once. Accordingly before the meeting
adjourned Mrs. r. a. Cooper was
elected chairman for Women Workers
in the w. $. S. drive.
at the conclusion Of DR.. AK EMS ad-
dress Mr.. Todd took charge Of the
meeting and presented several very
important matters connected wi.h the
work Of the Red Cross. Mr.. Todd
stressed three points specially. First,
that it was the duty Of every individ-
ual, not already member of The Red
Cross, to become one at once. He made
the point that it should not be ncccs-
sary for the Red Cross to seek mcm-
DerS, every right-thinking person
should be armed with a dollar seek
ing for membership with The Red
Cross.
lie then brought up the matter OF
surgical dressings and urged that cv-
n W Il
ing in the week to this work would
give her name to Miss Lint Jones, Su-
pcrvisor OF the Surgical Dressing De-
partmcnt Of the Red Cross. Mr. Todd
expected to send in lists Of the work
erS they can furnish, naming the days
OF the week that they can come in
The surgical dressing department has
plenty Of enthusiastic workers but il
IS necessary to systematic the work
so that there will neither be a short
age Of workers nor so many that the
work tables are uncomfortably crowd
cd
But the most important question dis
cuSScd by the chairman was the cry
ing need for trained nurses which con
fronts the governments In the United
states at the beginning Of the war
were $4,000 nurses. About ten thous-
and Of these are already in France,
about twenty thousand more in the
service of the government on this side.
leaving only about thirty-fivc thousand
to nurse the civilian sick with a daily
growing need for moro nurses for the
army and navy. Mr. Todd made a
plea for every nurse in the county to
enroll at once with the Red Cross, with
the view Of serving the government
when needed and strongly urged that
high school graduates, college grad
yates and many other women in our
midst seriously consider taking up the
profession Of nursing, emphasizing the
fact that Rcd Cross nurses can rem
der the highest form OF patriotic ser
vice which it is possible for women
TO give TO their country.
Death OF a Chnd.