Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-01-18
Interest i'm Red Cross Work In
creases and More Workers
Are Busy Daily
RIG BOX OF CLOTHING
SHIPPED FROM LADYSMITH
Here are the Ladies' Who Helped with
Something for the Soldiers Dur
ing the Past Week

rCbera has been Il wonderful impetus
given to the work for the Red CfosS
Mt the headquarters at the city maj
during the past week. Each society
with day set apart for its ACTIVITY
has been trying to Guido the othef IL
attendance. And instead OF one or Two
of the faithful as heretofore. the rooms
have been filled and the. sewing ma
chimes have been too few.
Not a scrap is wasted at the Reo
Cross rooms. Every little piece OF
cloth is saved and used. The Camp
Fire girls make some OF them up into
holders. rugs and other articles. Inc!
wore mt on sale some time ago and
the proceeds turned over to the Reo
Cross. Little bits are put in comfort
pillows for hospitals.
Shipped Big Box
Saturday box was shipped to
central Headquarters at Chicago Ii
contained 4 dozen hospital bed shirts
% pajamaS. 10 bath robes. & bed SOCKS
6 handkerchiefS. II towels. 6 Turkish
bath towels.
Wednesday the Red Cross here re-
ceived from the Hawkins chapter. j
sweaters 3 pair socks. , mufflers. and
) pairs wriStlets.
Weyerhaeuser sent , pairs socks. 4
mufflers. pairs wristlets. and =
sweaters.
Mrs DimOck in charge of the knit
ting. also received from COnrath Z
mufflers. / sweater and , pairs socks.
Thanks of the local branch are eX-
tended to Frank Manley for hanging
shades and to the Eastern Star for Il
donation of SO.
Large Attendance Noted
Friday. Jan. II. was Catholic Ladies
day There were present, Mrs. Henry
Wilson in charge. and Mesdames Col
Inns. EiSenach, Wiesner. Slattery. Mar
quette. La Vigne. Richards. kurz,
BarOnek. and Miss KurZ. Mrs. Eisen-
ach and Mrs. Marquette cut the gar
ments.
Saturday was the day for all under
no particular society arrangement.
This is usually d day when few come
and there has been recently Il. decided
effort to have all the ladies of the
city get TO the hall if they are or are
not affiliated with any organization
that already has regular day TO sew.
Mrs. VIM. Hughes was in charge last
Saturday and there were present
Mesdames Richards. Slattery. Hilbert,
DurOe. Allen and Manley.
Monday was Ladies' Aid Society of
the NJ E. church day. Miss Anna
ROckstad was in charge. Mrs. J. w.
CarOw brought her sewing machine
motor along and the output was large.
Those present were MeSdameS f. ID.
Morgan. Hampton. Charlton. Early,
VIM Wilson. H. \. Clark. Eta Clough
CarOw, TrueSD
Spear. LittlejOhn. Noble, Blanchard
CarOw. True, Chicken Hinton. Rich
ards. Mcdonald. Frank Manley. Miss
Hilliker and Miss Mabel Sinclair
Interest is Increasing
Tuesday is a holiday as to sewing.
Wednesday this week was Rebekah
day. Mrs. Richards and Mrs. Frank
Manley did the cutting. Mrs. Richards
being in charge. Those present were
'Mesdames Alex Moore. Huxtable. No
bic. CHECKER. Littlejohn. Cook. Win
nige. Campbell. f.. Manley. J. Z. Ped
ersoE. Clara Shafer and Mrs. III. A.
DimOck
Thursday was Bethany Sisters Day
and the largest crowd of seemingly
tireless workers were at the rooms
Those who sewed and knit were
MesdameS Hilbert. DimOck French
Simon Mcdonald. Knuppell. McGill
Vaughan. Davis. Hill. Ballou. F.
Hughes. Richards. Rahr. McCorison
Sinclair. March, Cardinal c. Reiss
Young. 1IichaelSon. DOucette. Schroe