The Little River news. (Ashdown, Little River County, Ark.) 1897-current, 1918-11-23
COUNTY nd CROSS
MUlDS I'M ELECTION
Annual Election and CsIap:er Re-
port Little River Counsy
Chapter American
Red Cross.

The annual meeting and election Of
the Little River County Chapter of the
American Red Cross W2S held in Ash
down. Ark, November 20tn, 1918, and
the following officers were e.ecsed and
the following reports made.
Judge Jas. s. Steel, Chairman; Mrs.
Grover Cobb, Vice. Chairman; Mrs.
Seth G. Reynolds. Secretary; Mrs. G..
II. Locke, Treasurer; Mrs. Lon T.
Jones, Chairman Membership: Mrs. G.
A. Crton, Finance; Mrs. P. Ii. Phillips.
Extension; Mrs J. NJ. Johnson, Publ
CITY; MRS. H. c. Locke, Production;
Kew. Z. $. Wales, Home Service; Mrs
w. w. sBishop, Junior Membership
Mrs. E. B. Mobley, Nursing; Mrs. N. c..
McCrary, Military Relief; Mrs. FRANK
Locke, Conservation; Mrs. c. Il. Bish-
op and Mrs. A. n. Wood, Sewing; Mrs.
B. B: Norman, Knitting These to-
gether with the following persons as
representatives of the branches and
auXlliaries over the county constitute
the executive committee: r.. P. Lind
say, d. a. Cook and Mrs W. l.. Snirey.
Foreman, Mrs S. P Moseiey, Wilton;
Mrs. w. M Sykes, Richmond; Mrs. w.
A. Black and MIR, Louis Wheels. Win
throp; Rev. A N. Youngblooa, Aliene;
K. S. Davis, Arden; Mrs MiiOus Brown,
Cerro Gordo; Mrs. r. w. Mast, Win
throp, and Mrs FELTON,, ArkinGa; Mrs.
John Phillips, Hicks School, House,
ana G. 3. Hatcher, Millwooc
The executive committee will meet
at 3 o'clock on the 4th Sunday alter
noon in each month at the office OF the
Red Cross, in the Wood Building, Ash
down. Any person failing to attend
| two meetings in succession, without a
reasonable excuse, forfeits his right TO
be member of the executive commit
tee, and the Chairman OF said COM
nittee is at once empowered to ap-
point some substitute
The following report on membership
was made by Mrs. Seth C. Reynolds:
annual members ($1.JU)--,22S
Magazine members ($2 to S5)-144.
Contributing members ($5)-20.
Sustaining members ($1O)-4.
Life members ts25 and $50)-43.
Total-1,439.
S0a 0aAlnouzltsfeuedyed from s,enfberslfips
$ 1,88S.25.
Amount remitted to Headquarters-
$1,098.50.
Amt. retained by Chapter-$898.75
The following report on production
vas m-'ie by Mrs. H. c. Locke:
SeWinAv
5S9 pair pajamas, 40 property bags,
130 Girls chernise, 21l bed jackets, 43
bed shirts, 225 helpless case snirrs, 24
girls petticoats.
Knitting.
601 pair socks, 425 sweaters. 81
,nufflers, 80 wash rags, rs wristlets
8 sponges, SO helmets.
Surgical Dressings.
57,l5O gauze wipes AKA 1ncaes, 100
scultetus band2ges, 126 paper back
pads, 40 many tailed bandages, Is
split irrigation pads, $50 5-yc. gauze
rolls, % No. 12 slings, Oaku.n pads
8 pneumonia jackets, SO gauae com
presses SKA inches.
Linen Shower.
101 bath towels, 12O hand towels
10 h2ndkerchiefs, so napkins, &c
sheets.
Belgian Relief Clothing.
Z boxes, approximately 3,50v pounds
of clothing.
These articles have been made and
shipped since January 1st, 1918, total
ing AZ boxes. Reports on the Second
War Fund, by H. l.. Toland, follows:
Total amount gsubscribeG-$11 il 725. .25
Amount collected-$S,031.7s.
Unpaid pledges-$2, $685..
Refund to Chapter Tressury-S1,-
345.S3
Full financial report, Home Service
end Junior Activities follow N next
weeks paper.
Mrs Seth q Ravnolds Sao.y