The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-11-02
CITY OF NEWPORT
Report of Red Cross Tea Room

The mousse commlttee Oh Lhe heu
Cross Tea Rooms which closed for
the season, October 21, are pleased
to submit the following report. The
report gives a record of each weeks
business while the Tea Rooms were
open, also the names of the chairman
OF the committee and amount of cash
receipts and disbursements.
June 20 June 10, HOUSE Commit
tee, $4,000, $39.18.
June 10 TO June II, Mrs. G. l.. Mac
Diarmid, $IS1.62, 39.18.
June II to June %, Mrs. Dean
Dwinell, $100,86, $30.89.
June "a to July /, Mrs. Vincent
Jones, $187.16, $50.74.
July 10 July 8, House Committee,
$232.67, $o235.
July to July Is, Mrs H. G. Weeks,
$19121, $49,63.
July Is to July %, House Commit
tee, $224.46, $65.61.
July % to July 20, Mrs. J. E. Nc
Carten, S25233, $65.39.
July 30 to August 5, Mrs. Ralph
Fairbanks, $188.58, $64.04.
August 5 to August 12, Miss Mar
ion Dane, $280.31, $71.61.
August IL, to August 10, Mrs
Charles Cben, $418.39, $73.84.
August IS to August 26, Mrs
Charles BigeIow, $47O.73, $14O,91. =
August 20 to Sept 2, Mrs. Frank
Sherman, $527"09, $80.58.
Sept. 2, TO Sept. 9, Mrs. d. E. Ad-
olson, $263.36, $128.3O.
Sept. 9 tc Sept. 16, Mrs. Aaron
Grout, $2Gg.47, $33..05.
Sept. 16 tc Sept. %, Mrs. E. ]
Prouty, &l91.34, $500.
Sept % to Sept. 30, Mrs. J. F
Lambert, $158.63, $48O5.
Sept 30 to Oct. 7, Mrs. H. F. Ham
ilton, $17i.71, $500.
Oct. 70 Oct. ID, Mrs. Charles
Drown, $132.75, $49.59.
Oct. Ia 20 Oct 21, House Commit
tee, $213.0?, $28.13.
The above report shows netpro
fit for the Red Cross of $3,232.80
This is 4 wonderful record and proves
that no matter what kind of a jol
the Newport ladies start out to dc
they are equal to it and make a sue
cess of it. The house committee
chairman and the committee who as
sisted them are entitled to words O.
praise for accomplishing such fnan
cial success. Last season the ladie
opened the Tea Rooms for the frs
time, keeping it open much shorteI
time and cleared around $1,000. The,
were greatly handicapped on accoun
of lack of room in the kitchen. Thi
year before the rooms were opened ;
large addit; on was built on to tn
rear end of the building, which wa
fitted 40 for the kitchen. This ad
dition WIS donated to the Red Cros
by the late Elk. Gov. G. H. Prouty
who always took a great interest i
the work of the Red Cross, giving tn
ladies convenient and we'll equippe
as well as 6 beautiful location to d
this splendid work.
For the benefit of any who are in
terested & helped in any way t
make this It success by donations Q
money or food, the committee hav
prepared large record book the
gives che name of every person VIII
has made any such contribution
and what they have done. This boo
is kept in the Red Cross work rool
in the Fcdelal building and is ope
for inspection to any one who is il
terested.
The total cash receipts were 50
971.77, including $108.93 from Mr.
Putfer's dancing class. The total di!
bursements were $1,847.90, includir
$651.85 for house furnishings ar
provisions. There is now SO 3,232.S
on hand. The house committee COZ
sists of Mrs. G. H. Prouty, chairma
Mrs. o. 3. Gould, Mrs. F. D. Film
and Mr.. J. F. Blanchard.