Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-28
JEWETT CITY

Cnalrman D. c. Philips in the chair. The warning was read by the sec retary, Miss Elizabeth Dealy and. her report read and approved. The treas urer. R W. Dearnely read his report which showed the receipts for the year ending October 1, 1918, to be s4,- S00.27 and all but $52 of this has been
 expended. The reports of the stand-1 ing committees were read and accept
 ed. Mrs. R. F. Cheney, supervisor of surgical dressings, reported for that
 department. In May a class of nine- teen took the course. AS chapters are instructed not to use the sewing room
 for surgical dressings. the hospital
 garments committee secured the room
 below. A new floor was laid making
 the room sanitary in every respect
 On July 31 there was shipped to hearquarters box of 500 absorbent
 pads valued at $50 and on September
 30 another box of 800 pads was ship
 ped. Supplies are on hand for several
 months, amounting to $S234
 Mrs. A. M. Brown renorted as su-
 pervisor of hospital garments. She
 spoke of the patriotism of the mer-
 chants and manufacturers of the town
 who have given this chapter rock
 bottom prices in all transactions. She
 highly commended the faithful work
 CTS in the room and at home and in
 the groups in Pachaug, Voluntown
 and Newent. She spoke of one home
 worker who had made in the past
 year 145S button holes and sewede on
 more than that number of buttons.
 The work of the chapter has been of the highest order. Two knitting ma chimes have been presented the chap ter During the year the chapter have been allowed to provide 149 of our
 boys with various articleE Of this
 number 55 received 1 sweater, ? pairs socks, l comfort bag; 21 received 1 sweaters, 1 pair wristIets ard 1 com fort bag, 29 received 1 sweater, 2 l pairs socks, muffler, 1 pair wrist lets, helmet, 1 comfort bag: 30 have received 2 or more articles ansS IS
 have received comfort bags. The fol- lowing articles have been made be- tween October 1, last year and this: One hundred and fifty-seven hospi- tai bedshirts, 205 pajama coats, 2o2 pajama pants, 76 bed jackets, 210 l mems undershirts, 204 mems under draws, 150 bed spreads, 50 towels, 40 comfort pillows, 51 hot water bottle covers. IA property bags, 526 com fort bags 525 housewives bags, g convalescent robes, 127 ~children's un- dershirts. 1 girls pinafore, 102 girls chemises, 125 women's petticoats, boys undershirts, 13 boys underdraw- i CTS, 5 handilerchiefs, 397 sweaters, 265 mufflerS, 800 pairs socks, 316 pairs wristlets. 42 helmets, 21 knitted wash l cloths, 5 knitted hot water bottle cov- CTS, 2 afghans. 157 Christmas pack cts. Total 4641. The following ar I ticles have been shipped between Oc- | tober 1 last year and this; 430 towels. | ST operating room garments, 1S0 comfort pillows, 14S pairs pajamas. I 269 sweaters. 191 mufflers, 271 pirS of 1 wristlets, 265 pairs socks. 206 bed 1 shirts, F bathrobes. 45 bandages, 1 209 comfort bags. 266 haudkerchiefs, ] IFS various knitted bandages, 50 wa | ter bottle covers. 4 heIrets, 75 bed | jackets, 210 mems underGrawers, 200 mems undershirts, 150 bed spreads. 100 1 property bags, 99 garments in 3 lay 1 cites, 6S convalescent suits, 70 girls l chemises, 110 petticoats, 110 chill | dren's undershirts. 10. boys under drawers, ? afghans, 1000 absorbent cotton pads Total of made garments | 52S6. Tn addition to the above there were so articles in two emergency out l fits. 250 trench candles, 157 Christmas 1 packets. 12 393 gun wipcrs, SIS for
 committee for relief of Belgium. To- 1 tai 13,4TS. Combined totals, 1S.744. IT addition to these shipments are 187 1 comfort bags which have been ready l since August. Also 1S7 housewives 1 The reason they have not been sent
 is because Headquarters has not sent l the required fittings The inventory o1
 raw material on hand IS valued al 1 S7l9.6s in both the hospital garments l and surgical dressings rooms. These figures do not include the value of fin ished garments and garments in the 1 making October 1, 1913, which at g
 most conservative estimate would be
 5. Needles, thread, and some miscel- laneous articles are not included ir
 this inventory. The report of the fl
 nance committee by J. H. Shea and oi l inc Hone Service committee by Dr | G. H. Jennings, were accepted. Super 1 intendent r, II. P. Clements report fol
 the Junior Red Cross: All the schools of VoluntowI and Griswold organized and became auxiliaries, 25 per chilG
 being required to be sen in before 6 l school could become auXi/lty and St
 Mary's school was the first to com riete it's quota. Special Junior Rec
 Cross pins were given to all the mem. | bers, Money for the required quota
 has been raised for the other school!
 by children bringing in money by giv. ing entertainments and by selling
 flowers There were 760 members il | this jurisdiction. Lines of work havi been refugee garments, knitted arti l cles, shipping for pillows, making o pillows, Aandkerchiefs, gun wipers ant l knitted squares, rolling of foils int balls. winding of cordage into con venient rolls, collecting of peacl
 stones. etc. Several of the children ar
 runners for the Senior chapter. MT I { aI iniv ino fIa ct olo, | as Voluntown and Lisbon have done
 Miss Dealy reported on finances fo
 l. R. c. It was voted that the vot 1 of the executive committee be rati
 fed regarding enlarging the commit | tee from six to ten members. MT. Phil lips appointed as nominating com n1ittee to bring in names for the cleo ton Of the executive committee, J. H
 Shea. Mrs. w. T. Crumb, E, A. Pot ter, Mrs. F. H. Hiscox and Miss s.
 Adams. They handed in the names o
 the acting executive committee, Mrs Ell NJ Brown, Mrs. Fred Condie, Mrs
 J H. Tracy and Mrs. R. F. Cheney de clined serving another year Mrs James Blair, Mrs T. A. Rioux, Mis- M. A. Burdicl1 and Mrs. l.. V. Whit
 ford were elected with the remaind
 CT of the committee. Tho secretar
 read the Silent Moment plan wlic was voted by the chapter. Mrs. E. Hiscox read the annual message. C
 greeting. A rising vote Uf thanks |
 the four ladies who have so faithful
 ly served rhe chapter aud felt the
 must decline to fill their offices agai
 was unanimously given. The secre
 tary's report gave D. l.. Phillips a
 chairman, R. W. Dearnley, treasure
 Miss Elizabeth Dealy, secretary. Ther
 were twenty meetings of the exec tiv
 committee. A goodly sum was collect
 ed for Christmas packets given head \ quarters A Home Service section ha