The Donaldsonville chief., 1918-04-06
RED CROSS BULLETIN.

! RED CROSS BULLETIN.
Rep&rt of Work Accomplished b,
Various Louisiana Chapters,
Following is a summary of the
bulletin issued April / by the pub
llcity bureau of the Gulf Division
American Red Cross, outlining the
work done by some of the chapters ir
Louisiana: -
Brusly Chapter-Has spent $751;.
% Tor yarn. Total number OF
knitted garments turned in: sc
sweaters, II helmets, "a pairs wrist
let's, IT pairs socks, 18 muf1ers
There are still a number of garments
not yet completed. Part of these
have been shipped to headquarters in
New Orleans. Fifty Christmas pack.
ages for the soldiers were sent in by
this chapter. At present the mem.
bers are busily engaged making sur
gical dressings, having over thou
sand ready for shipment
Colfax Chapter-In the past two
weeks has made: II bed shirts, 16
pajamas, 3 pairs bed socks and 18
abdominal bandages. Of this amount
credit is due the Woman's Missionary
Society of the Methodist Episcopal
Church for having made 3 pajama
suits, bed shirts and the entire lot
of abdominal bandages. Mrs. G. H.
Mcknight and Mrs. Louise LaCroix
made trip to Verda last week,
where they organized a branch of
their chapter. They report Verda
as fsc}s 1e very ofsa snthqzastic Hmh sohnn The
have generously allowed the use of
two rooms in the school building in
which to do work. One is used for
hospital garments, the other for sur
gical dressings.
Lake Arthur Chapter-Just ship
ped box containing the following ar
ticles: $50 head bandages, S 'T"
bandages, so many-tailed bandages,
20 hospital shirts, 600 gauze COM
presses Aka, $50 abdominal bandages,
1875 triangular bandages.
Natchitoches Chapter-Fo ollowing
is approximately the work done from
the first to the fifteenth of March, in
elusive: 130 hospital bed shirts,
10000 congresses 4x4, $50 abdominal
bandages, ~21 sweaters, S helmets, 10
pairs wristlets, 6 pairs socks. The
Eastern Star unit has been added,
with Mrs. Whisenhunt as captain,
and the Presbyterian Unit, with Miss
May Guardia as leader. The Natchi-
toches Chap pter answered the national
call for clothing for the Belgians by
shipping approximately 1000 pounds
last week. Seven large cases were
sent, containing boxes of women's
clothing, boxes of mems and boys
clothing, and l 1-2 cases of children's
and infants wear. There was also
one-half case of bedding. Mrs. EN-
ma Dreyfuss and PC. Rogers attend
ed to the packing and aided in no
small measure in collecting the.
goods. =s5.=.=
ST. Mary Chapter-From February
4 to March 25 bought of surgical
gauze 5000 yards, knitting wool ITS
pounds, pajamas 1850 yards, Red
Cross emblems 1000 yards, cretonne
for property bags 118 yards, tape Il
bolts, twill for hospital sheets i bolt.
Finished material received during
that period: Morgan City-Surgical
dressings 1900, pajamas rs, sweaters
40, socks 80 wristlets 81, helmets 6.
Patterson-Surgical dressings 1920,
pajamas 103, sweaters 10, socks Is,
wristlets IA, helmets 16. Berwick
Surgical dressings 4740, pajamas 1855,
sweaters 21, socks 2, wristlets 4.
Amelia-Pajamas 12, sweaters 9.
dressings 469,
sweaters II, socks 3, helmets 3.
Centreville-Surgical dressings 212,
pajamas IA, sweaters 5, wristlets 10.
Baldwin-Surgical dressings 1746,
pajamas IS, sweaters 23, socks IA,
wristlets 3, helmets 4. Clarendon
Surgical dressings 500, pajamas 45,
sweaters 36, socks SO, wristlets S,
helmets 2. Garden City-Surgical
dressings 285, pajamas 80, sweaters
8, socks 9, wristlets 8, helmets 8.
Franklin-Surgical dressings 1925,
pajamas 95, sweaters 62, socks "a,
wristlets 25, helmets 43. Quite a
number of other articles were also
received from the various branches.
Winnsboxo Chapter-The Radcliffe
Chautauqu9 was here three days:
Quite neat little sum was realized
for the local chapter. A shipment OF
hospital garments has been made and
one of surgical dressings will soon be
ready. A committee formed to col
lect secondhand clothing to be sent
to the Belgians is working we'll, and a
shipment will soon be made.