The courier-index., 1918-01-11

institutions with the opening of the
St Eugene's Hospital for tuberculo-
sis at Lyons. This hospital was
opened in the presence of officials
of the Red Cross and Rockefeller
Foundation and of the French gov
eminent 1t is designed to care for
patients reaching France via Evian.
st. Eugene's hospital has been
loaned to the American Red Cross
| by the hospital board of Lyons, which
supplies the building with heat,
light, water and sanitation, and furn-
ishes at cost food, linen and disinfec-
| ton, and the American Red Cross
provides the nurses, doctors and all
the medical supplies, and can care
Immediately for two hundred pa
tents.
Red Cross members are still being
enrolled. Almost every day adds a
| few more names to our list of mem
bership, and I hope ere long every
man, woman and child in Lee county
| will be members of the Red Cross.
In making out my report last week
l misplaced part of it that includ-
ed the Splendid work done during
our Christmas campaign by Mrs. j.
Walter Reed and Mrs. r. D. Smith.
T. E. Hawkins, Max Miller and c..
NJ Houck of the Miller Lumber vo.,
which company has "a Red Cross
members in it's employ.
H.%a
Why shouldn't Mariana rank first
in the state? We can take our place
in the line. and stand at the head
! of the class with the best of them
anywhere.
We are very comfortably situated
in our new location in the McClin-
took building. Steam heat and all
conveniences through the kindness of
w. s. McClintock, our chairman.
And we have been doubling our
efforts in all lines Of work, as we
hope to make a large shipment of
hospital supplies and knitted gar
ments the 18th of this month. To all
those having work on hand, or any
of the knitted garments, please be
sure and send them in before the
18th.
The following work completed for
the week:
Thursday forenoon team: Capt. Mrs.
W. B.. Mann, Jr., Mrs. Davis Plum
mer, Mrs. Carrie Louise Apple, Mrs.
P. r. Turner. Completed one dozen
and - half triangle bandages, one
suit pajamas.
3 Friday forenoon team, Capt. Miss
7 Frences Derrick, Mrs. w. F. Nelson,
Completed one dozen abdominal ban.
dages. half dozen triangle bandages,
Monday forenoon team, Capt. Mrs,
w. b. Mann, ST., Mrs Dave Dupuy,
; Mrs j. R. FELTON,, Mrs. E. E. Nc
Murray, Mrs w. F. reiton. Complet-
ed two suits pajamas, Is abdominal
bandages.
Tuesday forenoon team, Capt. Mrs.
F.. H. Govan, Mrs. NJ f. Newbern,
Mrs. e. ]. Beazley, Mrs. o. C. SUIT
} ton, Mrs L. M Jackson. Completed
three hospital bed shirts, two suits
pajamas,
Wednesday forenoon team. Capt.
Mrs. w. S. McClintock, Mrs. H. M.
) Jackson, Mira. Maclin McClintock.
J Mrs. W. p Harris, Mrs r. d. Smith,
: Mrs. H. B. Schumacher, Mrs. Matte
Ford Mrs. l.. M. Jackson. Mrs. Harry
J Word. Mrs. F. L. MacChesney. Com
} pleted two suits pajamas, three hos
pital bed shirts, q T bandages.
Wednesday afternoon Ladies of
} the U. d. c.. Capt Mrs. F. H. Govan,
Mrs Dave Dupuy. Mrs. o. G. Nor
ment. Mrs. w. p Harris, Mrs. ]. r..
Simmons, Mrs H. NJ. Jackson, Miss
Frances Govan. Miss Alexander. Mrs.
w. F. Kershaw. Mrs. A. Starratt,
Mrs. l.. NJ. Jackson. Completed two
} suits pajamas, two pillow cases, six
abdominal bandages. three triangle
bandages, two hospital bed shirts
Mrs. L. NJ Jackson has been as
sisting Mrs. Morris in cutting gar
: ments and bandages this week.
Mrs John Hart of LAGRANGE spent
Wednesday forenoon at our work
room learning how TO knit.
Mrs. r. l.. Hartley of the Moro
Auxiliary was in Tuesday and
brought in a beautiful khaki sweater
she had made for the Red Cross.
Quite a number of our lady mem
bers are doing some beautiful knit
ting, and we hope to be able to
send at least rs sweaters in our
next shipment
Last week we sent knitted gar
ments to the following Lee county
boys who are at Camp Beauregard,
La. Amos Swaggart. sweater; De-
witt Spivey, sweater; Roy Gillen-
water, sweater Bonnie Bowden, muf-
fler have heard there are quite