The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-07-04

recently for the local organiza-
ton. An interesting feature of
the sale was the United States
flag made by the Ladies' Art
club which sold for $4,000.
Broadview, Mont, claims one
of the worlds youngest Red
Cross workers. Miss Frances
Abbot, who is seven years old,
knits wristlets, sweaters and
socks which in every way meas
ure up to the strict requirements
of the great organization.
Miss Clara Nichol, Sioux Falls,
S. D., a graduate of the McKen-
nan hospital will leave for the
Great Lakes naval training sta
ton soon to take up Red Cross
work in the hospital there.
Twelve hundred dollars in one
hour was the record made for
Dodge county Red Cross chap
ter by West Concord, Mimi, the
first day of the war fund drive.
The county oversubscribed it's
quota, obtaining the. entire sum
in cash with the exception of
$4,000.
Ringing, Mont, recently rails
ed $1,7OO at a Red Cross sale
and dance. In addition to var
ious kinds of household furni-
ture, a large amount of live
stock and several fine horses
were donated by people Of the
community. One team of horses
brought $500. The sale was fol-
lowed by a dinner served by
members of the local Red Cross
branch, which netted $50. Con-
sidering the scant population of
Ringing, this town has set a
record for the state.
Paul Snyder, a fve-year-Old
boy of Big Timber; Mont, is
knitting wristlets that are en-
tirely up to the standard of the
Red Cross. Also Moster Snyder
does this work without the as
sistance of an older person.
Now eighty-four years old,
Emma S. Brintom is one of the
few survivors Of the Civil War
nurses. Her memories of the
days of 81 are still vivid, and
she is proud Of her four years.
labors, sorry that time has in
tervened to prevent her from
having the same experience once
more. This is what she says of
the American Red Cross nurses
drive: Every able-bodied
young women in the United
States ought to be glad to serve
the nation in this war. There:
ought to be so many of them
anxious to go TO the front as
nurses, that it would be difficult
to make a selection. I only wish
I could go too. They say l am
too old. I feel just as young as
I did fifty years ago, and al
though I never had a school
training as a nurse, I know a
little about the work behind a
battlefield. The army ought to
have more nurses than it needs
always ready, and the Red Cross
nurses campaign ought to stim-
ulate public interest in their
work." Mrs. Brinton is a native
of Boston, and saw her first SER
vice as a nurse shortly after the
Civil War broke out, in a hospi-
tai at Alexandria, Va. Later
she served on a transport which
piled the James when Mcclellan
made his flank attack upon Rich
mond. She broke down through
overwork in service, but return
er in. a few months, serving un-
til peace was declared. She has
lived in Washington for about
twenty years, and is now active
in the work of the Legion Of 10y
al Women and in Red Cross
work. She is one of the speed
lest knitters in her chapter.
The Red Cross has an active
organization in the Junior Red
Cross at Bull, MINI. The child
rem have purchased $1,250 worth
of Liberty bonds; have bought
war saving stamps amounting to
l$687.25, since February; have a
fourishing salvage department
and are engaged in refugee gar
ment work. The money used in
purchasing bonds and stamps
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