Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-04-05

LAKE DIVISION SHIPS MORE
THAN A MILLION DOLLARS
WORTH OF WORK IN FEBRu.
AIRY, WAREHOUSE REPORTS
SHOW.
Red Cross chapters in Ohio, Indi-
ana and Kentucky during February
shipped 3,331,411 separate articles to
the three division warehouses, ac-
cording to a report forwarded to ma
tional headquarters on March % by
Carl W. Fuller, acting director Of
the division Bureau Of Supplies.
The total value of the February
production vas given as $1,015,7S0.74 IA.
Surgical dressings led in the num-
Der of articles turned out, while ar
ticles for soldiers emitted ~articles)
headed the list in the matter of value
of production.
Here is a summary of the Ship
mentS received:
Number. Value,
Surgical dressings ..~....2,7O4.9s1 $115,4sS.27
Hospital garments 49,. $4,000 204,479.54
Hospital supplies 1000. 1889 4s,46s.66
Refugee garments $500. 4O8 1,0l6.77
Articles for soldiers. 237.4ss 646, 1888. 80
Miscellaneous articles. 49,773 no val. given
"This record of shipments is the
source of a great deal of qualification
to US, and we want the women of
Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky to realize
that too much credit can not be given
them for their splendid accomplish
ment in sending US these huge ship
ments," says Division Manager Gar
field. "We trust that there will be
no lessening in the number of articles
produced"
Lake Division headquarters requests
that chapters discontinue the making
of fracture and comfort pillows, ice
and hot bottle covers, tray covers,
napkins, handkerchiefs, busters, scrub
cloths, scrap books, quilts, afghans,
knit wash cloths and operating leg
gings.
The work room committee will be
glad to receive any old pieces of
heavy garments for the making of
trench slippers. Wash and press be-
fore sending.
Wauseon shipped 1,245 pounds of
garments for refugees; Fayette, 400
pounds; Winameg, 205 pounds. Will
other auxiliaries and branches please
report?
Six shipments. of finished garments
were made by Fulton county Red
Cross during March, amounting in
value to $3.50. The full report fol-
lows:
Forty-fve pajama suits, 21O hospi-
tai shirts, 5 convalescent robes, 5 bed
jackets, 5 operating leggings, 1876 OPP
Grating caps, 10 handkerchiefs, $50
pillow cases, rs ambulance pillows, 85
sweaters, $50 pairs socks, 101 pairs
wristlets, AZ helmets, l pair mittens,
8 trench caps, 80 pairs ward slip
pers, SO comforts, 472 property bags,
18 layettes, 2 afghans, surgical
dressings, 124 triangular bandages, 5
abdominal bandages, Is T ~bandages,
Is four-tailed bandages, shot bags.
Reports of Branches and Auxiliaries
Since March Is
Archbold-
Twenty-Five property bags.
: Ambrose
t Eight pairs socks, 2 pairs wristlets.
) 16 bed jackets.
!, Tedrow-
3 Eight pairs socks, 1 pair w~ristlets
+ l property bag.
Lyons
Five pairs socks, AZ bed shirts, s
Y pajama suits.
S Northwest York
Four bed shirts, 10 housewives, ban
dages.
Winameg-
Eighteen pairs socks, 8 pairs nit
tens.
Tedrow-
Thirteen pairs socks, z pajam;
suits, l pajama jacket.
West Barre
n Seventeen bed shirts, 1 sweater,
pairs wristlets, II pairs socks.
Swanton-
Seventeen pajama suits, SO be
e quilts, 10 pairs w~ristlets, 8 helmet.
20 trench caps, 4v pairs socks, 1
IS sweaters.
Metamora-
Twenty-one pairs socks, 1 bah
k quilt.
Wauseon CENTRE month";
Fifteen bed shirts, 10 ambulanc
pillows, IL housewives, At pajam
trousers, AZ pajama jackets, Is be
jackets, IL pairs ward slippers, 5 col
a valescent robes, 2 children's dresse
IL 8 baby blankets, 1 leather lined YES
IL 3 baby layettes.,
Cut in Wauseon workroom durir
March-Eleven hospital shirts, 83 p
jana suits, 5 pajama trousers, 10 b.
ne jackets, Is convalescent robes,
as night dresses (refugee), 2 dress
in (refugee), SO housewives, 2 wais
ril coats.
is Sold to branches-Four hundred a
Ill