The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1918-11-02


/ Headquarters on Monday after
noon at 8 o'clock A general call to
any one desiring to take the course.
Let every one who is willing to lend
a helping hand in time of need take
| this course, as we'll as us mothers who
| have to nurse at home.
Save Nut Shells and Fruit Stones for
Our Soldiers.
| The Government needs 100000
pounds of nut shells and fruit stones
daily for manufacturing gas masks
| charcoal, and at present is unable
| to purchase one-third that amount.
This, and the failure of the public to
cooperate fully by saving and send
| ing in this form of waste from the
! kitchen, have made it necessary for
| the chemical welfare headquarters to
renew its appeal.
How many lives have patriotic Bay
! St. Louis saved? Four tons a day is
the quota of st. Louis, Mo. The drive
will last for several weeks, so let us
renew our efforts.
Do You Want to Go Overseas?
The American Red Cross wants a
| great number of men for military
camps, base hospitals, Red Gross de-
pots, truck drivers, mechanics, hld re-
/ presentatives and skilled garage man.
ayers. Louisiana, Mississippi and Ala
bama, composing the Gulf Division
of the Red Cross, must furnish 81
men for these positions Immediately.
Women are wanted for clerical posi-
t;ons; stenographers, secretaries, can
teen and hospital hut service motor
| drivers, aeroplane hut service, field
secretaries and infant welfare work
and kindergarten service for refugee
| children. The quoa of women
workers assigned the Gulf Division
Application should be made to the
Bureau Personnel, Gulf Division,
225 Post Office Bldg, New Orleans
La.
"Qualifcations demand high grade
men, who know younger men and
how to deal with them. Volunteers,
of course, preferred Salaried posi-
tions nav in accordance with exper-
ience."
J Read the posters tackled up in diff
| ferent places around town and see
the demands for men and women, IN
this country too:
Volunteer workers are needed bad
ly at our headquarters. Sewing, sew
ing. sewing waiting to be made un by
some one. Mrs Eagan is urging
that the ladies come TO headquarters
and take sewing to your own homes
and make If up. The secretary
spends many lonesome afternoons
sewing alone at headquarters. is
there not a single person who would
90 there and sew with her?
Let every one read carefully the
instructions for sending Christmas
boxes to our soldiers and sailors:
Instructions for Sending Christmas
Boxe. to Our Soldiers Overseas.
| Only one parcel will be accepted by
the War Department through the Reo
Cross for each soldier overseas. =,
| !. Each soldier will be provided with
one Christmas parcel label. Tins Ia
bel will be forwarded by him to the
person in the United States for whom
he wishes to receive his Christmas
package. Packages that do not bear
this label will not be accepted by the
Red Cross for delivery to the post
office authorities. Labels that are
lost will not be duplicated.
Christmas parcels must be placed
in cardboard boxes, 3'x4" IN SIZE.
These boxes will be provided. to hoid,
ers of labels, by the American Red
Cross. They may be obtained at
Red Cross Chapters or branches after
November 1st.
With each box, will be given COM
nlete instruction regarding the artl-
cles which may be sent, and list OF
articles which are barred by the pos
tai authorities. Study these instruc-
tions and avoid mistakes. No mes
sage or written material of any aklnd
will be allowed to go in the boxes.
When the boxes are packed, but IN
wrapped, they must not weigh more
than two lbs or fifteen ozs. Ii the par
eel is overweight, some articles must
be removed. :,
Do not put perishable food. soft
candy, liquids. or anything in glass
containers In the package if you wish
it to reach it's destination with ne
oher conents unspoiled.
10 no mail the box Yourself. When
hacked. the box should be taken to
the nearest collection station desig-
mated by the Red Cross, unsealed
andunwrapped, ready for inspection.
Red Gross representatives are au-
thorized to remove Objectionable ar
ticles from parcels Shippers viii
then affix sufficient postage on their
parcels to carry them to Hoboken, n.
longing to persons, corporations or
associations.