Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-11-21

WEDNESDAY, EVE.
represented at both the Monday and
Ihursoay meetings at the parish
house. The Good Comrades. the
Campfire Girls and the girls en-
pioyed in the S. D. Warren pa per mill
nave given generously Of their time
to the making Of dressings.
Since October. 1917. the total num-
ber Of dressings made were 1920
IN spite Of the fact that all the work.
rooms were twice closed for several
weeks. on account Of the smallpox
anc influenza epidemics. Up to that
date the dressings numbered 62,2s4,
making total Of 49,, 404
On Sunday, Nov. 10, on receipt of a
telegram from division Headquarters
all surgical dressings work ceased.
Mrs. Alice 1. Ellis reported that
during the past year the Gardinc-
Chapter has made 1888 knitted ar
| ticles of which 1886 were sent to the
I Bureau of Supplies in Boston ana
252 given to the draftees from Ca
diner and vicinity The average
monthly production is nearly 500
knitted articles. Knitting units have
been established in Gardiner, Souti:
Gardiner. Randolph, Farmingdale,
New Mills and on Highland avenue,
thus relieving Monmouth. Litchfiald,
Pittston, North Pjttston, South Chel-
sea, West Gardiner and Spears Cor.
ner; also to the following organiza-
tons: Pythian Sisters, Degree OF
Honor, Clara Barton Guild, Rebec-
cas- and Good Comrades.
Mrs. Alice NJ. Bates of the Hospital
Garments committee gave an inter-
esting report. In part she said:
1t is not now possible to give any
fair estimate of work being done by
individual workers in the 20 active
units, nor of the units themselves.
Besides the local units, branches CT
this chapter, in Monmouth, Itch
field. Chelsea. West Gardiner and
Pittston. numbering about 22O work
ers, have not only paid for the ma
terial upon which t::ey have sewei,
but they have finished 5S1 pieces from
our allottments since April, 1918,
when they began tc accept work in
this department.
THE Ladies' Aids of the Methodist
Free Baptist, First Baptist, Univers-
alist, Congregational, and Randolph
Community churches, are also to he
credited with quotas of the work and
stand ready to do their full part IN
any future calls.
| "A list of 102 workers are COM
/ prised in our local units Acknowl-
cdgement is due the Junior Red Cross
and the House of the Good Shepherd
for 80 articles included in this COM
mittees shipments"
Mrs. Fred n. Boston Of the Bazaar
! committee reports that early in Sep
| TENDER Mr.. and Mrs. r. p. Hazard
notified the chairman of Gardiner REQ
Cross chapter, Mrs. Gray. that they
would be very glac to open their
beautiful estate for red Cross ba-
zaar to be held sometime during that
month. 1t was decided at once T."
accept the most generous offer and
the Chairman appointed the follow
ing general commit,ec: Mrs. j. w.
Robinson. Mrs. c. +. Swift, Mrs. T..
p. Hazard and Mrs. F. n. Boston.
Various sub committees were ap-
pointed and the immense success Fl
the enterprise from both a social AMI
financial standpoint have been daily
chronicled in this paper. The sum d
$2309.42 was realized.
T. G.. Chaffee gave some very in
teresting details regarding the work
among the school children. a 100 per-
cent enrolment being reached at tho
close of the first year. Eighty per-
cent of those enrolling either pad
their own dues or had them paid b.
their own school. The total enroll
ment in Gardiner, Farmingdale an,
Randolph was 1908 and the total
/ amount in the treasury of these three
places was $3l6.39. The report gave
in detail the work accomplished by
the Junior Auxiliary.
All the other reports were filled
with much of interest and showed the
vast amount of work accomplished by
| the wonderful organization of ours IL
our city.
| Mrs. Laura E. Richards read the
annual message Of the War Council
/ to the chapters of the American Rel
Cross. Rev. Fl. T.. Dunnack of AL
gusta and Rev. X. w. Plant of this
city gave fine addresses.