The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-02-06
Report Of Finance Committee Not Com
plete; Indications hOwPIedges Amount
TO Over $1,000 Monthly
JANUARY BILLS
TOTAL $l,7l275
Hips Articles Shipped; 3,5O6 Yards
Cauze Used; Chapter Takes on New
Work; Members Added

While the Red Cross is asking fol
only $1'00 a month for the present
year their volume of work is increas.
ing and for the month just passed
the actual cost of supplies that were
used amounted to $1712.75 This was
the amount used according to the re.
port made to the chaprer at the reg
Kular monthly meeting held at the
Red Cross rooms last night.
From January IA to February 4,
six boxes we're shipped from the 10.
cal chapter rooms and these boxes
contained Cos pieces. Og this num-
Der 444 were knitted articles. Aside
from these articles 1O,43O congresses
or pieces of surgical dressing were
prepared and shipped. In all the To-
cal chapter sent out 1f,1G6 articles
in the last month. There are on
hand for shipment 1850 gauze dress
ings and 200 muslin bandages. Three
thousand five hundred yards of gauze
were used.
In making the report of the f.
nance committee Chairman M. e.
Humphrey stated that the committee
would be able to raise more than the
$1,000 a month. Although all of the
committees in charge of the cam
paign have not reported he said their
work would be finished in a few days
and the amount secured would proba
bly, reach one hundred dollars more
than was first estimated. This over
subscription is the result of funds
that have been received by persons
on the side and whom the committee
had not included in their estimates
Mr. Humphrey said that the work
would be continued until all whose
names had been listed by the COM
mittees had been seen as all were
going to be given a chance for the
reason that the names of all of those
wEo subscribed would be offered for
publication in the various papers in
the county and they did not mean to
overlook anyone
Bert Barefoot is making the report |
of the extension committee said that
no new organizations had been COM
pleted within the last month but that
plans are now on foot whereby the
children in all Of the school districts
would be organized and the propo.
sition Of keeping up enthusiasm In
the work would be left to the teach
ers
A new committee was formed, the
camp service committee, and Mr..
Hopkins was selected as the chair
man Of this committee This is con-
sieered as one of the most impor-
tant committees of the organization
and only those chapters which are
composed of a large membership are
able to accomplish the work of this
committee. If articles of clothing
run short in any camp near where
The organization is located these com
mittees will take up the matter with
the proper authorities and the chap
ter Will be called upon to furnish the
necessary articles. The demands
that are made upon different organ
izations at various times calls for an
unlimited amount of work which
must be done within a very short
time. When this committee finds
that these articles are needed the
entire membership of the organiza
ton will be called into service. This
means that a great amount of mate
rial must be on hand at all times and
will no doubt call for a great sacri-
fices, it was pointed out by the mem
bers last night.
Because of the close proximity of
the local organization to the Fort
Sill and Fort Doniphan camp it is