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RED Gross HERE
If. DO WORK IN
CIVILIAN RELIEF
Specially Trained Worker
= Now Available To Assist
Soldiers Families
PLAY TO BE STAGED
- FOR LOCAL CHAPTER
Tive New Auxiliaries And
Branch Chapter Reported
10 Have Been Formed

The local chapter of the American
Red Cross Is now In a position to be-
gin the civilian relief work as well as
to aid in the work of caring for the
soldiers In the training camps and at
the front, according to reports made
to the executive committee Of the To-
cal chapter at a meeting held at the
headquarters In North Main street
Wednesday evening.
Miss Alice Patterson of this, city
has qualified as Red Cross worker
In tha. civilian relief department hav.
Ing takenqa special .course4of training
ip; Oolumbus for this work, and her
report was also given at the meeting
Wednesday evening.
I AirrLE WORK TO DO NOW
Miss Patterson's work will be
among the families of soldiers now in
the service and embraces many
duties in this connection. She said
Wednesday night that she did not ex-
pect to find much work to do at the
present, time, but that there is little
doubt but that the need for her SER
vices will be felt in case the war con-
tinues for another year
The duties of Miss Patterson will
be to give her aid, when it is request
ed, to soldiers relatives, especially
their dependents, In aiding wives or
other dependents in securing the al
lotment OF the soldiers wages and
the financial support provided by the
government. In addition Miss Pat
terson will receive appeals for aid
and make arrangements to relieve
fanihes OF soldiers if in financial dis
tress temporarily owing to delays in
the mans receiving his pay. Shere
are many other duties connected
with this, work undertaken by Miss
Patterson, but the above examples
may we'll be taken as indicative Of
the nature of her work.
MUST APPLY FOR AID
alt sis' emphatically announced that
Miss Patterson's aid can be secured
only by application to her or to the
Red Cross chapter and that she will
In no case volunteer aid unless it is
sought.
Considerable time was given over
"Wednesday evening to the discussion
of plans for the production of a play
written by Miss Emma Cole of this
city entitled "How a 'Clodhopper Be
came Q sammy which will be given
on February 13 at the high school
and OIL February 10 in the auditorium
of the Second ward school,
The proceeds of this play are to be
turned over to the local chapter OF
the Red Cross for its use and Chair
man Dowds appointed the following
com nittee to aid the authoress in its
pFesiuetion by attending to the pub.
licity and also number of minor de-
tadla. Hal Esgleston, J. w, Rubin
and ]. s. .AlcCrackin.
.i AuNilIARiES ORGANIZE
Secretary Mrs. James X. Lyman
reported the organization of branch
aof the chapter at Millwood with Ore
gon FilSei as chairman, Mrs. G. Right
mire, treasurer Mrs. b. +. Hammond
secretary and c. ID. Mitchell as vice
chairmap.
Mfs. Lyman also announced that
she had received petitions from a
number of women living in the. Elm
wood ,additon and also from resi-
dents Of Academia, asking permis-
sAop TO organize auxiliary chapters
In the latter case tho auxiliary will
ID. known as the Seventh Day Adyen-