South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-04-05
W0MAN'S WAR WORK


I Philanthropy is opening its third
institute for the instruction OF Red
Cross civilian relief workers. Mon
day April s. 70 continue until May
II. No fee is charged for this
| course but the registrant must
pledge Is hours a week Of practice
work in addition TO the lectures dur
ing the six weeks of the course and
at least 10 hours a week afterwards
until 21O hours Of practice work
have been accomplished. This prac-
tice work Will be arranged by the
school with a case work agency or
with the Juvenile Protective asso-
citation.
Miss Irma Coilmer. secretary Of
the st. Joseph County Anti-Tu Der
, culosis society, attended the second
course of instruction at Chicago late
in the fall last year and creditably
! finished the work there. She took
1 entire charge of the civilian relief
! work during the absence of l.. G.
Manning who is local director of
| the work.
South Bend leads other Indiana
cities i'm preparation for the civilian
relief emergency having given
! practical lecture course lasting sew
en- weeks for the instruction of vol
unteer men and women. About 80
took advantase of this home train
/ ing and as a result are in the field
doing actual case work for TAe
civilian relief committee. similar
course will be held in indianapolis.
f. later in the year.
The following is a report of the
work finished b. the Auten Relief
/ Corps Red Cross auxiliary. No IS,
during the month of March: %
| bed shirts. pairs bed socks. , pill
low slips, i9 property bags, IS
pairs of wristlets. 5 sweaters, 20
/ pairs of socks, 3 helmets. 120 tri-
| angle bandages. 157 abdominal ban
/ dases, SO + bandages, 149 sculte-
tus bandages, , dozen substitute
{ handkerchiefs. 10 an, nulance pill
/ lows and Az first line packets.
/ At present they are working on
an order of 100 hospital bed shirts
and at the all day session Thursday
( they completed an order Of 1000
I first line bags.
|
on the 18th of March an order
| for 200 helpless case garments was
| received at headquarters. OF this
number, the Lakevile auxiliary
/ took 20 garments as their share
and Thursday night they turned in
/ 10 completed garments, the first 10
come in from any of the auxiliaries
who are working on this order
The auxiliary at LakeviIle was or
/ ganized last October and they have
sent in a splendid lot of work since
/ that time.
I Red Cross Home service workers
Will receive their official insignia
/ within a few days There are about
| 80 men and women in South Bend
who are enrolled in this work and
( they are making every endeavor to
reach the families who come with
in the scope of their work.
Red Cross articles, amounting to
almost $3.50 was the result of last
week 5 work, according to the ship
/ ping lists at headquarters. The first
shipment early i'm the week,
amounted TO S159.S5 and the sec
ond shipment amounted TO S3S7.05
/ The two shipments included the fol-
! lowing: Twenty-Five cOnvalescent
robes; 81 hospital bed shirts; SO hos
pital bed jackets; 10 pairs of pa
jamas; "a bandage foot socks; 10
opera ting gowns; 81 French pillow
/ cases; los property bags; II hot
water bag covers; 279 hand towels;
three operating towels; AS wash
cloths; 80 napkins; seven trench
rugs; IA ambulance pillows; 80 he'll
NETS; one scarf; 1O4 pairs Of socks;
50 sweaters; IA pairs of wristlets.
The AIaccabee Red Cross auxiI-
| larry met at the home of Mrs. George
( Morehouse. 575 y. Scott St, Thurs
day afternoon. Sewing for the Bel
gian children and work on property
bags occupied the afternoon. The
auxiliary Will meet next Thursday at
the home of Mrs. Emma Reed. n.
Wilbur ST.
The Carroll auxiliary, No. 81.
which has been meeting in the
homes of its members, is to meet in
the Red Cross headquarters here
after. They will meet next Thurs
day
Members of the LippincOtt Red
Cross auxiliary will meet at the
First Presbyterian church at 1870
o'clock Saturday afternoon. to take