Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-20
SPLENDID WORK BY
STATE RED CROSS IS
SHOWN IN REPORTS
General Charles Bird Again Heads
Charity at Annual
Meeting.
EvERy Br1REAU GROWING


limos was shown in the reports presented
n The annual meeting of the Delaware
1,baptcr in the \ vi &. \. building |
TODAY. Data was presenter ny u"
yerious bureaus showing how each agency
had been progressing during the year
and all of these without exception i'-
fcctcd the magnificent efforts 81 i''"-
ware men and women ne need 'oi "'i
provcd health conditions IN the cltY ana
The necessity for a Board oi lteaIlh iF'c
from politIcs WAS cited IN the lNiilah
Relicf rrport al which Miss Madeline
Draner Is chairman The committee
,rred tho naming of Il Health tnmmls-
sioncr free from political affiliations or
cntanClcmcnts aS recommended ~ y. u
Wells. special commissioner to the S'a't
Board of Health -
In The absence Of General Charles bird
the president who has severe colt
Edmund Mitchell vicc-prcsdent pre-
sided NJ the meeting
In the annual election "i officers these
wrre chosen President General tharlcS
p,rd NIcc-Prcsdcnts, Bishop frcdcurk
l<,n.m.,n Henry r Ridgely. Edmund
Mitchell Secretary Miss Emmy /
BisseII. Treasurer Henry NJ CanhN,
Executive Committee Henry z Scott,
Nrs Jo~eph Bancroft Miss Madeline
Drapcr = : du Pont Mrs / du
pont Edmund Mitchell. Mrs. Lewis
Mustard. Mrs ". III Porter Mrs
George Marshall Mrs Robert tiollldAy'
Mrs. Henry B Thompson :. - Town
send
81 The conclusion of The reading of the
r.nnrts Ucnr> + scott. offered j vote ol
thanks 10 the chairman and workers oi
each b,Ircau of the Red Cross. tor the
,nIendid work accomplished during the
,t,,.tr
Miss Bi.~cll presented the report for
the Bureau ni Development. Tins
bureaus u,rk II tho past year was M
.rca>c,I from - IL - branches and during
tht, twelve months il.51l garments and
33~ .1S~ surgical dressings were madc
Mrs. Willard HALL Porter presented the
renort for The Women Bureau ~
addition Ia home work, - boxes were
shipped to France
The Bureau of Hygiene work wa~ pro
scntcd hv MIR, Joseph Bancroft and tins
ronnrt reflected the big strides made TN Il
during the wear There have been - cias>
!, IN nursing and 61 graduate CLASSES Wuh
q7a pupils and 51l graduates
Tho bureau conducted ilrst-aId hos
.ptta at the state Fair and treated ~
cases In diatetlc~ the Glasses weTo dis
continued when thc Liberty Kitchens were
established
In ~lTLGil bIt"@lilE tii VA IdiN' f''' N
1t cla-~rs With 6ll pupils graduated
Tbc hurtuI ha- co-operatcd with thc
state Defense Council. aud plans are hc-
mo made for the opening of classes III
nursing in the schools In 4 recent >ur-
yev il was found there were IL homo
graduates in nursing IN Wilmington
During the influenza II home nurses
worked in the emergency hospitals AND
,56 aids to nurses.
During tho nurses campaign m JulN
# was found that there were 2l3 registered
nurses IN the State and 40 not registered
Miss F.vainc IavcS for Miss Mari,
Lockwood presented thc work 81 th'
Bureau Of Nursing Service
She reported seven Delaware nurses III
France. and three more who left ycStcr-
day for abroad there belng - IN camps
IN this country
The report from Miss Madeline Draper
on Civilian Relief showing the work
done for the wives and families Of soldiers
was unusually interesting There wcrf
81 families that have been helped
\ report of tho Bureau Of Supplies wa.
presented by Mrs. du Pont
Mrs. Holiday presented tho report q
the Bureau OF Membership
The Canteen Bureau reported having
helped $1,000 soldiers who have passed
The finances Of the Red Cross ar,
divided INTO two branches War work anc
Chapter work
Treasurer Candy for the Chapter
reported collections 0f S}2.3i9 % vlti
disbursements of S29.4l0>4 Ia addition
there is the $4,000 Of bonds gwen h
the Gcrman-Amcucan Ahanc
Henry p Scott IN ms report Of th
finances OF the war iunt showed tots
receipts Of S5S045f20 Disbursement
ending September 30, 1918 were >i01
6Q4 II. leaving balance on hand q
SI72. .760.0S The report follows
RES
Balance on hand from first fund, $50 I
Additional amounts received from first
10-14-l9l7-Rc Gross War Fund rc
sltlon dated Sep'cmhc
4-26-l9lS-Rc Cross War Fund r.
-jtion dated Sept L..
Interest on bank balances
Delaware Trust 60.
security Trust 4 sale Deposit Go,
Equitable Trust Co
Wilmington Trust Go
Refund Joseph Bancroft 4 Sons Co
Total receipts from FIRST i4nd III.
Receipts from second fund.
eli 1918 Amount received account
N-24-lql> Additional amount ieceI,
S-37-l9l> Interest "a bank hatanrr
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