Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-10-30
Red Cross Activities.

| Butler with her efnclenI corps Oh
workers were finishing up the allot-
ment of split irrigation pads, and
Miss Gladys, Rives with nearly all the
young girls in town, besides many
women workers, were making refu-
gee garments for the children of Bel
gium and France. She will be glad
for any one who cannot come to the
work rooms to help, to take home
these little garments to make. The
country auxiliaries might help in this.
We have another surgical dressings
allotment of 1000 9 by gauze
wipes which will soon be on hand.
Miss Butler hopes that all workers,
both trained and unframed, will be
on hand to help, when these arrive,
as they have to be finished in 80
days.
The mending for the sewing de-
partment has not yet arrived, but as
soon as it comes, or as soon as other
work comes which can be given out,
the country auxiliaries will be noti-
fed and their allotments sent them.
The annual meeting scheduled to
take place on the 23rd, was by in
struction from headquarters, post
poned until the Goth of November,
at which time we hope to have DR..
Coburn from Camp Hancock with us
to deliver the address. Of course the
cause of this postponement is the pre-
ivalence of influenza all over ~our
country which may make it necessary
for further postponement-notice of
which would be announced.
A called meeting of the executive
board was held on Friday to consider
nominees for chapter offices, the cleo
tion to take place at the time of the
annual meeting, by popular vote.
The regular executive board meet
ing will be held on Friday of this
week, November 1st for. attention to
regular business Of the chapter. All
members are urged to be present.
The cartonss for our soldiers
Christmas boxes have not yet arriv-
ed. We have until November 18th to
get these sent and we hope that ev-
kergone viii have the label or coupon
from their boy to put on them. These
boxes are small. The following are
rules in regard to them from head
quarters:
Cartons will be distributed to
chapters by November 1st.
No parcels vii be mailed after Nov
ember 10, 1918.
The label issued to the man over
seas by the army authorities and for
warded by him to some relative or
friend in this country will entitle the
holder to apply to the local Red Cross
organization for one carton.
The cartons must be packed by
the relatives or friends and delivered
UNWRAPPED and UNLABELED to
the Red Cross to be weighed, inspect
! ed, wrapped, labeled and delivered to
the postoffice.
No package may weigh more than
three pounds.
No written message may be in
closed.
The sender must furnish the nee
essary postage from place of mailing
to Hoboken, N. ].
The label must be brought to the
Red Cross for the inspectors to place
it on the box after the box is wrap
ped.
These boxes are by 4 by 8 inches
when wrapped, so cannot contain
more than just remembrance from
''folks at home" We are asked to re-
member that the opportunity to send
Christmas parcel at all is rare
rome and the restrictions must be
observed carefully.
The chairmen of the country auxil-
iaries are asked to see that each per-
son entitled to receive the carton is
given the opportunity through the
auyiliarv and that thew cOoperate
with the chapter in any way they
can. The committee in the chapter III
charge of the boxes is, Mrs. j. H.
Nicholson, Mrs. Jas. Byrd and Mrs.
Agatha Woodson. We have only a
short time in which to work and we
hope by Monday or Tuesday of next
week to have the cartons on hand.
Tban 1ue will all have to work fast.