The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-24
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One of the most difficult tasks ever set the Birmingham RedS Cross has been successfully accomplished The linen shower ended yesterday with not only the specified number of sheets and tow number thrown in for "lagniappe" which is Birmingham's way. In September, immediately following the Belgian cloth ing drive, the chapter was ordered to send 1000 sheets and 15,oO0 towels to New Orleans. The chapter was forbidden to spend one cent of it's own funds, and this number of articles was to be gath cred in one week. The housekeepers of the city were asked to give them from their linen closets. Unfortunately few had sheets of the correct dimensions, SO to fill the order the committee in charge was obliged to solicit funds, buy the material and have the sheets made by hand. The people of Birmingham sponded with their usual generosity, and individuals and units of the chapter spent days and weeks making up the 40o0 sheets
 The undertaking represents almost two -mcnths of hard and steady work and gift from the people of Birmingham and
 
 of money. To all of those who con trbuted either money or labor, the execu- tive board wishes to express its profound thanks
 The committee which undertook this work for the chapter, volunteering for one week, and spending eight in the un- dertaking deserve unstinted praise, and the board wishes to thank personally it's fine chairman, Mrs Oscar Hundley, and every one of her splendid assistants.
 Mrs. Hundleys report is as follows: Birmingham Chapter American Red
 Cross:
 l beg leave to report the successful termination of the Red Cross linen show CT, of which I had the privilege of be- ing the chairman
 The report follows.
 The quota of 4ooo sheets and 15,o0o towels has been shipped to gulf division headquarters. A surplus of over 1000 towels has been turned into local head quarters.
 It is quite impossible to mention all of those who assisted in this drive, there fore the chairman wishes to thank in this way all of those who assisted by contribution of time. labor, money or the articles for which we called.- To the following especial thanks are due for service at headquarters: Mrs. F. H. Cabaniss, who was a tower of strength and supported the chairman in every way: Mrs. T. W. O'Byrne, and the Headquarters committee, Mrs. Kenneth Carleton and the counting committee, Mrs. Emmet ONeal. the able and un- tirng chairman of the packing commit tee and her assistants; Mrs. Henry Ruff, chairman of the laundry committee; Mrs William I. Grubb, Mrs. Walter V. Glaze, Mrs. Edmund Dryer, Mrs. Forney liar rington, Miss Alice Harrington, Mrs. Louis Plosser, Mrs. Bissell. Mrs. Weed, Mrs. c. M. Dewitt. Mrs. McDuffle and Mrs. Douglas.
 To all chairmen of churches. clubs and schools, to all Red Cross units, to the junior Red Cross, Boy Scouts. motor corps, to the Fell Telephone company for the use of the phone. to the press of Birmingham for the generous space al lowed for advertisement, to Mrs. H. NJ who secured the invaluable aid of the employees of retail stores. to the various chapters of the Order of the Eastern Star, missionary societies, order of the Maccabees, B. R. l.. x F. Co. for the heat, to the owners of the building who so generously lent it for eight weeks