The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1918-06-14
RED CROSS REPORT


They give their dollars and their
lives. The following cablegram from
the Paris headquarters of the Red
Cross was received last week al
national headquarters:
Herewith please find check fol-
5000 francs. contribution from Off
GERS and enlisted men of third avia
ton instruction center. The Red
Cross has done so much for this
camp that we wish to show our ap
preciation by sending this contribu
ton to further your good cause.
Signed by Major Commanding.
At the center referred to the
American Red Cross maintains baths,
laundry. canteen for officers and en-
listed men. disinfecting plant, tailor
and mending shop, barber shop, tech
nical aviation library, and has sup
plied soldiers many other comforts
and recreations. including printing
piant used to issue camp newspaper;
also three rest stations at outlying
fields.
No Red Cross war tax. Tne heu
Cross Is no longer required to pay a
war tax on freight, express or any
other shipments, passenger tickets,
telegraph or telephone messages.
The u. s. Commissioner Of internal
revenue has SO ruled.
Work completed for the week:
Thursday forenoon, Capt, Mrs. p.
r. Turner. Mesdames A. Cotter. E.
C. Bailey. Jim Spence, F. L. Mac
Chesney. c. c. Kitchener. Davis
Plummer. Malcolm Panden, Miss
Pearl Mann. Completed 3 pajama
suits. 4 reversible helpless shirts, 2
operating caps.
Friday forenoon team, Capt. Miss
Frances Derrick. Mesdames. 9. ~.
Houck. Horace Bonner, Hughes, j.
7, Isaacs. Misses Pearl Mann, Ruth
Mclean. Carrie FELTON,. Completed
hospital bed shirts. 5 triangle BAN
dages, operating caps, ! pa]ama
coat.
Friday afternoon, Womans Mis-
sionary Society of the Methodist
church. Capt. Mrs. ]. o. Payne. Mes
danes. G. E. Yancey, r. l.. Blair
Arthur Ruscher, julius Benham, ida
Y,earv. completed hospital bed
shirts, 4 infants shirts.
Monday forenoon team, Capt. mrs
w. B. Mann. Sr., Mrs. A. b. lawson
Miss Pearl Mann, Mrs. w. +. FELTON,
Completed hospital bed shirts
Mrs. FELTON, cut pajama suits.
Monday afternoon, ladies OF the
Maccabees. Mrs. Guy Leary. Capt
Mesdames. Edna Griffin, A. A. NC
Clendon. Miss Pearl Mann. Com
pleted one suit pajamas, hospital
bed shirt, 2 comfort kits.
Tuesday forenoon, Capt. Mrs. u.
Reazley. Mesdames. Edmond Beaz
lev. Kate Pruitt Marshall Hewitt
W. T. West. Misses Pearl Mann
Mamie Johnston. Alma Futrall. Com
pleted 3 pajama suits.
Tuesday afternoon. Young Ladles
club. Capt. Mrs. Dave Dupuy Mes
DANES. Carl Sutton. Louis Altman
Misses Alyne Wright, Elizabeth Han
cock. Completed 3 suits pajamas
Mrs. Altman cut pajama suits.
Wednesday forenoon. Capt MRS
w. S. McClintock Mesdames. Walt
err Reed. Bruce Mulkey, VIII Hudson
Kate Durham, J. V. HollenoacK'
Marshall Hewitt. Miss Pearl Mann.
completed suits pajamas and I'M
tshed up pajama coats. Mrs. Mar
shall Hewitt cut pajama suits.
wednesday night the ladies OF the
Young Woman's Business CLUB. MADE
comfort kits for our soldier boys
and dresses for our little French
and Belgian orphans.
Donations received:
Mrs. Ida Leary, cash vi.
Mrs. Elizabeth Hobbs. cash VI.
Peters. one sewing machine.
Mrs. C. &C. Kitchener. one half
dozen spools thread.
Mrs. M. A. Douglas, cash VI.
Mrs. l.. Shaul. bundle OF cioth-
ing for the Belgians.
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Who is 1t that does not have q
dear little girl or boy. Christ loved
them so. He said. suffer the little
children 10 come unto me and Tor
hid them not, for of such is the
kingdom OF heaven More funds
added to our Red Cross by the
little children of Mariana.
Friday afternoon. May 81, little
Leland Williamson, Margaret Dag
gett. Cara Wood Nixon. Louise
Bowden, Maxine Daggett and Elsie
Marshall gave a little concert on the
lawn at the home of DIR. o. l.. VIII
hanson. The gate receipts amount
ed to 50. which they sent to the
Red Cross to be used In our work
for humanity.