New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-11-15

The East Las Vegas
Red Cross rooms are the scene OF
happy "doings" this week. The ladies
are preparing and packing the Christ
mas boxes for the boys in the camps
and across the water.
Over sixty persons have offered 7 o
fill boxes and send them to the hoys
VII, have no relatives to whom 10
ser their coupon.
Knitting Department Report
Colfax County Chapter, A. R. C.,
for the month of October, 1918.
Knitting turned in to headquart-
ers: Ration, % socks, 20 sweaters.
koehler 10 socks, | sweater. Gardin-
er, IS socks, 2 sweaters. Total, l27
socks, g sweaters. Shipped to Dem
yer headquarters: From Ration, us
socks, 30 sweaters. From Dawson
branch. 80 socks, S. sweaters. Total
255 socks, 95 sweaters.
The Home Service department of
the Red Cross has been organized
for relief work during the epidemic,
at Ration at least ten families a day
are visited and provided with nurses
attention, as well as trays from a
central kitchen.
The Red Cross is cooperating in
all ways with the doctors Of Spring.
err to control the Flu" epidemic. Anv
man or woman desiring to serve a.
nurse in or around Springer will be
paid 5000 per week.
The sowing room at headquarters
at Las Cruces has been a busy place
the past two weeks. The city school
teachers who have been enjoying (?)
a forced vacation during the Flu"
epidemic, have turned their time and
talents to Red Cross work. They
have been giving a full 8 hour dur
ing this time to helping complete the
rush war order for 300 pajamas, on
schedule time.-Citizen.
The Red Cross ladies announce
that the rooms, which have been
closed for ONE time on account of
the influenza epidemic. will be OMEN
ed as soon as the ban is lifted. Pre-
parations for the beginning Of active
work again are being made. SUPER
yisors being busy cutting out work
for the other ladics,-Carlsbad Ar
gus.
The Grant County Chapter Of the
american Red Cross shipped five
large cases of surgical dressings to
Denver headquarters the past week.
-Four cases Of dressings for use at
hospitals contained 5000 COM
presses, 5000 wipes, 100 absorbent
pads Sxl2; 500 absorbent pads l2x24,
and 20 pneumonia Jackets. The case
for an evacuation hospital contained
l94 IA pads, l26 ga pads and S.
five-yard rolls. The Red Cross con-
tinues its work steadily and is week.
~ turning out a large volume of sup
plies OF every description.-Enter-
prise.
Roy subscriptions taken during the
amount to 2.610.46. You re-
port collection. S2.5Ol %. Unpaid
amount to l0.s 50.
Rodeo during the nine months of
its existence of the Red Gross Branch
has received $s82.49 with disburse-
ments to the amoun of $56l O7, leav-
ing a balance of $2l.42. 1t was shown
at the annual meeting that III gar
ments and sweaters were made and
shipped, all of which passed the rigid
inspection. 140 pounds
OF clothing was collected for the
Belgians.
The Red Cross ladies are making
masks out of thin muslin donated by
The kinsell boys. These masks will
be placed in the stores and sold for
ten cents each, proceeds go to the
Red Cross. Masks will be given to
who can not buy them. You
AN also make the masks yourselves.
The goods of a flour sack made two
ply makes a good mask. The mask
be 6x8 with a 10 to II inch
tape at each corner. children's masks
smaller in proportion. If the lower
string is tackled about an inch from