Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1918-07-06
AN APPEAL TO THE WOMEN
OF CUSTER AND VICINITY

Red Cross is putting forth every effort TO
keep up with their allotment each
month no doubt every woman within
the jurisdiction of this particular Chap
ter knows her own ability and strength
toward the accomplishment of work for
the Red Cross. However that may be,
we feel that we must bring to the notice
of the women of this community a few
plain truths. This is not my war, not
your war, but our war. And the work
in connection with our own local Chap
ter is not my work, nor your work, but
our work.
The Supervisors of the different de-
partments of this Chapter desire and
urge each woman to "go over the top
and if you canuot work at the Red Cross
Room, or take work to your home, and
make hospital garments il may be pos
sible for you to help with the Relief
Work.
The Custer Chapter wishes to express
at this time, the highest praise and most
hearty thanks for the efforts of the De-
partment that is handling the Relief
Work. This work is highly important
and every Chapter is expected to do its
quota. Up to the present time the Re-
lief Work has been done entirely at
Four Mile, under the supervision of
Mrs. +. L. Kirk, but now the Chapters
quota has been increased to 200 gar
ments per month, compared with Dem
ver's allotment of 250,000 garments at
once y and it will be necessary for others
to help with the work.
In the past few months you have give4
freely to this special department--un.
used or unusable garments, which the
women at Four Mile have spent many
hours in cutting, making over, or reno
vating-and which have been turned in
to help relieve the suffering of those less
fortunate, across the water, When you
realize that just a few women have spent
hours alone in just the cutting of the
garments necessary for one baby layette
(of which one dozen outfits, consisting
of 425 made garments, not including the
"sundry" bags, are being turned in for
shipment)- when you realize that
before Custer became Chapter, the aid
of each woman at Four Mile within a
radius of several miles, was solicited for
Relief Work. Some few responded
nobly-some gave but little time, and
some none at all. Most of these women
could not have gone to the work room in
Custer, and it is expected that most of
the Relief Work be done in individual
homes, rather than the Chapter work
room. When last months allotment cfl
work, consisting of minimDm lot of 20
garments for womenl came just two
women with help of a third one after
noon) cut and made these 20 garments.
So you will see at once that it is abso.
lutely necessary that this department
have the help of every available woman
and girl who can sew at all. If you are
already doing your "bit" at the Work
Rooms Chapter or Auxiliaries) or TAX
ing work home, we do not urge anything
further. Some of you have helped in
various ways toward previous work of
this Department-and in the making of
the layettes particularly-for this you
have the appreciation and thanks of the
Chapter-but we do need your help to-
ward these allotments, from now on.
Four Mile is not an Auxiliary, but SIM
ply part of the Local Chapter, and it is
urged that they do this work alone, in
order to simplify the tasks of the other
Department Supervisors, working in the
Custer Work Room. Work in all de-
partments (where possble) will be sim
plifed, from now on, to the extent that
we will receive all garments ready-cut.
You will find "open house" at Four
Mile for Relief Work each Wednesday
afternoon, or you may hand your name
in to the Supervisor who will allot gar
ments to you and incidentally instruct
you in methods of finishing them ANY
number you will be able to make. You
will receive credit for this work in the
same way credit is given in other De-
partments.
MRS. NJ. A. WILLIS,
MPS X r KTpK