The courier-index., 1918-06-07
(By Mrs J. I. Morris)

( of the knitting department and all
I the ladies who will knit are earnest
" requested to meet Mrs. McClintock
at the Red Cross work rooms on
each Wednesday forenoon. We have
been called on to discontinue the
knitting of sweaters. mufflers, he'll
NETS and wristlets for the summer.
but to concentrate on the knitting of
socks all the summer. as our boys
must wear the WOODEN socks all the
year round. and it will require
thousands and thousands of pairs
to meet the demand. Mrs. McClin-
took will issue the yarn to the knit
tiers every Wednesday forenoon at
the work rooms.
The following work completed for
the week:
Thursday forenoon team. Capt,
Mrs. p. r. Turner Mesdames. z. G.
Bailey, Jim Spence. Arthur Cotter.
r. L. Nixon. Completed 3 hospital
bed shirts, one suit pajamas, one
Scultetus bandage.
There will be no work at the Red
Cross work rooms on Thursday after
moons during the summer hereafter.
Friday forenoon team. Capt, Miss
Frances Derrick. Mesdames. Hughes
J. l.. Isaacs. Bruce Mulkey, Miss
Ruth Mclean. Completed 2 pajama
suits, one hospital bed shirt and put
~ d - hanIaunS
Friday afternoon. the ladies of the
Missionary Society of the Methodist
church. Mesdames. Ida Leary. ]. o.
Payne. Jim Spence, r. E. Wild, r.
L. Blair, George Newbern. John Wo-
mack. w. d. Newbern. D. S. Clark,
o. G. Norment, julius Benham, Rau-
scher. Brown. These ladies have
furnished some forty dollars worth
of materials which they are making
up into beautiful infant layettes for
the little French and Belgian babies.
Monday forenoon team, Capt, Mrs.
w. B. Mann. ST., Mesdames. Jim
Spence, A. B. Lawson, w. F. FELTON,,
Completed 16 pillow cases. Mrs. Eel
ton cut helpless reversible shirts.
Tuesday forenoon team. Capt. Mrs.
F. H. Govan. Mesdames. Edmund
Beazley, o. C. Sutton. E. J. Beazley.
Kate Pruitt, Miss Alma Futrall. Com
pleted 8 helpless reversible shirts, 5
pillow cases, triangle bandages.
Tuesday afternoon Mrs. Bruce Null
key hemmed IA linen towels. Mrs.
Morris cut hospital garments.
Wednesday forenoon, Capt. Mrs.
w s. McClintock Mesdames. ]. r.
FELTON,. ". F. FELTON,. J. v. Hollen-
back. Mrs. H. B. Schumacher. Martha
Turner. Martha Thornton. Complet- !
ed Is pillow cases, 2 suits pajamas, 2
helpless reversible shirts. Q surgeons
operating helmets and hemmed 70
linen towels.
Wednesday afternoon. U. ID. c.
Chapter. Capt Mrs. Dave Dupuy,
Mesdames. j. f. Mann, r. E. Wild. |
Mary Hicks. Will Hudson, Miss Vir-
ginia Dupuy. Completed suits pa
jamas. Z surgeons operating caps, 2
surgeons operating helmets.
Don't forget the big Red Cross auc-
ton sale to be in Mariana on Sat
u-day. June %. The place and the
exact hour of the sale will be in next
weeks issue of the Courier-Index.
would like 10 hear from all the
friends who set a henSfor the Red
Cross Our mayor. Russell Dupuy,
has donated us u fine chickens for
this sale. We will be glad to receive
donations anywhere from a dozen
eggs to cows and calves. mules or
horses. pigs. corn. or anything we
can sell to help our cause. Our
American boys are now in the thick
est OF the battle and must fight and
bleed in filthy holes and water soak
ed entertainments. and we must help
them 10 wine that beast of Berlin