The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-02-08
RED CROSS NOTES


The surgical dressings committee
regrets to have to report consider
able falling off in work last week.
Only S55 gauze dressings were
made This is small number for
an entire weeks work as it requires
over 5000 congresses to fill box.
II is hoped that there will be a large
number of workers on Friday and
Saturday so as to bring up this
weeks average. Monday. the fourth.
was a great disappointment to the
work room directors. Monday was
arranged as a surgical dressing day
to give an opportunity to the busi-
ness women of the town to do their
bit for the Red Cross. Although
all stores were closed there was not
a business woman present at the
workroom Monday morning or after
noon. The surgical dressing super
visors urge all the business women
to come on next Monday-either
morning or afternoon and fold a few
dressings to help fill one of those
great big standard packing boxes.
The two workers who made COM
presses Monday morning were Mrs.
Aollie Perry and Miss Eta Skip
per. On Monday afternoon the fol-
lowing ladies assisted in the work:
Misses Betty Brown, Lewis Murch-
ison, Mamie Hill Moore, Eliza
Moore, Mary Gildersleeve Wylie and
Hesdames j. II. Witherspoon, John
Poag, John Crawford, j. Il. Black
mon and Miss Margaret Moore, di-
rector.
On Wednesday morning quite a
number Of workers were present:
Mesdames John Poag, Harry Hines,
III. r. Murchison, Will Reed, Andrew
Gregory, Frank Harper, Rogers and
III. r. Rice, and Misses Betty Brown,
Louise Wylie, Juanita Wylie, Eliza
Wylie and Perry Bell Bennett. Miss
Margaret Moore was supervisor.
Mrs. ]. II. Witherspoon has sue
ceeded in organizing quite large
band Of workers to make layettes
for the French babies, but she is now
greatly handicapped by lack of
funds to go with the work.
Won't you be one of twenty
readers of the News who will give
$500 to this beautiful work of sup
plying little helpless babies with
warm clothing? Have a heart and
send your contribution of $500 to
Mrs. Witherspoon. Do it at once
before the matter is forgotten.
The organization of the Junior
Red Cross in the Lancaster graded
school is well under way. Mr.. G.. +.
Wessinger, superintendent. has
been made chairman Mr.. George
Williams, treasurer, and Mrs T. NJ.
Hughes, director of the making OF
garments. Each child in the school
must be represented by % cents be-
fore the school becomes Junior
Red Cross However children al
ready members of the Lancaster
chapter will not be expected to take
out new memberships, but it is hoped
that some of these $1.0O members
among the school girls and bows
will take 25 cent memberships for
some OF the other pupils who are
not so well able to pay their own
dues. The entire 25 cents will he
retained by the school for the pur-
chase of supplies to be made up bv
the pupils.
Mrs. c. ID. Jones, supervisor of
hospital garments, urges all workers
In her department whether at home
or in the workroom, to rush their
work on outing garments as these
articles should be shipped at once.
Mrs. r. r. Wylie, chairman of the
packing committee, shipped a stan
dard box of outing bedshirts. There
were 100 large size hospital shirts
in the box
MRS. John Poag, supervisor gen
eral supplies. wishes to ship another
box of knitted garments by the
hfteenth. All knitters are urged TO
get in finished garments to Mrs.
foag Just as soon as possible. Lam
caster has responded admirably to