Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-09
SUNSH|NERS' WORK
TOLD IN REPORTS
Washington Heights Branch's Win
ter Has Been a Particularly
Busy One.

ANY news intended for the Sunshine
| column should reach the chairman OF the
press not later than Wednesday noon
| Address Mrs. Otto V. Ort, 1912 Delaware
| avenue.
SUNSHINE CALENDAR
February IL, Washington Heights
Branch, 122 Concord avenue.
February IL, New Era Branch, Hotel
| du Pont, 2.30 p. IN.
February II, Cynthias Helpers Branch,
| S27 Pine street, S p. IN.
February 15, Rose Hill Junior Branch,
Rose Hill schoolhouse.
WASHINGTON HEIGHTS BRANCH.
The Washington Heights Branch has
been verv busy this winter and has
accomplished much. One hundred dollars
was given 10 furnishing the Sunshine
room in the Physicians and Surgeons
Hospital as an organization packed one
box for soldier in Anniston for Christ
mas; as individuals, So to branch and wool
for two helmets; IS to branch and box
to a soldier kit included, 81 and through
st. Johns Red Cross made % gowns.
and hcmmed several dozen towels; money
TO branch and made sweaters, sent 7
boxes to soldiers each containing a kit,
ANU gave II ttibN utitfu ct
Sl5 to branch and entertained a soldier
and knit one sweater: IS and made squares
for quilts; sent razor blades tooth paste,
cake and postage stamps to a soldier at
Anniston; knit scarfs and instructed sew
eral others in knitting; packed ! box for
soldier ut Christmas, sent Christmas and
New Year s cars to various camps, sent
- worth of TOYS to France; entertained
soldiers Mt breakfast when stationed at
Portcrs reservoir after picket duty NJ
night; 81 donated 10 filling a box at the
NJ. +. Church; another member has made
helmets and scarfs.
In addition to the above report the
members of the branch rrhearsed
plavlrt sold tickets for same and produced
il for the benefit of the Hospital fund
They have also made two single bed
quilts OF patchwork ono Of pink and white,
and the other blue and white then had
quilting party At the home of the branch
president. Mrs. Frank Sparks. They are
10 he sent to the Arthur Sunshine Homo
for Blind Babies at Summit, New Jersey
Surely there are MANI good ideas IN the
above report that are worth passing on.
CoREoPsIs BRANCH.
Altogether, the branch has contributed
S25, getting a woman into the Old Ladies
Home. All wheel chairs. except one, are in
use. Red Cross work, to date, done by the
CorpopSIs members follows:
Thirty-One sweaters, | pillow. 2 covers,
9 scarfs, l5 helmets. pair of stockings,
q dozen towels, | surgeons coat, ; night
ingales. pair of paJamas, hospital
shirts, surgical dressings, IA knit squares,
u dozen socks for Bclgians.
On March 4, 1918, we meet at the home
(
fifth street.
The Fredcrica Sunshine branch had a
tea-party last Tuesday evening at the
home of the treasurer, Mrs. John L.
Darby, Jr. The house was tastefully de-
cOrated in the Sunshine cOlors, yellow and
white, and the hostesses were attired in
white with yellow ribbons; Mrs. Darby
was assisted in serving tea by Miss Clara
mond Belts, the secretary. The State
president, Mrs c. W Dorsey, Jr., was
the guest Of honor This branch has done
vast amount of Red Gross work during
the past wear We hope TO be able to re-
port some of it next week
CYNTHIA : HELPERS BRANCH
The regular meeting Of Cynthia' s
Helpers Branch, viii meet on Tuesday
evening, February II, at the home Of Mrs.
Stephen Jackson, So Pine street, at s
0 clock.
At the last meeting the annual report
OF the secretary and treasurer were read
and proved to be very interesting and
satisfactory.
During the year seventy bouquets have
been sent 10 cheer the sick and from re-
ports, received from these, We believe
that many ray OF sunshine has been
brought into the lives of the suffering ones.
We hope to do more efficient work in
the coming year.
NEW ERA BRANCH
The New Era Branch subscribed SIS
for war work" TO the Red Cross Society
For Christmas cheer, the branch sent
FIVE Christmas boxes to the Delaware
soldiers in France; S. TO the Babies
Hos pital. a basket OF fruit to the Blind
Sho2 and the ladies are still knitting
lndustnously.
POLLY ANNA BRANCH.
The society has made and finished for
Red Cross six suits OF palamas. One wool
en- sweater was knitted.
One member packed lunches and gave
Jelly 10 crowd of soldiers from Camp
Dix
As Christmas work: A distribution to
needy of four garments for winter wear,
given by the STATE
Two baskets of provisions were gwen to
a needy sick lady.
Visits of cheer were made to the Home
for lncurables. One visit was made TO
hospital
Picture postcards were pasted together
and gwen to little crippled child
Several visits were made to q disabled
man and little things taken each time
such as cigars, apples, grapes, etc.
Outgrown garments for children were
passed on.