The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-03-06
Reports al Meeting Of Executive Board
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MORE AUXILIARIES
ORGANIZED IN COUNTY
Laverty Ladies Line Up; Urge Use Of
Magazine in Schools; Branches
are Active

The splendid work OF the Grady
county chapter of the Red Cross wa
detailed last night in the reports of
the chairmen of the various commit
tees at the regular fortnightly meet
ing of the board Of directors. Rep
resentatives from other branches and
auXiliaries were present, including
Mrs. j. S. Jones of Rush Springs
Mrs. Fl G. Gatewood of Dutton, Mrs.
j. d. Sanders of Minco, Mrs. J. G.
Taylor and Mrs H, w. Slater of Gill
bert.
An account of the work of organic.
ing auxiliaries in Grady county was
given by B. B. Barefoot, chairman Of
the extension committee. Mr.. Bare
foot said that during the past week
auXiliaries had been organized in
Spring Creek, Laverty and Rocky
Ford and were in process Of organl.
2ation at Acme and Bailey He is
working in conjunction with the
school teachers and expects to have
an auxiliary in every school district
The Laverty auxiliary was organized
Tuesday afternoon with the assist
ance of MIS-, Coryfll Mrs. T Fl.
Dwyer, Mrs. Rishel and Mrs W. s.
Richards of Chickasha, at an enthu.
siastic meeting. 1t has twenty-five
paid up members, all willing and
eager to work and the entire neigh
gorhood is much interested in the
cause Laverty is also ready for the
organization of a Junior Red Cross, |
The matter of having the Red
Cross magazine read in the schools |
was brought up, this appeal coming |
t1 the Red Cross from President |
" ilson. 1t was moved that the chap |
ter urge the use of the magazine as
supplementary reading in the Grady |
county schools and ask the cooper
alton of the county and city super.
mtendrntS ana teachers.
Mrs T. R. Trawick, chairman of
the surgical dressings department,
told of the routine work and the out.
put of that important department |
Two classes of instructors have fin |
ished their courses, the members of
the second or last class having chargeI
of the work room and the first in
structors having special work, such
as inspecting dressings, cutting
gauze, wrapping and. packing, so the
work in this department is well sys
tematized. During the month of FEB !
ruary the output was 8,439 small
gauze dressings. 100 absorbant pads.
25 split irrigation pads, and 120 mus |
lin and canton flannel bandages
The department used 1000 yards OF !
gauze. 100 yards of muslin and so |
yards of canton flannel, besides 40
Yards of new muslin and a quantity
OF old muslin for wrapping. The
chairman stated that it was their
desire to ship one box of small
2auze dressings each week or ten days |
and one box of larger dressings, also
one box of pads each month. The
work of this department has been
highly commended at division head |
quarters.
A report of the work turned in bv |
branches and auxiliaries during the
past two weeks only, was given by !
Mrs. George Norton, chairman of thu
military relief committee The list
Of ardt les follows:
Pocasset: 1S suit paiamas, pairs
hospital bed socks, wash rags. 20
pairs knit socks. sweaters, ? he'll
NETS, ! scarf
star: IL hospital bed shirts, 10
pairs hospital bed socks, pair knit
socks.
Woods: s sweaters, Is pairs socks.
SO knit wash rags.
Rush Springs: IA hospital bed
shirts, IA suits pajamas, helmets, 4
sweaters, pairs socks.
Dutton: 30 hospital bed shirts,
pairs socks, 4 sweaters, pairs wrist
Jets.
Amber: z suits pajamas. 2 hos.
pital bed shirts, ~