The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-01-04
Red Cross Notes
BY MRS LON DICKEY
First Meeting of 1918

With an enrolment of about 200
members, the Red Cross work room
III the library building opened up for
business again Wednesday, January
2. Mrs. Cora Wilson served as SUI
perMsor. and Mrs. Wadley Garbutt
as chairman had interested comfort
able crowd of working members,
Mrs. ]. c. Glover, Mrs Roland Crit
I'm. Mrs. F. M. Grady, Mrs. A. K.
Hall. and Mrs. H. B. Isler Mrs.
Hoitzendorff spent sometime with
the workers, going later to the sur
gical drssing meeting, and Mrs. G. B.
Frey and Mrs. Lon Dickey formed a
special cutting committee for the day.
A number of callers dropped in,
several bringing finished knitted gar
lnents and asking for more yarn to
continue knitting Some of these in
cluded Miss Clara Heuser, one sweat
or, Mrs. L. A. Seely, pair wristlets,
Mrs. A. B. Peterson, sweater, and
Mrs. Mary A. Green, 2 pair wristlets
and 2 eye bandages. Others calling
were Mrs. c. +. Rawlins, Mrs. Allie
Rogers and Mrs. Henry Powell.
There was no coal to heat the
building, but Mrs. Holtzendorf had
placed four oil heaters in the big
work room, and everyone was thor
oughly comfortable, a steady hum of
sociable chat intermingling with the
hum of the sewing machines.
The subject of useful Christmas
gifts was brought up, one member
announcing that gift of sewing
machine that folded up inside of a
neat little box, she was sure, COM
prised the most useful gift that any
one had received. Another member
deInurred, saying that her daughter
had received handsome of knitting
needles from young lieutenant al
Camp Gordon, with the card bearing
the words, Take hint" and thai
this was more useful gift just al
the present time.
Whereupon, third member bid fol-
the honor with the following an.
nouncement: Three years ago." sale
this member, II made little CUES
towel and presented it to friend II
Fitzgerald. a"This Christmas" sh,
declared, Il received the same towe
from a mutual friend in distant city
showing that the Christmas previou:
perhaps she had gotten in an EN-
barassing position for lack of gift
Tor this mutual friend and sent he,
any little towel. And not knowing
that l made it. this same mutual
friend presents it to me this third
Christmas.
But wait" she says, that is no,
all yet. | got in an embarrassing
place myself, so as this was the only
bit OF hand work available, sent this
same towel to another friend with
ITS history, and with the request that
after year she pass it on to some
mutual friend in order that I might
have a chance at it again. But no.
she writes back, at has served on
a sufficient number of occasions al
ready. proving its usefulness four
years IN succession, and | am not GO
ing to make any rash promises"
No one disputed this lady's rights
to the honor of having received and
given the most useful present of the
season.
But getting back to work again
seven hospital shirts were cut out
two finished, and four begun. Which
we think is fine beginning for the
new year.
The hour has been changed to 1
o'clock in the afternoon when il is
hoped that the building will be heat
ed tor the library hours No work
will be done mornings, unless it is