Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-01-02
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two disloyalists barely saved their
lives by contributing $1,000 to the
Red Cross and leaving the community,
but it can not be expected that people
who are giving their sons should be
overly patient with neighbors who are
aiding the enemy our sons have to
fight
Becoming a member of the Red
Cross is not the full duty of a patriot
but it is the first privilege. Neither
profession of patriotism nor claims OF
religion are worth peanut II they
are not carried into action, at least
to the extent of membership in the only
organization that will nurse our
wounded soldiers back to health.
The boys for whom the service flags
are hanging in our windows are wear
ing knitted garments supplied by the
Red Cross. Some of our boys will
be wounded lover there" and will be
picked up by Red Cross stretcher
bearers, carried in Red Cross ambu-
lances to Red Cross hospitals where
their lives. will be saved, If possible,
by Red Cross doctors and nurses, and
the Red Cross will send news: as
speedily as possible, to the relatives
of every wounded soldier.
Your dollar and my dollar, and the
dollars from the millions Of other
members will make this possible. In
addition to giving our. dollars we are
privileged to give our personaisser-
vices. For the women there is, sew
ing, knitting and making surgical
dressings. For the men there is
abundance Of, work which will be as
signed on, application to the chairman
F. P, Walker. For all of us there Is
the duty of bringing home toaaour
neighbors the position in which they
are placed if they are not doing some
thing in patriotic service.
At a meeting of the Executive Com
mittee Friday afternoon, there was
passed resolution directing the chap
ter treasurer to secure from, each
branch a monthly report Of it's finan-
cial condition according to the re-
uuirements of the national organiza-
ton. .... ...... ..-
A committee was appointed to take
charge of the Surgical Dressings de-
partment and build it up into as eff
ficient an organization as possible at
once, because of the pressing need
for these supplies. The committee
chosen is Mrs. Hattie Peterson, Mrs.
Julia Fardy and Mrs. Bernice Blake.
Mrs. H. F. Arnold was appointed as a
special committee to take charge OF
the surgical dressings work at the
High school. Mrs. Hubert Carr and
Mrs. w. H. Norris were appointed to
branch workroom for sur
gical dressings at Mrs. Carr's home
and it is hoped that other branches
will be made possible all over the
town and county.
Each of the above named la6'~~
taking the course in surgical dress
ings upon completion of which they
are authorized to instruct others in
the actual work, and there are several
others in the class. It should be un-
derstood that it is to
take this course in order to be able to
work at making surgical dressings.
Anyone can help with the work under
the direction of those who have taken
the course to qualify them as instruct
ors or directors.
In spite of the fact that manufac-
turers are supplying eleven thousand
sweaters per day and vast numbers
have already been supplied by the Red
Cross there are still thousands OF
our soldiers not yet supplied and there
should be an earnest effort to finish
up such work as rapidly as possible
while the need is so great.