The courier-index., 1918-03-15
RED CROSS REPORT

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 sa'u.a iesn Association Of the
 Ane March 16, 1918, Will
 Dross, s',,,,tv.sixth anniversary or
 the ,,,iDhing intl of the American n
 rn that short space II
 rOss' rom a struggling, little
 Fown .,sotion to a great body
 Olsa .sorEers numbering it's mem
 ,pe 'perton. who had been inde- !.s
 = her work of mercy with
 Ois ',.ry r commission" during the
 ani'" s.a seen failure in the un-
 aa' inefficient sanitary service
 zeu' arortheless, done its best
 aa' l,,diers in the field. She had
 s0 sad deplored the sufferings
 na a Ih tse men of the north and
 cn saa unnecessarily been ex-
 u'a .,,er her four hard years
 ,o switzerland to recuper- |rd there, as was to pc eA.
 n' .ho caught the spirit-the |sd struggling spirit of the Red
 n mat was to be the greatest l. movement that ever swept Ir,n Great was the patience or
 porton m and proportionate was ward. for on March 16, 1882, st;on by the senate made the (ross of America a reality, and American Association Of the |rossr came into being s6 years Kama and Lee county never |arvtbing by halves, and can
 be counted on to go over the anvtbing we are called upon very short report of my at- ace to the Red Cross Institute 1 ronesboro March s and 5 or |eek.
 meeting was called to order I,,v at 10 a. m. in the assem- nom of the Chamber of Com huilding. Some 60 or 75 ladies Ientlemen being present from Int chapters and branches in vision, At the opening of the h I had felt just a little Dit as to how my report for the eounty chapter was going to |re with the reports of other ers. when, to my great surprise, |e had any report to make. All Ia to be eager to find out just to get started, and just what Io pursue after they got started. |u can imagine my pride when |e the report for the Lee county er to the director of develop for the Southwestern division. brted the time of our organiZa- that since we had begun sewing work rooms we had completed housand different articles, not ling the many hundreds of knit Fticles, and had on hand a ship of about one thousand base hos supplies, ready for shipment. bur work rooms, steam heat and
 and all our shipping cases 1 been donated for our use, free arge by our big-hearted- whole chairman, W. s. McClintock. l |hst up to date we could boast ] Red Cross members. We were |imented very highly for our and l felt very highly compli- Pd when was given instruc- by the Director. that hereafter i B to inspect all supplies and
 them with the code number, | pack them for overseas ship
 that my inspection would
 and our shipments would not { ened until they reached France. l was bidding our Division Di- goodbye she said she had the people of Lee county were 1 wealthy l said "yes, it seems | Oayn everybody must think we 'erI wealthy, from the many | 'aaN are made upon Lee coun- anu x am sure 1t will be 9s i ol surprise to you as it was Y When l was toii hy the ] or that S5 per cent of tine " or the Red Cross comes from 'naii towns and rural districts. 1 TX completed for the week:
 ',suay a. m. team. Capt. Mrs. ] Mann' Mesdames. Davis Plum ', n. IL Turner, F. L. MacChesney, i nisslns' Completed 6 triangle 2, ss', iS abdominal bandages, . 0eu shirt, 2 suits pajamas. asuay p. m. team, Young Ladies 0ap'' MISS Allyne Wright, Mes sso' Cobb, R, M. Hays, V. T. Msses Elsie Fisher and Eliza anu marguerite Hancock. Com. ao oed sheets, 13 abdominal 1 'ss sss' zs triangle bandages.
 " .s, q, m. team, Capt. Miss Fran 'sl',cs' s Mesdames. Arthur Cot r sues' Brian Frazier, Horace ,'' ,ou. oayce Turner. Completed '0w cases. 2 hospital bed shirts
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