The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-15
Home Service Division Of ksokuk
Chapter Reports on Activities
of Red cross
Worker1
AN AUCTION
G.smessts Made and Shipped BY Or
aanixation Here Told in Account
lng-Is Monthly
Meeting.

Keokuk Red Cross chapter execu-
tive committee heard reports Of the
Organizations activities for the last
month when a meeting took place in
the Industrial association Offices,
Tuesday afternoon.
| During the course Of the meeting.
approval was given the auction to Do
held under auspices OF the Junior Red
Cross. high school auxiliary. Thurs
day night Profits Of the auction are
to be devoted to Red Cross work.
One Of tho reports was made By The
home service division. which cares for
needy relatives of soldiers 1t var.
Miss Laura Alton told OF the bene-
fetal things that are being done by
the division.
The soldiers sock committee fund
chairman spoke of the continued work
OF that branch.
| Hospital supplies.
| A report Of committee on hospital
supplies for April. made by Miss Cor
nelia Meigs, is as follows:
| During the month Of April there
were made and shipped, 1884 surg
ical dressings.
NO pajama suits were sent as this
department was assisting in the work
Of making surgical dressings.
An instructor from Chicago came to
give directions for the first-aid dress
fngs Of which $4,000 had been requi-
siioned from this chapter. She held
a class of instruction on Thursday,
April 10, made up Of the supervisors
OF this chapter, and spoke with the
highest praise OF the work these
women did under her direction. On
Friday, April 20, she addressed all of
the Red Cross workers, giving them
much help and inspiration.
| The output for April was nearly
49, 900 dressings less than that of
March, partly on account OF the
greater difficulty in making the pres
emit articles and partly on account OF
the marked decrease in attendance.
Auxiliary Report
Mrs. L. e. Dimelow made the auxfl-
Iiary committee report:
We have sent Sandusky fourteen
skefns Of yarn. two bolts of material.
one box Of thread, one box of tape and
twenty crosses.
| We have received sixty-one shirts
and fourteen pairs of socks.
Vincennes has sent us seven pairs
of socks and seventeen hospital shirts.
Montrose was sent two boxes Of
tape, sixty crosses, five bolts Of ma
|terial. one box of thread and thirty
one hanks of yarn. They sent In
forty-three shirts. one sweater, seven
teen pairs of socks.
DUPONT took out twentyfour skeins
Iof yarn.
Argyle took out one bolt Of mater
!ial, one box of tape, forty crosses and
eleven hands of yarn.
New Boston was sent one bolt OF
material. They sent in twelve shirts.
MeIrose was sent eighteen skeins OF
yarn and sent in seven pairs of socks.
Summitville sent in ten pairs OF
socks. one sweather, thirty-five shirts,
leishteen pairs of socks, three sweat
ers. They received two dozen cross
es. one box thread, two bolts and sew
en- hanks Of yarn.
| The ladies of the Belmont club
have finished with their meetings I'M
It'll their busy season is over.
Argyle sent in twelve shirts, one
lsweater, and two pairs of socks.
Franklin received twenty crosses
land sent in thirty-four shirts one pair
iof socks.
Sugar Creek sent in eleven shirts
land six pairs of socks.
Primrose received one bolt, fifteen
lskeins OF yarn and twenty crosses.
They sent in seventeen shirts.
Donnellson was sent one bolt OF
| material, twenty crosses, one box OF
tape.
Charleston was sent one bolt OF
goods and sent in four pairs of socks.
twenty-five shirts, one sweater, one
pair OF wristlets.
Knitting Committee.
. On hand April 4:
Nine dozen Co l.. socks.
Twenty-three pairs Of socks.
Three sweaters.
Two mufflers.
Thirteen pairs of wristlets.
Seven helmets
We have given out about seventy
five pounds Of wool.
Knitted articles received: $50
pairs Of socks, thirty three sweaters,
'ltwenty-four pairs of wristlets, two
helmets.
Received from Mrs. Dimelow: Forty
pairs of socks, ten sweaters.
On April II and Is the nine dozen
socks reserved for Co. L were sent to
1.-THE men in the different divisions.
Total Chicago shipments to date:
2.O23 pairs of socks: S07 sweaters:
295 mufflers, AZ helmets, 2S6 pairs OF
fwristlets: miscellaneous. Total,
I3.457 articles. On hand May Z: forty
three pairs of socks; nine helmets;
seven pairs Of wristlets: three muf-
iflers: forty-six sweaters, toward our
iquota Of 200.