The courier-index., 1918-10-18

es label for his parcel. The soldier
will then mail that label to a relative
or friend to be attached here at home
to the package which is to go back
to the soldier No. package will be
accepted for the soldier unless ii
has on it this official label issued by
the war department to the soldier in
France, and by the soldier sent to
his folks at home. The Red Cross
will distribute the standard size car
tons to all families who can present
the label sent from relatives over
seas.
To all auxiliaries or to all families
who have relatives overseas. send in
to me at once the approximate num-
Der of men overseas from the chap
ter community | will kindly ask all
secretaries and home service chair
men in Lee county to at once secure
the approximate number of men over
seas from their community and send
to me at once, as | must have the
approximate number of men overseas
from Lee county in the division Of
flee not later than October rs, in or
der to get the cartons. This is i'm
peratiye that you send in the report
with all haste or we will run the
risk of not getting the cartons in
time to send the soldier boy his
Christmas parcel. All parcels will be
inspected by the Red Cross repre-
sentatives, and no Christmas parcel
will be accepted by the Red Cross
for shipment after November goth.
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Work Completed for the Week
Wednesday forenoon, Oct. 9. Capt.
Mrs. w. S. McGliatock. Mesdames.
J. Walter Reed, Doddridge McCul-
loch, W. G. Ford, ]. v. Hollenback,
Milton Jones, W. F. FELTON,. Com
pleted five serge dresses. Mrs. Eel
ton cut out II dresses.
Thursday forenoon, Capt. Mrs. Sam
Harrington Mrs Bruce Mulkey, Miss
Dorothy Mulkey Completed 8 serge
| dresses
Friday afternoon, Capt. Mrs. A. A.
McClendon Mesdames. Wright. Null
key, Miss Dorothy Mulkey. Complet-
| ed four serge dresses.
Monday forenoon, Capt. Mrs. W. B.
! Mann, Sr Mesdames. Jim Spence,
W. B. Newbern, w. F. FELTON,, Miss
Allyne Wright. Completed five serge
dresses. Mrs FELTON, cut ten dresses.
Monday, October IA, Mrs. NJ E.
| Newbern, chairman, assisted by Mes.
danes. w c. Ford, A. A. McClendon,
j.. l. Morris and Miss Allyne Wright,
packed and made ready for shipment
| four large cases of clothing that had
been gathered by the Red Cross dur
ing the campaign week of September
% to 80, for clothing to be sent to
the unfortunate refugees of France
and Belgium. Most of the clothing
was of the very best and quite a lot
of clothing that had never been worn,
which was a little out of style, was
/ donated by g. Katzenstein, and a
number of pairs of shoes by the mer-
chants of Brickeys Everybody re-
sponded so literally to this most wor-
thv cause. There is quite lot OIL
work attached to the gathering and
shipping of this clothing. The Red
Cross has system to every branch
of its work that must be carried out
to the letter We had four large cas-
es. each with a serial number, and 1t
required five bills to the case, one
bill to be placed inside the case, one
bill to be placed on the outside or
the case, one bill to be sent to the
Commission for Relief in Belgium,
165 Broadway, New York City, one
bill to be sent to the American RED
Cross, Southwestern Division, st.
Louis, Mo-, and one bill to be retain
ed by the chapter Each bill has
date, weight, ETC., so the American
Red Cross is able to trace the small
est item from the beginning OF its
Journey until it reaches its destina-
ton. whether it be in America or in
Europe. We are very thankful to
Miss Willie Whitsett for making the
twenty typewriter bills to be used
in making our shipment Also to
Griffis- Newbern Co., and the Il. j.
Beazley Co., for the shipping cases.
And to Mrs. Newbern's chauffeur,
Robert Lee, for mailing and wiring up
the cases and hauling them to the de-
pot, and to M. K. Newbern for the use
of his truck, and to c. c. Gregory for
making the cases. We are happy to
say Lee county reached its quota OF
clothing, which is now on its way to
serve the purpose it was gathered for.
On last Tuesday evening about 8
O'Clock Mrs. Morris learned there
were four of our Lee County young
men to leave on the 6:20 train for
Jefferson Barracks. Mo-, to enter
service of our government. She phon-
ed two of the canteen members,
Mesdames. M. E. asd w. ID. Newbern,
who drove with all speed to the
station am arrived there in time to