The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-09-04
Local Chapter More than Even
with Quota Assigned; Work
on Output is Progress
ing Rapidly.
ANNUAL MEETING BIZ
HELD THIS MONTH
$50 Sweaters, 146O Pairs Sox
Shipped; Valuation $3.50;
Good Work by Home
Service Section.

That the Grady County Chapter Of
the American Red Cross is far adj
vanced in woring ou the ,uota OF
work assigned for the quarter Wa.
evidenced by reports submitted last
night at the meeting Of committee
chairmen. by early in October prac
tcally the whole of the budget of
orll assigned to the local chapter
will be finished officers believe.
Committee reports for the 4. ath
of Auust show a remarkable in
crease in work along practically all
lines, In the packing and shipping
department a big portion of tne
work expected of the Grady county
chapter has been billed i'll to hoad-
ju1rters, according to a report u.s.
ed this morning by the secretary,
Mrs, Wv Bynum.
The annual county Red Cross
meeting will be held here on the
fourth Wednesday in October il
was decided in completing n-
ranements for the meetink. AT that
time new executive committee
will be elected and new officers
named for the following year 1t is
expected that every member of the
Rcd Cross in the county will make
arrangements to attend the annual
meeting as matters Of general ia
terest to the organization will be
discussed.
Changes made in working hours al
&C headquarters rooms in the Federal
building specify that beginning Mon.
day. September rS~-the Red Cross
supply and work room will open al
one o'clock in the afternoon AMI
close at four Notice of this change
will be sent out this week all over
the county
During the past month total of
seven boxes of hospital supplies
containing $50 sweaters and / 1850
pairs of sox have been shipped in
from the county. This aggregates
over one half f the work required, it
was estimated this morning The
total valuation of shipments made
will reach $732O.
The following finacial report for
the past year was rendered:
Receipts, August 1917 to August,
1918, $3O,3OS.21.
Expended, membership dues re-
mitted to st. Louis, $18,735.46.
Relief supplies purchased $1S,735.-
46..
Civilian relief or Home Service
$2OC.O2
Chapter expenses $516.30.
Express and freight S279S2.
Refund auxiliaries and branches
and war remittance $1.376.2S.
Balance on hand $2,751.0S.
Total $30,3O321
In the Home Service section aid
in some form has been rendered to
33S persons showing an increase oi
221 over the number reported fol
July. Of this number five have been
helped financially, visits have been
made to five families, and alott
ments and government allowances
secured for two During the montl
/, 13O men have entrained for draf
camps. Letters written by one Hom'
Service Section total 157 and finan
cial aid in loans and grants will ap
| proximate $685., according to a re
port given by Mrs. T. II. Dwyer, heaC
? of the Civilian relief section.
| Reports from the Surgicau Dress
! ing Department showed the following
articles completed by the auxiliaries
Frisco 575 SKA congresses; Tuttl
1 473 muslin bandages; Verden SO
{ SKA congresses; Norge 2351 dress
ings; Bradley 500 SKI congresses