The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-03-22
REMARKABLE WORK ACCOM-
PLISHED BY CATHOLIC LADIES
IN VARIOUS CATHOLIC PARISH
UNiTS-RED CROSS OUTPUT
WAS MOST COMMEMORATE
UNIT.
(Comnunicated).

(Con1municated).
Our Catholic six hundred of Mime
apolis who sewed and knitted and
mended for the soldiers are of the
kind whose powers and activities are
multiplied by their own self-sacrifc-
ing love. Generous devotion to a
noble cause only increases ones eff
ficiency in other lines of duty and we
may rest assured that the women
whose sewing and remodeling and
knitting were done so we'll that they
brought forth again and again highest
praise from the Red Cross officials,
were also the women whose love and
devotion kept their own homes order
ly and gave their own children the
best of care Their record in the work
of the Red Cross is an index of the
energy and order and loving care that
they exercise in their own homes.
The number of knitted articles to
the credit of the Catholic Red Cross
of Minneapolis is 8,648; and of sewed
articles, 29,507.
The following record does not in
clude the gauze work of the various
units. Several reports are missing.
The Pro-cathedral: 861 paja,na
suits, 20 day shirts, 11S bed shirts,
13 pair operating leggins, 48 bath
robes, IT'S comfort kits, 278 front-lined
packets, "a abdominal bandages, 80
head bandages, 81 sling bandages, Is
scultetus, hot water-bag covers, 10
hand-tied quilts, 4 pieced quilts. Of
refugee garments: 81 boys winter
suits, 40 girls dresses. Of knitted ar
ticles: 1000 pairs hand-knitted socks,
Is pairs re-knitted socks, 100 pairs
mended socks, 400 hand-knit sweat
ers, 80 pairs wristbands, 43 mittens,
10 trench caps, Is helmets, 9 muffiers,
Is towels. Total 3,454 articles. Aver
age attendance %, days per month
8 days for IS months; director, Mrs.
Mary Johnson. This unit has three
service stripes.
Incarnation: SIS pajama suits, 264
bed shirts, $50 suits underwear, 60
operating gowns, "a operating sheets,
IS sweater jackets, 60 pairs bed socks,
6 hand-tied comforters, 100 abdominal
bandages. Refugee garments: 20
girls dresses, 525 pairs hand-knit
socks, 1T hand-knit sweaters, 40 pairs
mended socks.
Total 2,010; average attendance 60,
days per month, 8; director, Mrs. j.
e. Frank. Owing to building opera
lions this unit was able to work only
six months.
St. Thomas Sample station): "a
table cloths, 11S pajama suits, 34S
hospital shirts, 232 T bandages, 4S
4-tail bandages, 306 sling bandages,
239 abdominal bandages, SO SX10
strips, SIT front-lined envelopes, 400
comfort bags, 400 housewives $50
remodeled army shirts. Refugee gar
ments: 20 girls dresses, II baby
Jackets baby caps, 40 baby suits.
Knitting: 2S8 pair hand-knit socks, 60
hand-knit sweaters, Is wrist bands, Is
trench caps, 6 wash rags, 2 afghans.
Total 4,445, workers 20 days per
month, 5; director, Mrs. J. T. Ma
honey. This unit has three service
stripes.
ST. Bridget: SO pajama suits, so
hospital bed shirts, Sc bed Jackets, 20
bath robes. Refugee garments: 10
boys shirts, 10 boys summer suits, 10
girls dresses. Knitted articles: 200
pair hand-knit socks, 7 hand-knit
sweaters. Total 439; average attend
ance -; days per month, 4; 5 months
work; director, Mrs. S. H. Coyle.
Holy Name: 236 pajama suits, 156
hospital shirts, 60 bed Jackets, 120 pair
bed socks, 11S helpless-case shirts, As
day shirts, 1870 pairs bandaged-foot
| socks, 4S aviation bags, SO comfort
kits, 4S bed leggins Refugee gar
ments: 80 girls chemises, 40 boys
shirts. Knitted articles: 265 pail
hand-knit socks, hand-knit sweater
Total 1877; average attendance 20;
days per month, 4 director, Mrs. P
H. Colhaas. This unit has two serv
ice stripes.
| Holy Rosary: 40 pajama suits, los
bed Jackets, 1853 bed shirts, II operat
| ing shirts, 48 undershirts, 20 day
shirts, 20 scultetus bandages, So hos
pital shirts, so comfort bags, 81
housewives" 4S pair socks, 10 boys
summer suits, 40 girls pinafores
Knitted articles: 101 hand-knit socks
81 machine-knit, hand-fnished socks
SO hand-knit sweaters, afghans
Total 1901; average attendance 20
days per month, 4; service stripes, 2.
This unit added to the linen shower
% bed sheets, 100 bath towels, 12I
hand towels, sc napkins, SO handker
chiefs.
All Saints: "a day shirts, 4S be-
shirts, 22S pajama suits. Refugee gal
ments: 40 boys summer suits, 2
girls underskirts, II pair hand-kni
socks. Total 436; average attend
ance 81; days per month, 4; 4 months
work; director, Anna Magiera.