The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1919-05-08

the committee. Considerable time was
spen, by member Of the committee
With the town clerk on the honor roll
The report Of the work done is as ioi-
lows: Visits. 2os: interviews, 30; icy
tiers, "a; phones, 81, kilograms. J.
Thanks are due Mrs. Wyman. MISS
Laura Steele and Miss Sara Brown LOT
assistance"
The supply Committee which IN
cludes Miss Hermione Garfield Tor tn
Village, Mrs. c. A. Rich for hicnv'iie,
Mrs. H. S. King for the Depot, ana
Mrs. Ioyeland Munson for the Center
beos leave TO submit the following re-
mort OF its work from the time OF INC
last anual meeting on May 4th, 1870
70 date: i,
AT the beginning Of the year the
committee had on hand large quanti-
ties Of cut garments ready for the
making SO that when the order came
that hereafter all materials were 70 oe
purchased cut from headquarters we
had work TO do until such time as the
new orders could take effect. Inc
purpose Of the new order was to pre-
vent overlapping Of work and an un-
balanced production which was inev-
table under the old system when eacn
lhyanch chose what It would make and
purchased when and where II pleased.
Not only this, but the competition re-
sulting raised the price Of the COM
modisies used. II seemed wise 70 con-
i cent to the request from headquarters
n deal only with them and we became
in yeritable truth soldiers doing as we
were told, when we were told, whetner
|, IN WAS in accord with our desires OF
not. As a result the work pressed
!, heavily at times but the women VINO
showed such splendid interest worked
, IN faithfully and we closed the year
having completed all and more thar
4 we were asked to do and having re-
eeiyed no adverse criticism from head
D quarters upon any of our work.
aside from the usual sewing ant
! knitting the supply committee re
. sponded to the need at the time OF TN
6 influenza epidemic and co-operate'
s with the civil relief committee ana TN
2 Nurse Association. Supplies wer'
q bought. food prepared for invallds am
0 the dependent families and Invalid
4 and six DAYS were given in part to re
% lief nursing. !,
: an September came the call 10
second hand clothing for Belgian re
q lief and the committee worked system
% atically to gather all available gar
= ments. Headquarters hoped we coul
J send 1000 pounds, and we were de
h lighted ON receiving freight bills !
4 find our shipment weighed l,2z
ic pounds. - !.
.Again last month came the call io
a. second hand clothing for civilian r.
n lief abroad and April Sth the comm
i. tee packed and shipped $50 pound
making the total since our last annu
"a meeting of 2,o95 pounds of good wea
&c able second hand clothing for u
L. needy on the other side.
nd I'm December an S. 0. 5, call can
al from the hospitals in France for Inn
and our showere resulted in the shs
as ment Of 1l5 bath towels, 1913 han
"a towels. lat handkerchiefs, and 90 ma
Is. kins for this special purpose
nd Our regular work has resulted IN
cb shipments to division headquarters
,r- Boston and may summarized as 4
m lows. 2 nightingales, towel, ba
bannets. "a hospital shirts, 80 pm
ed. fores, 80 house gowns, 81 house lac
d. etc. IL boys bingham shirts, tr
in cloth. Is. hot water bottle covers,
an bed socks, 3 afghans, 10 napkins,
,rk wash cloths, 80 fracture pillows,
the bandaped foot socks, 30 pettIcoa
90 chemise, so girls dresses,
nos trench foot slippers, 30S comfort pa
,rs. 279 housewives, Ill property ba
nos TAI convalescent robes, 249 apro
hen 1877 pajamas, 207 under drawers,
red understands, "a 2S-piece iayettes,
pairs wristlets, 70 scarfs, 326 swe
ort ers. 2OS helmets, 80 pairs childre
, Of stockings, 1919 mems socks. !,
rit- .In addition to this your commit
has furnished in equipment to soldl
,me going away 10 complete outhts c
ling tanning 16 made articles each Ia
Hrs word was received from headquar'
that owing to the fact that some
was the men failed to qualify it was de-
90. "a best to outfit them in part 9
hell. As a result of this order we outii'
M u men with ten made articles Q
lev The toal equipment consisted OF
in articles. .
: il disqualification: For hospitals.
Iune articles; for regular shipments ?
mes articles; for equipment AIS aruc
vice. total output, 6,444 articles, an aver
duce Of 1922 articles weekly for the en-
not year.
ance AFTER the signing of the arms
cnts. there was marked diminution Of N
tina, est and only those who took pain
y in know the facts realized the grave
dian di,ions abroad and the need for
our tinued work. As fast as is at all
nber. sible the peoples abroad are after
was ing 70 carry their own load with
n Of fully inadequate resources ana
run equipment. We are asked to cont
take our work for a time and are ass
,gton ,ha, we will be given work cnl
re- long MS absolutely necessary.