Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1919-02-19
RED CROSS MEMBERS TO
GET HONOR CERTIFICATES
WORKERS COMPUTE THEIR OWN TIME
SIX MONTHS OF SERVICE PERMITS PURCHASE
OF INSIGNIA

Work done at home, such as sew
ing and knitting, as we'll as work
done in the work rooms, work in
all the Red Cross classes of hy-
giene, surgical dressings, first-aid,
nursing and also work done and |
hours spent in Red Cross cam
paigns for Red Cross funds and
memberships should be counted.
Services given and time spent in
connection with emergencies, such
as the influenza epidemic and the
Perth Amboy disaster, also may be
included in the eight hundred
hours.
The committee on awards APP
pointed by the Delaware chapter
is made up of the chairmen of the
various bureaux. The members of
this committee will award the SER
vice certificates to the workers in
the City of Wilmington and
throughout the State of Delaware
who have done their work in their
various departments. Mrs. Willard
Hall Porter, chairman of the wo-
mems bureau, is in charge of the
certificates to be awarded for work
done in surgical dressings, knit
ting, sewing, supplies, inspecting,
packing and motor service. Mrs.
Joseph Bancroft, chairman of the
bureau of hygiene, will award
certificates to workers whose work
has been done in classes in nurs-
ing, frst-aid, surgical dressings,
etc. Miss Madeline Draper, chair
man of the bureau of home service
and civilian relief, will award cer-
tifcates for the workers. who have
rendered services in that bureau.
Mrs. Henderson Weir, chairman of
the canteen, will have charge of
the certificates for the canteen SER
vice. Miss Emily P. Bissell, chair
man of the bureau of development,
is secretary of the committee on
awards and is also in charge of
the certificates to be awarded for
: special services. Mrs. Thomas w.
! Wilson, chairman of the bureau of
: publicity, is chairman of the COM
mittee on awards.
at is the duty and pleasure of
r your committee to bring before you
the awards which the American
Red Cross has seen fit and wise
to bestow upon it's workers, and to
acquaint you thoroughly with the
rules governing these awards
said Mrs. Wilson today. "These in.
structions come from Washington
through the division to the chapter
and from the chapter to the mem,
t bers, in exactly the same way thai
S all instructions and requests have
c been coming for so many month!
that Red Cross workers have be
5 come we'll acquainted with the rou
+ tine, and it is now, not only oul
!. duty and our pleasure, but gu,
1 habit as we'll, to carry out sucl
II instructions from these headquar
e tiers to the letter."
n How to Secure Recognition
u The first thing for worker to d.
: is to apply for a QUESTIONABLE
: This application should be made
- to the chairman of the bureau il
y :, which the worker feels that hel
- major number of hours of worl
y has been accomplished. It will b,
y. given by any bureau upon appli
:, cation. The next thing is for thu
- recipient of that QUESTIONABLE t.
n !. fill it out, which will be an cas-,
y task as it is simple in form an,
+. designed only with the purpose o
y being helpful to the workers. Thel
it should be returned to the hea,
. of the proper bureau.
g Workers will please apply TO,
4 these questionnaires as soon a
~ possible and return then
!, promptly. By so doing, they will
- assist greatly, the committee o.
"a awards, which hopes to.have pre-
\ sentation service of these certifc
n ates at the earliest possible date
h Just as soon as the badges hav'
h been completed by the manufact
% urers, they will be placed on sal
n at Millard Davis jewelry store
Is Tenth and Market streets, Will
mington, Delaware, for sale onl
to those presenting service cert
ID ficates.
ID Each Red Cross worker is aske
IS to figure out her own number G
d. months and hours of service, a