Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-08-04

Cross Badges
for Wo k rs Are
Received Today

Every worker for the local chapter
of the American Red Cross entitled to
q service badge who filed out n sent
in the necessary q~uestionnaire, had
mailed to them Saturday by Mrs. Ar
thur Stern, chairman of the Award
ment Committed. a notification card.
On presentation of this card at Red
Cross headquarters, 101 Smith street
the holder will be given a certificate
and a service badge.
The badges are all alike being OF
14-karat gold with a design of a raised
red cross on a background of blue and
white enamel. The badges are hung on
q ribbon which is attached to a pin
| with a safety catch.
The color of the ribbon denotes the
humber of hours given to Red Cross
| service. Khaki ribbon represents 400
hours in six consecutive months, plain
blue 500 hours in anne number or
months: one white stripe on blue'
means 1000 hours work in n year
| while two white stripes on blue, which
is the highest award given for service
signifies that the wearer has given Ave
hours and thirteen minutes time six
| days a week for eighteen consecutive
months.
I Special service buttons to be worn In
the lapels are being awarded the men.
While the button Is smaller than the
lwomen's badges, the design is the same.
Few If any chapters of the American
| Red Cross have given out as large q
number of badges as the Perth
Amboy chapter. The Morgan disaster
| October 4th and 5th and the epidemic
lof influenza which followed, gave
Perth Amboyans an opportunity for
Red Cross service not ~equalled else
where.
The men who will be awarded the
special service badge are the following:
]. A. Brimlow, A. c. Clark, DR.. George
w. Fithian. Edward L. Gridley, A.
Grant, Robert Lutz, Albert Leon, DR..
J. l.. Macdonald, Dr. G. w. Naulty,
Norman La Cour Olsen, D.. P. Ohm
stead. George Preacher, N. ". Pierce,
Jr.. John-J, Powers, Thomas Ryan, o.
wv, Ramsay, Arthur Stern, Jr., Morris
|Shumsky, r. 1. Vail, Newark, w. H.
War;, Dr.. J.. G. Wilson and Tracy d.
Warning. Total number Of men work
ers, 20.
The women, thirteen in number, Who
will be given badges for 2,40O hours
service are: Miss Marie Andersen, Mrs.
NJ. e. Carlock, Mrs. William FL. Hof-
ner. Mrs. Arannita p. La Roe, Mrs.
Adrian Lyon, Mrs. Iver Larsen, Mrs.
Elizabeth S. Meinzer, Mrs. Edith M.
Ramsay, Mrs. Annie A. Spofford, Mrs.
EJ. v. Shull, Mrs. Belle Stesn, Miss
Anna Whalen and Mrs. Katherine II.
Runyon.
The following are the names of the
twenty-seven women who will receive
the badges for 1900 hours service:
Mrs. Ella Abegg, Miss M. Furnival r.
Armstrong, r. N, Mrs. NJ. G. Arm
Mrs. William Allen, Miss Broad.
head, Woodbridge; Mrs. Francis Clark,
Miss Madeira A. Dayton, Mrs. Frank
dorsey, Mrs. Jay FRANKIE, Miss Mary
Fimiani, Mrs. William w. Hodges, Miss
ILeisa F. Henry, Mrs. George Hardi-
man, Mrs. J. P. Mclean, Haversford,
Pa; Mrs. William Murdoch. Mrs. John
Meyer, Miss Rose Mccormick, Miss
Mary Morris, Mrs. F. d. Mendenhall.
Mrs. O. C. Olsen, Mrs. Peter Olsen, Mrs.
w. w. Oliver, Mrs. Emma Peterson.
Mrs Florence r. Roos. Miss Lulu Ricci,
Mrs. J.. H. Tappen and Mrs. Jane Over
ington.
Badges for 500 hours service will be
given to At workers. One of them,
Mrs. Katrina Nelson, of III State
street Is SO years old. Mrs. Nelson
made sixty pair of hand knit socks.
Complete list is: Miss Esther Ander-
son, Mrs. Maria Bacha, Sir, Miss Sue
Brinsco, Mrs. Gizella B~uynofsky. Miss
Gertrude Bloomingdale, Miss Agnes
M. Brown, Miss Alice NJ. Clark, Mrs.
James Chalmers, East Orange, Mrs.
Marie Dlabik, Miss Katherine Dlabik,
Mrs. William Davis. Mrs. George w.
Fithfan, Mrs. H. j. Foley, Mrs. Eliza
beth Gengor, Mrs. Mary Hudak, Mrs.
Mary Holub, Mrs. Jeanne W. Howell,