The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-06
RED CROSS NOTES


The last number Of the Red Cross
Briefs is Of special interest to Mem
phlans because OF the recognition Of
the work Of the Memphis Junior Red
Cross by the division.
+, M. Darnell, director of Junior
membership OF the Southern division,
visited the city schools, where he i'm
pressed both pupils and teachers that
the Junior Red Cross was something
iloIe imam a war organization, but
mat 1t should continue to exist so as
70 meet any emergency that might
arise IN q community, such as the
the city. ~ "
Mr.. Darnell, in summing IN the ac-
tivities Of this city's Junior Red Cross,
whose enrolment is 100 per cent, highly
coh1mends the strong Endorsement Of
the board of education to the extent
OF Us having assigned a special teacher
10 the. work, who was formerly a mem-
9F OF the school system, Miss Effie
Jones; A daily visit is paid to the
schools and 80 minutes a week are
gwen by each class to the various
phases of Red Cross work in which the
Junior membership is engaged. He
says that the combined efforts Of the
children of both the white and colored
schools has made the Memphis school
Red Cross activities, Every grade,
from the smallest children up, have
contributed their dues and are doing
some task adapted to their ages and
ability, and that the vocational feature
IS given prominence and harmonizes
with the Junior Red Cross work.
He further states in the lengthy ar
ticle that the financial showing of
these schools is also most unusual, for
az the end Of June, last year, more than
5000 had been received in the treas
ury. this amount having been realized
fI~pn1 tho p~Nap1hppuhtp HYaa ~ or oanty
per year and from the various enter
stainments given by the schools. One
of the latter, worthy Of special men.
ton, was the flower market held dur
ing April, which netted more than
1880 in a single day."
A suggestive report Of articles made
Is herewith given in order that some
idea may be formed of the working ca
pacity of the Memphis pupils. From
November, 1918, to February, 1919, they
made IS property bags. six braided
rugs, 200 italian comfort kits, 800 hos
pltal' story books, 20 knitted quilts. a
number Of patchwork quilts, six lay
cites, 20 shirts for refugees, 9S pairs
Of socks, 25 hospital garments mended,
Is bedside table, 30 chests for cooking
utensils and $500 splints, In addition
they, donated to the linen shower 900
handkerchiefs and to the local chapter
four blankets. y
But the work of these schools was
not devoted solely to the soldiers, for
when the local department Of civilian
relief found that there was acute need
for garments for soldiers families the
Junior Red Cross members responded
literally and made 119 dresses, 1877 pet
ticoats, ITO caps and is baby quilts.
These were most welcome to the
civilian relief workers and proved con-
eluslvely that the services Of the Jun
Tors could be made available for any
community need which might arise"
The Memphis winners in the five
minute contest were as follows:
BrucemIrene Samelson; Gertrude
Elise Hart and Charles Speers.
Gordon, Jennie Carter, Lois Jones, Vir-
ginia Sutton and Eunice Magee.
Guthrie-Volney Edwards and Flor
ence Drury.
Hlll-Harry Pump, Isaac Long and
Idlewild-Joselyn Watson, Catherine
Grove, J. L, Satterfield and William
Satterfield.
Lauderdale-Wllliam Bowden.
Leath-Jarmie Richardson.
Lenox-Cecil Bradley, Halle Thomp-
son and Sarah Humphreys.
Madison Heights-Ross J%effress, Lou.
Use Gardner and Maxine Goltman.
Maury--Lydia Harmon. Martin Mel.
ius, Barbara Schafer, Leon Benham and
Merriit~Walter sigwait. Dorothea
Shepard, Leroy Andrew Johnson, Dor
othy May williams, Katharine +. BY
mum, Elizabeth DuBarb. Grady Robins,
Jettie Lee Rubensteln, Gladys Rebecca
Black, Josephine Guinea, Isabelle Hayes
and Eleanore Dunn,
Peabody-Josephine Davis, Mary Car
ruth, Sue Anna McKinnie and Edward
Stanley
Riverside -- Mildred Baker, Alma
Swinney, Helen Raikes, Violet Fink,
Milo Gartrell. Elizabeth Mulvehill, lei
lamin LoeffelI Evelyn Spicer and Mary
Louise Croft,
Vocational-Isidore Richberger, Bert
Clement, Lourine Linn Lucille Dice,
Dorothy Hatcher and Joe Kaplan.
Ida Clyde Clarke, in n of the lat
est numbers Of a current magazine
says: What have o done to bring
peace to a ar-weary world? Have
you made any real sacrifice? Have you
added anything TO the sum totalN of
national effort? Have you realized
your full opportunities for service?
Have you done work thai has released
a fighting man? II you can not answer
yes to at least one of these questions
YOU have missed the highest privilege
that has ever been conferred on a
woman"
But she says it is not too late to
help in the task of reconstruction
are to be bound, This thought leads
us directly into the request OF the Red
Cross to continue the production Of
refugee garments. The work Is simple
In construction and a be done In the
homes, provided no contagious disease
is there, Mrs, Thomas Looney, chair
man of the refugee garments Of tho
Memphis chapter, hopes to impress
upon women VINO can give some time
to the making or these garments :
negligee shirts-the great need Of their
&C cooperation, She still has on hand
GOO shirts to be made in the allotment
OF 400 assigned her department.
She needs immediate assistance In
this work and will most gratefully APP
preciate the offering of ones services,
either to sew at headquarters or IN
ones W home. The needy ones OF