Norwich bulletin., 1919-10-25

as MT. Phillips declined to serve am
 other year. John F. Hennon was ac-
 cordingIy elected chairman.
 The executive committee held ten
 regular meetings and live speciai
 meetings. Credit is due those memosrs
 the meetings even on the stormiest or
 nights Tn, December the second
 Christmas Roll was held with. ID. l..
 Phillips. chairman. The very emcient
 and energetic work of MT. Phillips and
 his committee resulted m total mem
 bership of 1791. The Ways and Means
 cornmiSee deserve special mention as
 the work of this committee. together
 with the funds from the Roll Call have
 provided abundant funds to work with
 particularly as all material required
 by chapters for production orders ac-
 cepted after November 90, were sup
 pffed without charge and we were thus
 saved bills amounting to seXerai
 thousand dollars
 No more sewing was required after
 May but a group of women in Pa
 chaug< called for work and Toe chil- 5drens uudershirts were requ1sitIoned
 for them. Knitting on garments Tor the soldiers was stopped in December but refugee knitting is still gong on
 to quite an extent under the able dl- rection of Mrs. l.. V. Whitford. At the present time no quotas are assigned.
 All work is voluntary.
 The Home Service committee has been in action during the entire wear In December the executive committee voted revolving sum of $50 for the use of the Home Service section. The special committee appointed to handle the influenza epidemic brought in it's final report in January and was dis missed with thanks for It's good work. The cor-orations signified their willy ingness to meet the expenses Of the same which amounted to $153.4e. Two local nurses, Mrs. Walter A. Richard
 art Red Cross service badges by the; chapter for their untiring work during this epidemic. The Atlantic Diyi- sion has sent directions to be ready fer the influenza should it break out a gain.
 Considerable money was added to the treasury by the authorized sale of cotton gauge, cotton cloth, yarn, and sundry articles not needed any long CT A few hundred yards of gauge are still on hand. in the line of equipment the hapter has in hand two knitting machines, long table. and eight large wooden boxes, with locks. The chap ter was represented at both the Red Cross conferences in New York and in New London. campaign for used clothing the last week in March. with Mrs. Frank Wilcox. chairman, result ed in the collection of SIS pounds of clothing with 58 pounds collected lat er
 A history of this Red Cross chapter from the time of formation up tO> the first of May of this year, when most of the activity ceased, was written by a committee appointed for that pur- pose One copy was sent to National headquarters. one to the Atlantic Di l vision headouarters. and one copy is ] by this cha pter. This history l which summarized the chapters work and gave names of all officers and ] committee chairmen. showed very creditab1e amount of work done
 Badges given for 800 honrs' Red Cross work have been given 31 work ! CTS 1.-two of these for. special work in i influenza epidemic. S1fforts have been ma de to start a class in Home Hygiene l and care of the sick. also in First l Aid So far neither has been suc- cessful. although Mrs. J. F. Pare | of nursing activities is in l fee as to a nurse who would come l is hoped that at an early date a pub 1 lie health nurse will be installed, eith- [ g rby the corporations, as one corpor- ation has already done, by the Red Cross. At presen the Red Cross feels unable to cope with the question Pre- para tions are under way for the Third Roll Call, with Wallace H. Payne chairman. This campaign comes two | months before the memberships are up. that the holidays may. be avoided and before the winter weather sets in.
 The peace time programme dealingt with child welfare movements. public health nursing. first aid, stamping out | disease, aid in great ca3amities etc. | call for everyones cooperation now as much as in. war time. To finance