Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-04-10
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kE1PORT. April 10-Considerable
business came before the executive
committee Of the local Red Cross on
Tuesday evening. the meeting being
well attended. Chairman Robert
Rothwell called upon each member
for a separate report and they were
given as follows:
Mrs. A. w. Hand, chairman OF the
Home Service Committee. gave an in
teresting report of the April meeting
OF the committee whose previous
work is to be commended. George
Creel, q colored man who recently
returned from overseas. called upon
the committee for aid in securing
work and he was found a good posi-
ton through the efforts of Rev. A.
w. Hand and DIR. o. C. Bogardus.
Frank Sadowski. who while over
seas was cited for bravery. asked for
assistance whereby he would be able
to bring his wife and two children
from Poland. He had saved 800 to-
ward this purpose before going to
war. The committee has promised
to aid him and as soon as il is posi-
BILE to do so his family will be brought
to join him here. A MIR. Ingles. also
recently mustered out of the service
and who was without work, desiring
to go to his home in Virginia was
financed by the committee. whereby
he and his wife were able to go to
their former home where he would
be able to secure work. The sum OF
$125 vas given toward the service
worker at Red Bank with the PROM
Use that If in giving this sum the
committees fund should be depleted
that means of restoring same would
be found. Harry Haynes. a local boy,
who has been badly crippled by the
experiences through which he has
passed overseas, and Warren Walling
have both appealed to Mr.. Hand be-
cause their allotment had never been
received by their respective mothers.
A plan was ais discussed whereby
several boys whose services are need
ed at their former business but who
are still retained in the service, might
be assisted in receiving their dis
charge. The Home Service Commit
tee will be extremely busy from This
time on.
1t was voted upon motion of Mrs.
E. Il. Morris. chairman OF the surgi-
cal dressings department, to donate
la large box of over 5000 surgical
dressings to the Long Branch hoSpi-
tai. In so doing there will be q SUM-
cient amount OF dressing on hand for
the district nurse when she is Sc
cured.
Mrs. A. Dykstra, chairman of the
knitted goods department, reported
wool had beer given out for three
shawls, eleven mufflers, two sweaters
and two pairs of children's stockings.
The following had been returned:
Seven shawls. six mufflers. two pairs
of children's stockings, one pair of
socks, one scarf. one sweater, making
on hand finished at this time ten
shawls, six mufflers. two pairs of
children's stockings. one sweater, one
pair of socks, one scarf. There is
also on hand packed ready for ship
ping n large box containing one
hundred pairs of socks, five helmets.
eight sweaters N five pairs of wrist
lets.
The knitting committee asks that
all who have taken wool out before
January. kindly return the goods at
once whether finished or unfinished
in order that the books might be
closed.
The resignation OF William f.
Thistle, whose assistance to the local
chapter has been of great value, was
received with regret and a committee
appointed to ask Mr.. Thistle to re-
consider his resignation. A letter
from Harold Uhrig asking for ad-
dresses of local boys now overseas
was read N turned over to DIR. ID.