The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1919-01-24
Red Cross Notes

The Evangelical lad les worked
with other volunteers Thursday
afternoon. They made refuge gar
ments fand Mrs. Menges acted as
supervisor.
Harold Wendland son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Franz Wendland of this city
turned in a beautifully knitted
sweater, for January shipment.
This lad is only eleven years old
and one Of our younge st knitters.
Mrs. Shifilet of Madison was a
visitor at the work rooms on Fri
day.
The LaBolt Auxiliary turned in
for the November shipment 81 prs.
of socks, sweater and 10 pajama
suits. For December 9 prs. Of
socks and 3 sweaters. These ar
ticles should have been mentioned
in the last notes.
Mrs. G. H. Stengef Of this city
made and turned in twenty-five
pairs Of socks for the month Of De-
cember. This makes a total of one
hundred and two pairs Of socks that
Mrs. Stengel has made since the
organization Of the Chapter. This
entities her to credit for .428
hours service and places her we'll up
among the leading knitters ct the
country.
Attention is again called to the
matter Of awarding CERTIFICATES in
recognition of the loyal service
given by the women and men work.
ers Of the red cross. In the issue
of the Grant county Review cf Dec
ember Is and Of the Herald Advance
Of December 10, the communica-
ton OF Mr.. F. I. Heffelfinger,
division manager Of northern divi-
sion A. r. c.. wherein the plan for
making such awards was explained,
was given in full. The workers
are requested to refer to this COM
munication. The officers of the
Chapter are desirous Of ascertain
ing the names and number of
hours that each worker thinks her
self or hims If entitled to. as the
names nnst be sent in to Head
quarters Nor. Div. A. r. C. where
the certificates will be issred and
returned to the Chapter for distrib-
ution. The branches and auxilli-
aries have been requested to send in
all names by Jan. 25th and all
names must be in to the Chapter by
Jan. 28th. as the names must be
sent into headquarters by Febru-
ary 1st. Due notice of this plan
has been given to all workers
through these notes but there are a
few who have responded by report
ing to the custodian. 1t is hoped
that any one who is entitled to this
certificate will not be backward
about claiming it. The officers are
proud of our chapter and proud of
its achie vements. The faithful
workers have made it possible to
make this star chapter, and to ac-
complish things that seemed i'm
possible. It is q high honor to
hold one Of these certificates and
will be especially so in after years. |
Please give this matter your early
attention and ii you are entitled to
a certificate and do not get one do
not blame the officers. All certfi-
Gates are issued without cost to any
one.
In view Of the fact that some of
our good workers may have delayed
making their claims on account of
sickness, and thinking that some Of
you may not now have your news
papers giving the information the
conditions upon which certificates
are awarded are again briefly stat
ed The certificates are awarded all
persons who have given regular s.r-
vice q period nf not less than six
months, and during the period COW
cred has given not less than 500
hours service In computing per-
iods Of service only service since
April 6. 1917. can be counted. Inl
chapter production work done out
side Of the work rooms, such as
knitting garments. shall be estimat- |
ed on piece work basis in the |
same number q used in the work |
rooms. The time given for knit |
tad arfic1ca n N fOllOWD:
Sweater, Is hours: pair Of socks |
Ii hours; pair Of wristlets s hours;
scarf l2 hours.
Women entitled to the certtif- |
Gates may also have badge upon
payment Of 800 Men workers en-
titled to the certificate msy pur-
chase the service button upon pay
ment of 75c.
An effort has besn made 70 keep
N accurnto account with each