The Republican journal., 1919-06-19
Chapter
Record of the Work.

J Military Rellef, Articles Made-GauZe
dressings, l21, $50; pads, 4, ZIG; bandages,
2,O4O; shot bags, l,027; blue packets, 2, 500
! leach packet contained Is pieces; refugee
garments, 2,348; hospital, 3, 1874 Gncluding
1869 paiamaS; hospital supplies, 5000
dncluding 205 large quilts and 66 afghans);
kits, 1000; kid vests, IL; scrap books,
1887; Christmas bags, 4O4; knitted ar
ticles, II, 461 Gncluding 26O6 sweaters and
$500 socks.
Drives for Old Clothes
list Belgian drive, 1900 lbs End Bel
| gian drive, 400 (curtailed on account of
scarlet fever epidemic); 3rd Belgian drive,
! 2,0l1 lbs.
Nursing Survey.
| Nurses registered, 101.
Conservation
Peach stones and nut shells, 100 lbs.
tin foil. 200 lbs.
First War Fund Drive: Amount COL
lected, SIS, 928 80.
Second War Fund Drive: Amount COL
lected, SIT, 45O19.
Treasurer's Report
About $4,000 has passed through the
hands of the treasurer, irrespective of the
drives. 500 has been set aside for
civilian relief fund Of the "a Branches
eleven have sent in their surplus to head
quarters.
list Christmas membership drive, 1,244.
End Christmas membership drive, 2,512;
The total membership of the Chapter
on May 1, 1919, is 4, 189, of which 222 are
subscribing members take the Red Cross
Magazine) and two are contributing mem
bers.
Civilian Relief
The Home Service work of our Chapter
was not organized until September, 1918.
We have one or more representatives in
the "a Branches. Owing to incomplete
reports, we cannot tell Just how many
families have been assisted We have a
record of information or help of some
kind given to $50 soldiers and their fami-
lies. So many of the men who went into
the service from Waldo county were
/ ents that we have had very few calls for
financial assistance.
Junior Red Gross.
The first chairman of cur Chapter
School Committee was Miss Maude E.
Mathews, who began her work in Feb
ruary, 1918, and organized our first JUNIOR
Auxiliary in that same month at Browns
Corner, Northport, doing most excellent
work until the next summer, when she
resigned for other Red Cross duties, and
Mrs. John r. Dunton, our present chair
man, succeeded her.
Because of the division of school inter-
ests among War Savings Stamps, Victory
Clubs, War Gardens and other worthy
activities, as we'll as the unusual amount
of sickness the past year, and the conse-
quent interference with the regular rou-
tine, the organization of school auXiliaries
in Belfast proper are organized, together
with the Union school, three in North
port, and one each in Palermo, Monroe
and Troy. The total membership aver
i ages about ESQ., The teachers in these
schools have been most energetic and the
children have done much good work in
| knitting, shipping, collecting books and
salvage, helping in the various drives,
gardening, the making of gun wipes,
trench candles, scrap books and other
articles.
! A very creditable amount of money
has been raised, the largest individual
gift to the Chapter being $50 from the
| Mcclellan school, Belfast. In accordance
with the new peace program the Juniors
are to contribute at least 80 per cent of
their money toward the founding of
National Children's Fund for the help of
children in the war-stricken counties.
In pursuance of this policy our auxiliary
has sent to headquarters $685., leaving
| in our treasury S238 a.
In submitting the above condensed re-
ports of Waldo County Chapter, should
like to add that as regards the Military
Relief work we have really produced
more articles than those given above
but it was impossible to always obtain
reports from the Branches. At the last
all work was shipped here and this great
| ly facilitated matters.
! Signed:
LOUISE HAZELTINE,
| Chairman Waldo County Chapter A. R.C.