The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-11-09

similar organizations in various parts +.
OF the state, especially in Indianapolis,
she carried on the details Of the de- !,
partment without interruption until |
May 1. 1919 and for such period here |
after as was deemed necessary. /
The report of the home service de- /
partment to May /, 1919 was as fol-
lows: 1922 services rendered families, |
information only; 1853 services rem
dered families. other than informa-
ton; is families assisted financially; |
$50 families aided in securing allot-
ments and allowances; 900 instruc-
lions given to departing service men.
regarding allowance, allotment and in
surance; 40 home service workers in
the county; messages sent to France
for service men who failed to receive
letters from home; 7 lawyers, 4 doc
tors and 2 insurance men rendered
services; IL letters sent to Geman
and Austrian families; given hos
pital care 6 wives, l mother); % aid
ed in securing employment; 20 nurses
furnished during the influenza cpl
demic of 1918.
Extends Loans
| The home service department not
only aided in the matter Of extending
information but was Of great assist
ance in a financial way, the depart
ment loaning $1151.26 to families of
service men. The sum of $4,000 was
donated to the home service, $35 was
expended for an office desk, $4,000
salary for assistant secretary for three
months, 5000 salary for secretary for
fifteen months The total amount ex-
| pended 70 the home service from Jan.
7, 1918 to March 81, 1919 was $4532 35.
| A total of 137, 194 articles was made
by the department Of wOnan's work
from the time of the chapters organi-
cation to May /. 1919. This depart
; ment made surgical dressings, hos
pital garments, knitted articles and
comfort kits. The hospital garment
section made 25.216 articles, including
1850 pajamas, 7405 shirts (bed only;
152 operating gowns. 5514 miscellan-
eous articles. including convalescent
robes, bed shoes. etc; refugee gar
ments including Alt house gowns; 1870
underwear garments. $50 chemise. so
dresses, 25 skirts, 60 pinafores, 491
handkerchiefs. 531 petticoats, 4457
pairs of drawers, 800 nightgowns and
1874 miscellaneous articles, including
layettes.
Surgical Dressings
Although 100,7S6 surgical dressings
were made, this number tells only in
a slight degree the vast amount OF
work entailed in the making of the
dressings and other articles which re-
quired considerable care and skill. The
record of the work in this department
is shown as follows: 10,23S pads, in
Guiding cotton oakum and paper-back-
ed; 62,197 congresses, including
sponges and wipes; 1882 muslin
bandages; 3039 gauze rolls; 1852 first
line packets, 100 heel rings, 6400 shot
bags, q eye bandages and 142 pneu
monia jackets.
Old and young alike participated in
the work of the knitting department
War days of years gone by were re
called by many an aged grandmother
as she knitted daily, not only for those
boys of our own country, but for any
son of Uncle Sam or of the allied
| forces who was given aid by the Ameri
can Red Cross.
1o,131 Articles Knitted
? Yarn was dealt out to knitters as
t fast as it could be received. Ter
thousand one hundred and thirty-one
Y articles were knitted as follows: 1852;
sweaters, 296 helmets, 1873 wristlets
5 4S scarfs, 81 afghans and 1894 pair:
of socks.
i Six hundred and seventy-six comfor
4 kits were made by the chapter, of thi:
number 476 were filled and 200 un
= filled. Property bags numbering SO;
!. were made.
n Every branch in the townships o
the county is represented in the re
port of the women'S work, also all thu
:. auxiliaries Of the chapter, the branche
being located at Abingdon. Dublin
10 y
Centervllle, Dalton, Fountain City
n Cambridge City, Jacksonburg, Greens
z fork. Webster and Whitewater. TIL
auxiliaries were situated at Chester
l. Helms school house and College Hill
3; The women's clubs of the city an
0 county dispensed with their programs
for the most part, and did Red Cros
n sewing, as did the womens societie
of all the churches.
Junior Red Cross
One of the most important and mos
interesting phases Of work was tina
e done by the Junior Red Cross in tn
= public schools, the superintendent Q
e schools being the chairman Of tn
n work in the city, the township branc
IL chairman being under the jurisdictio
S. of city chairman. Nine elementar
s, schools and the junior high schoc
e. were organized on the room basis
the teacher Of each room being i
If charge Of the work assigned her pupil:
r. The offices of president, vice-prestden
g. and secretary were held by the chi
al dren. The Red Cross work in the hig
t. school was conducted under the supe
re vision Of the student council.
IS In compliance with the request {
lie the national organization of the Re
10 Crosc fwO-week camDaignS were ga
,e ried on on the following activities
IS Health and hygiene, thrift and conse
IS walton. community service. gardening
IN birds-their economic value histor
a. and development Of the Red eros
e. movement, social service.
Of Make Dressings
1T The members Of the Junior Re
g Cross aided greatly in the productio
I work Of the chapter. their work r