The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1920-05-21
HOME SERVICE
SECTION BUSY
Mrs. George Berry of the Home
Service Section of the Red
Cross Doing Good Work.
ACTIVITIES ARE EXTENSIVE
Work Varies from Securing Back Pay
for Soldiers and Furnishing Aid
to Needy to Bringing Relatives
Together.

One of the businest places in the
city of Glasgow is the home service
section of the Red Cross in charge of
Mrs. George Berry. During the past
month, she has made % house visits,
IA hospital calls, assisted 18 soldiers
in various ways, aided 60 families with
clothing and material, assisted 1877
children, gave out 425 yards of mater
ial at value of $38O.1O, distributed
"a pairs of shoes at $57, gave out SO
finished garments at value of $157,
allotted $40 worth of stockings and
made loans to the amount of SGT. The
total amount of relief extended was
$728.70. In addition to the activities
in this department, the routine work
in the office was exceptionally heavy
Mrs. Berry has handled about 60
soldier cases and has secured compen-
sation, travel pay, liberty loan pay
ments, uniforms which had been turn
ed in and Victory buttons. There is
not day that soldiers do not come in
for assistance.
Father and Sons Brought Together.
Some time last December, a resi-
dent of Valley county came to Mrs.
Berry and asked her assistance in To-
eating his four sons whom he had not
seen for over Is years. The father
is getting, along in years and is in
quite comfortable circumstances. He
desired to ascertain the whereabouts
of his sons so that he could leave
them what he had accumulated. He
gave the secretary description of the
boys as he remembered them, their
ages and where they were formerly
located.
| Mrs Pn,.1.xy tonly h. %&o, L,
the war department, furnishing the
description and data pertaining to the
boy who was thought to have been in
the service. The department furnish
ed the address of a mother of boy
who answered the same description
but who proved to be an entirely diff
ferent party. An extensive CORE
spondence was then instituted with
several chapters of the Red Cross ir
various parts of the United States anC
after repeated failures, one of the bows
was. finally located. Through him the
addresses of the entire family were
received just few days ago.
The local home service section has
notified the father of the results OBJ.
tained in bringing the widely separ.
ated family together.
Another Interesting Incident.
Some weeks ago, Mrs. Berry was
returning by train from Oswego. II
a conversation with a mother anl
daughter en- route to Glasgow from
the east, she learned that they were
coming to attend the funeral of thei1
daughter and sister. The husband OF
the deceased lady had wired them from
Anaconda informing them of the deatl
: but did not say he was bringing thu
body to Glasgow. They knew tina
the residence of the husband and wifi,
was about 60 miles from Glasgow bu
had no other information.
Upon arrival in Glasgow, Mrs. Ber
ry ascertained through friends her,
that the body was to arrive the fol
4. lowing morning from Butte. The hus
band and the visitors were brough
together the following morning ant
the funeral was arranged to be hell
in Glasgow.
Assistance to Invalid.
About year ago this summer
husband and invalid wife came t,
Glasgow to file on homestead. Tn,
wife was victim of rheumatism an,
had to be moved about in a whee
chair. After spending the summe
on their homestead they decided t.
move into Glasgow for the winter.
Shortly after arrival here, the hus
I band was seized with influenza-pneu
monia and passed away, leaving tn
invalid wife among total strangers
The secretary of the Red Cross hear,
of the case and wrote relatives of tn
deceased in Nebraska. A brother-in
law of the wife responded to the let
ter and shortly after came to Glas
gov to take the invalid to her oil
: home. The secretary assisted il
!, Strengthening out several busines
n matters at local banks and busines
= houses. 49,.
= Clearing House for Troubles.
S The home service office is a clear
e ing house for troubles of all sorts
r Aside from the work described, do