The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-09-14
IMPORTANT RED
CROSS MATTERS
Executive Committee, Windham County
Chapter. Holds Monthly Meeting
Seventeen Given Employment.
Several important matters of busine

Several important matters of business
We're brought before the executive COM
mittee of Windham County chapter,
American Red Cross. in the regular
monthly meeting held yesterday after
noon in the Red Cross room i'll the town
hall building.
Reports were given by Mrs. John c.
Dewitt, county chairman of volunteer
service. and by Miss Faith Yeaw, execu-
tive secretary of the chapter. who re-
ported on the home service work. Chair
men of two committees We're elected and
vote of thanks was extended for the
gift of a Ford automobile for use in
the county work. 1t also was voted to
send delegate from the chapter to the
First National Red Cross convention at
Columbus. Oct. 1 to 5.
Mrs. Dewitt reported that the county
quota of 300 garments and 30 layettes
fer the Hoover children III Europe Is
being met and will doubtless be exceeded
when all the branches are heard from.
Saxtons River branch. whose shipment
has already been received. exceeded its
number Of garments by 90
Miss Yeaw stated that the home serv-
ice files of the chapter Office now show
"a cases on which service of some sort
Is being rendered men and their fami-
lies. This work consists principally of
government claims, of which - have
been started during the last two months
.
receiving government compensation 10
getting treatment from the United States
public health service and 10 taking train
ing under the federal board for vocational
education. Progress was reported on
the claims of the seven boys now in the
Brattleboro Retreat Four of these
claims have been fully and satisfactorily
settled 50 that the boys are now being
taken care of by the government and re-
Ceiying their compensation. Twenty-six
men have called on the Red Cross for as
slstance in securing jobs, and II have
been placed.
\ request was presented from peouIe
interested in the child welfare work of
the town of Newfane asking assistance
in securing school examinations and den
tai clinics for the children of school age.
to be done this fall. The matter was
acted upon favorable by the executive
committee.
Frederick X. Brown. the Community
Service director from the National Com
munlty Service, Inc. of New York. who
~ doing demonstration work along this
line IN BrattleborO. was present at the
meeting and ut the request of the commit
tee discussed the value and possibilities
OF putting on county pageant for the
Red Cross this fall. Mr. Brown gave
the committee splendid outline for
| working out this pageant by means of
which it would be of most value to the
people Of the county. basing his plas on
the pageant written by the National Red
! Cross but Suiting it to the interests and
work already existing in the local com
| munities, thereby decreasing the labor
and expense of carrying it out, as well
| as resulting in al original piece of work
| Action was left To- a committee.
| Mrs Murray n Tucker was elected
chairman of the county public health
| committee.
| Mrs. Frank W. Pier. chairman Of the
| junior Red Cross of the Brattleboro
/ branch, was elected chairman of the
| county Junior Red Cross committee.
y vote of thanks was extended to
| Richards NJ. Bradley. trustee of the
/ Thomas Thompson fund. for the gener-
! Gus gift of Il Ford automobile TO the
/ chapter for use in the county work.
! The appointment of county chairman
! for the committee to conduct the annual
roll call, which comes the week of Arm
istice day, was left to the chairman of
the executive committee, Fred c. Adams.
1 who presided at the meeting.