Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-26
JEwErT CITY RED CROSS
HOLDS ANNUAL MEETING
Special to The Bulletin.

Special to The Bunetin)
 Jewett City, Oct B. - The annual. meeting of the Jewett City Red Cross chapter was held in the town hall to- night The chairman, l. L. Phillips, presided
 Miss Alice A. Brown. the secretary, gave a resume of the years work She quoted from a Red Cross official who said the Red Cross came to life during a period of peace It can perform it's war function effectively only if 1t main- tains an effective peace time organiza- tion The executive board has held nine reg ular meetings and three special meetings during the past year, The chairman has been present at every meeting and Miss May Driscoll after her election to the board. Miss Foster, Miss Barnett and Miss Margaret Driscoll at every meeting but one. Dr. G. H, Jennings was chair man of Home Science and Miss Catherine Barnett secretary. Miss May Driscoil was made Junior Red Cross chairman. There seemed 10 be unusual interest in the work of the Red Cross as the roll call was responded to by 7S0 members, an increase of 1s1 over; the previous year. 1 An appeal for work for disabled veterans i was met by a pledgeato make one hun dred pairs of pajamas and to knit sleeves I A. Burdick and Mrs R. F. Cheney ably 1 directed this work The Juniors furnished 1 one hundred wash cloths. Out of the Junior Fund came s100, which with like 1 amounts contributed by the Griswold and ! Volunt0wn school boards made possible ] a school nurse for the last two months 1 of the school year. Miss Alice Driscoll l as nurse, demonstrated her fitness for the l work and the practica bility of this ven ture by her report given at the June meeting of the board. A total of s100 1 was contributed to Lisbon toward a l school nurse. For this coming year a district nurse is under consideration. A First Aid class was conducted by Miss Co7kley, and was well attended. The chapter room has been fitted out for clinics for the tubercular by Mrs His cox, Miss Barnett and Miss May Dris- coll. Dr. Hugh Campbell from. the Nor f v-ich State Sanatorium will conduct tho clinics on the fourth Thursday1of eacf month.
 An ex-service mans family has beer provided for by the chapter, under the charge of Mrs. T. A. Rioux The chap ter advanced ss100 to the American Le 1 zion of the state for the expenses o1 disbursing the, funds to disabled veter ans. This loan has been fully repaid 1 Mrs. Hiscox as delegate and Miss Fostel represented the chapter at the Nationa Convention at Washington D. C. Mis. Foster has been selected to conduct tho Red Cross Roll Call. This report show; what the Red Cross work is now tn,
 war is over.
 The report of the treasurer. Miss Ros
 anna DesJ ardines, showed the balanc,
 in the treasury on October 2S. 1921, |,
 he $f,141.s0. Total cash including bal ance s1,9S1,14 Cash paid out S92S51
 Balance on hand at the close of thi year S1,052.S5.
 Miss Katherine Barnett, secretary O the Home Service, reported thirty let
 ters written for ex-service men, concern ing ailotments, compensation, insuranc
 and vocational training.
 Dr. c. H. Jennings, the chairman o Home Service reported $9664 having been expended. $50 of which was a loal
 and paid back. Mrs. E. H. Hiscox, del egate to the National Red Cross con
 vention in Washington D. C., gave
 report of the three days and a half meet
 ings, which were attended by nearly 50
 delegates. Two delegates travelled II.
 e0o miles coming from China and th
 Philippine Islands and were present a the opening session. The principal sub ject discussed vas the relief operation in the Near East.
 The new executive board appointed l comprises: Mrs. E. H. Hiscox, chair !. man Mrs J. H. Tracy, Mrs. R. F Chen ey. Miss Margaret Driscon. Miss NJ. A ] Burdick, Miss Katherine Barnett, Mrs
 Frank Kay, Miss Isabel Noodle, Mis-
 Ida Foster and Or. G. H. Jennings.
 It was voted to present petition t the selectrnen calling for a special tow meeting to take action on the securing l of a district nurse. At special meetin of the Red Cross executive board it wa voted to appropriate $500 toward tn
 salary of the district nurse.