The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1926-11-10
R. C. CHAPTER
HOLDS ANNUAL
MEETING FRIDAY
SAME OFFICERS REELECTED:
PLANS MADE FOR YEARS
WORK AND ANNUAL ROLL
CALL.

The annual meeting of the Red
wood County Red Cross Chapter was
held at Wabasso last Friday evening
with very meager attendance. Miss
Clubhouse, Welfare Worker of Murray
County and DR.. A. w. Ross of Red
wood Falls were the chief speakers
of the evening. The branches rep
resented were Walnut Grove, Bel
view, Delhi, Wabasso, Clements and
Redwood Falls.
A. w. Olson of Walnut Grove,
so, vice chairman, Mrs. l.. P. Larson
of Redwood Falls, secretary, and Earl
Whiting of Redwood Falls, treasurer,
were all reelected to serve for the
coming year. D. E. Sinclair Of Wa
basso will serve as chairman for the
annual membership campaign which
opens Armistice Day and closes
Thanksgiving. Commissioner John
Ahrends, Mrs. L. P. Larson and Mrs.
Albert Emerson of Lamberton were
made directors-at-large, Mrs. Ener-
sen taking the place of William Dun
can of Milroy who is leaving Redwood
County the first Of the year. c. L.
Maurstad of Delhi was reelected
chairman of the Disaster Committee.
The evening opened with assembly
singing led by Lynn Sheldon of Red
wood Falls and the Invocation was
given by DR.. A. w. Ross. Miss Mona
Callister, Executive Secretary of the
County Chapter, gave an interesting
report on the work done during the
past year. This report will be found
in detail elsewhere in this issue. Miss
Callister also announced that the
County Chapter is sponsoring two
special projects for the coming year.
The first is the training of classes of
Redwood County women in Home
Hygiene and Home Nursing, this work
to be taken up early next spring and
summer. The second project is the
holding of general health clinic, the
time for this probably being during
the Redwood County Fair. Follow
ing Miss Callister's report the reports
of the Treasurer and the Junior Red
Cross were read and accepted.
Miss Clubhouse in her talk told Of
the work done in Murray County in
the training of nearly two hundred
women in the classes of home hygiene
and home nursing in Murray Coun-
ty. This work was done by regis
tered Red Cross nurse, who met these
classes once each week for ten con-
secutive weeks. So successful was
the work that Murray County is plan
ming to have similar course put on
next spring in the townships which
could not be included last spring.
This is the course Redwood County
hopes to be able to offer it's women.
DIR. Ross short talk was one of en-
couragment to the few faithful work
ers who carry on the work of the Red
Cross in the face of amazing indiffer-
ence on the part of the majority Of
the people. He talked of universal
love revealing itself in service con-
stituting the only cure for the "ut-
cured selfishness of the world" and
urged those having the vision of
service to go forward in their unset
fish purpose. Mrs. Bess M. Wilson
gave short talk on disaster relief
and Mr.. Sinclair spoke briefly Of his
plans for the coming Roll Call. Miss
Maude Peterson gave two greatly en-
joyed pianologues and Lynn Sheldon
gave a vocal solo with Mrs. Sheldon
accompanying. The meeting closed
with a short social hour before the
delegates left for their homes and the
young ladies of Wabasso served
light luncheon.