The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-06-23
CAMP AND HOSPITAL COUNCIL
MEETS IN RISING SUN

MEETS IN RISING SUN
The Camp and Hospital Commit
tee of the Cecil County Red Cross
met in Rising Sun on May rs. The
Committee is composed of Mrs. VIM
r. Baldwin, Secretary and treasurer;
Mrs Harry Smith, of Elkton, and
Mrs. Mark White, of Perry Point,
delegates Mrs. Harold Anderson
representing production work; and
Mrs. Floyd Kintner, representing
Publicity.
The Camp and Hospital Service
came into existence shortly after
Pearl Harbor, and since that time
has worked increasingly and done
miracles to brighten the lives of men
and women in service camps and gov
eminent hospitals. Taking a bare
room, which is provided by the gov
eminent, the Camp and Hospital Ser
vice provides the basic requirements
like chairs, rugs and curtains and
transforms this ugly, bare room in
to a comfortable "day room" where
hard working WACs and GONZALES
cling soldiers may rest and relax.
The furniture having been thus pro-
vided the next step is to secure
things for entertainment and relaxa
ton Pianos, musical instruments,
records, sheet music, ping pong ia
bles, games of all kinds, magazines,
books and newspapers have been con
tributed. Throughout the State of
Maryland 100 such day rooms have
been fitted up for men and women
at Army camps and Naval stations
by the Camp and Hospital Service,
which has also provided sun rooms
for convalescents in sick bay to be-
activity. Many thousands of dollars
have been thus spent throughout the
State, and in order to insure that
the money is used where it will do
the most good, a Red Cross field di
rector at each camp checks profess
sionally on the needs, which the SER
vice then undertakes to fill.
The Cecil County Committee, act
ing in cooperation with the Commit
tees from Hartford and Baltimore
Counties, labors to provide the com
forts and necessities of life for the
soldiers in the hospitals at Aberdeen,
Edgewood, cambridge and Perry
Point
With sons or relatives of their own
in the service, many of the women
affiliated with this branch of the Red
Cross have undertaken to mark the
birthdays of all the men who happen
to be in the hospitals when their
natal days occur. To date 1900 gift
boxes have been distributed through
out Maryland on these anniversaries
smokes, writing material, razor
blades, tooth paste, wash cloth, shoe
laces, etc. Cecil County is aiming to
fill many of these gift boxes. They
bring much happiness to the boys.
Will you help? Fill box and send
it to Mrs. William R. Baldwin, Elk
Millh, Md, or give it to your local
Red Cross Chairman.
Less can be done to provide recre-
alton for men at sea; but sailors are
taken care of as well as possible
through sea chests which are placed
aboard the ships at points of embar-
kation, and are filled with the follow
ing things: 1 Bible, IL tablets, ~
pencils, 2 calendars, dOz. black shoe
laces, l harmonica,' 6 books, 1 die
tionary, paper back detective stor-
les, l atlas or map, 1 mirror, 2 scrap
books, "a crossword puzzles on card
board, / wartime refresher in funda-
mental mathematics, / package
Readers Digest-Games 1 monopoly,
/ King of the Turf, / dominoes, /
backgammon, pkgs. cards, pkgs.
poker chips, Stars and Stripes foot
ball game, l cribbage board, 1 bin
go, l jigsaw puzzle and / softball
and bat.
The supplies frequently are traded
upon arrival overseas with crews
from other ships, for the contents
of other sea chests, thus prolonging
their capacity to entertain until they
are literally worn out.
Will the mothers or friends of sail
ors in Cecil County kindly send to
Mrs. William R. Baldwin, Elk Mills,
Md, donation for the sea chests
or else send money to help pay the
expenses of filing the same. Your
gift will gladden. many hearts.